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HALES, Stephen.

La statique des végétaux, et celle des animaux; expériences lues à la Société Royale de Londres.

Paris, Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1779-1780.

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250 €

Founding text of plant physiology, including the study of plant respiration and sap circulation. The book contains Buffon's preface (translator of the text) which highlights the importance of the experimental method.
Stephen Hales (1677-1761) was a British physiologist, chemist and inventor.

SCHAEFFER, Jacques Christian.

Der fischformige Kiefenfuss in stehenden Wassern um Regensburg.

Ratisbonne, s.n., 1762.

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250 €

Second edition.
A work where the German scientist describes an aquatic larva, likely that of a diving beetle.

BON, François Xavier.

Dissertation sur l'utilité de la soye des araignées.

Avignon, Franc. Girard, 1748.

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250 €

Latin-French edition.
François Xavier Bon de Saint Hilaire (1678-1761), president of the Chamber of Accounts of Languedoc, entered history for his interest in the use of spider silk as a textile fiber. It is reported that he presented Louis XIV with a garment entirely woven with spider silk.

MANESSE, Denis Joseph (Abbé).

Traité sur la manière d'empailler et de conserver les animaux, les pelleteries et les laines.

Paris, Guillot, 1787.

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300 €

First edition.

THEURIET, André.

Nos Oiseaux.

Paris, H. Launette et Cie, 1887.

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300 €

Second edition.
Very nice print of the 110 watercolors after Hector Giacomelli.
For each of the 20 chapters dedicated to a species of bird, we find: a small framed poem, a banner, a lettrin, a lampshade and a full page engraving.

A fine copy.

BIANCONI, Joseph.

La Théorie Darwinienne et la Création dite indépendante.

Bologne, Nicolas Zanichelli, 1874.

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300 €

First edition.
An "anti" Darwinist work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.

DARWIN, Charles.

De La Variation des animaux et des plantes sous l' action de la domestication.

Paris, C. Reinwald, 1868.

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First edition in French. Translation by JJ Moulinié.
In addition to the remarks on the domestication of animals (which is a bias of unnatural selection) Darwin exposes in this book for the first time his theory of Pangenesis.
Darwin seeks there a support of hereditary information and puts forward the hypothesis of cellular buds which would transmit the characters of the parents. The hypothesis is false but we feel that genetics are in fact not very far.

BRONGNIART, Alexandre.

Traité élémentaire de minéralogie, avec des applications aux arts.

Paris, Deterville, 1807.

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300 €

First edition and first book by Brongniart.

Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847) is a French scientist well-known and recognized for his research in mineralogy. He succeeded René Just Haüy (one of the founders of geometric crystallography), to the chair of mineralogy at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris.
As soon as it was published, this book became a classic in this field and was as a reference for students.

MAYRANX, Dr || HUBER, François.

Fragments d'Hubert sur les abeilles.

Paris, Méquignon-Havard, 1829.

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300 €

Rare study on bees.

DUPUY, Dominique (Abbé).

Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et d'Eau Douce qui vivent en France.

Paris, Victor Masson, 1847-1852.

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350 €

First edition.
Complete collection of six issues as published in which Abbé Dupuy describes a number of new species (and or subspecies) starting with the Pyrenees Nerite.
Dupuy's malacological collections which were used to write his history of molluscs are today kept at the Toulouse museum and were only completely inventoried in 2009.

[PERRAULT, Pierre].

De L'Origine des Fontaines.

Paris, Jean de la Caille, 1678.

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350 €

Second edition.
Milestone for hydrology.
Perrault succeeded in proving scientifically for the first time that rainfall was sufficient to fuel the flow of rivers, and that rain came from the evaporation of rivers and seas.

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste.

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles.

Paris et Saint-Pétersbourg, Klostermann, 1810.

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350 €

First edition, the first issue with the scarce 1810 title page.
An important work and comprehensive treatise on natural and mineral waters. The first part covers internal and external uses of fresh water, seawater, and different kinds of mineral water. The major portion of the book describes the principal spas of Europe in alphabetical order, including chemical analyses of the waters. The last section gives detailed directions for the preparation of artificial mineral waters, with plates showing apparatus for making hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogel sulphide. The machine designed by L.A. Planche for making carbonated mineral waters under pressure is described.

