Fabre's Book of Insects

Jean-Henri Fabre; Alexander Teixeira de Mattos; Mrs. Rodolph Stawell

Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1936

About this Item

A smart fifth printing of Mrs. R. Stawell's retelling of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques" with illustrations throughout. Fifth printing, originally published 1935. Illustrated with a colour tipped in frontispiece and eleven colour tipped in plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive entomological study with chapters on various insects, including: the sacred beetle, the cicada, the praying mantis, the glow-worm, and many others. A retelling of the works of Jean-Henri Fabre, a French naturalist, entomologist, and author. From Alexander Teixeira del Mattos' translation, a Dutch-English journalist, literary critic, publisher, and translator. Written by Mrs. Maud Margaret Key Stawell, an English author and wife of Rodolph Stawell, a British surgeon. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific English Victorian book illustrator who often worked alongside his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 882T1

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fabre's Book of Insects

Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company, New York

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: E. J. Detmold

Condition: Very Good

Book Type: book