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Fabre's Book of Insects: retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' Translation of "Souvenirs Entomologiques" by Mrs. R. Stawell
by Fabre, Jean Henri; Stawell; Rodolph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
$180.00$126.00
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About This Item
[New York]: Tudor Publishing Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1921. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in green cloth boards with a beautiful gilt scarab cover design and spine lettering, minor rubs at the ends. Some age tone inside at the hinge of the frontcover, half and full title page. Jacket is lightly worn at the corners. Uncommon in the original illustrated cover box, now worn on the corners, bottom split at the side, remains moderately attractive and serviceable. In Fine unmarked in Fine jacket with Protective cover. Pp [14], 271. Frontispiece and 11 full color tipped in plates. Fabre's Bookof Insects is a retelling of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation of Jean-Henri Fabre's Souvenirs entomologique, a project that Matto considered his greatest achievement. Fabre's work is a series of texts on insects and arachnids. It talks about insects in real life, mythology and folklore. He influenced the later writings of Charles Darwin, who called Fabre "an inimitable observer". Fabre, however, was a Christian who remained sceptical about Darwin's theory of evolution, as he always held back from all theories and systems. His special force was exact and detailed observation, field research, always avoiding premature general conclusions from his observations. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7319
- Title
- Fabre's Book of Insects: retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' Translation of "Souvenirs Entomologiques" by Mrs. R. Stawell
- Author
- Fabre, Jean Henri; Stawell; Rodolph
- Illustrator
- Detmold, Edward Julius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Natural History, Entomology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Natural History: Entomology & Botany;
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