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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 FRÉDOL, Alfred. 

FRÉDOL, Alfred. 

Le Monde de la Mer. 

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1865.
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50 €

Second edition.
Richly illustrated work that explores the wonders of the marine world. It includes 21 color steel plates and 200 woodcuts drawn by P. Lackerbauer. The author invites us to discover marine fauna and flora, as well as oceanic phenomena, through detailed descriptions and captivating illustrations.

Photo ALIX, Eugène || CUYER, Édouard. 

ALIX, Eugène || CUYER, Édouard. 

Le Cheval. 

Paris, J-B Baillière, 1886.
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2000 €

First edition.
A sought-after work for its beautiful anatomical system plates produced by Edouard Cuyer, painter and teacher at the Beaux-Arts.
Plate VI is placed as it should be in a portfolio at the end of the atlas accompanied by all its accessories. This original plate allows, with the help of a small articulated horse, to visualize the different gaits (walk, trot, kick, etc.).

Photo DODART, Denis. 

DODART, Denis. 

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des plantes. 

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1679.
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950 €

Second edition.
Presentation copy to John Ray (Raïus latinized form).
A founding work of botanical science in France.
This second edition only includes the first part of the original edition, entitled Projet de l'Histoire des plantes. Denis Dodart sets out the framework for one of the great designs of the young Royal Academy of Sciences: the creation of a History of Plants, an exhaustive catalogue of plant species.
At the same time, in 1674, the British naturalist John Ray (1607-1725) complained to the scientific community about having to consult and combine a multitude of publications for a simple study, calling for a catalogue of all known plants. These Memoirs constitute the first step, the master plan in a way, and the work is today considered the founding work of botanical science in France.

Photo VAILLANT, Sébastien. 

VAILLANT, Sébastien. 

Botanicon parisiense, ou Dénombrement par ordre alphabétique des plantes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris. 

Leiden & Amsterdam, Verbeek & Lakeman, 1727.
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1500 €

First illustrated edition and first edition in french (firs ed. in latin in 1723).
33 plates by J. Wandelaar, each with explanation text.
It is to Sébastien Vaillant that we must attribute the decisive role of having identified the sexual organs of plants and having recognized their importance in taxonomy. It is thanks to Vaillant's work that Linnaeus proposed his classification of plants.

Photo D'AZARA, Félix. 

D'AZARA, Félix. 

Essais sur l'histoire naturelle des Quadrupèdes de la province du Paraguay. 

Paris, Charles Pougens, 1801.
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1000 €

First edition.
Work published by Moreau de Saint-Mery based on a manuscript sent by Félix D'Azara's brother, without his consent.
Félix de Azara (1742-1821) arrived in America to participate in the demarcation of the colonial border between the Spanish and Portuguese empires. An engineer, cartographer and soldier, he traveled for twenty years in this southern America (current Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil). The quality of Félix de Azara's historical, natural and ethnological descriptions made his writings an essential source for those interested - from Humboldt to d'Orbigny, from Von Martius to Bonpland - in the natural and civil history of this continent.

Photo DARWIN, Charles. 

DARWIN, Charles. 

De l'Origine des espèces ou des lois du progrès chez les êtres organisés. 

Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1862.
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1750 €

First edition in French.
This first French translation, of one of the most important books in modern science, was controversial as soon as it was published. Indeed, translator Clémence Royer (1830-1902, philosopher and scientist) added a preface and numerous footnotes in which she gave her interpretation of the text and commented on it.

Photo BÜCHNER, Louis. 

BÜCHNER, Louis. 

La Vie psychique des bêtes. 

Paris, C. Reinwald, 1881.
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50 €

First french edition.

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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800 €

First editon.
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 BULLIARD, Pierre. 

BULLIARD, Pierre. 

Flora Parisiensis ou descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris avec les différens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangés selon la méthode sexuelle de Linné. 

Paris, Didot jeune, 1776-1783.
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9500 €

First and only edition of this classic herbal of plants from Paris, illustrated with 642 engraved hand-colored plates.
A complete copy with the "introduction" of 32 pages and 2 plates, the "table françoise" (52 pages xith the errate and the Linneaus system) and the "nouvelle table" of 16 pages.

"Pierre Bulliard, was another picturesque outsider whose works represented the Linnaean tradition in Paris. Bulliard was a descriptive naturalist, little given to theoretical or methodological meditations, but an industrious and skilled draftsman and floristic botanist" (Stafleu).

Photo SCHAEFFER, Jacques Christian. 

SCHAEFFER, Jacques Christian. 

Piscium Bavarico-Ratisbonensium Pentas. Cum tabulis IV. aeri incisis icones coloribus suis distinctas exhibentibus. 

