"Strasbourg, typographie de G. Fischbach"--Verso of special t.p

Collation of each tome: t. 1: [6], 384 p., plates 1-48; t. 2: viii, 326, [1] p., plates 1-50; t. 3: viii, 424 p., plates 1-24

Engravers include: H. Vizetelly; J. Poteau; F. Specht; J. Quartley; and Bisson-Cottard

Includes indexes

Bibliography: t. 1, p. 214-217; t. 2, p. 204-206; t. 3, p. [381]-386

t. 1 Les coléoptères. Organisation-moeurs chasse-collections-classification. Iconographie et histoire naturelle des coléoptères d'Europe -- t. 2 Les papillons. Organisation-moeurs chasse-collections-classification. Iconographie et histoire naturelle des papillons d'Europe. par A. Depuiset -- t. 3 Les insectes. Organisation-moeurs chasse-collection-classification. Histoire naturelle des Orthoptères-Néuroptères-Hyménoptères-Hemiptères-Diptères-Aptères, etc

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

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SCNHRB copy (t. 1: 39088005945076; t. 2: 39088005945084; t. 3: 39088005945092) has old red half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled spines, raised bands, and marbled endpapers. With a few brief manuscript annotations. Some of the plates have blank tissue guard-sheets

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