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All CollectionsFirst edition of this important work on cryptogams, illustrated with 36 hand-coloured plates (cf. Pritzel 3345).
Contemporary half calf with vellum corners, flat spine decorated with gilt floral rolls, partly rubbed, joints worn, lower cap trimmed with a small loss, black morocco title label, blue paper-covered boards.
Endpapers soiled, a few small spots of foxing.
Justin Girod-Chantrans, writer and naturalist [Besançon, 1750–1841], was one of the founders of the Société d’Agriculture du Doubs.
He was elected a member of the legislative body in 1802 (cf. Hoefer).