DERHEIMS, Jean-Lambert.

Histoire naturelle et médicale des sangsues.

Paris, Baillère, 1825.

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350 €

Rare first edition of this work on leeches.

CHEVALIER, Charles || PRITCHARD, Andrew.

300 animalcules infusoires, dessinés à l'aide du microscope.

Paris, Charles Chevalier, 1838.

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350 €

First edition.
Chevalier, Charles (1804-1859) French optical engineer, manufacturer and seller of microscopes, including abroad, supplier in particular to the Academy of Sciences, the Collège de France, and the Ecole Polytechnique.

CAMUS, Armand Gaston.

Histoire des Animaux D'Aristote.

Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1783.

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350 €

First French translation of Aristotle's text.
The translation is given by Armand Gaston Camus with the Greek text opposite.
Aristotle here attempts to make a comprehensible classification of animals based on objective structural characteristics. The second volume is devoted to a critical apparatus of Aristotle's text.

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

Paris, Charles Pougens, Hocquart, Duprat, An VIII (1799).

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400 €

First edition.
Louis Bertrand (1731-1812), was born in Geneva and was a Swiss geologist and mathematician. He was a pupil of Euler and became his close friend. In addition to writing a text on geometry he also wrote on geology. In "Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres" he discusses the evolution of terrestrial continents, mountains, stratigraphic layers, caves and fossils (animal and mineral).

VALLEMONT, Abbé (de).

Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, ou l'agriculture, et le jardinage dans leur perfection.

Bruxelles, Jean Leonard, 1715.

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400 €

New edition.
Abbot de Vallemont is well known for his curious works on occultism. These two volumes deal with all sorts of strange phenomena: the tree of Diana or metallic vegetation, the plant phoenix, palingenesis or the resurrection of plants from their ashes. Allegorical frontispieces and engraved figures.

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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Pierre-Samuel.

Quelques mémoires sur différens sujets.

Paris, A. Belin, 1813.

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400 €

Second edition.
Collection of several memoirs on geography and natural sciences published on the author's return from the United States.
One of the memoirs is devoted to the islands on the Hudson River and is decorated with a folding map of the mouth of the Hudson.

STURM, Jacob.

Catalog meiner Insecten-Sammlung.

Nürnberg, Auf Rosten des Verfassers, 1826.

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First edition.
At the turn of the 18th century, Sturm had one of the largest private collections of insects. He published a catalogue in four parts from 1796 to 1843. Here is the third part devoted to beetles.
Presentation copy.

SICARD, Guillaume.

Histoire naturelle des champignons comestibles et vénéneux.

Paris, Delagrave, 1884.

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400 €

Second edition augmented.
A work sought after for its 75 beautiful plates of edible and poisonous mushrooms.
Some ink annotations on the plates.

CLARMORGAN, Jean.

La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.

Rouen, Jean Baptiste Besongne, 1685.

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450 €

The Wolf Hunt by Jean Carlmorgan was appended to the editions of the Rustic House of Liebaut. Our edition has its own title page and includes the 14 mid-page woodcuts from the sixteenth century editions. A highly sought-after work in the 19th century, it represented the "dark ages" of the French countryside.

Following it we find "La Fabrique de la Gauge ou Diapason" in (10) sheets, (last sheet truncated). Another typical annex of the Rustic House.

[AUBERT DE LA CHESNAY DES BOIS, François-Alexandre].

Systême naturel du règne animal, par classes, familles ou ordres, genres et espèces, avec une notice de tous les animaux.

Paris, Cl.-J.-B. Bauche, 1754.

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450 €

First edition.
The Illustrated with portraits of Klein and Linné in frontispiece and 6 folding plates of zoology engraved by Maisonneuve.
This taxonomic treatise describes each species of quadrupeds, birds and amphibians according to the classification of Jacob Theodor Klein and that of Carl von Linné, the fishes according to that of Peter Artedi and finally the insects and worms according to Linné.

BERTRAND, Elie.

