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Languedoc - ASTRUC (Jean). Mémoires pour l'histoire naturelle de la Province de Languedoc. Paris, Cavelier, 1737. In-4, granite calf, ornate ribbed spine, gilt roulette on the edges. First edition of this highly erudite collection of memoirs on the province of Languedoc. It is illustrated with 4 maps and 6 fold-out plates. The work is divided into three parts, devoted respectively to Geography, Physics and Literature. Astruc draws a comparison between the ancient geography of Languedoc and that of his time, and goes on to study Roman roads, which leads him to fix the length of ancient miles, steps and feet. The memoirs on physics deal mainly with fountains, but also the Balaruc baths, a lead mine in the diocese of Alais, how to raise and shape wooden forks, and the winds. The last part contains literary memoirs on the nature of the coasts, the layout of ports, and the genius and character of the province's inhabitants. The third part, between pages 422 and 500, contains six interesting tables giving alphabetical definitions or etymologies of Languedoc terms: "Des noms celtiques de quelques lieux de la Gaule Narbonnoise première", "Des mots actuellement en usage dans le Languedoc, qui sont d'origine Celtique", "De quelques mots Languedociens, qui paroissent venir de la Langue Germanique ou Gothique", etc. A very fine copy.

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Languedoc - ASTRUC (Jean). Mémoires pour l'histoire naturelle de la Province de Languedoc. Paris, Cavelier, 1737. In-4, granite calf, ornate ribbed spine, gilt roulette on the edges. First edition of this highly erudite collection of memoirs on the province of Languedoc. It is illustrated with 4 maps and 6 fold-out plates. The work is divided into three parts, devoted respectively to Geography, Physics and Literature. Astruc draws a comparison between the ancient geography of Languedoc and that of his time, and goes on to study Roman roads, which leads him to fix the length of ancient miles, steps and feet. The memoirs on physics deal mainly with fountains, but also the Balaruc baths, a lead mine in the diocese of Alais, how to raise and shape wooden forks, and the winds. The last part contains literary memoirs on the nature of the coasts, the layout of ports, and the genius and character of the province's inhabitants. The third part, between pages 422 and 500, contains six interesting tables giving alphabetical definitions or etymologies of Languedoc terms: "Des noms celtiques de quelques lieux de la Gaule Narbonnoise première", "Des mots actuellement en usage dans le Languedoc, qui sont d'origine Celtique", "De quelques mots Languedociens, qui paroissent venir de la Langue Germanique ou Gothique", etc. A very fine copy.

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