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303 - LACORDAIRE, (Jean Théodore). An Introduction to Entomology, …
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LACORDAIRE, (Jean Théodore). An Introduction to Entomology, covering the general principles of the anatomy and physiology of insects, details of their behaviour, and a summary of the main classification systems proposed to date for these animals. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1834. 2 vols. in-8°, comprising ix, 1 bl., 463 pp.; 681, [3] pp. Fawn half-basane, long spine decorated with cold-stamped ironwork, title and volume number in gold, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Seal of Alexandre Henri NADAULT DE BUFFON (1831–1890), French magistrate, historian, and founder, in 1873, of the Société des Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons. He was the great-grandnephew of the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of BUFFON. Seal ‘M. FAVEYRIAL’. Also included, in the same binding: AUDINET SERVILLE (Jean-Guillaume). Natural History of Insects. Orthoptera. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1839. In-8°, xviij, 776, [1] pp. 3 volumes of text, excluding the plates. One top joint split.
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