Le régne végétal: divisé en traité de botanique, flore médicale, usuelle et industrielle, horticulture théorique et pratique, plantes agricoles et forestières, histoire biographiqueet bibliographique de la botanique. Traité de botanique générale usuelle et industrielle du XIXe siècle

Published in Paris during the mid-19th century, Le Règne Végétal emerged as a monumental encyclopedic effort to codify botanical knowledge for both scholarly and practical application. It was produced at a time when French natural history was experiencing a resurgence in public interest, aiming to synthesize academic botany with the agricultural and industrial needs of a rapidly modernizing society. The work was intended to serve as a comprehensive reference, bridging the gap between theoretical classification and the applied sciences of forestry, horticulture, and medicine.

The illustrative design of the series is characteristic of 19th-century scientific lithography, which favored meticulous detail and systematic accuracy to aid in the identification of specimens. These volumes were received by the scientific community as an ambitious attempt to consolidate the vast, often disparate findings of the era into a singular, cohesive resource. By providing detailed biographical and bibliographical entries alongside technical descriptions, the authors sought to establish a definitive pedagogical tool for the contemporary student and the professional practitioner alike.