Poiret - Philosophical, Literary And Economic History Of The Plants Of Europe. 1825.

POIRET (Jean-Louis-Marie) - Philosophical, literary and economic history of European plants. Paris, Chez Ladrange and Verdière, 1825; in-8, XXIV-494 + 532 + 500 + 500 + 516 + 496 + 511 pp., red half-calf bindings with small corners, spine adorned with 4 raised bands, marbled edges, (one wetting at the beginning of volume 3). The 7 volumes. First edition of this text by Jean-Louis-Marie Poiret, who was an explorer in Algeria and who collaborated with Lamarck in the development of his Botanical Dictionary of the Methodical Encyclopedia. In 1789 he published his "Voyage en Barbarie, ou Lettres ecrites de l'ancienne Numidie pendant les ans 1785 & 1786, sur la Religion, les Coutumes et les mœurs des Moors et des Arabes Bedouins, avec un Essai sur l'histoire naturelle de this country". Several plants and animals bear his name, as well as a naturalist magazine created in 2008 and entitled Poireta in tribute to his work.