Author: Berthoud, S Henry & Dargent, Yan ( Jean Edouard ) [illustrator]
Title: Le Monde Des Insectes
Description: Garnier Freres, Paris, 1864, 1st edition. Quarter red morocco over cloth, G. [iv]+486+1pp, engraved frontis, 7 engraved plates, 145 woodcut illustrations of natural history subjects, 150+ further illustrations & tail pieces, all edge gilt, imitation silk endpapers. Rear hinge starting to split, corners very worn, endpapers dustsoiled, foxed, a solid reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ An atractively illustrated anecdotal work on Insects by the French author & journalist Samuel-Henri Berthoud [ 1804 - 1891 ]. The many illustrations are by the prolific artist Jean-Édouard Dargent [ 1824 - 1899 ].

Keywords: insects, natural history, entymology