GAUSSEN (Henri) - Lot 363

GAUSSEN (Henri) Climate and vegetation of the eastern half of the Pyrenees. Soil - Climate - Vegetation. Paris, Lechevallier, 1926. Large in-8 paperback: 3f., 559pp; 32 plates out of text, including 2 in color and one fold-out, as well as 2 large fold-out maps in color, housed in a separate pocket. Some minor foxing. Publisher's blue-gray cover. A good copy. The header is entitled: Documents pour la Carte des Productions Végétales. Series: Pyrenees. Volume: Generalities. Volume I. pp. 504 to 549 are occupied by an extensive bibliography. This thesis also exists in the form of the Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, of which it forms volume LV, 1926-II, with a slightly different title, without the name of the publisher Lechevallier. A continuation devoted to the western half of the Pyrenees was planned, but never published. A prolific scientist, Professor GAUSSEN published over 600 works.