Noulet, J. B.
Flore du bassin sous-Pyrénéen, ou description des plantes qui croissent naturellement dans cette circonscription géologique, avec l'indication spéciale des espèces qui se trouvent aux environs de Toulouse. [Odon Debeaux's copy]
Toulouse, J. B. Paya, 1837. Thick 8vo (20.2 x 12.5 cm). lxviii, 754 pp. Contemporary olive half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands, gilt title, and dark blue morocco label with author's name in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
Written by the French medical doctor, botanist, malacologist, and director of the Toulouse Musée [sic] d'Histoire Naturelle, Jean Baptiste Noulet (1802-1890). During his medical studies, Noulet became enthusiastic about the natural sciences and very quickly managed to excel in disciplines as varied as botany, malacology, geology, and palaeontology. Throughout his life, he happily practiced them in the 'Sub-Pyrenean Basin', a term he invented. This is his major botanical publication: a large work which constitutes an exhaustive inventory of regional plants, compiled from personal collections. Inscribed 'Don de l'auteur, septembre 1848' and signed by the French botanist and pharmacist [Jean] Odon Debeaux (1826-1910). Spine lightly sunned; lower outer corner a bit toned, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Stafleu and Cowan, 6907.