> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355126) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12652-1) LSID 12652-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465834) QID Q465834 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author L'Héritier de Brutelle, Charles-Louis (1746-1800), French magistrate and amateur botanist, at Paris; from 1775-1789 counsellor at the" Cour des Aides"; after the revolution at the Department of Justice; died by murder in unclarified circumstances. **Abbreviated name**: *L'Hér.* \[standard form in IPNI: *L'Hér.*\] #### Herbarium and types On his death L'Héritier's herbarium contained 8000 species. It was acquired by the bookseller Garnery and sold to A. -P. de Candolle who made it the basis of his private herbarium (now at [[Collection G|G]]). The herbarium contained plants collected by L'Héritier himself in the Paris gardens and of plants collected by Patris (Fr.Guiana, 2000 species, via Turgot), O. Swartz (annoted by Sw. himself; extensive set), part of the Badier herbarium of Guadeloupe plants (other parts in [[Collection P|P]]-LAM), a collection from Smeathmann from Sierra Leone, and plants from Dombey, Aiton, Banks et al. Other L'Héritier material is at [[Collection CP|CP]], [[Collection NEU|NEU]] (non-French material, via Coulon) and [[Collection P|P]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 4; Backer p. 656; Barnhart 2: 378; Blunt p. 159, 173, 174; BM 3: 1108; Bret. p. 126; CSP 4: 1; Dawson p. 534-540, 943; Dryander 5: 325 \[index\]; Frank 3 (Anh.): 43; GF p. 64-65; Herder p. 462; Hortus 3: 1198 ("L'Hér."); HU 673, 692, 698 and 2(1): ccxl; IF p. 714; IH 2: 439; Jackson p. 572; Kew 3: 434; Langman p. 443; Lasègue p. 246, 345, 528, 538; MW p. 272; NI 1187-1190; Plesch p. 307-308; PR 5267-5279 (ed. 1: 5841-5853); Rehder 5: 508; TL-1: nos. 223, 677-686, see also p. 521; TL-2/1: 1059, 1060, and see index; Tucker 1: 426; Zander ed. 10, p. 685, ed. 11, p. 781. - Britten, J. and B. B. Woodward, J. Bot. 43: 267-273, 325-329. 1905. - Buchheim, G., Huntia 2: 29-58. 1965 \[1966\]. - Burkhardt, R. W., The spirit of System 37. 1977. - Cameron, H. C., Sir Joseph Banks 122, 123, 124. 1952. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 427. 1880. - Candolle, A. P. de, Mémoires et souvenirs 60, 62, 78, 88, 94, 120-121. 1862. - Coulon, Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuchâtel 8: 368-369. 1870 (herb. coll. NEU). - Curtis, W. H., William Curtis 65, 77-79, 111. 1941. - Cuvier, G., Mém. Inst. natl. Sci. Arts, Sci. math., phys. 4: 39-55. 1801; Notice historique sur Charles-Louis L'Héritier. Paris, Fructidor an X (1803), 21 p. Qu. - Dawson, W. R., Smith papers 66-67. 1934 (letters to J. E. Smith); Banks letters 534-540. 1958. - Debure, G., Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu C. L. L'Héritier de Brutelle, Paris (G. Debure) 1802 (lists e. g. all L'H's own publications, including the" dissertations"), ed. 2, Paris (G. Debure, J. G. Merigot, Thierry) 1805. - Desherbiers, Notice historique sur Charles-Louis L'Héritier. Paris \[1801\], 16p. - Hall, N., Bot. Eucalypts 84. 1978. - Hepper, F. N. & F. Neate, Plant coll. W. Afr. 50. 1971. - Leroy, J. F., ed., Bot. franç. Amér, nord 23, 59, 248, 249. 1957. - MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 3-11, 35-37, 64. 1963. - McVaugh, R., Huntia 1: 22-23. 1964. (sample treatment Bibliographia Huntiana). - Maiden, J. H., J. Proc. R. Soc. N. S. W. 44: 150. 1910. - O., Dict. sci. méd., Biogr. méd. 6: 36-37. 1824. - Sachs, J., Hist. bot. 143. 1892. - Stafleu, F. A., Intr. L'Héritier, Sert. angl. facs. ed. 1963, p. vii-xliii (b. 15 jun 1746, d. 16 Aug 1800); Intr. Jussieu Gen. Pl. xxix, xxx. 1964; Redouté and his circle, *in* Buckman \[ed.\], Bibliography and natural history 48-65. 1967; Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 232, 237, 286-289, 323. 1971; *in* Gillispie, DSB 8: 303-304. 1973 (bibl.). - Steele, A. R., Flowers for the king 168, 176-185, 190, 231, 298. 1964. - Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1891: 296. - Tyrell-Glynn, W. & M. L. Levyns, Fl. afr. nos. 134-136. 1963. - Wilson, E. H., Plant hunting 181. 