Lemaire

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This is not the best of Charles Lemaire. Nevertheless, this is an interesting contribution considering the publication date. It is sometimes hard to read because of the “technical” terms, sometimes unpleasant because of some author's point of views. About the latter, one will probably feel either horrified or pleased when reading why he doesn't like the word “areole”. Eventually, one will laugh when reading the advertisement of “La maison rustique” at the end of the book.

• Image file: Lemaire_Cactees_O.pdf (23,4Mo; 2006-08-11)
• Interpreted file: Lemaire_Cactees.pdf (2,4Mo; 2006-12-13)

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This is one of the major work of Charles Lemaire. Only 11 copies are still recorded all the world around according to Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) Library¹⁾. 16 plates were published from 1841 to 1847 whereas Lemaire envisioned 200 plates. We propose here the 14 plates available from MBG.

• Original file: Can be obtained from MBG library as 31753002718697.pdf (4.8 MB)
• Interpreted file: Lemaire_Icon.pdf (10.9MB; 2008-3-8)

Right: Echinocactus erinaceus