The Insect. With 140 Illustrations by Giacomelli. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875.
First edition.
Quarto. [2, blank], 368, [2, blank] pp. With 140 engraved illustrations throughout, all reckoned within pagination. Publisher’s full red morocco over beveled boards, covers ruled in black and elaborately ruled in gilt, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. This copy with modern rebacking and re-cornering in red cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, new endleaves, although this copy retains the original free endpapers. Some rubbing to edges of boards, neat previous owner’s gift inscriptions on verso of original front free endpaper. A good copy with lovely illustrations of insects and other fauna.
First edition of this finely illustrated work, which highlights the beauty of the insect world.
ID:
3664
$
150