Béarn - Gave de Pau - Lot 516

Béarn - Gave de Pau REBOUL (Henri) Description of the Béarn Gave Valley in the Pyrenees. By M. REBOUL. Extrait d'un Mémoire lu à l'Académie des Sciences de Paris en 1788 (suivi de) Exposition d'un nivellement fait dans les Pyrénées pendant les mois de juillet & d'août 1787. Slnd. In-8: 54pp. one folding map out of text. First leaf formerly rebacked (held together by a paper tab). ½ modern blond basane, gilt title throughout on tan leather patch on smooth spine. A fine copy. Very rare offprint from the June 1792 Journal des Annales de Chimie. REBOUL was born and died in Pézenas. Naturalist and geologist. In collaboration with VIDAL, his fellow astronomer, he published Nivellement des Principaux sommets de la Chaîne des Pyrénées in 1817 and Mémoire sur la Géologie des Montagnes Maudites in 1822. Provenance: Alain Bourneton library with wet stamp and printed bookplate.