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Wood, J.G. - Insects Abroad:  being a popular account of Foreign Insects, their Structure, Habits and Transformations

Title: Insects Abroad: being a popular account of Foreign Insects, their Structure, Habits and Transformations
Description: Longmans, Green & Co 1892 xii, 780, 20 b/w plates, 520 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. dec. cloth, gt, teg, minor wear to extremities. Scattered light foxing. Vg.. New edition. Illustrations by E.A. Smith and J.B. Zwecker, engraved by G. Pearson. Wood states "the object of the work is two-fold; first to show the great and important part played by Insects in the economy of the world, and the extreme value to mankind of those insects we are accustomed to call Destructives; and next to note the wonderful modifications of structure which enable the insects to fulfil their mission, and the surpassing beauty with which many of them are endowed.".

Keywords: Decorative Binding; Entomology

Price: GBP 40.00 = appr. US$ 57.12 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S39090

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