Tableau De L'École De Botanique Du Muséum D'Histoire Naturelle
by Desfontaines, René Louiche
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About This Item
J A Brosson, rue Pierre Sarrazin n°6, Paris, 1804. 1st edition.. Hardback. Later half calf, G. viii+238pp, leather very worn with both hinges cracked & chips to the spine, lettering piece partly missing, slightly trimmed, but still with good margins, occasional foxing, Ex Libris Charles Throckmorton with his partly trimmed signature to the half title, thence Worcester Natural History Society ( presented by Throckmorton in 1834 ), thence Worcester Public Library with their blind stamp to the title & half title & with a issue sheet on the pastedown, binders ticket of David Condie, Worcester on the pastedown. A fair copy of a scarce work. A catalogue of the plants held in the gardens & greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes of the newly founded Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. The Museum had been founded in 1793 from the Jardin du Roi of Louis XIV. The plants are listed with their Latin & French names & each very brief notes. Desfontaines states that he had written the catalogue to enable foreign museums to exchange specimens so as to enrich the collections of both. René Louiche Desfontaines [ 1750 - 1833 ] was director of the Museum on several occasions & was a noted biologist. Sir Charles Throckmorton, 7th Baronet [ 1757 - 1840 ] of Coughton Court, Worcestershire.
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- Eastleach Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Tableau De L'École De Botanique Du Muséum D'Histoire Naturelle
- Author
- Desfontaines, René Louiche
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J A Brosson, rue Pierre Sarrazin n°6, Paris
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- natural history, botany, natural history, plants, flowers, gardens, gardening
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