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a set of six green books sitting on top of each othersix green books lined up in a row on a white surfacean open book with a title in french on a blue backgroundan open book with a picture of insects on it
BEAUSSANT LEFÈVRE & Associés

214 - TIGNY (Martin de). Natural History of Insects… Paris, Roret,…
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Estimate €120 - €150
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TIGNY (Martin de). Natural History of Insects… Paris, Roret, 1828. 10 volumes in-18, 8.5 × 13 cm, contemporary binding in green half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with embossed panels and gilt motifs. Third, posthumous edition, completed by the author’s wife, Marie-Catherine Fontaine, and revised by Félix-Édouard Guérin-Méneville, of this 10-volume Roret handbook, characteristic of popular French entomology. Illustrated with 116 engraved plates (out of 117?), almost all of which are finely coloured. A fine copy, from the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (bookplate). A coat-of-arms stamp in red ink, scraped off, on the half-titles. - 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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