THE WONDERS OF INSTINCT. [First American Edn.]

by Fabre, Jean Henri; (A. T. De Mattos & Bernard Miall, trans.)

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NY:: Century,, 1918. Hardcover; old ink name/date inside front cover; faded spine lightly worn at ends; covers faded toward edges; tips bumped; otherwise good.. index. Frontispiece + 15 additional full-pg. b&w photos of insects & their activities. Fabre (1823-1915), entomologist/biologist, retired to a small property where--for over 40 years--he studied insects & natural inhabitants. ||| Here he stresses value of Instinct to bees, wasps, grasshoppers, & other insects.