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DEJEAN (Auguste) & Jean-Alphonse BOISDUVAL.
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DEJEAN (Auguste) & Jean-Alphonse BOISDUVAL.
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
DEJEAN (Auguste) & Jean-Alphonse BOISDUVAL. Iconography and Natural History of the Coleoptera of Europe. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1829–1834. 8 tomes in 7 volumes in-8, 13.5 x 21.5 cm, XIV pp., 1 blank folio, 400 pp. & 408 pp. & 326 pp. & 486 pp. & 60 plates & 61–125 plates & 126–172 plates & 173–223 plates, contemporary bindings in raspberry-coloured half-calf, spined with raised bands decorated with gilt and embossed motifs.
First edition.
The work was supplemented by a fifth volume by Charles Aubé, devoted to hydrocanthars and published between 1836 and 1838.
Illustrated with 223 engraved plates, finely watercoloured.
A superb copy with a romantic binding. The spines of the atlas volumes are slightly sun-faded. – Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale
Antique and modern books, manuscripts
Auction location
Auction time
10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
Ref. : 15251 - 138
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