Memoires pour servir a l'Historie des Insectes

by Réné-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

$4,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

267 engraved folding plates by Simonneau, engraved headpieces. 6 vols. 4to 252 x 194 mm . Contemporary calf, spines gilt, volumes 5 and 6 with slightly different design on spines and the crowned monogran of Louis XV of France in 4 compartments, some rubbing. Provenance: Paulet St. John Mildmay bookpate ; Oliver Howard 1905-1961 , bookseller and managing director of Bernard Quaritch bookplate . Nissen ZBI 3315; Horn/Schenkling 17767; Agassiz IV, 162, 10; DSB XI, 331; see Dibner 192.

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