The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur | Mémoires pour server a l'histoire des insects, 1734-1742, 6 volumes, finely bound
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May 18, 05:10 PM GMT
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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Mémoires pour server a l’histoire des insects. Paris: L’Imprimerie Royale, 1734–1742
FIRST EDITION, 6 volumes, 4to (252 x 190mm.), engraved headpieces, 267 engraved plates, CONTEMPORARY FRENCH BLUE MOROCCO GILT, covers with triple gilt fillet borders, spines richly gilt in six compartments, red morocco lettering pieces, gilt edges
A FINE COPY.
LITERATURE:
Dibner, Heralds of Science 192; Garrison & Morton 304; Nissen ZBI 3315
PROVENANCE:
Charles J. Dinsdale, armorial bookplate