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RÉAUMUR, RENÉ-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE. Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes. 266 (of 267) folding engraved plates; lacks plate 29 in Volume
RÉAUMUR, RENÉ-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE. Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes. 266 (of 267) folding engraved plates; lacks plate 29 in Volume 3. 6 volumes. 4to, later 18th-/early 19th-century 1/4 morocco with morocco lettering pieces, cover corners worn throughout, Volume 1 front joint partly cracked, Volume 6 spine rubbed, chipped at top; some plates browned and partly dampstained in Volume 4, bottom portion of Volume 5 contents dampstained with traces of mold. Paris, 1734-42
- Notes: first edition. "Réaumur's greatest work. It describes the appearance, habits, and locality of all the known insects except the beetles"--Garrison-Morton 304. DSB XI, 331-32; Nissen ZBI 3315; Norman 1804.
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