ROZIER, Jean-François.

Paris, Rue et Hotel Serpente/ Moutarider/ Delain fils/ Marchant, Drevet Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1783-1805. 4to. (4),+ 702 pp.+ 21 engr. plates, of which 3 are folding,+ 2 folding printed tabs; viii,+ 683 pp.+ 28 engr. plates; (4),+ 685 pp.+ 20 engr. plates, of which 2 folding; (4),+ 694 pp.+ 11 engr. plates, of which 1 folding,+ 1 printed tab.; (4),+ 747 pp.+ 31 engr. plates, of which 3 folding; (4),+ 735,+ (1) pp.+ 24 engr. plates, of which 2 folding; (4),+ iv,+ 760 pp.+ 22 engr. plates, of which 2 folding; (4),+ 8,+ 709,+ (1) pp.+ 40 engr. plates; (4),+ 608 pp.+ 18 engr. plates, of which 3 folding; engr. portrait,+ (4),+ xvi,+ 456, 465-472, 475-490, 193-499,+ (1) pp.+ 30 engr. plates, of which one folding,+ 1 printed fold. tab.; (4),+ LVI,+ 492 pp.+ 3 large fold. engr. tabs,+ 14 engr. plates, of which 3 folding; (4),+ 668 pp.+ 10 engr. plates, of which 1 folding,+ 1 folding printed tab. Together 272 engr. plates and an engr. portrait. Somewhat worn contemporary half calf, gilt rubbed spines with beige and green labels, red edges. 12 volumes, volume 7 with crack in front hinge. Part 10 lacks the gathering Kkk (p.457-464). Stafleu 2741a. Part one, two, four, six, eight and nine in re-issues, the rest in the first printing. Part 10, with the missing gathering, is in a printing from 1797 (Stafleau mentions only 1800). François Rozier published volume 1-8 and posthumously volume 9. He was killed in action in 1793. Part 10 was issued with an engraved portrait of Rozier and a biography by A. J. Dugour. Part 11 and 12 forms an appendix, part 11 with an introduction by A. Thouin. With several entries and plates on graps, pears, apples, mechanical tools for agricultural works, gardenings etc, etc. Jean-François Rozier (734-93) was a french botanist and agronomist, working a period together with J. J. Rousseau.