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105 - DEJEAN (Auguste) & Jean-Alphonse BOISDUVAL.
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Estimate €500 - €600
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DEJEAN (Auguste) & Jean-Alphonse BOISDUVAL. Iconography and Natural History of the Coleoptera of Europe. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1829–1832. 8 volumes in 4 in-8 volumes, 12.5 × 21 cm, X pp. (out of XIV), 1 blank folio, 400 pp. & 404 pp. (out of 408) & 322 pp. (out of 326) & 482 pp. (out of 486) & 60 plates & 61–130 plates & 131–172 plates & 173–223 plates, modern binding in green half-shagreen, ribbed spine. First edition. The work was supplemented by a fifth volume by Charles Aubé, devoted to hydrocanthars and published between 1836 and 1838. Missing the title pages and half-titles of the four volumes of text. Illustrated with 223 engraved and finely watercoloured plates. A good copy. The titles of the text volumes have been cut out and roughly mounted during binding. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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