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Photo SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio. 

SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio. 

Vipera Pythia id est, De Viperae Natura, Veneno, Medicina, Demonstrationes, et Experimenta nova. 

Padoue, Pauli Frambotti, 1651.
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Second edition.
Marco Auelio Severino (1580-1656) was a prominent Italian anatomist and surgeon. In 1610, he was appointed professor of anatomy and surgery in Naples. His work, "Vipera Pythia," deals with venomous snakes, their anatomy, venom, and medicinal properties and virtues. It provides extensive information on the mythology, superstitions, and occult traditions surrounding snakes.

Many of the engravings, mostly full-page, depict mythological images as well as pagan deities, symbols, and idols associated with snakes.

Photo HOPPE, David Heinrich. 

HOPPE, David Heinrich. 

Enumeratio Insectorum Elytratorum Circa Erlangam Indigenarum secundam systema Fabricianum. Observationibus Iconibusque Illustrata. 

Erlangen, Palm, 1795.
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First edition published at the same time as his thesis with a slightly different title.
David Heinrich Hoppe was a German physician, botanist and pharmacist and an entomologist.
In 1790, Hoppe founded Bavaria's first botanical society, the Regensburg Botanical Society, the oldest still-functioning botanical society in the world.
Three taxa are named by David Heinrich Hoppe in this books :
- Donacia dentata, a species of beetles of the subfamily Donaciinae.
- Donacia marginata, a species of beetle native to Europe.
- Graphoderus zonatus, a species of beetle from the Dytiscidae family.

Photo BERTRAND, Philippe. 

BERTRAND, Philippe. 

Nouveaux principes de géologie. Comparés et opposés à ceux des Philosophes anciens et modernes, jusqu'à J. C. Delamétherie, qui les a tous analysés dans sa Théorie de la Terre. Ou manière plus simple d'observer et d'expliquer l'un par l'autre, les principaux faits naturels; avec un Abrégé d'une Géologie toute nouvelle. 

Paris, Chez l'Auteur & Maradan, An VI - 1797.
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750 €

First edition.

Photo BULLIARD, Pierre. 

BULLIARD, Pierre. 

Dictionnaire élémentaire de botanique, ou Exposition par ordre alphabétique, des préceptes de la botanique, et de tous les termes, tant françois que latins, consacrés à l'étude de cette science. 

Paris, Imprimerie Crapelet, 1797.
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750 €

A Folio edition with 9 color plates.

Photo LORIOL, Perceval de. 

LORIOL, Perceval de. 

Description des animaux invertébrés fossiles contenus dans l'étage néocomien moyen du mont Salève. 

Genève, H. Georg, 1861.
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750 €

First edition of this remarkable work on the Salève fossils.

Perceval de Loriol (1828-1908) was a Swiss palaeontologist and stratigrapher, who worked during fourty years at the Natural History Museum of Geneva. He was one of the founders of the Schweizerische Paläontologische Gesellschaft.

The Salève is particularly rich in fossils. There are more than 700 species of invertebrates in the interval from the Upper Jurassic to the Quaternary, the study of which is far from being completed.
This work by Loriol remains an important reference on the subject.

Photo SCHLUTTER, Christophe-André || HELLOT. 

SCHLUTTER, Christophe-André || HELLOT. 

De la Fonte des Mines, des Fonderies, &tc. 

Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1764-1753.
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750 €

French edition (first for vol. 2 and second for vol. 1 in uniform binding).
The most important eighteenth-century book on mining, or refining, metallurgical chemistry, smelting, and essaying. (Neville).

Photo LA BROSSE, Guy (de). 

LA BROSSE, Guy (de). 

De la nature, vertu, et utilité des plantes. 

Paris, Rollin Baragnes, 1628.
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700 €

First edition.
Guy de La Brosse was Louis XIII's regular physician and founder of the Jardin du Roi (ancestor of the Jardin des Plantes). The last part, entitled "Dessein d'un Jardin Royal pour la culture des plantes médicinales", presents the project for the future Jardin des Plantes.
While the author remains famous for having successfully completed this project, he is also known for having been one of the first French Paracelsians. This work, one of the first great French botanical treatises, detailing the medicinal virtues of plants, their classification and their therapeutic use, is very much inspired by Bacon and Paracelsus. The book illustrates in a very clear way one of the schools of thought of the nascent revolution, that of Paracelsianism.

Photo GEOFFROY, Étienne-Louis. 

GEOFFROY, Étienne-Louis. 

Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. 

Paris, Durand, 1762.
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700 €

First edition.
This book was a great success in the field of Natural Sciences as soon as it was published.
Étienne-Louis Geoffroy (1725-1810, French pharmacist and entomologist) introduced a new classification of insects based on the study of wings and established six different groups (beetles, hemiptera, mealy-winged tetraptera, bare-winged tetraptera, diptera and aptera).

Photo GAMA MACHADO, José Joaquim da. 

GAMA MACHADO, José Joaquim da. 

Théorie des ressemblances ou essai philosophique sur les moyens de déterminer les dispositions physiques et morales des animaux. 

Paris, H. Fournier et Cie, 1844.
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600 €

First edition.
Third part alone of the four parts that appeared over a period of almost thirty years. The first part appeared in 1831, the last in 1858. The subject, on the border between natural history and philosophy, consists in applying a rigorous analogy between animal forms and human psychology. In the tradition of Lavater, Gall and the physiognomists, the physical configuration of the organ is revealing of personal dispositions. Da Gama Machado was a commander and gentleman of the Royal House of the King of Portugal; he lived surrounded by his birds, which he cherished.

Presentation copy to Achille Comte (1802-1866).

