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BRONGNIART (Charles). A collection of 43 documents written by Charles Brongniart or having belonged to him: offprints, correspondence. 1843–1899. 2 volumes in-4, 23 x 30 cm, late 19th-century binding in fawn half-shagreen, ribbed spine, and a modern binding in brown half-shagreen, ribbed spine. Charles Brongniart (1859–1899) was a French entomologist and palaeontologist, who was awarded a Doctorate in Natural Sciences in 1894, a fellow of the Academy of Sciences, and an assistant in zoology at the Natural History Museum. Details of Volume I (Writings by Charles Brongniart): • Celebration of the centenary of M. Chevreul. Rouen, Imprimerie de Julien Lecerf, 1886. In-8, 56 pp., frontispiece, covers. Charles Brongniart was chairman of the committee organising Mr Chevreul’s centenary. • Tables of Natural History. Zoology. Paris, 1888. In-4, 50 pp., 1 f., covers. • On a new fossil fish from the Commentry coalfield (Allier), Pleuracanthus Gaudryl. Paris, Société géologique de France, 1888. 8vo, 3 folios, 1 blank folio, covers. • Michel-Eugène Chevreul. Paris, Le Naturaliste, 1889. In-8, 12 pp., covers. • Insects. A brief overview of the entomological fauna of the Palaeozoic strata. Paris: Comptoir géologique de Paris, 1889. 8vo, 3 folios, with covers. • Leaf-insects. 4to, 2 folios. • Note on certain fossil insects from coalfields exhibiting aliform appendages on the prothorax. In-8, 6 pp., 1 blank folio, 2 plates, covers. • A new species of the genus Rosalia. Paris, Le Naturaliste, 1890. In-8, 6 pp., covers. • Parasitic fungi observed on desert locusts in Algeria. Paris, Chamerot and Renouard, 1891. In-8, 12 pp., covers. • The desert locust, its metamorphosis, and its cryptogamic parasite. Paris, Le Naturaliste, 1891. 8vo, 14 pp. • A new species of locustid of the genus Megalodon. Paris, Le Naturaliste, 1891. 8vo, 8 pp. • The cryptogamic parasite of desert locusts. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1891. In-4, 2 ff. • Functions of the pectiniform organ in scorpions. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1891. In-4, 2 ff. • A Guide for the Travelling Naturalist. Special guidance for travellers. Insects, myriapods, arachnids, crustaceans. Paris, Deyrolle, 1893. 8vo, 48 pp. • Insects of the Palaeozoic Era. Paris, Le Naturaliste, 1891. In-8, 8 pp. • A Study of Insect Veining Applied to the Description of Palaeozoic Fossil Insects. Paris, Entomological Society of France, 1894. In-8, 3 ff., 1 blank folio, covers. • The green matter in phyllies, orthoptera of the phasmid family. Paris, Académie des sciences, 1894. In-4, 6 pp., 1 blank folio. Written with Henri Becquerel. • Insects of the Carboniferous Period. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1891. In-4, 2 ff. • Note on the scientific works of Mr Charles Brongniart… Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, 1895. Quarto, 78 pp., 1 folio, covers. • Signed autograph letter, 10 February 1894, 3 pp., octavo, on ‘Muséum d’histoire naturelle. Entomology’, to a ‘dear friend’. He identifies an insect sent by his correspondent as ‘a pseudo-orthopteran neuropteran of the family Perlidae’. He invites his correspondent to join him on his walk to Montmorency on Sunday 18 February. • Original photographic portrait, printed on albumen paper, 2 x 2.5 cm. • A collection of 18 signed autograph letters and 2 signed autograph visiting cards, most of which are addressed to his friend Louis Robin. Enclosed is a visiting card from Mrs Charles Brongniart expressing her thanks for condolences. • Obituary notice for Charles