[Antilles] M.E. Descourtilz. Flore médicale des Antilles,

ou Traité des plantes usuelles des colonies Française, Anglaises, Espagnoles et portugaises. Peinte par J.Ch. Descourtilz. Tome premier. Paris, l'Auteur etc., 1821, fragments paged 43,(1); 19; 129-140; 165-200 p., with 15 colour-printed plates, later half cloth.

With approval of the copy by the author in pen on reverse of the title page. Excerpts from the famous, very rare work by Descourtilz, which appeared in 8 parts between 1821 and 1829 with 600 coloured plates.