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### Author
Soulavie, Jean Louis Giraud (1752-1813), French naturalist diplomate, historian, and clergyman; before the French revolution Roman catholic priest at Nîmes, later vicar at Châlons and deputy for the clergy in the États-généraux; later in Geneva as French resident minister for the Jacobines.
**Abbreviated name**: *Soulavie* \[standard form in IPNI: *Soulavie*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 52 (under Giraud-Soulavie; d. 18 Mar 1813); DSB 12: 549-550; PR 8784, ed. 1: 9764; Quenstedt p. 406.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 86: 576-578. 1961 (under Giraud); Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 175: 771-782. 1949; Nouv. biogr. gén. 44: 231-233. 1868.
- D-r-r, *in* J.F. Michaud, Biogr. univ. 39: 675-677. 1969 \[facs. ed.\].
- Geikie, A., The founders of geology 204-207. 1907.
- Haber, F.C., *in* B. Glass et al., Forerunners of Darwin 243-244, 247.
- Mazon, A., Histoire de Soulavie (naturalise, diplomate, historien), Paris 1892, 2 vols.
- Meyran, O., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 80: 9-10. 1937 (on S. as an early plant geographer).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 964. 1863.
- Quérard, J.M., la France litt. 9: 222-224. s.d.
- Zittel, K.A. v., Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 58, 143, 147, 183, 314, 322, 363. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeobot. 40, 97, 101, 109. 1901.
### Publications
##### n.12.480. Histoire naturelle de la France méridionale
**Title**
*Histoire naturelle de la France méridionale*. Seconde partie. *Les végétaux*. Tome i. Contenant les principes de la géographie physique du régne végétal, l'exposition des climats des plantes, avec des cartes pour en exprimer les limites. Par M. l'abbé Soulavie. À Paris (chez J.Fr. Quillau,...) 1782. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Hist. nat. France, Vég.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1782, p. \[i-iii\], \[17\]-399, \[400\], *3 pl. Copies*: Kon. Bibl. Brussel, PH.