Mémoire sur l'inflorescence des graminées et des cypérées, comparée avec celle des autres végétaux sexifères; de quelques observations sur les disques.

Paris, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1819. 4to (31.1 x 22.2 cm). 67 pp. [426-492]; two engraved plates [numbered XXX-XXXI]. Disbound. = An important contribution to botanical morphology and evolution by the French botanist and illustrator Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840). "He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and afterwards. As an artist, Turpin was largely self-taught. In 1794 he was stationed in Haiti as a member of the French Army. Here he met botanist Pierre Antoine Poiteau (1766-1854), through whom, Turpin learned botany, and in the meantime, created numerous botanical field drawings that were to become a basis of further study when the two men returned to France. In regard to their work in Haiti, they were able to describe approximately 800 species of plants. Turpin would have a working relationship with Poiteau throughout his career" (Wikipedia). Published in the fifth volume of the Muséum's Mémoires. Uncut, with the widest possible margins. Some, mostly marginal spotting, otherwise very good, complete. Stafleu and Cowan, 15385.