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GEOFFROY, Histoire abrégée des insectes , 1762
GEOFFROY, Étienne-Louis.
Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique.
Paris, Durand, 1762.
Two volumes 4to (248x193 mm), (4)-xxviii-523 pages, one folding table and 10 folding plates / (4)-690 pages and12 plates. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Spine faded. Binding slightly rubbed. Caps worn.
First editon.
This book was a great success in the field of Natural Sciences as soon as it was published.
Étienne-Louis Geoffroy (1725-1810, French pharmacist and entomologist) introduced a new classification of insects based on the study of wings and established six different groups (beetles, hemiptera, mealy-winged tetraptera, bare-winged tetraptera, diptera and aptera).
references: Bibliotheca entomologica [271], Nodier [Bibliographie entomologique, 22 : "Ouvrage excellent; méthode claire; figures correctes."].
Price : 800 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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