FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
by Fabre, Jean Henri
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An early printing. Hailed by Darwin as "The Homer of Insects", famed French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915) devoted hours of rapt attention to insects while they hunted, built nests, and fed their families. Working in Provence, in barren, sun-scorched fields inhabited by countless wasps and bees, he observed their intricate and fascinating world, recounting their activities in simple, beautifully written essays. This volume, based on translations of Fabre's Souvenirs Entomologiques, blends folklore and mythology with factual explanation and features 12 exquisite tipped-in color plates by E.J. Detmold. Quarto: viii, [4], 271 p. Original green cloth binding, with decorative gilt stamping. Faint offsetting to the front endpaper; else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's two-part box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76729
- Title
- FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS
- Author
- Fabre, Jean Henri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Insects, Natural History, Nature, Naturalists, Illustrated Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...