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290 - NATURAL HISTORY ENTOMOLOGY. 16 works:
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NATURAL HISTORY ENTOMOLOGY. 16 works: - KOLLMANN (Max). Mr Guy Babault’s Journey to British East Africa. Scientific Findings. Mammals. Paris, Lahure, 1919, in-4, 1 folio – 96 pp. – 1 folio – 5 plates, fold-out map. Paperback. - Good copy. - GERMAIN (Louis). Study of the molluscs collected by Mr Henri Gadeau de Kerville during his journey to Khroumirie (Tunisia). Extract from *Voyage en Khroumirie*... Paris, Baillière, 1908, in-8, 2 leaves – pp. 129–296 – 1 leaf – 9 plates numbered XXII to XXX. Paperback. - Signed copy by the author. Some slight soiling. - TROUESSART (Dr E.). Catalogue of the Birds of Europe to serve as a complement and supplement to Degland and Gerbe’s *European Ornithology* (1867). Paris, Klincksieck, Lhomme, 1912, in-8, XVIII pp.–545 pp. (unillustrated). Paperback. - Light, scattered foxing. - MULSANT (Etienne) and Cl. REY. Natural History of the Coleoptera of France… Fossipodes, Brevicolles [followed by] Mollipennes. Paris, Savy, Magnin, Blanchard, 1865–1862, 2 titles in one in-8 volume, 4 unnumbered folios – 124 pp. – 5 black-and-white plates preceded by a leaflet of explanations – 4 unnumbered folios – 440 pp. – 3 line-engraved plates. Contemporary aubergine half-basane binding, smooth spine. – A fine copy. Spine slightly faded. – [COLLECTIVE]. 1st International Congress of Entomology. Brussels, 1–6 August 1910. Brussels, Hayez, 1911–1912, 2 volumes, large 8vo, 2ff.–276pp.–1f. group photograph as frontispiece – 2ff.–520pp. – 26 photographic plates as inserts. Paperback. - Light foxing throughout the volumes; the margin of Volume I is soiled. - BERTHOIS (L.). Contribution to the sedimentological study of Kangerdlugssuaq, west coast of Greenland. Copenhagen, Bogtrykkeri, 1969, in-8, VIII pp.–185 pp.–Graphs. Paperback. - BAILLON (H.). Monograph on the Ranunculaceae. Paris, Hachette, 1868, in-8 fascicle, 2 folios–88 pp.–vignette illustrations. Paperback. – Stains. – GERMAIN (Louis). Note on Some Unionidae (Pelecypod Molluscs) from Normandy. Paris, Baillière, 1908, in-8, 1f. – pp. 138–173 – 1f. – 4 plates. Paperback. - Very fresh, uncut, fragile binding. Author’s copy. - LEHN (Dr Marianne). Die Fische des Meeres und der Binnengewässer. Munich, Schreiber, (1906), 8vo, 4 uncut leaves – 190 pp. – VI pp. – 36 plates. Publisher’s khaki cloth binding, embossed design in three colours on the cover. - A fresh copy; one section has been re-bound. 26 chromolithographed plates; 10 black-and-white plates; numerous figures and diagrams in the text. - LANESSAN (J.-L. de). Transformism and Creationism. A contribution to the history of transformism from antiquity to the present day. Paris, Alcan, 1914, 8vo, 2 folios – II pp. – 352 pp. followed by 34 pp. Alcan catalogue. Publisher’s binding in brick-red cloth. - Small, light foxing spots on the first few leaves. (International Scientific Library Collection). - FINOT (A.). The Orthoptera of France. Earwigs, cockroaches, mantises, locusts, grasshoppers and crickets. Paris, Deyrolle, (circa 1883), 8vo, 199 pp. – 1 plate engraved after the author. Paperback. – A fresh copy. - [EDWARD (Thomas)] - SMILES (Samuel). The Life of a Naturalist. Paris, Plon, 1879, in-12, 2ff.—Vpp.—298pp.—1f.—9 woodcuts as inserts, a few vignettes. Paperback. - A few faint foxing spots. - WEBER (Prof. Hermann). Grundriss der Insektenkunde. Jena, published by… Fischer, 1949, in-8, VIII pp. – 322 pp. – 204 black vignettes. Black half-cloth binding. - Simple binding, in good condition. - BOUCHON-BRANDELY (Germain) (1847–?). A Treatise on Practical Fish Farming and Aquaculture in France and Neighbouring Countries. Paris, Goin, 1876, large in-8, 2ff.–XXIIIpp.–468pp.– 26 plates. Aubergine half-basane, smooth spine, gilt fillets. (Contemporary binding). - Ex-libris bearing a coat of arms. A few small, faint foxing spots. First edition. - FAUVEL (Albert). Entomological Yearbook for 1873 to 1881; 9 volumes, 12mo, paperback.
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