
          Belleval, Pierre Richer de (ca.1555-1632)

L. C. printed cards use dates 1558-1625,
but latter is certainly incorrect, as Planchon, 
"Pierre Richer de Belleval" (Montpellier,
1869 ), p. 35/36, cites the parish registers of
Saint-Firmin, showing Belleval was 77 or more
years old at his death, Nov. 17 , 1632 . This
record would put the date of his birth at
least as early as 1555, altho other authorities
quoted by Pritzel, Thes. Lit. Bot., 2d ed.,
give it as "probably 1564 ". Brit. Mus. (Nat.
Hist.) Cat. uses the dates "ca.1558-1625", but
it would seem that those based upon the parish
register are more likely to be correct. (MFW-
Jan.1934)

Onomatologia, seu Nomenclatura stirpium quae in Horto
regio Monspeliensi recens constructo coluntur ... Richiero 
de Beleval ... imperante. Monspelii, apud J. Giletum, 
1598. Sign. A-E. (Bib. Nat. Paris)

Mentioned by Gibault, Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort.
France (1905), p.740, and by other authorities,
as one of the landmarks of plant introduction
in Europe.

Opuscules de Pierre Richer de Belleval ... auxquels
on a jointe un traité d'Olivier de Serres, sur la manière
de travailler l'ecorce du mûrier blanc. Nouvelle édition
d'après les exemplaires de la Bibliothèque du Roi, par
M. Broussonet. Paris, 1785. (Dept. Agr.; Bib. Nat.
Paris; Brit. Mus., under "Richer de Belleval")

Gibault, l.c., gives date 1775, but this is
not supported by any other authority. The book
consists of reprints with individual paging, of
the following works: (1) Onomatologia ... Monspelii, 
1598; (2) Dessein touchant la recherche
des plantes du pays de Languedoc ... Montpelliér,
1605; ( 3 ) La seconde richesse du meurier blanc
... Eschantillon de la séconde éd. du Theâtre d'
agriculture d'Olivier de Serres ... Paris, l603.

Bellingham, Bellunensis.  See p.50.
        