FABRE (Paul-H.) — INSECTS - Lot 90

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FABRE (Paul-H.) — INSECTS - Lot 90
FABRE (Paul-H.) — INSECTS FABRE (Paul-H.). Insects. Preface by Dr. G.-V. Legros. Paris, Librairie Delagrave, 1936. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover illustrated with photographs of scorpions and a spider. 96 heliogravure plates, based on photographs by Paul-H. Fabre, curator of the Harmas J.-H. Fabre in Sérignan. A spectacular photographic work devoted to the world of insects and other arthropods: beetles, hymenoptera, bugs, spiders, scorpions, etc. The photographs, often taken in extreme close-up, document the insects, their metamorphoses, their nests, and their behaviors. An interesting publication both for the history of entomology and for the history of scientific photography during the interwar period. The quality of the large heliogravure plates lends it genuine visual appeal. Condition: fair. The cloth-bound cover is heavily pitted and stained; the corners and caps are rubbed; there is a small tear in the upper corner; the interior shows some foxing and yellowing, but the plates are generally well preserved.
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