Dictionnaire universel des fossiles propres, et des fossiles accidentels.

Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1763.

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450 €

First edition, The Avignon issue (there is also an Hague issue).
Dictionary of oryctology, a term used in the 18th century for the study of Earth Sciences (which includes geology, mineralogy, crystallography, paleontology and volcanology).

CHABERT, Philibert.

Traité du charbon ou anthrax dans les animaux.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1782.

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450 €

Second enlarges edition of this famous veterinary work dealing with the anthrax, a disease touching many farm animals.
Rare.

BOISSIER DE SAUVAGES, (Abbé).

Mémoires sur l'éducation des vers à soie.

Nismes, Gaude, 1763.

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450 €

First edition.
Collection of six works on the subject of silkworms by Abbé Boissier de Sauvages, containing three memoirs on the education of silkworms, the cultivation of mulberry trees, the observation on the origin of honey, the catalogue of authors who have written on silkworms.

SAND, Maurice.

Le Monde des Papillons, promenade à travers champs avec une préface de George Sand.

Paris, J. Rothschild, 1867.

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First edition.
Beautiful work by Maurice Sand, son of George Sand who signed the preface.
Following this we find the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of Europe by Sinceet.
Complete with 50 entomological plates.

GRAINDORGE, André || FORMI, Pierre || [BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph].

Traités très rares concernant l'histoire naturelle et les Arts.
- Graindorge, Traité de l'origine des Macreuses, 1680
- Formi, Traité de l'Adianton ou cheveu de vénus, 1644.

Paris, Saugrain & Lamy, 1780.

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500 €

Reissue of two rare texts by Buchoz to serve as an annual supplement to a naturalist journal (probably the "Journal of the Three Kingdoms of Nature"):
- Graindorge, Traité de l'origine des Macreuses, 1680.
In which the author returns to the The opinion still widespread in the seventeenth century of the spontaneous generation of scoters (or Scottish geese) from boat wrecks (or shells or as fruit of coastal trees). Grandorge demonstrates that scoters are born from eggs like all other birds.

- Formi, Treatise on the Adianton or hair of Venus, 1644
Work which brought great fame to its author in which he proposes the galenic and spagyric use of the Capillary (Fern of the genus Adiantum).

LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste || CANDOLLE, Augustin Pyramus de.

Flore française, ou Descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un Exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique.

Paris, Desbay, 1815.

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500 €

Third edition.
This third edition was completely revised by the Swiss botanist Candolle in 1805. It was reprinted in 1815 with new title pages to accompany Volume V in the original edition. This latest volume includes 1300 species not described in the previous ones.

HUMBOLDT, Frédéric Alexandre.

Expériences sur le Galvanisme et en général sur l'irritation des fibres musculaires et nerveuses.

Paris, Didot Jeune Chez J.F. Fuchs, 1799.

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500 €

First edition in french.
French translation by Nicolas Jadelot of Humboldt's work on galvanism. Humboldt confirms Galvani's interpretation that animal electricity is irreducible to that of physicists. It contributes to the genesis of the idea that living beings can be described as galvanic organisms.

LINNE, Charles.

Genera plantarum. Eorumque Characteres naturales, secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, & Proportionem omnium Fructificationis partium.

Paris, David, 1743.

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Third edition.
A major work in the history of science in which Linnaeus explains the reproduction of flowering plants and proposes a classification of plants by the structure of their flowers. This classification will be the starting point for the entire taxonomy of living things as we use it today.

Taken from the second edition published in 1742, the Paris edition is the only one to offer the names of plants in French.

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Natural History - Botany - Gardening

HALES, Stephen.

La statique des végétaux, et celle des animaux; expériences lues à la Société Royale de Londres.

Founding text of plant physiology, including the study of plant respiration and sap circulation. The book contains Buffon's preface (translator of the text) which highlights the importance of the experimental method. Stephen Hales (1677-1761) was a British physiologist, chemist and inventor.

SCHAEFFER, Jacques Christian.

Der fischformige Kiefenfuss in stehenden Wassern um Regensburg.

Second edition.A work where the German scientist describes an aquatic larva, likely that of a diving beetle.

