BULLIARD, Pierre (1742-1793). Herbier de la France, ou collection complette des plantes indigenes de ce royaume; Avec leurs Détails Anatomiques, leurs propriétés, et leurs usages en Medecine . Paris: chez l’auteur, Didot jeune, Debure et Belin, 1780-[1792]. 7 volumes. Engraved title, and 560 plates (of 602, lacking plates 561-602), all printed in colour, 11 (of 12) engraved index leaves. (Occasional very light browning and spotting.)
BULLIARD, Pierre (1742-1793). Herbier de la France, ou collection complette des plantes indigenes de ce royaume; Avec leurs Détails Anatomiques, leurs propriétés, et leurs usages en Medecine . Paris: chez l’auteur, Didot jeune, Debure et Belin, 1780-[1792]. 7 volumes. Engraved title, and 560 plates (of 602, lacking plates 561-602), all printed in colour, 11 (of 12) engraved index leaves. (Occasional very light browning and spotting.) [ Together with :] -- Histoire des plantes vénéneuses et suspectes de la France . Paris: De l’imprimerie de Monsieur, chez l’auteur, Didot le jeune, Barrois le jeune, Belin, 1784. First edition of the text volume to accompany the first 85 plates of the Herbier . Half-title. [ Bound with :] -- Dictionnaire élémentaire de botaniqne, ou exposition par ordre alphabétique, des Préceptes de la Botanique, & de tous les Termes, tant françois que latins, consacrés à l’étude de cette Science . Paris: chez l’auteur, Didot le jeune, Barrois le jeune, Belin, 1783. First edition, complete with 7 explanatory text leaves to plates and leaf of errata and directions to the binder. 1 plain and 9 coloured plates. (Occasional insignificant even browning.) [ Together with :] -- Histoire des champignons de la France, ou traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre méthodique les Descriptions et les Figures des Champignons qui croissent naturellement en France. Tome premier . Paris: chez l’auteur, Barrois le jeune, Belin, Croullebois, Bazan, 1791. First edition of the text volume to accompany 173 plates of the Herbier , complete with 9pp. of index at end, half-title. 1 coloured plate and 3 plain plates. (Last 2 plates printed recto and verso on one leaf, with headline on recto completely, and headline on verso partially, trimmed by the binder; without volume 2 which was only published in 1809-1812.) Together 9 volumes, 2° (297 x 202mm), comprising three text volumes bound in two, and seven volumes of plates. Uniform binding of contemporary red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders, flat gilt spines with green and citron morocco labels, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (spines fractionally faded). AN IMPRESSIVE AND VERY AMBITIOUS FRENCH HERBAL, THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE DEATH OF ITS AUTHOR DURING THE REVOLUTION: IT IS ILLUSTRATED WITH 560 ENGRAVED PLATES (OF 602), PRINTED IN COLOUR . The copy also includes the first editions of Histoire des plantes vénéneuses et suspectes de la France 1784, the Dictionnaire élémentaire de botanique 1783, illustrated with 10 plates (9 in colour), and the first volume of Histoire des champignons de la France 1791, with 3 plates (one in colour). The second part of the history of mushrooms, posthumously published in 1812, is lacking as usual: most copies were destroyed by fire soon after printing. THE PLATES WERE ENGRAVED AND COLOUR-PRINTED BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF ; the botanist used a sequence of plates, one for each colour, explaining the thirteen years it took to publish the seven volumes of his Herbier de la France . 'Bulliard was his own printer. He mixed colored inks with great delicacy and, in general, accuracy, and inked his tint plates with minute attention to detail. Some of his tinting seems to have relied on the additional effect of a rich ink tone to give greater local ‘solidity’. The three tint plates were overprinted on the ‘key’ plate with hair’s-breadth accuracy, and evidence of his method of obtaining such precise positioning, or register, can be seen in pin holes at the upper right and lower left corners of the line frame. The final effect is delicate, pleasing and botanically accurate, and the whole collection has a unique quietly individual flavor. The degree of craftsmanship necessary to create these prints is only apparent when one studies them in close detail' ( Printmaking in the service of Botany , 39). The plants were organized according to the traditional herbals – medicinal, poisonous, edible – remaining botanically valid since the
BULLIARD, Pierre (1742-1793). Herbier de la France, ou collection complette des plantes indigenes de ce royaume; Avec leurs Détails Anatomiques, leurs propriétés, et leurs usages en Medecine . Paris: chez l’auteur, Didot jeune, Debure et Belin, 1780-[1792]. 7 volumes. Engraved title, and 560 plates (of 602, lacking plates 561-602), all printed in colour, 11 (of 12) engraved index leaves. (Occasional very light browning and spotting.)
