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65 - [PYRENEES] - DRALET (Etienne-François). Description des Pyré…
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[PYRENEES] - DRALET (Etienne-François). Description des Pyrénées, considérées principalement sous les rapports de la géologie, de l'économie politique, rurale et forestière, de l'industrie et du commerce. Rare first edition of one of the first works to cover the entire Pyrenean range, illustrated with two fold-out maps after Ramond, one of which was engraved by Tardieu. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1813. 2 volumes in-8, half havana basane with corners, smooth spines decorated in gilt with black title page and havana tomaison, yellow edges spotted blue. XXIV (fx-t., t., introduction), 262 pp, 2 ff (table, errata), a table and two folding maps; fx-t., t., 292 pp, 2 ff (table, errata), 7 folding tables. Spine damaged, first spine split. Corners worn. Scattered foxing. Étienne-François Dralet (1760-1844), whose grandfather was a forestry officer and his father a surveyor, was sensitive to forestry issues and was appointed Conservateur des Eaux et Forêts de Toulouse in 1801 at a time when the Consulate was overhauling the forestry administration. He devoted much of his career to restoring the forests usurped during the Revolution, returning 53,000 hectares of forest to the State. As an explorer, he accompanied Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755-1827) on his ascent of Mont Perdu in 1797, establishing himself alongside him as a pioneer of Pyrenean mountaineering. Dralet provides a vast geological, political, botanical and economic description of the Pyrenees, including observations on the customs of the Basque people. [Beard 271] A perfect and comprehensive overview of the Pyrenees in the early nineteenth century.
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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