Lot n° 60
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(1764). GEOFFROY (Ét. Louis).HISTOIRE ABREGEE DES INSECTES, - Lot 60
(1764). GEOFFROY (Ét. Louis).HISTOIRE ABREGEE DES INSECTES, dans lequel ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique.
Paris, Durand, 1764.
2 volumes in-4° of [4]-28-523 and [4]-690 pages, marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding).
Second edition with 22 folding plates, in which the pharmacist and entomologist Geoffroy (1725-1810) divides insects into six orders: Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Mealy-winged Tetraptera, Bare-winged Tetraptera, Diptera and Aptera. With a large fold-out table listing beetle species. Binding damaged, foxing, spotting in volume 2. Ex-libris and handwritten signature F. Rozier (Abbé François Rozier?).
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