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VAILLANT (Sébastien). Botanicon parisiense ou dénombrement par ordre alphabétique des plantes, qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris compris dans la carte de la prévôté et de l'élection de la dite ville par le sieur Danet gendre année MDCCXXII. Avec plusieurs descriptions des plantes, leurs synonymes, le temps de fleurir et de grainer et une critique des auteurs de botanique. Leide and Amsterdam, Jean and Herman Verbeek and Balthazar Lakeman, 1727. In-folio, tan calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title page, speckled edges (period binding). First illustrated edition, including a portrait of the author engraved by Houbraken, a large map of the archdiocese of Paris with its subdivisions, and 33 engraved plates, drawn by Claude Aubriet and representing over three hundred plants. The Botanicon parisiense is considered the first illustrated flora of the Paris region. A good copy that belonged to the Marquis de Courtanvaux, with his engraved bookplate and armorial stamp on the title page. A member of the Académie des Sciences, he was a descendant of François-Michel Le Tellier de Louvois and Michel Le Tellier, two ministers of Louis XIV. Corners and covers worn.

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VAILLANT (Sébastien). Botanicon parisiense ou dénombrement par ordre alphabétique des plantes, qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris compris dans la carte de la prévôté et de l'élection de la dite ville par le sieur Danet gendre année MDCCXXII. Avec plusieurs descriptions des plantes, leurs synonymes, le temps de fleurir et de grainer et une critique des auteurs de botanique. Leide and Amsterdam, Jean and Herman Verbeek and Balthazar Lakeman, 1727. In-folio, tan calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title page, speckled edges (period binding). First illustrated edition, including a portrait of the author engraved by Houbraken, a large map of the archdiocese of Paris with its subdivisions, and 33 engraved plates, drawn by Claude Aubriet and representing over three hundred plants. The Botanicon parisiense is considered the first illustrated flora of the Paris region. A good copy that belonged to the Marquis de Courtanvaux, with his engraved bookplate and armorial stamp on the title page. A member of the Académie des Sciences, he was a descendant of François-Michel Le Tellier de Louvois and Michel Le Tellier, two ministers of Louis XIV. Corners and covers worn.

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