Original plates - Lot 372

Lot 372
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Original plates - Lot 372
Original plates [CONCHYLIOLOGY] - GRATELOUP (Jean-Pierre-Sylvestre de), PhD File containing part of the original plates forming the iconographic atlas of the work of Jean-Pierre-Sylvestre de GRATELOUP [Conchyliologie fossile du bassin de l'Adour, ou, Description des coquilles fossiles qui ont été trouvées dans les terrains marins tertiaires, aux environs de Dax (département des Landes) : avec figures dessinées d'après nature]. [Bordeaux, Lafargue, imprimeur de la Societe Linnéenne, 1837 - Extrait des Actes de la Societe linnéenne de Bordeaux, tome VIII, 25 Novembre 1836]. 19 original plates realized and composed from 1822 to 1838 (montages of the author's drawings in pencil), and handwritten notes of explanations of the plates by families. Largely incomplete, some families of mollusks with several plates, others with only one plate, others without any plates (replaced by the publisher's prints). Fine drawings of great quality. Too bad the set is so incomplete. Writings of various hands. Attached in the file a mineralogical catalog of the Gironde department by Pedron (Actes de la société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, tome XII), composed in handwritten form, in several quires, with a few pencil vignettes on tracing paper (original pencil drawings) pasted into the text. Three notebooks of various families. Loose leaves or notebooks under soft folders, all gathered under a folder with a more recent closing. Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup, born Jean Pierre Sylvestre Grateloup (1782 in Dax-1861 in Bordeaux), a French physician and naturalist, was an undying lover of the Southwest. He devoted himself to botany and in particular to cryptogamy after his meeting with Jean-Marie Léon Dufour and with Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, then became interested in the shells of his region and in particular those of the vicinity of the Adour (see our manuscript). He was also a doctor in military hospitals, notably in Dax. He was a corresponding member of the Société linnéenne de Paris for which he wrote many articles (this manuscript was intended for this review), and he was also director of the Musée municipal d'histoire naturelle de Dax (municipal museum of natural history), which was built up from the collection and cabinet of Jacques-François de Borda d'Oro. A very interesting set to reconstitute (leaves probably disturbed) for specialists or enthusiasts.
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