Antonin Bossu / Disegni a cura di MM. Hocquart e Maubert; incisioni a cura di MM. Hocquart e Clergé. - Lot. of 19 sheets "Trattato delle piante medicinali indigene" - 1854

Collection of 19 sheets, of which 16 hand-colored plates from the period, 1 title page, 1 cover and index sheet.

Excellent inking and copperplate printing on heavy paper, beautiful contemporary coloring. Good condition. Insured shipment via Bartolini/DPD/Pos ta courier. To benefit from the insurance coverage, any damage to the spine must be contested and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, the insurance refund procedure cannot be activated.

• Main title: Trattato delle piante medicinali indigene, preceduto da un corso di botanica (Traité des plantes medicinales indigènes, précédé d'un cours de botanique).
• Specific section: Atlas of 60 steel-engraved plates (Atlas de 60 planches gravées sur acier), which depict the organs of plants, the characteristics of each family and 270 plants, for a total of about 1100 figures.
• Author: Antonin Bossu, Doctor of Medicine of the Faculty of Paris, physician of the Hospice Marie-Thérèse and member of several Parisian medical and scientific societies.
• Illustrators and Engravers: Drawings by Messrs. Hocquart and Maubert; engravings by Messrs. Hocquart and Clergé.
• Place and year of publication: Paris, 1854. Published directly by the author (Rue de Seine, 31) and at the publisher J.-B. Baillière (Rue Hautefeuille, 19).

Antonin Bossu was a French 19th-century physician and scientific popularizer, whose main activity was centered in Paris in the mid-1800s. Although he is not remembered for major revolutionary clinical discoveries, his figure is historically significant for his commitment to spreading medical and botanical knowledge beyond the narrow circles of academia.