Author: Duncan, James Title: Introduction to Entomology The Naturalist's Library XXIX. Entomology I
Description: W.H. Lizars 1840 xv, [2], 18-331, [1], engraved portrait, additional hand-col title vignette, 36 plates (31 hand-col + 5 plain). . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, worn, rear joint split, spine defective with some loss. Slight crease to lower corner of frontispiece. One gathering starting. Plates clean.. First edition. Includes a portrait and memoir of Baron de Geer, and a memoir of J. Swammerdam. Plates illustrate praying mantids, stick insects, dragonflies, grasshoppers, lanternflies, etc. Plates numbered 1-35, 37*. Nissen, ZBI 1202(1)..
Keywords: Hand-coloured plates; Insects; Entomology
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: A48532
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