Issued in 8 parts between 29 October 1825 and 13 January 1827

"Almost simultaneously with the treatment of the family in the second volume of the Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, published in November 1825. De Candolle had previously published the diagnoses of 14 new genera and 52 new species in the Annales des sciences naturelles 4:90-103 (January 1825). The latter publication was intended to safeguard priority for his new names, and the Mémoires provided an explanation of the reasons underlying the classification adapted in the Prodromus." --Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), volume 1, page 449 (number 1001)

The plates are signed: Heyland delt

The plates are numbered I-LXX and XXI bis

Errors in paging: the numbers 329-338 are omitted from the pagination sequence without loss of text; the numbers 348-355 are duplicated once, with each sequence having different text

"Paris, Imprimerie de A. Belin, Rue des Mathurins Saint-Jacques, n. 14" --Verso of half-title

Errata: page [516]

Includes index

Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.)

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration

Stafleu, F.A. and W.T. Stearn. "De Candolle's Légumineuses." Taxon, volume 9, number 6 (July-August 1960), pages 169-171

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SCNHRB has two copies

SCNHRB copy 1 (39088006105381) has bookplate: Ex libris quos Institutioni Smithsonianae anno MCMV donavit John Donnell Smith; with stamp: Smithsonian Institution Special Collections, Sep. 20, 1929

SCNHRB copy 1 has an old half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, raised bands, and gilt-tooled spine; pieces of the spine cover have detached

SCNHRB copy 2 (39088006132518) is imperfect: the two folded tables are wanting

SCNHRB copy 2 has stamp: Library, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Jul. 18, 1893; accession number 145338

SCNHRB copy 2 has a modern brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and faux marbled edges; with Heckman Bindery stamp dated Sep. 1958

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