Laterrade, J. F.
Flore bordelaise et de la Gironde, description caractéristique des plantes qui croissent naturallement dans ce Département, avec l'indication de leurs propriétés et leurs usages, précédée de notions élémentaires de botanique. Quatrième édition, disposée d'après la méthode naturelle et avec l'indication de beaucoup d'espèces cultivées.
Bordeaux, Th. Lafargue, 1846. 16mo (17.5 x 10.7 cm). 690 pp. Contemporary pebbled, gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-stippled bands; compartments with gilt floral vignettes and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Sprinkled edges.
The 1846 fourth and final (expanded) edition. Written by the French botanist and founder of the Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (the first Linnaean society in France), Jean-François Laterrade (1784-1858). Between 1811 and 1846, Jean-François Laterrade’s Flore Bordelaise was republished four times. This is the best and definitive edition. Rarely has a scientific work, let alone a regional scientific work, been as successful locally as the Flore Bordelaise. At the end of the 19th century, when the most beautiful parks in the department were being designed, there was no question of starting construction without consulting it. Laterrade made daily records of his botanical researches for forty years. As a result, each edition (1811, 1827, 1829, 1846) was considerably enriched with new observations that they are far more than just reissues. First and last leaf a bit toned, otherwise a very good, clean and unmarked copy. Stafleu and Cowan, 4228.
