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BARBUT (JACQUES) Les genres des insectes de Linné; constatés par divers échantillons d'insectes d'Angleterre, for the Author, by James Dixwell (2)
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BARBUT (JACQUES)
Les genres des insectes de Linné; constatés par divers échantillons d'insectes d'Angleterre, additional hand-coloured engraved title, 22 plates (20 hand-coloured, many heightened in gum arabic, 3 folding), upper cover detached, 1781; The Genera Vermium Exemplified by Various Specimens of the Animals Contained in the Orders of the Intestina et Mollusca Linnaei, 3 parts in 1 vol., additional engraved title, engraved title to part 2, 25 engraved plates (of which 24 hand-coloured), some spotting and offsetting,1783, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, spines gilt, worn [Nissen ZVI 220-221], 4to, for the Author, by James Dixwell (2)
Footnotes
Provenance: William Battell, bookplate, and ownership inscription noting purchase date of 1799, and price of each volume ("1-9-0" and "1-0-0"); H.F. Davies, Elmley Castle, bookplate.
Saleroom notices
The Genera Vermium should read "2 parts in 1 vol. (complete)" rather than "3 parts"