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[MONTPELLIER]. MAGNOL, PIERRE. Botanicum Monspeliense, sive plantarum circa Monspelium nascentium index. Lyon: F. Bourly, 1676. 8vo, 169 x 101 mm., contemporary calf, upper cover detached; some light marginal browning and dampstaining. FIRST EDITION, second issue of Magnol's first publication, a catalogue of plants growing in the Monfpellier region, with many described for the first time. 19 engraved plates in text and 3 engraved plates on 2 separate leaves. P. Ignatius Bonnavie, signature on title and at end; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MAGNOL. Botanicum monspeliense... Montpellier: Paul Marret, 1686. 8vo, 160 x 99 mm., contemporary calf; last leaf X4 (a blank) pasted down, plate at p. 33 cut slightly. Second edition, a reissue of the first edition with a new title-page and an appendix at end. 23 engraved plates. Hunt 374; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5230. Weston Library, bookplate -- Another copy, lacking one plate. Copy of the Conservatoire Botanique de Genève, stamps; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MAGNOL. Prodromus historiae generalis plantarum in quo familiae plantarum per tabulas disponuntur... Montpellier: G. & H. Pech, 1689. 8vo, 185 x 112 mm., later vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut; title torn across (repaired on verso) with pale dampstain. FIRST EDITION, in which Magnol "proposed the family as a natural taxonomic grouping..." (Morton). Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5231. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MAGNOL. Hortus regius Monspeliensis, sive catalogus plantarum quae in horto regio Monspeliense demonstrantur... Montpellier: H. Pech, 1697. 8vo, 184 x 107 mm., contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION of Magnol's famous catalogue of plants in the Montpellier botanic garden of which he was director. 21 engraved plates. Hunt 397; Nissen BBI 1257; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5232. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LATOURRETTE, MARC A.L.C. de. Voyage au Mont-Pilat dans la Province du Lyonnois, contenant des observations sur l'Histoire naturelle de cette Montagne... Avignon: Regnault, 1770. 8vo, 192 x 122 mm., contemporary calf gilt; a little marginal dampstaining on title. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4230. Emile Burnat, bookplate; Conservatoire Botanique de Genève, stamp on endpaper; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- BOISSIER DE LA CROIX DE SAUVAGES, PIERRE A. Methodus foliorum, seu Plantae Florae Monspeliensis, juxt foliorem ordinem, ad juvandam specierum cognitionem, digestae... The Hague, 1751. 8vo, 198 x 121 mm., rebound in modern quarter morocco, spine faded; original plain wrappers bound in, some gaps in signs and pagination after Ss3 (but apparently complete), a few leaves evenly browned lightly. One folding engraved plate. Pritzel 950. (7)