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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>A short review of the preparation by the publisher Paul Klincksieck (Paris) and French botanists such as Malinvaud of the basic French flora of the early 20th century, the <jats:italic>Flore</jats:italic> of the abbé Coste. The genesis of the first parts of the flora is described on the basis of letters from Coste, Flahault, Klincksieck and Malinvaud. Some subsequent uses of Coste's illustrations and some other projects of the publisher are discussed.</jats:p>