1927. - Woodward, B. B., *in* G. Murray, Hist. coll. BM(NH) 27, 40. 1904 (51 letters to Dryander). #### Handwriting Candollea 31: 335-336. 1976. #### Eponymy Heriteria \[sic\] F. von Paula von Schrank (1789), *Heritiera* W. Aiton (1789), *Heritiera* A. J. Retzius (1791), *Heritiera* J. F. Gmelin (1791). *Note*: *Lheritiera* Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth (1823) and *Lheritieria* Perrottet (1825) are orth. vars. of *Heritiera* W. Aiton (1789). ### Publications ##### n.4484. Stirpes novae aut minus cognitae **Title** *Stirpes novae aut minus cognitae*, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit Carolus-Ludovicus L'Héritier, Dom. de Brutelle, in Aula Juvaminum Parisiensi, Regis consiliarius. Parisiis (Ex typographia Philippi-Dionysii Pierres,...) 1784 \[1785-1805\]. Broadsheet. **Abbreviated title**: *Stirp. nov.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In six fascicles 1785-1791; plates for fasc. 7-9 issued after Aug 1805. *Copies*: FI, G, HU, U, US; IDC 113; – *Pagination* \[i\*\], \[i\] xvi, 1-75, 76-81 (as 78-83), \[82\], 83 (as 84), \[84\], 85-110, 109bis-110bis, 111-112, 111bis-112bis, 113-118, 117bis-118bis, 119-120, 119bis-120bis, 121-181, \[182\], 183-184. *Plates*: (roman numbers): *1-7, 7b, 8-30, 30b, 31-52, 52bis, 53, 53bis, 54-56, 56bis, 57, 57bis, 58-59, 59b, 60-84; pl. 85-107, 109-124* distr. post Aug 1805. |fasc. |pages |*plates* |dates| |---|---|---|---| |1 |\[i\*\], i-vi, 1-20 |1-10, 7b |Mar 1785| |2 |\[i\*\], vii-viii, 21-40 |11-20 |Jan 1786 vel Dec 1785 sero| |3 |\[i\*\], ix-x, 41-62 |21-30, 30b |Mar 1786| |4 |\[i\*\], xi-xii, 63-102 |31-48 |Mar-Apr 1788| |5 |\[i\*\], xiii-xiv, 103-134 |49-64, 52bis, 53bis, 56bis, 57bis, 59b |Jan 1789| |6 |\[i\*\], xv-xvi, 135-181 |65-84 |Sep 1791| |Consp. |183-184 | |Sep 1791| |7-9 |— |85-107, 109-124 |Aug 1805| The book remained unfinished. L'Héritier had planned to issue 2 volumes with a total of at least 120 plates. Several libraries have copies that contain extra plates in addition to the 91 published during L'Héritier's life-time. The extra plates stem from the 1805 sale of his estate, or are (rarely) proofs or preprints sent by him to colleagues. The book is a broadsheet (not a folio) production. The main part contains 91 line engravings of which 54 are of drawings by P. J. Redouté. Some copies have coloured plates (partly colour-printed, finished by hand); one or two copies are known to have a double set (plain and coloured) plates (one at Lawrence Kansas, KU). – See Buchheim (1965) for a very detailed study of the book (analytical bibl., collations, variants, history, updated nomenclature); see also BM 3: 1108, HU 673, and the *Prospectus*, below. *Ref*.: Bartlett, H. H., Fiftyfive rare books 1949, 20-52. - Buchheim, G., Huntia 2: 29-58. 1965 \[1966\]. - Cavanilles, A. J., Observations sur le cinquième fascicule de M. L'Héritier, J. Phys. 1789: 1-10. ##### n.4485. Prospectus **Title** *Prospectus* de l'ouvrage intitulé: *Stirpes novae*, aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus et iconibus illustratae. In-fol. Par M. L'Héritier,... \[p.2: A Paris (de l'imprimerie de Ph. – D. Pierres,...) 1785\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Prosp. Stirp. nov.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1785 (permis d'imprimer: 18 Feb 1785), p. 1-2. *Copy*: G.– It was planned to publish about 4 fascicles per year, each containing 10-12 plates. The paper for the regular issue was "papier grandeur de Chapelet demi-feuille." Sixty copies were to be printed on "papier Vélin grand raisin," some of these would contain coloured plates. The first cahier "est en vente." It was possible to order copies with a double set of plates: coloured and uncoloured. ##### n.4486. Louichea **Title** *Louichea* s.l.n.d. \[Paris 1787 v. 1788\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Louichea*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1787 or Jan 1788, p. \[i, h.t.\], *plate*, \[iii-iv\]. *Copies*: G, NY. – Later published in *Stirpes novae* (p. 135-136, *pl*. 65). Only five copies seem to have been printed. ##### n.4487. Virgilia **Title** *Virgilia* s.l.n.d. \[Paris 1788\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Virgilia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Jun 1788 \[i, h.t.