France, various publishers, 1910-1936. 410 papers in four thick volumes (112; 117; 73; 108). 8vo (23.5 x 15.5 cm to 25.5 x 17.5 cm). Ca. 4000 pp. in all; numerous illustrations. Contemporary half calf or half linen over marbled boards. Spines with gilt titles.

Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879-1965) was a leading French botanist. She was best known for her study of orchids and oaks. Camus also has the legacy of authoring the second highest number of land plant species among female scientists, in total naming 677 species. Camus was the daughter of Edmond Gustave Camus, also a botanist, and was born in L'Isle-Adam, about 50 kilometres north of Paris. She specialized in the study of orchids, and oaks and the anatomy of plants and worked for some time with other professional botanists such as Paul Bergon (1863-1912), Paul Henri Lecomte (1856-1934), and her father. Altogether, this is a fine and important collection on botanical and floral offprints many on France, Madagascar, and Indochina. Some papers with additional pencil notes. Some are signed. As far as we can see there are only a few duplicates. Includes such items as: Notes floristiques sur la Chaine des Aravis et les environs de la Clusaz (Haute-Savoie) (1903); A contribution to the study of spontaneous hybrids in the European flora (1907); Des matières premières d'origine végétale employées dans la Vannerie, la Sparterie et la Tonnellerie (1912); Etude botanique des Menthes cultivées (1911); Le Popowica Capea (1913); Fagacées from the Flore générale de l'Indochine by Hickel and Camus (several). Also included are some other botanical authors. It comes from the personal library of Aimée Camus and most probably it represents all that she had published between 1885 and 1936. A few papers are larger, folded; a few are smaller; and a few have become detached from the binding. All, however, are in very good condition, the vast majority still preserved in their original printed wrappers. Added: a fifth volume, with another 33 papers by her father (a few co-authored by Aimée), published between 1885-1913, preceded by a photogravure of her father. A wonderful, unique set. Stafleu and Cowan, pp. 430-432.