Aldrovandus Lotharingiae ou Catalogue des animaux, quadrupèdes, reptiles, oiseaux, poissons, insectes, vermisseaux, et coquillages, qui habitent la Lorraine et les Trois-Évêchés par M. Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz .
Bécœur, Jean-Baptiste 1718-1777 Natural history collections Search this
Villiez, Jean-Baptiste Natural history collections Search this
Physical description:
iv. 324, [6] pages 16 cm (8vo)
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Place:
France
Lorraine
Date:
1771
Notes:
Vignette on title page
Head- and tail-pieces; initial
Includes indexes
Signatures: A-V⁸ X⁸ (-X8)
Includes details about local collectors, including the apothecary Jean-Baptiste Bécoeur, and lawyer Jean-Baptiste Villiez
"Observation sur ce qui concerne l'anatomie en Lorraine": pages 239-257
"Dénombrement des habitans de Nancy": pages 258-306
SCNHRB copy 39088020352571 has bookplates: 1. (etched) Bibl. de D. la Flize ...; 2. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Purchased with Funds from the Cullman Endowment
SCNHRB copy has a contemporary mottled calf binding with raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers, red edges, and a blue silk ribbon page marker. There is a minor typographical fault on page 35, slightly affecting the last 4 lines
