Fabre's Book of Insects
Jean-Henri Fabre; Alexander Teixeira de Mattos; Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
From Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since May 18, 2007
From Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since May 18, 2007
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
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