Mélanges botaniques ou recueil d'observations, mémoires, et notices sur la botanique. Volume I.: Contenant une Critique de cinq décades de Roses desséchées et la Monographie des céréales de la Suisse.
by SERINGE, Nicolas Charles
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Berne: The author, 1818. First Edition. Two parts in one volume, published in July and September 1818. Recent red three quarters leather with gilt titles and red boards. Clean and tidy without major flaws. Original blue paper wrapper bound in. To the front cover paper is written "Par l'auteur" presumably by Seringe. One plate and one folding table (complete.) Rough cut page edges. A little foxing to the pages only. VI + 1 ff. + 244 pp. Text in French. 210 x 130 mm (8¼ by 5 inches). Nicolas Charles Seringe, first Teacher at the Academy of Bern then Professor of Botany and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Lyon wrote a work with the exact description, classification and history of flowers. He sought to avoid scientific language, and to arrange the objects in an easy order, through which one can easily learn about plants, how to propagate them and finally how to use them. Première édition. Deux volumes en un seul volume, parus en juillet et septembre 1818. Cuir rouge trois quarts récent avec titres dorés et plats rouges. Propre et bien rangé sans défauts majeurs. Couverture en papier bleu d'origine reliée. Sur le papier de la couverture avant est écrit "Par l'auteur" probablement par Seringe. Une plaque et une table pliante (complète.) Bords de page coupés grossièrement. Un peu de rousseur sur les pages uniquement. VI + 1 sqq. + 244 pp. 210 par 130 mm Nicolas Charles Seringe, d'abord Professeur à l'Académie de Berne puis Professeur de Botanique et membre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Arts de Lyon a écrit un ouvrage avec la description exacte, la classification et l'histoire des fleurs. Il a cherché à éviter le langage scientifique et à ranger les objets dans un ordre facile, à travers lequel on peut facilement en apprendre davantage sur les plantes, comment les propager et enfin comment les utiliser.
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- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books (FR)
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- 3477
- Title
- Mélanges botaniques ou recueil d'observations, mémoires, et notices sur la botanique. Volume I.
- Author
- SERINGE, Nicolas Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The author
- Place of Publication
- Berne
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- science, nature, botany, classification, engraving, botanique, gravure, signed, rare, Académie Royale des Sciences et des Arts de Lyon, autographe,
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