Brongniart, dated 18 April 1899, who died aged 40 at his home on Rue Linné, with the funeral service held at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. Details of Volume II. (Articles received by Charles Brongniart): • GEINITZ (F. E.). ‘Ueber die Fauna des Dobbertiner Lias’. *Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft*, 1884. In-8, 10 ff., 1 plate. • GEINITZ (F. E.). Neue Aufschlüsse der Flötzformationen Mecklenburgs. Güstrow, Opitz, 1887. In-8, 2 ff., 74 pp., 1 f., 3 lithographed plates, one of which is folded, covers. • WEYENBERGH (H.). On the fossil insects of the Bavarian lithographic limestone, held at the Teyler Museum. Harlem, Loosjes, 1869. Quarto, 1 folio, 48 pp., 4 folded plates with printed serpents, covers. Autograph copy sent by the author to Charles Brongniart. • WEYENBERGH (H.). Notes on some insects from the Jurassic limestone of Bavaria. Harlem, Loosjes, 1873. In-4, 1 folio, 8 pp., covers. Signed by Charles Brongniart on the cover. • BRONGNIART (Charles). Cockroaches of the Carboniferous Period. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1889. In-4, 2 ff. A copy sent by the author to Pierre Lesne (1871–1949), future president of the French Entomological Society. • HEER (O.). Description of the plants and insects mentioned. Circa 1890. In-8, 2 ff., 22 pp., 3 lithographed plates. Water stains on the plates. • KLIVER (Moritz). On some new species of Blattinaria, two of Dictyoneura and two of Arthropleura from the Saarbrücken coal formation. *Palaeontographica*, c. 1890. In-4, 13 ff., 3 lithographed plates, one of which is a double-page spread. • HEYDEN (Carl v.). Arthropods from the lignite of the Lower Rhine, the Wetterau and the Röhn. Palaeontographica, c. 1890. In-4, 11 ff., 1 lithographed plate. • HEYDEN (Carl v.) & Lucas v. HEYDEN. Fossil Insects from the Lignite of Salzhausen. Palaeontographica, c. 1890. 4to, 3 pp., 1 lithographed plate. • HEYDEN (Carl v.) & Lucas v. HEYDEN. Fossil insects from the lignite of Sieblos. Palaeontographica, c. 1890. 4to, 3 pp., 1 lithographed plate. • DEICHMÜLLER (J. V.). Fossil Insects from the Diatomaceous Shale of Kutschlin near Bilin, Bohemia. Halle, 1881. In-4, 20 ff., 1 lithographed plate, covers. • HAGEN (H. A.). Petalura? acutipennis from the lignite of Sieblos, Palaeontographica, c. 1890. 4to, 12 pp., 3 lithographed plates. • HEYDEN (Carl v.) Insect remains from the lignite of Salzhausen and Wersterburg. Palaeontographica, c. 1890. 4to, 3 pp., 2 lithographed plates. • OPPENHEIM (Paul). The Insect Fauna of the Lithographic Shale in Bavaria. Stuttgart, Koch, 1888. Quarto, 19 pp., 2 lithographed plates. • Tertiary Insects of North America. Circa 1890. 4to, 2 folios, 2 plates. • KLIVER (Moritz). On some new arthropod remains from the Saarbrücken and Wettin-Löbejün coal formations. Stuttgart, Koch, 1886. Quarto, 10 folios, 1 lithographed plate. • SCUDDER (Samuel H.). The oldest known insect larva, Mormonlucoides articulatus, from the Connecticut River Rocks. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1884. Quarto, 4 pp., 1 plate. • CHARPENTIER (Toussaint v.) On some fossil insects from Radoboj in Croatia. Breslau, 1843. Quarto, 6 pp., 3 lithographed plates. • FRITSCH (Anton). Fossil Arthropods from the Carboniferous and Cretaceous Formations of Bohemia. Vienna, Hölder, 1874. In-4, 8 pp., 2 ff., 2 lithographed plates, covers. Sent by the author to Charles Brongniart. Good condition. The binding of Volume I is scuffed, with cracks at the joints and worn caps. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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