Les savants modernes. Leur vie et leurs travaux d'après les documents académiques choisis et abrégés.
Paris, Librairie Nony, 1899.
8vo, viii-455 pages. binding : Contemporary quarter chagreen, gilt spine in six compartments. Foxings.
First edition. A. Rebière is the author of Les savants modernes. Leur vie et leurs travaux (Modern Scientists. Their Lives and Works), a biographical collection that offers an overview of the lives and contributions of scientific figures of the modern era. The work is based on "selected and abridged academic documents," suggesting a compilation of reliable sources. This type of work was important for disseminating scientific culture and inspiring new generations of researchers, by presenting portraits of contemporary or recent scientists and summarizing their most significant works.