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De l'Administration des finances de la France.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[Paris, Panckoucke],\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1784.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (195 x 130 mm): T1 - CLIX-354 pp; T2 - 536 pp; T3 - 468 pp. Full dark brown basane, double cold fillet on covers, decorated ribbed spine, decorated compartments with double gilt fillet, fleurons at corners and central gilt rose, red title page, green endpaper, decorated edges, red borders (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe work was a great success both in France and abroad, and begins with a long introduction by Necker on the state of France's finances; ‘in a short time 80,000 copies were sold’ (Coquelin and Guillaumin), which resulted in several printings of the first edition. The first four editions contain an errata and the following editions have the errors corrected (K.E. Carpenter).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur copy belongs to the third edition cited by Carpenter\u003c\/strong\u003e, corresponding to the same collation with an errata in each volume: \u003cstrong\u003e11 errors in volume 1, six in volume 2, six in volume 3\u003c\/strong\u003e. It should be noted, however, that the collation specified by Carpenter in volume 3 indicates that the table of chapters is normally bound in at the beginning of the volume, ours being bound in before the general table of chapters at the end of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmall worm gallery from the first leaf to leaf LXVI of volume 1, pages slightly browned on the volumes, corners slightly rubbed on volumes 1 and 3.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEx-dono on title page of each volume ‘A Grimaud Avocat à Narbonne’ with handwritten note in volume 1 page 306-307.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCoquelin et Guillaumin, \u003cem\u003eDictionnaire de l'économie politique\u003c\/em\u003e, II, p. 272, 1854 ; K.E. 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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). 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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. 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