{"title":"Jean-François Turpin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"flore-medicale","title":"Flore médicale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAUMETON, Francois-Pierre ; CHAMBERET (de), Joseph ; POIRET, Jean-Louis-Marie. Flore médicale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Panckoucke, 1814–1818.\u003cbr\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003eFolio (455 × 300 mm). Six volumes. Vol. I: xii, 190 pp. (misnumbered 198), 60 plates (numbered 58); Vol. II: (3) ff., 222 pp., 57 plates (61–116); Vol. III: 256 pp., 60 plates (117–172); Vol. IV: 252 pp., 60 plates (173–231 bis); Vol. V: (1) f., 262 pp. (misnumbered 264), 60 plates (232–291); Vol. VI: 260 pp., 58 plates (292–349).\u003cbr data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"815\"\u003eContemporary red Bradel boards, smooth spines gilt with fillets, gilt lettering and volume numbers, uncut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, on large-paper vellum wove, and one of the rare folio copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition of this monumental \u003cem data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1059\"\u003eFlore médicale\u003c\/em\u003e was printed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1098\"\u003e2,000 octavo copies\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1120\"\u003e20 quarto copies\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1140\"\u003e5 folio copies\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1187\"\u003e2 special folio copies on vellum skin\u003c\/strong\u003e, intended respectively for \u003cstrong data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1230\"\u003eLouis XVIII\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1259\"\u003eFrancis I of Austria\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exceptional copy with all plates in double state, hand-coloured and in bistre.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 355 plates were drawn by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1403\"\u003eJean-François Turpin\u003c\/strong\u003e (1775–1840) and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1444\"\u003eErnestine Panckoucke\u003c\/strong\u003e (1784–1860). A pupil of Gérard van Spaendonck and later of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Panckoucke executed several of the illustrations here; the remainder are by Turpin, the eminent botanical draughtsman responsible for many celebrated works, including the \u003cem data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1716\"\u003eFlore parisienne\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrançois-Pierre Chaumeton, the principal figure behind the \u003cem data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1794\"\u003eFlore médicale\u003c\/em\u003e, provides here his magnum opus and wrote the \u003cem data-start=\"1840\" data-end=\"1863\"\u003eDiscours préliminaire\u003c\/em\u003e. The work complements, through illustration, the 350 plants treated in the \u003cem data-start=\"1939\" data-end=\"1976\"\u003eDictionnaire des sciences médicales\u003c\/em\u003e, published between 1812 and 1822 by the same publisher. Chaumeton directed the \u003cem data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2070\"\u003eDictionnaire\u003c\/em\u003e project and authored numerous entries, yet it is with the \u003cem data-start=\"2129\" data-end=\"2145\"\u003eFlore médicale\u003c\/em\u003e that he completed the botanical component — his true passion, which he called the “science aimable”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach plant is described with scientific precision, the text facing the corresponding plate. Botanical structure is followed by a description of physical characteristics and medicinal properties, and occasionally by notes on other uses, such as in perfumery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Linnaean classification established as the norm by the late eighteenth century, the plates emphasise reproductive organs — stamens, pistils, ovaries — shown in highly detailed renderings. Fruits are systematically dissected to reveal seeds in cross-section. Turpin’s illustrations are characteristically executed \u003cem data-start=\"2825\" data-end=\"2833\"\u003ea.l.l.\u003c\/em\u003e (“à la loupe”), and the present copy adheres to this preferred intimate format. A notable exception — the only one known — with larger-format plates surfaced at Sotheby’s on 29 November 2023; that copy, also previously unrecorded, came from the \u003cstrong data-start=\"3079\" data-end=\"3105\"\u003esame family collection\u003c\/strong\u003e as the present example and realised \u003cstrong data-start=\"3142\" data-end=\"3154\"\u003e€152,400\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Volume III onwards, Chaumeton was assisted by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3208\" data-end=\"3235\"\u003eJean-Louis-Marie Poiret\u003c\/strong\u003e (1755–1834) and \u003cstrong data-start=\"3252\" data-end=\"3282\"\u003eJoseph Tyrbas de Chamberet\u003c\/strong\u003e (1779–1870), as his declining health eventually led to his death in 1819.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA superb set in contemporary Bradel bindings, remarkably fresh internally; only the bistre plate \u003cstrong data-start=\"3455\" data-end=\"3466\"\u003eno. 111\u003c\/strong\u003e is lacking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3480\" data-end=\"3495\"\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brunet I, 1826; Pritzel 1679; Dunthorne 78; Nissen 349; \u003cem data-start=\"3552\" data-end=\"3572\"\u003eGreat Flower Books\u003c\/em\u003e, 53–54; \u003cem data-start=\"3581\" data-end=\"3615\"\u003eBritish Museum (Natural History)\u003c\/em\u003e I, 339; \u003cem data-start=\"3624\" data-end=\"3685\"\u003eMille et un livres botaniques de la collection Arpad Plesch\u003c\/em\u003e, 176.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54954508484933,"sku":"0351","price":30000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/6807D7BD-46A1-4B62-B8F8-DA3708910841.png?v=1750281243"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/artiste-jean-francois-turpin.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}