BULLIARD, Pierre (1742-1793). Herbier de la France, ou collection complette des plantes indigenes de ce royaume; Avec leurs Détails Anatomiques, leurs propriétés, et leurs usages en Medecine . Paris: chez l’auteur, Didot jeune, Debure et Belin, 1780-[1792]. 7 volumes. Engraved title, and 560 plates (of 602, lacking plates 561-602), all printed in colour, 11 (of 12) engraved index leaves. (Occasional very light browning and spotting.) [ Together with :] -- Histoire des plantes vénéneuses et suspectes de la France . Paris: De l’imprimerie de Monsieur, chez l’auteur, Didot le jeune, Barrois le jeune, Belin, 1784. First edition of the text volume to accompany the first 85 plates of the Herbier . Half-title. [ Bound with :] -- Dictionnaire élémentaire de botaniqne, ou exposition par ordre alphabétique, des Préceptes de la Botanique, & de tous les Termes, tant françois que latins, consacrés à l’étude de cette Science . Paris: chez l’auteur, Didot le jeune, Barrois le jeune, Belin, 1783. First edition, complete with 7 explanatory text leaves to plates and leaf of errata and directions to the binder. 1 plain and 9 coloured plates. (Occasional insignificant even browning.) [ Together with :] -- Histoire des champignons de la France, ou traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre méthodique les Descriptions et les Figures des Champignons qui croissent naturellement en France. Tome premier . Paris: chez l’auteur, Barrois le jeune, Belin, Croullebois, Bazan, 1791. First edition of the text volume to accompany 173 plates of the Herbier , complete with 9pp. of index at end, half-title. 1 coloured plate and 3 plain plates. (Last 2 plates printed recto and verso on one leaf, with headline on recto completely, and headline on verso partially, trimmed by the binder; without volume 2 which was only published in 1809-1812.) Together 9 volumes, 2° (297 x 202mm), comprising three text volumes bound in two, and seven volumes of plates. Uniform binding of contemporary red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders, flat gilt spines with green and citron morocco labels, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (spines fractionally faded). AN IMPRESSIVE AND VERY AMBITIOUS FRENCH HERBAL, THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE DEATH OF ITS AUTHOR DURING THE REVOLUTION: IT IS ILLUSTRATED WITH 560 ENGRAVED PLATES (OF 602), PRINTED IN COLOUR . The copy also includes the first editions of Histoire des plantes vénéneuses et suspectes de la France 1784, the Dictionnaire élémentaire de botanique 1783, illustrated with 10 plates (9 in colour), and the first volume of Histoire des champignons de la France 1791, with 3 plates (one in colour). The second part of the history of mushrooms, posthumously published in 1812, is lacking as usual: most copies were destroyed by fire soon after printing. THE PLATES WERE ENGRAVED AND COLOUR-PRINTED BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF ; the botanist used a sequence of plates, one for each colour, explaining the thirteen years it took to publish the seven volumes of his Herbier de la France . 'Bulliard was his own printer. He mixed colored inks with great delicacy and, in general, accuracy, and inked his tint plates with minute attention to detail. Some of his tinting seems to have relied on the additional effect of a rich ink tone to give greater local ‘solidity’. The three tint plates were overprinted on the ‘key’ plate with hair’s-breadth accuracy, and evidence of his method of obtaining such precise positioning, or register, can be seen in pin holes at the upper right and lower left corners of the line frame. The final effect is delicate, pleasing and botanically accurate, and the whole collection has a unique quietly individual flavor. The degree of craftsmanship necessary to create these prints is only apparent when one studies them in close detail' ( Printmaking in the service of Botany , 39). The plants were organized according to the traditional herbals – medicinal, poisonous, edible – remaining botanically valid since the
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