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b. 1751 - d. 1837

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    • Tussac's Flore des Antilles
      Sep. 23, 2017

      Tussac's Flore des Antilles

      Est: $80,000 - $100,000

      Flore des Antilles, ou histoire generale botanique, rurale et economique des vegetaux indigenes des Antilles. Francois Richard de Tussac (1751-1837). Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1818-1824-1827. 4 volumes in 2, large folio (20 6/8 x 14 inches). Half-titles, title-pages for each volume in both French and Latin (spotted throughout, pages 29-80 in volume IV very browned). 137 of a possible 140 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Dien, Gabriel, Massard and others after Dabnour, Poiteau, Pretre, P.J. Redoute and Turpin, including plates bis 25 in volume one, plates 2,4, 10 and 19 magnificent double-page plates, bis 1 in volume III (bound without plates 20, 31 and 32 from volume II as noted by Quaritch in 1976, some mostly marginal spotting throughout). Contemporary green paper boards, each spine with two red morocco lettering-pieces, all edges uncut (joints starting, extremities a bit worn). Provenance: with the green ink library stamp of the Society of St. Sulpicius at the end of both volumes, and on the title-page of volume III; Arpad Plesch, his sale Sotheby's 16th March 1976; Robert de Belder (1921-1995) and his wife Jelena de Belder-Koracic (1925-2003), horticulturists and proprietors of Arboretum Kalmthout, their sale Sotheby's 28th April 1987, lot 366 First edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, of which Brunet says: 'Il n'a ete tire que 150 exemplaires' (only 150 copies printed). The number of plates found in each copy varies: Dunthorne, Davy de Virille and Brunet mention 138 plates, Stafleu 137 of 140 plates. Regardless of the number, these magnificent coloured illustrations of the exotic flora of the West Indies are amongst the earliest published, and are surely the most sumptuous. When Europeans first arrived in the West Indies the islands were mostly covered by forest. Centuries of cultivation have altered that landscape considerably, but the islands remain rich in exotic native flora. The earliest botanical surveys of the islands were carried out by French and British naturalists, nearly two hundred years after the discovery of the Americas. These include the work of Plumier (1693, 1703, 1755-60) in the French colonies, and the work of Plukenet (1691), and Sloane (1696, 1707-1725) in the British colonies. Their publications are richly and superbly illustrated and depicted plants never before seen by the Europeans. Tussac was a French botanist born in Poitou, who moved to Martinique in 1786. "After some years collecting plants on Martinique, Tussac became curator of a botanic garden in Haiti. In 1802 he left Haiti and visited Jamaica before returning to France, where he later took up the directorship of the botanic garden at Angers (1816-1826). He published Flore des Antilles between 1808 and 1827 [as here]. Tussac made 2,000 drawings while in Martinique which were burnt in 1802 during the Haitian war of independence (his herbarium and manuscripts were saved, though the whereabouts of the latter is unknown). The tree fern Cyathea tussaccii (syn. Alsophila tussacii (Desv.) D.S. Conant) collected by Tussac was named after him by his son-in-law, Auguste Desvaux, also his successor at Angers" (Natural History Museum online). The plates are after the leading botanical artists of the time, such as Poiteau, Turpin, Pretre, Redoute and Risso. Dunthorne 312; Nissen 2017; Stafleu TL2 15.397. Guidance: Christie’s, July 12, 2017 - 137,000 GBP

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    • TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles . Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1827[-1828].
      Nov. 23, 2010

      TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles . Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1827[-1828].

