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Histoire Naturelle des Insectes: Diptères. Tome I-II

by Macquart, J.

  • Hardback £750.00
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  • Catalogue No : 43786
  • Published : 1834-1835
  • Cover : Hardback
  • Pages : [ii], 578, [2], 8; [ii], 703, [1], 8

Description:

Forms part of the 'Suites à Buffon'. Engraved plates by the author. Rare, particularly so with plates hand-coloured.

Pierre Justin Marie Macquart (1776-1855) was a French dipterist. He produced a number of works on European as well as non-European Diptera in which he described many new species. Latreille enlisted him as author of these two volumes in the 'Suites a Buffon' series.

Nissen ZBI 2644; Horn Schenkling 14369; Evenhuis, Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum, p. 512.

Condition

2 vols, 8vo, cont. half leather, scuffed and worn, joints to Tome I cracked and a little tender, marbled boards (rubbed), edges and endpapers. Good set.

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