Photo FUSTER, Joseph-Jean Nicolas. 

FUSTER, Joseph-Jean Nicolas. 

Des Changements dans le climat de la France, histoire de ses révolutions météorologiques
[relié à la suite :]
Des Maladies de la France dans leurs rapports avec les saison, ou histoire médicale et météorologique de la France, Paris, Dufart, 1840. 

Paris, Capelle, 1845.
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600 €

Two works in first edition by the same author in one volume:

I - FUSTER, Changes in the climate of France, history of its meteorological revolutions, Paris, Capelle, 1845

"The climate of France has changed and is changing"
Quite fascinating historiographical work on the French climate since the Gauls until the XIXth century.
One of the final chapters entitled "The action of meteorological phenomena and the human industry as causes of changes in our climate" sounds like a strange echo 150 years before the IPCC reports.

II- FUSTER, Diseases of France in their relationships with the seasons, or medical and meteorological history of France, Paris, Dufart, 1840

"The subject of this book is still new: no one has dealt with the diseases of France; no one has considered these diseases in their relationship with the seasons. But it is between us something more than "a new application of principles already known; it is, above all, the search for these principles. How do the seasons work; determine the diseases in correspondence with their action? Here is the problem first. The history of the seasons and diseases of France will follow and must follow the solution of these two questions. "

While the seasonality of viral infections is always a concern.

Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

L'Art de monter à cheval, qui monstre la belle & facille méthode de se rendre bon homme de cheval. 

Paris, Jacques le Gras, 1664.
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600 €

Second edition enlarged by a second part from Samuel Fouquet to treat horse diseases.
The best edition of this classic treatise on horse riding.
The author was a squire in the grand stable of Louis XIV.

Photo BACCI, Andrea. 

BACCI, Andrea. 

De thermis libri septem. In quo agitur de universa aquarum natura, deque earum differentiis omnibus, ac mistionibus cum terris, cum ignibus, cum metallis. 

Venise, Felicem Valgrisum, 1588.
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Second enlarged edition.

Photo MERCURIALE, Geronimo || SCHELIGA, Albert. 

MERCURIALE, Geronimo || SCHELIGA, Albert. 

De venenis et morbis venenosis tractatus. 

Francfort, Andreae Wecheli, 1584.
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500 €

Edition published same year as the first edition in Venice.
Pioneering work on knowledge on poisons.
Some period handwritten annotations in the margins.

Photo [VALLOT, Jacques-Nicolas]. 

[VALLOT, Jacques-Nicolas]. 

Cours de Minéralogie. 

[Dijon], s.n., An 9 [1800].
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500 €

Handwritten course on Mineralogy.
A note at the end of the document tells us that the course was taken under dictation by Vallot in the year 9. At that date Jacques-Nicolas Vallot (1771-1860) was a professor of natural sciences at the central school of Dijon. A naturalist, he touched on all sorts of subjects: botany, zoology, mineralogy, antiquities...
Vallot reviews the different minerals and gives their main characteristics: jasper, chalcedony, gold, petroleum, carbonates, etc.

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

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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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).

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

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.

Photo HUMBOLDT, Frédéric Alexandre. 

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.

Photo SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro || SENEBIER, Jean. 

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro || SENEBIER, Jean. 

Oeuvres de M. L'Abbé Spallanzani :
Opuscules de physique, animale et végétale, augmentés de ses expériences sur la digestion de l'Homme & des Animaux, traduits de l'italien par Jean Senebier
[suivi de]
Expériences sur la digestion de l'Homme, et de différentes espèces d'animaux
[suivi de]
Expériences pour servir à l'histoire de la génération des animaux et des plantes; avec une ébauche de l'histoire des êtres organisés avant leur fécondation par Jean Senebier. 

Paris - Pavie, Pierre J. Duplain, 1787.
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500 €

First collective edition in french of the works of Spallanzi.

Photo GARSAULT, François-Alexandre-Pierre de. 

GARSAULT, François-Alexandre-Pierre de. 

Le Nouveau parfait maréchal, ou la connoissance générale et universelle du cheval, divisé en sept traités [...] avec un dictionnaire des termes de cavalerie. 

Paris, Nyon, 1755.
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500 €

One of the 18th century encyclopedic references on the horse, which was still more than an animal at the time.
Third edition complete with all its beautiful plates and in particular the impressive engravings on the anatomy of the horse.

Photo CLARMORGAN, Jean. 

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.

Photo CHABERT, Philibert. 

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.

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

[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.

Photo BOISSIER DE SAUVAGES, (Abbé). 

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.

Photo SMYTTÈRE, Philippe-Joseph-Emmanuel. 

SMYTTÈRE, Philippe-Joseph-Emmanuel. 

Tables synoptiques de l'histoire naturelle, pharmaceutique et médicale. 

Paris, Librairie médicale de Crochard, 1833.
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450 €

Second edition.
Philippe-Joseph-Emmanuel de Smyttère (1800-1886) was a French physician, botanist and historian. His work, inspired by the classifications of Candolle, offers classification tables where medicinal properties are highlighted.
"I conceived the project of demonstrating, through application, the link that unites natural history to therapeutics" (extract from the preface).

Photo BERTRAND, Elie. 

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).

Photo SICARD, Guillaume. 

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.

Photo BERTRAND, Louis. 

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).

Photo DUPONT DE NEMOURS, Pierre-Samuel. 

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.

Photo CAMUS, Armand Gaston. 

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.

Photo [PERRAULT, Pierre]. 

[PERRAULT, Pierre]. 

De L'Origine des Fontaines. 

Paris, Jean de la Caille, 1678.
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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.

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