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184 - RÉAUMUR (René-Antoine de). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire…
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RÉAUMUR (René-Antoine de). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes… Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1734–1742, 6 volumes in-4, 20.5 × 27 cm, 3 folios, 654 pp., 50 plates & 2 folios, XLVI pp., 1 folio, 514 pp., 40 plates & 2 folios, XL + 532 pp., 47 plates & XXXIV pp., 1 folio, 636 pp., 44 plates & 2 folios, XLIV + 728 pp., 38 plates & 2 folios, LXXX + 608 pp., 48 plates, contemporary blue marbled paper binding. First edition of the first major experimental synthesis devoted to insects, by one of France’s greatest naturalists. Illustrated with 267 plates, 6 headpieces and 6 initials, all engraved. An exceptional copy with full margins, untrimmed and uncut, preserved in its original state upon publication by the Royal Printing Office (labels from the Imperial Printing Office library at the bottom of the spines and wet stamps from the Royal Printing Office’s repository, affixed during the Restoration in the margins of the title pages and on numerous leaves). - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale Antique and modern books, manuscripts
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
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