FABRE (Jean-Henri). Elementary course of... - Lot 12 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Paris

FABRE (Jean-Henri). Elementary course of Botany. Autograph manuscript. S.l.n.d. 1872-1873], 256 pp. in-folio (29 x 19.3 cm), in sheets, some erasures and corrections, central fold, tears with slight loss of text on the last page, traces of dust and handling on some leaves. IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT COURSE IN BOTANY, ALMOST COMPLETE. It comprises 28 chapters (27 in the printed version), numbered I to XXVIII, paginated from [1] to 264, plus pages 71 bis and 145 bis, minus pages 187 to 196 probably removed by Fabre following the deletion of the chapter "Inflorescence", i.e. 256 pp. in total: Chap. I. Elementary organs (pp. 1 to 10). - II. Primordial divisions of the plant kingdom (pp. 11-16). - III. Structure of the dicotyledonous stem (pp. 17-27). - IV. Structure of the bark (pp. 28-33). - V. Stem shapes (pp. 34-42). - V. STEM SHAPES (PP. 34-42). Root (pp. 43-50). - VII. Buds (pp. 51-57). - VIII. Bulbs and tubers (pp. 58-66). - IX. Cutting, layering, grafting (pp. 67-77, 71a). - X. Leaves (pp. 78-88). - X. LEAVES (PP. 78-88). Phylotaxis (pp. 89-98). - XII. Leaf structure (pp. 99-107). - XIII. Ascending sap (pp. 108-114). - XIV. Perspiration (pp. 115-117). - XIV. TRANSPIRATION (PP. 115-117). Decomposition of carbonic acid by plants (pp. 118-126). - XVI. Descending sap (pp. 127-131). - XVII. Plant respiration (pp. 132-139). - XVIII. Leaf movement (pp. 140-146, 145a). - XIX. Sleep of the plants (pp. 147-152). - XX. Metamorphoses (pp. 153-163). XXI. The flower (pp. 164-176). - XXII. Origin of floral organs (pp. 177-185). - XXIII. Inflorescence (pp. 186, 197, 198). - XXIV (Corrected 23). Perianth (pp. 199 to 208; note on the back of p. 208: "Chapter 23 of the original wording is deleted"). - XXV (corrected 24). Organs of fructification (pp. 209-218). - XXVI (corrected 25). Action of pollen (pp. 219-238). - XXVII (Corrected 26). The fruit (pp. 239-251). - XXVIII (Corrected 27). The seed (pp. 252-264). Each chapter ends