AUTHOR: Deleuze, Joseph Phillipe Françoise (1753-1835) TITLE: Histoire et description du Muséum Royal d’histoire naturelle; ouvrage rédigé d’après les ordres de l’administration du Muséum. IMPRINT: Paris: A. Royer, 1823. COLLATION: 2 v.: plates, fold. plans; 22 cm. NOTES: “First edition of this history of one of the most celebrated and important natural history museums and botanic gardens in the world; it was founded in 1635 by Louis XIII. The author gives a detailed history of the museum; a descriptive list of the curators and foreign correspondents in 1822; accounts of the gardens, botanical school, and green houses; and the various departments within the museum including the cabinets of geology, mineralogy, mammals, birds, etc. Deleuze, librarian of the Museum, also provides a bio-bibliographical list of teachers and voyagers connected with the Museum.” — Jonathan Hill, catalogue no. 139 [2001] HOLDINGS: Have complete. KEYWORDS: 1. Natural history--France. LOCATION: SB125.T45 1823