Linnaeus, Carolus - M. Helie - Sistéme de Mr Linnaeus, sur la Génération des Plantes & leur fructification - Extremely Scarce - 1750

Linnaeus, Carolus - Sistéme de Mr Linnaeus, sur la Génération des Plantes & leur fructification.
Translated into French language by M. Helie in 1750

This is an incredibly rare 18th-century French botanical book featuring an early translation/adaptation of Carl Linnaeus's groundbreaking sexual system of plant classification.
Why this book is Rare Milestone?
Official, complete French translations of Linnaeus's main works did not widely appear until the late 1780s. Finding an early French dissemination summary printed as early as 1750—three years before Linnaeus even finalized modern binomial nomenclature in his 1753 Species Plantarum-makes this particular book an incredibly early and rare footprint of Linnaeism in France.

This book is dedicated to Mr. Foubert, a very important medical figure of the time, who held prestigious prominent royal medical titles:
- Maître en Chirurgie (Master in Surgery)
- Ancien Chirurgien Major de l'Hôpital de la Charité (Former Major Surgeon of La Charité Hospital)
- Chirurgien du Roi en sa Cour de Parlement (Surgeon to the King in his Court of Parliament)
- Lieutenant de M. le Premier Chirurgien du Roi, en survivance (Survivor-designate Lieutenant to the First Surgeon of the King)

The book was published in Montpellier, home to one of the world's oldest and most prestigious medical faculties. In 1750, botany was not an isolated hobby; it was a core branch of medicine used to identify curative drugs and remedies.

Surgeons and physicians in Montpellier were the
primary consumers of cutting-edge scientific literature.
By printing this translation there, the author was introducing Linnaeus's modern classification directly to the medical elite who needed an organized "search engine" to catalogue medicinal plants.

The last page, “NOMS Des Auteurs qui sont rapportés ci-dessus" (Names of the authors who are cited above) is an author abbreviation key used to decode the shorthand citations of prominent naturalists and botanists referenced throughout the text.
The list decodes the names of the historical figures, such as: Herman Boerhaave: Famous Dutch physician and botanist, Antoine de Jussieu: Renowned French botanist and physician..

Title: Sisteme de Mr Linnaeus, sur la Génération des Plantes & leur fructification.
(System of Mr. Linnaeus, On the Generation of Plants & their fructification.")
Author: Linnaeus Carl
Translate into french language by Mr.Helie.
Mis en François, par Mr Helie
Publisher: Montpellier, France
M. DCC. L. 1750
The book is divided into 2 parts:
1st - 53 pp + “Table des noms latins” -18pp
Second part- 45 pp
Original full speckled calfskin binding. Beautifully decorated spine with dark brown or red morocco leather label bearing the gold-tooled lettering « Sisteme de Linneus ».

Dimensions: 16,5 cm x 9,5 cm

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