      Est: £70,000 - £100,000

      TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles. Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1827[-1828]. 4 volumes, large 2° (508 x 323mm). Half-titles and titles in French in each volume, half-title and title also in Latin bound before the single-leaf dedication to Empress Josephine (1808) in vol. 1, dedication to Louis XVIII (1818) in vol. 2. 140 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Dien, Gabriel, Massard and others after Dabnour, Poiteau, Prêtre, P.J. Redouté and Turpin (vol. 1 bis 25, vol. 3 bis 1; vol. 2 nos. 2, 4, 10 and 19 double-page). (Vol. 1: blank gutter of plates and text 13 through 15 very slightly punctured, vol. 2: plates 12 and 18 spotted, vol. 3: plates 21, 25 and 26 cropped, some faint dampstaining at end of this volume; vol. 1: half-title torn and repaired, vol. 4: text leaves with sigs. 8-20 and final leaf (i.e. 27 leaves) browned as usual.) Contemporary French red quarter morocco, later marbled-paper over the pasteboards, spines in seven compartments, gilt-tooled and gilt-lettered, gilt armorial in top compartment of the Palais de France, yellow edges (spines with wear, vol. 1 repaired and with a small tear to headcap). Provenance: Palais de Paris, crest on binding -- Massachusetts Horticultural Society, library stamps and bookplates (sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 October 1980, lot 169). FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST COLOURED FLORAS OF THE WEST INDIES. According to Brunet: 'Il n'a été tire que 150 exemplaires.' The present copy appears to be complete without half-titles and titles in Latin for vols 2-4. Relatively little is known of Tussac's early life, but as a botanist he travelled around the West Indies visiting Santo Domingo and Martinique in 1786, Jamaica in 1802, returning to France at the end of that year. His long preface to this work gives a vivid account of his travels and many stirring adventures, as well as an account of the slave rebellion of Toussaint-Louverture in Santo Domingo. The 2000 drawings that he had executed on Martinique were left to the flames in February 1802 as he fled from a burning and beseiged house clutching his manuscript. Luckily the herbarium was saved and became the basis for the completion of the book in France, often using plants by other botanical artists, such as Poiteau, Turpin, Prêtre, Redouté and Risso. (4)

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    • TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles . Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1827[-1828].
      Dec. 09, 2009

      TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles . Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1827[-1828].

      Est: £70,000 - £100,000

      TUSSAC, François Richard de (1751-1837). Flore des Antilles, ou histoire générale botanique, rurale et economique des végétaux indigènes des Antilles. Paris: chez l'auteur, F. Schoell et Hautel, 1808-1827[-1828]. 4 volumes, large 2° (508 x 323mm). Half-titles and titles in French in each volume, half-title and title also in Latin bound before the single-leaf dedication to Empress Josephine (1808) in vol. 1, dedication to Louis XVIII (1818) in vol. 2. 140 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, by Bouquet, Dien, Gabriel, Massard and others after Dabnour, Poiteau, Prêtre, P.J. Redouté and Turpin (vol. 1 bis 25, vol. 3 bis 1; vol. 2 nos. 2, 4, 10 and 19 double-page). (Vol. 1: blank gutter of plates and text 13 through 15 very slightly punctured, vol. 2: plates 12 and 18 spotted, vol. 3: plates 21, 25 and 26 cropped, some faint dampstaining at end of this volume; vol. 1: half-title torn and repaired, vol. 4: text leaves with sigs. 8-20 and final leaf (i.e. 27 leaves) browned as usual.) Contemporary French red quarter morocco, later marbled-paper over the pasteboards, spines in seven compartments, gilt-tooled and gilt-lettered, gilt armorial in top compartment of the Palais de France, yellow edges (spines with wear, vol. 1 repaired and with a small tear to headcap). Provenance: Palais de Paris, crest on binding -- Massachusetts Horticultural Society, library stamps and bookplates (sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 October 1980, lot 169). FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST COLOURED FLORAS OF THE WEST INDIES. According to Brunet: 'Il n'a été tire que 150 exemplaires.' The present copy appears to be complete without half-titles and titles in Latin for vols 2-4. Relatively little is known of Tussac's early life, but as a botanist he travelled around the West Indies visiting Santo Domingo and Martinique in 1786, Jamaica in 1802, returning to France at the end of that year. His long preface to this work gives a vivid account of his travels and many stirring adventures, as well as an account of the slave rebellion of Toussaint-Louverture in Santo Domingo. The 2000 drawings that he had executed on Martinique were left to the flames in February 1802 as he fled from a burning and beseiged house clutching his manuscript. Luckily the herbarium was saved and became the basis for the completion of the book in France, often using plants by other botanical artists, such as Poiteau, Turpin, Prêtre, Redouté and Risso. (4)

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