FOURCROY, Antoine François de and Étienne Louis GEOFFROY.
Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; secundum methodum Geoffraeanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivalia & fere trecentae novae species.
Paris, Via et Aedibus Serpentineis, 1785. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo (14.5 x 8.5 cm). Later marbled boards. VII, [1], 231, [1 blank]; [1], [1 blank], 233-544 pp.
€ 750
First edition of an extensive list of insects found in Paris and its surroundings, compiled by the French chemist Antoine François de Fourcroy (1755-1809) and the French entomologist and pharmacist Étienne Louis Geoffroy (1725-1810). The insects are arranged according to their taxonomy, with very brief remarks on their appearance and habitat and their French names.
With the bookplate of Lionel George Higgins on paste-down. He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and co-author of the Field guide to butterflies of Britain and Europe (1970). Two leaves (pp. VII-1) restored at the gutter. Spine discoloured. Overall in very good condition. Hagen I, p. 246; Horn & Schenkling 6923.
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