Paris, Derache, 1761.
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200 €

First edition.
Copy which has preserved the four beautiful folding plates with their period colors.

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 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 BOGAERTS, Félix. 

BOGAERTS, Félix. 

Histoire civile et religieuse de la Colombe, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. 

Anvers, J.- E. Buschmann, 1847.
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80 €

First edition.
Vignettes by Wittkamp.

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 STURM, Jacob. 

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.

Photo CHEVALIER, Charles || PRITCHARD, Andrew. 

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.

Photo BON, François Xavier. 

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.

Photo THIEULLEN, Adrien. 

THIEULLEN, Adrien. 

Le Mammouth & le Renne à Paris. 

Paris, 15 rue de l'école de médecine, 1903.
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60 €

Offprint from "Bulletin et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris", 2 Jully 1903.

Photo GADEAU DE KERVILLE, Henri. 

GADEAU DE KERVILLE, Henri. 

Les Jeux des Oiseaux. 

Paris, Administration du journal, 1900.
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120 €

Offprint from "La Science Française et la Science pour tous", 16 march 1900.
In this article Gadeau de Kerville reports several observations of birds engaging in games, tricks, and amusing behavior.

Photo MAGNY, Gabriel. 

MAGNY, Gabriel. 

Rats et Peste. 

Paris, Bonvalot-Jouve, 1907.
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200 €

Edition by Bonvalot-Jouve of Gabriel Magny's medical thesis.
With the increase in international maritime traffic, the question arose of the spread of diseases, of which the plague is the most famous case, by rats running in ships. In 1903, an international conference on this question was held in Paris.
Magny proposed a method of fumigating ships with sulfur dioxide in order to eradicate the pests.
Presentation copy.

Photo SCHAEFFER, Jacques Christian. 

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.

Photo LESSER, Friedrich Christian || LYONNET, Pierre. 

LESSER, Friedrich Christian || LYONNET, Pierre. 

Théologie des Insectes ou démonstration des perfections de Dieu dans tout ce qui concerne les Insectes. 

La Haye, Jean Swart, 1742.
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First edition in French given by Pierre Lyonnet who also added two engravings to Lesser's editions in German.

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 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 BREZ, Jacques. 

BREZ, Jacques. 

La Flore des insectophiles précédée d'un discours sue l'utilité des insectes et de l'étude de l'insectologie. 

Utrecht, B. Wild et J. Altheer, 1791.
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60 €

First edition.

Photo SUE, Jean-Joseph. 

SUE, Jean-Joseph. 

Essai sur la physiognomonie des corps vivans, considérée depuis l'homme jusqu'à la plante. 

Paris, L'Auteur, 1797.
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90 €

First edition.
Jean Joseph Sue (1760-1830) Doctor and surgeon is the father of Eugène Sue.
Curious work which would be a manual of morphology intended for artists.

Photo SAISSY, Jean-Antoine. 

SAISSY, Jean-Antoine. 

Recherches expérimentales, anatomiques, chimiques, etc. Sur la physique des animaux mammifères hybernans, notamment les marmottes, les loirs, etc. 

Paris, H. Nicolle, 1808.
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150 €

First edition.
Saissy was a doctor of medicine in Paris and then became a major surgeon of the Royal Company of Africa where he practiced military medicine in Algeria. Back in Lyon, he was accepted into the College of Surgery in 1789 and then a doctor of medicine in Valence. He practiced the art of childbirth in Lyon and published in 1808 a study on hibernating animals which earned him a prize at the Institute. From 1810 onwards, he devoted himself to ear diseases.

Copy signed by the author.

Photo BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph. 

BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph. 

Méthodes sûres et faciles pour détruire les animaux nuisibles ; tels que : les ours, les sangliers, les loups, les renards, les loutres, les fouines, les belettes, les lapins, les loirs, les rats, les souris, les musaraignes, les taupes, les vipères. 

Paris, Chez L'Auteur, 1784.
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Third edition.
Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz was a botanist, member of the Royal College of Medicine of Nancy and of many academies. From 1776 and until at least 1800, he self-published, distributing his prolific editorial production to his successive Parisian homes.

Photo AMOREUX, Pierre-Joseph. 

AMOREUX, Pierre-Joseph. 

Notice des insectes de la France réputés venimeux. 

Paris, Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1789.
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120 €

First edition.
Two finely engraved plates in intaglio by Sellier representing 25 figures of insects. Author of numerous works on medicine and natural history, Pierre-Joseph Amoreux (1741-1824) was librarian of the faculty of Montpellier and member of several societies.

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