Versailles, Société des Sciences Naturelles de Seine-et-Oise, 1932-1934. 8vo (22.3 x 14.0 cm). 73 pp. [numbered 49-82, 105-120; 1-15; 89-98]. 20th-century full cloth. Spine with black, printed title. Marbled endpapers. Original printed front wrapper bound in.

A rarely-seen local flora, dealing with the wild plants of a French département which, in the 1930s, surrounded Paris, and had Versailles as its capital. In 1968 it was split into six new départments. This work includes a bibliography of 246 papers. The author, Charles Émile Guffroy (1875-1954) was an agronomist botanist and entomologist with special interest in pest-species, and in butterflies. Tipped in is a handwritten, signed letter by him dated 27.VIII.36, to a colleague. In the rear are two smaller, earlier published papers by Guffroy, viz., Catalogue synoptique des travaux d'histoire naturelle intéressant le Département de Seine-et-Oise and l'Étude rationnelle des flores locales et régionales. A unique item. first front wrapper a bit chipped with some repairs, otherwise very good, clean.