\], plate by P. J. Redouté, \[iii-iv\]. *Copies*: BM (*1 pl.*), G (*1 pl.*), NY (*2 pl.*). – It is possible that there were two different "editions". The Genève copy has bound with this issue plates of *Oxybaphus* and *Tricalas* (mentioned by PR, ed. 1, as 5851, 5852); Dryander mentions *2 pl*. (copy B. M. Bloomsbury (n.v.)). ##### n.4488. Kakile, cum animadversionibus in Buniadem, Myagrum et Crambem **Title** *Kakile, cum animadversionibus in Buniadem, Myagrum et Crambem*, s.l. 1788. **Abbreviated title**: *Kakile*. **Notes** *Publ*.: *Not* published. Two sets of proof-sheets are known (P, G) \[1, h.t.\], (3)-(11), at G bound with a plate showing *Podocarpus*. ##### n.4489. Michauxia **Title** *Michauxia* s.l.n.d. \[Paris 1788\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Michauxia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: "ed." 1, Mar-Apr 1788; "ed." 2, Jul 1788. It is hardly possible to speak of editions here although L'Héritier did so. Since we have not seen copies of the two editions at the same time, it is unknown to us whether there are differences. We have seen the copies at G (p. \[i-iv\], without plates, *pl. 1* mentioned in the text) and at NY (p. \[i\] and *2 pl*. with text). ##### n.4490. Hymenopappus **Title** *Hymenopappus* s.l.n.d. \[Paris 1788\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Hymenopappus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Dec 1788, p. \[i, h.t.\], \[iii-iv\], *1 plate. Copies*: G, NY. ##### n.4491. Buchozia **Title** *Buchozia* s.l.n.d. \[Paris 1788\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Buchozia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Dec 1788, p. \[i, h.t.\], \[iii-iv\], *plate. Copies*: G, NY. ##### n.4492. Sertum anglicum **Title** Car. Lud. L'Heritier, Dom. de Brutelle, in Aulâ Juvam. Par. Reg. Consil. *Sertum anglicum* seu plantae rariores quae in hortis juxta Londinum, imprimis in horto regio Kewensi excoluntur, ab anno 1786 ad annum 1787 observatae. Parisiis (typis Petri-Francisci Didot). Prostat Parisiis (apud Lud. Nic. Prévost, Theophil. Barrois), Londini (apud Rud. Graeffer), Argentorati \[Strasbourg\] (apud Armand. Koenig) 1788. Broadsheet. **Abbreviated title**: *Sert. angl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: as below, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-36, *pl. 1-15, 15bis, 16-34* for details see reprint 2 (article Blunt). *Copies*: Allan Hancock Found., BAS (Univ.), BH, BM, BR, DS, FI, G, HH(2), HU, JE, K, LINN, ND, OXF (Radcliffe), P, PH, S, Teyler, UC(2), USDA, W; IDC 5532.– For analytical bibl. formula see HU 692; a detailed description is given in Huntia 1: 21-24. 1964; see also Cat. Redout. no 3. |fasc. |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[i-iv\], 1-36 |1-2 |early Jan 1789| |2 |no text |3-12 |Mai 1790| |3 |no text |13-24, 15bis |Apr 1792| |4 |no text |25-34 |late 1792| *Issue on velin paper*: Paris (Bibl. natl.), broadsheet, as above but all plates unfolded, size 600 x 440mm, plates coloured. *Reprint 1* \[post 1800\]: Sertum anglicum,... observatae. Parisiis (typis Petri-Francisci Didot) prostat Parisiis (apud Lud. Nic. Prévost./Theophil Barrois) Londini (apud Rud. Graeffer), Argentorati (apud Armand Koenig). 1788. \[i.e. post 1800\]. Fol. *Publ*.: Even though dated 1788, this reissue, with the text on 20 p., and in folio, was probably published as a whole after L'Héritier's death; see Stafleu, p. xxxvii of reprint 2. p.\[i-iv\], \[1\]-20, *pl. 1-34, 15bis. Copies*: AMD, HH, L, NY, P(Bibl. nat.) REN, MO, U. *Reprint 2*: Pittsburg Pennsylvania (The Hunt Botanical Library) 1963. Facsimile of orig. ed. with critical studies and a translation; frontisp. (col.) \[i\]-xcviii, \[i.h.t.\], facsimile: \[i-iv\], \[1\]-36, *pl. 1-15, 15bis, 16-34*, \[1-11, indexes, 12, colophon\]. *Copies*: FAS, HU, U, US, USDA. Number of copies printed: 2000. Plates reduced (except for imprints; these were pasted up separately), imprints on *pl. 16* reversed. – Introductory articles by J. S. L. Gilmour, C. J. King, L. H. J. Williams (botany), W. Blunt (artists), and F. A. Stafleu (biography, bibliography). *Ref*.: MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 37. 