BON, François Xavier.

Dissertation sur l'utilité de la soye des araignées.

Latin-French edition. François Xavier Bon de Saint Hilaire (1678-1761), president of the Chamber of Accounts of Languedoc, entered history for his interest in the use of spider silk as a textile fiber. It is reported that he presented Louis XIV with a garment entirely woven with spider silk.

MANESSE, Denis Joseph (Abbé).

Traité sur la manière d'empailler et de conserver les animaux, les pelleteries et les laines.

First edition.

THEURIET, André.

Nos Oiseaux.

Second edition.Very nice print of the 110 watercolors after Hector Giacomelli. For each of the 20 chapters dedicated to a species of bird, we find: a small framed poem, a banner, a lettrin, a lampshade and a full page engraving.A fine copy.

BIANCONI, Joseph.

La Théorie Darwinienne et la Création dite indépendante.

First edition.An "anti" Darwinist work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.

DARWIN, Charles.

De La Variation des animaux et des plantes sous l' action de la domestication.

BRONGNIART, Alexandre.

Traité élémentaire de minéralogie, avec des applications aux arts.

MAYRANX, Dr || HUBER, François.

Fragments d'Hubert sur les abeilles.

Rare study on bees.

DUPUY, Dominique (Abbé).

Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et d'Eau Douce qui vivent en France.

[PERRAULT, Pierre].

De L'Origine des Fontaines.

Second edition.Milestone for hydrology.Perrault succeeded in proving scientifically for the first time that rainfall was sufficient to fuel the flow of rivers, and that rain came from the evaporation of rivers and seas.

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste.

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles.

DERHEIMS, Jean-Lambert.

Histoire naturelle et médicale des sangsues.

Rare first edition of this work on leeches.

CHEVALIER, Charles || PRITCHARD, Andrew.

300 animalcules infusoires, dessinés à l'aide du microscope.

First edition.Chevalier, Charles (1804-1859) French optical engineer, manufacturer and seller of microscopes, including abroad, supplier in particular to the Academy of Sciences, the Collège de France, and the Ecole Polytechnique.

CAMUS, Armand Gaston.

Histoire des Animaux D'Aristote.

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

VALLEMONT, Abbé (de).

Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, ou l'agriculture, et le jardinage dans leur perfection.

DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Pierre-Samuel.

Quelques mémoires sur différens sujets.

Second edition.Collection of several memoirs on geography and natural sciences published on the author's return from the United States.One of the memoirs is devoted to the islands on the Hudson River and is decorated with a folding map of the mouth of the Hudson.

STURM, Jacob.

Catalog meiner Insecten-Sammlung.

First edition. At the turn of the 18th century, Sturm had one of the largest private collections of insects. He published a catalogue in four parts from 1796 to 1843. Here is the third part devoted to beetles.Presentation copy.

SICARD, Guillaume.

Histoire naturelle des champignons comestibles et vénéneux.

Second edition augmented.A work sought after for its 75 beautiful plates of edible and poisonous mushrooms.Some ink annotations on the plates.

CLARMORGAN, Jean.

La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.

[AUBERT DE LA CHESNAY DES BOIS, François-Alexandre].

Systême naturel du règne animal, par classes, familles ou ordres, genres et espèces, avec une notice de tous les animaux.

BERTRAND, Elie.

Dictionnaire universel des fossiles propres, et des fossiles accidentels.

First edition, The Avignon issue (there is also an Hague issue).Dictionary of oryctology, a term used in the 18th century for the study of Earth Sciences (which includes geology, mineralogy, crystallography, paleontology and volcanology).

CHABERT, Philibert.

Traité du charbon ou anthrax dans les animaux.

Second enlarges edition of this famous veterinary work dealing with the anthrax, a disease touching many farm animals. Rare.

BOISSIER DE SAUVAGES, (Abbé).

Mémoires sur l'éducation des vers à soie.

First edition.Collection of six works on the subject of silkworms by Abbé Boissier de Sauvages, containing three memoirs on the education of silkworms, the cultivation of mulberry trees, the observation on the origin of honey, the catalogue of authors who have written on silkworms.

