HERBARIUM. Herbarium by A. GAUCHER, circa 1900; 17 folio-sized folders (42x31 cm) in a cardboard folder. A beautiful herbarium from the Deux-Sèvres region, compiled between 1900 and 1903, consisting of 153 sheets, each containing one or more specimens, each with its identification, collection site, and date of collection. The following locations are listed: Aiffres, Benet, Bessines, Breloux la Crèche, Bois de Chauveau, Coulon, Mazières-en-Gâtine, Niort, Saint-Marc-la-Lande, Verruyes, the Vouvant Forest… Among the families listed are: Campanulaceae, Ericaceae, Prunulaceae, Oleaceae, Apocynaceae, Gentianaceae, Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae, Boraginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Polygonaceae, Plantaginaceae, etc.