Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1841. 8vo (21.0 x 13.0 cm). 76 pp., interleaved with blanks. Original printed wrappers.

A rarely-seen work, written by the French medical doctor, pharmacist, and botanist Martial Lamothe [spelling herein], or - more usual - Lamotte (1820-1883). Uncut, therefore with the widest possible margins. Provenance: small label with the printed text Bibliothèque Henri Locoq and a handwritten number mounted on the front wrapper. Most probably this is the French pharmacist and botanist Henri Lecoq (1802-1871) director of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Clermont-Ferrand, which still exists, and the botanical garden in the same town, now named Jardin Lecoq. Some dust-soiling to the wrappers, otherwise very good. Cat. BM(NH) p. 1051 (under Lamotte). Not in Stafleu and Cowan.