19. BULLIARD'S IMPORTANT FLORA PARISIENSIS in 6 volumes 1776-1783.

BULLIARD, PIERRE. Flora parisiensis, ou descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris, avec les différens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangés suivant la méthode sexuelle de M. Linné. I-VI. Paris (Didot le Jeune) 1776-83.

8th (c. 190x118 mm.). Hand-coloured engraved title, 2 hand-coloured engraved plates to 'Introduction', 639 hand-coloured engraved plates (lacking 1 plate, some slight foxing). Many of the plates have neatly printed German translation labels pasted on the rear, eg Sauerklee for Oxalis.
Somewhat worn contemporary brown half calf, some cracking in joints, worn gilt spines with red title labels, green edges. Engraved armorial bookplate. Librairie F. Savy antiquarian book label.

First and only edition. A classic herbal of plants from the Ile de France.
Great Flower Books, p.81; The Goblin 295; Stafleu/Cowan TL2 904; Sitwell/Blunt P. 81. With the (usually lacking) "Introduction a la flore des environes de Paris, suivant la méthode sexulle de M. Linné.." of 32 pp. Lacking Index as usual.
'The six volume Flora Parisiensis (1776-1783), now a rarity, contained descriptions and plates (by Bulliard himself) of 640 taxa... The Linnaean system was outlined in a separate introduction' (Stafleu p. 289).

Pierre Bulliard (1742-93), French physician and botanist.

Provenance: Olle Wallin (1934-2021), economist who began his professional career working for the Swedish commercial bank Svenska Handelsbanken, after which he was employed by the construction company Beijers, working under Anders Wall.
His interest in books and nature was inspired by his parents, both avid book collectors and interested in natural history. Wallin began collecting seriously after moving to Stockholm in the 1970's, and frequently visited the many antiquarian book shops as well as attended the auctions. His line of work also required extensive travel, foremost to the European continent and the US, and he usually took the opportunity to combine the business trips with visits to leading antiquarian book sellers and auction houses. Many of the more important and valuable works in his collection were acquired on those occasions.