Accession number
PML 152145-50
Creator
Garsault, François A. de (François Alexandre), 1693-1778.
Published
A Paris : Chez l'auteur, rue St. Dominique, porte St. Jacques, [1764-1767]
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Plates and text subsequently issued together under title Description, vertus et usages de sept cents dix-neuf plantes ... et de cent trente-quatre animaux (Paris : Didot, 1767).
"Nicotiana major latifolia": plate 407. "Nicotiana major angustifolia": plate 408. "Nicotiana minor": plate 409.
Illustrations: 729 prints : etching ; full-page.
Includes index (20 p. of letterpress at end of v. 5).
Vol. 6 imprint: A Paris : Chez P. Fr. Didot le Jeune, 1767.
Vol. 6: Description vertus et usage de septcents dixneuf plantes.
Engraved t.p. (not counted in collation) in v. 1-2 and 5; v. 3-4 issued without t.p.
Imprint from t.p. in v. 2 and 5.
Vols. 1-2 and 5 each have [3] p. of identical engraved preliminaries (not counted in collation).
Explanatory letterpress issued separately in 1765 under title: Explication abreǵée de sept cents dix-neuf plantes, tant étrangères que de nos climats, et de cent trente-quatre animaux, en sept cents trente planches gravés en taille-douce sur les desseins de M. de Garsault et mises au jour en juin 1764, suivant l'ordre du livre intitulé, Matiere médicale de M. Géoffroy.
"Nicotiana major latifolia": plate 407. "Nicotiana major angustifolia": plate 408. "Nicotiana minor": plate 409.
Illustrations: 729 prints : etching ; full-page.
Includes index (20 p. of letterpress at end of v. 5).
Vol. 6 imprint: A Paris : Chez P. Fr. Didot le Jeune, 1767.
Vol. 6: Description vertus et usage de septcents dixneuf plantes.
Engraved t.p. (not counted in collation) in v. 1-2 and 5; v. 3-4 issued without t.p.
Imprint from t.p. in v. 2 and 5.
Vols. 1-2 and 5 each have [3] p. of identical engraved preliminaries (not counted in collation).
Explanatory letterpress issued separately in 1765 under title: Explication abreǵée de sept cents dix-neuf plantes, tant étrangères que de nos climats, et de cent trente-quatre animaux, en sept cents trente planches gravés en taille-douce sur les desseins de M. de Garsault et mises au jour en juin 1764, suivant l'ordre du livre intitulé, Matiere médicale de M. Géoffroy.
Description
6 v. (729 leaves of plates, 20 p.) : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary calf.
Classification
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Department