1963. - MacVaugh, R., Huntia 1:22-23. 1964 (sample treatment Bibl. Hunt.). - Townsend, A.C., J.Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 4: 200-201. 1963 (rev. facsimile ed.) ##### n.4493. Cornus **Title** Car. Lud. L'Héritier, Dom. de Brutelle, in Aulâ Juvam. Par. Reg. Consil. *Cornus*. Specimen botanicum sistens descriptiones et icones specierum Corni minus cognitarum. Parisiis (Typis Petri-Francisci Didot)... Prostat Parisiis (apud Ludovicum Nicolaum Prévost, Theophilum Barrois), Londini (apud Petrum Elmsly) Viennae (apud Rudolphum Graeffer) Argentorati \[Strasbourg\] (apud Amandum Koenig) 1788 \[1789\]. Broadsheet. **Abbreviated title**: *Cornus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jan-21 Feb 1789, p. \[i\], \[1\]-15, *pl. 1-6.* The copy at G has two sets of plates, coloured and plain; copper engr. of drawings by L. Freret (3) and P. J. Redouté (3). *Copies*: FI, G, HU, MICH, MO, NY; IDC 6019. The copies with coloured and uncoloured sets of plates (G, Sotheby) belong to a set of six printed on vellum, with all six plates coloured by the Redoutés. See HU 698 for anal. bibl. details. *Reprint text*: Usteri, P., Del. Opusc. bot 2(16). 1793, *2 pl*. *Ref*.: GF p. 65; HU 698; Sotheby 452; ST p. 71. - Britten, J. and B. B. Woodward, J. Bol. 43: 272. 1905. - Stafleu, F. A., *in* L'Héritier, Sertum anglicum, facsimile, Pittsburgh 1963, p. xxix, xxx. - MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 36. 1963. - Lawalrée, A., Cat. Redout. 100-101. 1963. ##### n.4494. Geraniolo- gia **Title** Car. Lud. L'Héritier, Dom. de Brutelle, in Aula juvam. Paris Reg. Consil. *Geraniologia*, seu Erodii Pelargonii, Geranii, Monsoniae et Grieli historia iconibus illustrata. Parisiis (Typis Petri-Francisci Didot.) Prostat Parisiis (apud Ludovicum Nicolaum Prévost, Theophilum Barrois), Londini (apud Petrum Elmsly), Viennae (apud Rudolphum Graeffer), Argentorati \[Strasbourg\] (apud Amandum Koenig) 1787-1788 \[1792\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Geraniologia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1792, p. \[i, t.p.\], *pl. 1-44. Copies*: FI, G, HU (*pl. 14* lacking), MICH (no t.p., *44 pl.*), MO (no t.p., *pl. 1-13, 15-24, 26-28, 30-44*); IDC 6021. – For a discussion of the history of this book see Britten and Woodward (1905) and Stafleu (1963). The text was not published until 1802 (see below); the unfinished manuscript came in the hands of A.P. de Candolle. Proofsheets of a *Compendium generalogium* \[sic\] are at G, 64 p. These sheets were not effectively published by L'Héritier himself although he sent the first three to Banks and perhaps also to other botanists. However, Guittonneau (1967) has shown that three copies of the text were sold on 10 Mai 1802 (public sale of L'Héritier's library). This constituted indeed effective publication as of that date. Other copies of this text are at the Bibliothèque nationale and at the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, both at Paris. *Plates*: 33 of the 44 uncoloured engravings are after drawings by P. J. Redouté (excellent quality; early work), the others are by C. Aubriet (1), L. Freret (*pl. 14*; in first state ascribed to" P. J. Redouté") (1), Pernotin (3), H. J. Redouté (1), James Sowerby (6), S. Taylor (1). (J. P. Redouté stands for P. J. Redouté). The plates were re-issued, probably from the original stock, by Garnery, Paris 1813. Several of the drawings used in this work were made during L'Héritier's stay in London. If regularly published, it would have been a fitting pendant to the *Sertum anglicum*. *Facsimile ed*.: Boerhaave Press. Leiden, 1978 p. \[i\], *pl. 1-44.* ISBN 90-70153-08-4. *Copy*: FAS. (see Taxon 27: 423. 1978). *Ref*.: GF p. 65; Sotheby 451; ST p. 71-72; TL-1/686. - Britten, J. ancl B. B. Woodward, J. Bot. 43: 271. 1905. - Guittoneau, Bull. Soc. bot. France 114: 42-45. 1967. - McPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 64. 1963. - Stafleu, F. A., *in* L'Héritier, Sertum anglicum, facsimile, Pittsburgh 1963; Taxon 27: 140. 1978 (announcement reprint).