SAND, Maurice.

Le Monde des Papillons, promenade à travers champs avec une préface de George Sand.

First edition.Beautiful work by Maurice Sand, son of George Sand who signed the preface.Following this we find the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of Europe by Sinceet.Complete with 50 entomological plates.

GRAINDORGE, André || FORMI, Pierre || [BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph].

Traités très rares concernant l'histoire naturelle et les Arts.- Graindorge, Traité de l'origine des Macreuses, 1680- Formi, Traité de l'Adianton ou cheveu de vénus, 1644.

LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste || CANDOLLE, Augustin Pyramus de.

Flore française, ou Descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un Exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique.

Third edition.This third edition was completely revised by the Swiss botanist Candolle in 1805. It was reprinted in 1815 with new title pages to accompany Volume V in the original edition. This latest volume includes 1300 species not described in the previous ones.

HUMBOLDT, Frédéric Alexandre.

Expériences sur le Galvanisme et en général sur l'irritation des fibres musculaires et nerveuses.

LINNE, Charles.

Genera plantarum. Eorumque Characteres naturales, secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, & Proportionem omnium Fructificationis partium.

Founding text of plant physiology, including the study of plant respiration and sap circulation. The book contains Buffon's preface (translator of the text) which highlights the importance of the experimental method.
Stephen Hales (1677-1761) was a British physiologist, chemist and inventor.

Second edition.
A work where the German scientist describes an aquatic larva, likely that of a diving beetle.

Latin-French edition.
François Xavier Bon de Saint Hilaire (1678-1761), president of the Chamber of Accounts of Languedoc, entered history for his interest in the use of spider silk as a textile fiber. It is reported that he presented Louis XIV with a garment entirely woven with spider silk.

Second edition.
Very nice print of the 110 watercolors after Hector Giacomelli.
For each of the 20 chapters dedicated to a species of bird, we find: a small framed poem, a banner, a lettrin, a lampshade and a full page engraving.

A fine copy.

First edition.
An "anti" Darwinist work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.

Second edition.
Milestone for hydrology.
Perrault succeeded in proving scientifically for the first time that rainfall was sufficient to fuel the flow of rivers, and that rain came from the evaporation of rivers and seas.

First edition.
Chevalier, Charles (1804-1859) French optical engineer, manufacturer and seller of microscopes, including abroad, supplier in particular to the Academy of Sciences, the Collège de France, and the Ecole Polytechnique.

Second edition.
Collection of several memoirs on geography and natural sciences published on the author's return from the United States.
One of the memoirs is devoted to the islands on the Hudson River and is decorated with a folding map of the mouth of the Hudson.

First edition.
At the turn of the 18th century, Sturm had one of the largest private collections of insects. He published a catalogue in four parts from 1796 to 1843. Here is the third part devoted to beetles.
Presentation copy.

Second edition augmented.
A work sought after for its 75 beautiful plates of edible and poisonous mushrooms.
Some ink annotations on the plates.

First edition, The Avignon issue (there is also an Hague issue).
Dictionary of oryctology, a term used in the 18th century for the study of Earth Sciences (which includes geology, mineralogy, crystallography, paleontology and volcanology).

Second enlarges edition of this famous veterinary work dealing with the anthrax, a disease touching many farm animals.
Rare.

First edition.
Collection of six works on the subject of silkworms by Abbé Boissier de Sauvages, containing three memoirs on the education of silkworms, the cultivation of mulberry trees, the observation on the origin of honey, the catalogue of authors who have written on silkworms.

First edition.
Beautiful work by Maurice Sand, son of George Sand who signed the preface.
Following this we find the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of Europe by Sinceet.
Complete with 50 entomological plates.

Traités très rares concernant l'histoire naturelle et les Arts.
- Graindorge, Traité de l'origine des Macreuses, 1680
- Formi, Traité de l'Adianton ou cheveu de vénus, 1644.

Third edition.
This third edition was completely revised by the Swiss botanist Candolle in 1805. It was reprinted in 1815 with new title pages to accompany Volume V in the original edition. This latest volume includes 1300 species not described in the previous ones.