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70 - AUDOUIN (Victor). A History of Insect Pests of the Vineyard,…
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AUDOUIN (Victor). A History of Insect Pests of the Vineyard, and in particular of the vine moth which is devastating the vineyards of the departments of Côte-d’Or, Saône-et-Loire, the Rhône, Hérault, Pyrénées-Orientales, Haute-Garonne, Charente-Inférieure, Marne and Seine-et-Oise; with details of the methods to be employed to combat it… Paris, Fortin, Masson, 1842. In-4, 23.5 x 30 cm, 2 folios, XVI + 350 pages, 26 folios, 24 plates (numbered 23), late 19th-century binding in brown half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with gilded motifs, untrimmed. A rare first edition of one of the most important works on entomology as applied to viticulture. Illustrated with 23 plates, including 18 finely coloured and gummed, and a map A fine copy, from Gilbert Dufaux’s natural history library (dry-stamped on the title page and p. 39). Waterstains and uniformly browned pages. Spine sun-faded. – Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
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