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95 - COQUEBERT DE MONTBRET (Antoine Jean).
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Estimate €500 - €550
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COQUEBERT DE MONTBRET (Antoine Jean). Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis observavit… Paris, Pierre Didot the Elder, 1798–1804. 3 volumes in one in-4 volume, 25 x 33 cm, 44 pp., 10 plates & 1 folio, 45–90 pp., 10 plates (numbered XI–XX) & 2 folios, pp. 91–138, 10 plates (numbered XXI–XXX), late 19th-century binding in olive half-basane, ribbed spine. A rare collection of the three instalments of this description of the insects held in the collections of the Natural History Museum in the early 19th century. Illustrated with 30 plates engraved from the author’s drawings, finely coloured, depicting over 500 insects. A fine copy, with generous margins. Title page slightly soiled. Small corner stain on the text leaves. Plates uniformly browned. Damage to plate XIV, roughly mended, with a small loss. Pages 135–136 are bound between pages 142 and 143. 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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