83 - [Botany] GOUAN (Antoine). Herbaria from the Montpellier Area, or A Botanical Guide for Students of the School of Health, a work intended to serve as a supplement to the *Flora Monspeliaca*. Montpellier, G. Izar and A. Ricard, Year IV [1795–1796]. One volume, 8vo, later half-cloth binding, smooth spine with gilt title.

[Botany] GOUAN (Antoine). Herbaria from the Montpellier Area, or A Botanical Guide for Students of the School of Health, a work intended to serve as a supplement to the *Flora Monspeliaca*. Montpellier, G. Izar and A. Ricard, Year IV [1795–1796]. One volume, 8vo, later half-cloth binding, smooth spine with gilt title. A rare first edition devoted to the flora of the Montpellier area. Illustrated with a fold-out engraved map at the end (tear, but no missing material), the work notably contains the author’s observations on the disappearance of certain plant species, which he attributes in particular to land clearing and changes to the landscape resulting from human activities. Antoine Gouan (1733–1821), professor of botany in Montpellier, correspondent and disciple of Linnaeus, was one of the principal proponents of the Linnaean classification system in France.