Author: MABILLE, Paul. Title: Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères de Madagascar.Paris, l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1885-1887. 2 volumes (text & atlas). Large 4to (32 x 25 cm). With 63 aquatint plates printed in brown and black. Later brown half morocco.
Description: [4], V, [1 blank], 364 pp.First and only edition of a monograph on the butterflies of Madagascar by the French entomologist Paul Mabille (1835-1923). It was published as volume 18 & 19 of Grandidier's Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. A very good copy, with crisp impressions on notably white paper.l Nissen, ZBI 1676.
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Price: EUR 975.00 = appr. US$ 1059.68 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
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