Les Remonstrances sur le default du labour & culture des plantes, & de la cognoissance d'icelles : contenant la maniere d'affranchir & appriuoiser les arbres sauvages by Pierre Belon (du Mans); Petrus Bellonius Cenomanus - 1558

Paris : Pour Gilles Corrozer, 1558. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1st edition. Bound in contemporary limp vellum. Octavo, 17 x 11 cm. Collated: [18 (of 20], 80 leaves (160 pages), lacking leaf A8 which includes the author's portrait. Woodcut printer's device on title. Marginal staining. <br> A noted French naturalist, Belon was one of the founders of the field of comparative anatomy. In this work Belon lists exotic species of trees that could be usefully introduced to France, as well as advocating that the medical profession of Paris open an establishment to grow exotic plants. <br> Refs: Pritzel 609. Renouard, Cavellat, n. 134. Paul Delaunay, La Zoologie au seizieme siecle, 1962, p. 2-3. Not in Adams. <br> Provenance: 'Bousquet' (17th century inscription to front free endpaper); 'Baldit, 1701' (inscription to title).