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FREMINVILLE, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix, chevalier de) - Plan de l'Ile de Sein.

FREMINVILLE, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix, chevalier de) -  Plan de l'Ile de Sein.
FREMINVILLE, Christophe-Paulin de La Poix, chevalier de) - Plan de l'Ile de Sein.
Published: Ca. 1842
Size: 260 x 455mm.
Color: In attactive original colours.
Condition: Plan manuscrit, plume et aquarelle. Infimes rousseurs.

Description

Plan manuscrit de l'Ile-de-Sein qui faisait à l'origine partie d'un recueil d'histoire naturelle manuscrit réalisé par le Chevalier Christophe Paulin de la Pois de Freminville. Ce plan a sans doute été réalisé pour le Chevalier de Freminville, il est signé en bas à droite mais la signature est difficile à déchiffrer.

Chevalier Christophe Paulin de la Pois de Freminville (1787-1848) : Capitaine de frégate, marin, naturaliste et archéologue. Il fut à son époque un grand spécialiste des Templiers et de l'histoire de la Bretagne au Moyen Âge. Entré dans la marine en 1801, il eut son premier combat à Boulogne dès 1801, il participa ensuite à l’expédition de Saint-Domingue en 1802. Il se fit alors naturaliste, découvrant une raie qui fut nommée Fréminvilli. Il commanda ensuite plusieurs navire et fut blessé au combat contre la frégate anglaise Immortality. En 1806, il est sur la Sirène, comme hydrographe « adjudant de la division des géographe » et participa par ses relevés et descriptions à l’expédition du Grand Nord.
Il chouanna en 1814, servit ensuite dans l’armée et la marine royale. En 1822, on le retrouve, à bord de la Néréide, au Sénégal et aux Antilles, où il herborisa. Il sera mis en retraite en 1831.
Il se consacrera alors à l’écriture, l’histoire naturelle et l’archéologie. Il avait déjà publié en 1827-29 son premier volume d’Antiquité de la Bretagne, sur le Morbihan. Le volume sur le Finistère parut en 1832-35 et les Côtes-du-Nord en 1837. On lui doit aussi : l’édition du Voyage dans le Finistère de Cambry (1836), et entre autres œuvres propres : Abrégé historique et chronologique des principaux voyages de découverte par mer (1829), Nouvelle relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse (1838) ou Histoire de Bertrand du Guesclin (1841). Il collabora en outre à : Mémoire de la Société des Antiquaires de France, Annales maritimes et coloniales, Revue bretonne, etc.

The Chevalier Christophe Paulin de la Pois de Freminville (1787-1848) was inspired to choose a naval career when he attended a lecture on Captain Cook's voyages. His first voyage, at the age of 15, was on General Le Clerc's expedition to reduce Haiti. A passion for natural history was evident even then. In the bay of Port-au-Prince, Freminville discovered the great ray which bears his name.
Like his French-American contemporary, Audubon, Freminville had the sort of adventuresome and productive life typical of the greatest naturalists. By the time of his retirement in the 1830s, the Chevalier Christophe-Paulin de La Pois de Freminville had traveled from the Arctic and Russia to South America and Africa to observe and record thousands of specimens. His fascinating story has been related (Paris, 1970) by the prolific French author Jean Merrien.

Freminville had much fame in his own day as an antiquary and a writer of travel accounts. Models exist, with text and ornamentation in his own hand, for publications on insects, reptiles, and marine life. Unfortunately, he only lived to see one project published: "Considerations Generale Sur Les Mœurs Et Les Habitudes Des Serpens" (1842).
Until its recent discovery, this material was thought to have been lost in the destruction of his hometown, St. Malo. The images range from simple, yet concise pencil sketches of shells to the most intricate and gloriously colored renderings of tropical fish, reptiles, butterflies and atmospheric coastal scenes. All are brought to life by Freminville's graceful and meticulous style of drawing.
1,500€
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