Author: Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri Jaume (1772-1845)
Title: Plantes de la France : Décrites Et Peintes D'Après Nature Par M. Jaume Saint-Hilaire . First Editions of the First 4 Volumes
Description: Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1808-1809. Large 8vo. 4 vols. 16.5 x 26cm. Uniformly bound in later half green calf with matching cloth covers. With 400 color-printed stipple engraved plates. Scattered foxing.. OCLC Number 894365526: "400 col. pls. with protective leaves and 2 unnumbered pages of text between each pl [1] p. l. vi p. 1 pl. [1] l. (blank), xxviii p. pls. 1-94; [1] p. l. pls. 95-207; [1] p. l. pls. 208-301; [1] p. l. pls. 302-400, [10] pp." Nissen, BBI, 989; Pritzel. 4404; Stafleu-Cowan, II, 3306 & Sitwell, Great Flower Books, 105........Research by Robert Erickson 2001: In 1805, Jaume Saint-Hilaire published, at his own expense, his first major work, "Exposition des familles naturelles et de la germination des plantes, contentant la description de 2337 genres et d'environ 4000 especes, 112 planches dont les figures ont ete dessinées par l'auteur. " Simply described, this was a popularized version of the classification system of A. L. de Jussieu, who was a strong advocate of the “natural” system of classification. Jaume had done a number of experiments on plant germination before beginning the book, and emphasized its importance to taxonomy. Jaume differed from de Jussieu in some respects, and added three family names—Amaryllidaceae, Lythraceae, and Verbenaceae—which are permanently established in botanical nomenclature... Jaume, who lived on a small military pension, had published at his own expense, as he was to do with subsequent works. He hoped thereby to earn a comfortable living, but this did not happen and, despite the fact that his writings were well received, he lived close to poverty for most of his life.. Over a number of years, Jaume worked on Plantes de la France: Décrites et peintes de'apres nature. This was a ten-volume work, published in two distinct periods—1808-1809 and 1819-1822; it contains 1000 color-printed stipple engravings of drawings by Jaume himself. Among his other publications were: Mémoires sur les indigoféres du Bengale et de la Chine (1826); Mémoire sur la culture du poivrier noir (1827); Traité des arbrisseaux et des arbustes cultivés en France et en pleine terre (1825); Traité des arbres forestiers (1824); La flore et la pomone francaises (1828-1833); Flore paisienne (1835); Les Dahlia (date ?); Recueil de mémoires sur l'administration des forêts, sur les arbres forestiers et l'économie. .
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Title: Plantes de la France : Décrites Et Peintes D'Après Nature Par M. Jaume Saint-Hilaire . First Editions of the First 4 Volumes
Description: Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1808-1809. Large 8vo. 4 vols. 16.5 x 26cm. Uniformly bound in later half green calf with matching cloth covers. With 400 color-printed stipple engraved plates. Scattered foxing.. OCLC Number 894365526: "400 col. pls. with protective leaves and 2 unnumbered pages of text between each pl [1] p. l. vi p. 1 pl. [1] l. (blank), xxviii p. pls. 1-94; [1] p. l. pls. 95-207; [1] p. l. pls. 208-301; [1] p. l. pls. 302-400, [10] pp." Nissen, BBI, 989; Pritzel. 4404; Stafleu-Cowan, II, 3306 & Sitwell, Great Flower Books, 105........Research by Robert Erickson 2001: In 1805, Jaume Saint-Hilaire published, at his own expense, his first major work, "Exposition des familles naturelles et de la germination des plantes, contentant la description de 2337 genres et d'environ 4000 especes, 112 planches dont les figures ont ete dessinées par l'auteur. " Simply described, this was a popularized version of the classification system of A. L. de Jussieu, who was a strong advocate of the “natural” system of classification. Jaume had done a number of experiments on plant germination before beginning the book, and emphasized its importance to taxonomy. Jaume differed from de Jussieu in some respects, and added three family names—Amaryllidaceae, Lythraceae, and Verbenaceae—which are permanently established in botanical nomenclature... Jaume, who lived on a small military pension, had published at his own expense, as he was to do with subsequent works. He hoped thereby to earn a comfortable living, but this did not happen and, despite the fact that his writings were well received, he lived close to poverty for most of his life.. Over a number of years, Jaume worked on Plantes de la France: Décrites et peintes de'apres nature. This was a ten-volume work, published in two distinct periods—1808-1809 and 1819-1822; it contains 1000 color-printed stipple engravings of drawings by Jaume himself. Among his other publications were: Mémoires sur les indigoféres du Bengale et de la Chine (1826); Mémoire sur la culture du poivrier noir (1827); Traité des arbrisseaux et des arbustes cultivés en France et en pleine terre (1825); Traité des arbres forestiers (1824); La flore et la pomone francaises (1828-1833); Flore paisienne (1835); Les Dahlia (date ?); Recueil de mémoires sur l'administration des forêts, sur les arbres forestiers et l'économie. .
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- Book number: 51-6180
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