SAPORTA (Gaston de) and MARION (Antoine Fortuné):... Lot 44

SAPORTA (Gaston de) and MARION (Antoine Fortuné): Recherches sur les végétaux fossiles de Meximieux, précédées d'une introduction stratigraphique par Albert FALSAN. Lyon, Geneva, Bale, Georg, 1876. One volume. 27,5 by 36,5 cm. (4)-209 pages, followed by 17 hors-texte plates in color, under captioned serpents, numbered from XXII to XXXVIII and a large folding map (complete). Red half-chagrin with corners, spine with 5 edges, black title pieces, with double gilt fillet on the boards. Some spotting on the binding, otherwise good condition. Scattered foxing throughout the volume. Gaston de Saporta, an immense paleobotanist, correspondent of Darwin, he will bring proofs of the theory of evolution by the study of fossil plants. Related with : DUCROST (Abbé Antoine) and LORTET (Docteur Louis): Studies on the prehistoric station of Solutré. Extract from the Archives of the Museum of Natural History of Lyon. Lyon, Georg, 1872. 35 pages and a frontispiece in colors, and 7 plates hors-texte under captioned serpente (complete). This article is one of the first to be published on the site of Solutré, the first excavations having begun in 1866. Two texts very difficult to get