Insects at Home Being a Popular Account of British Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations

A smart early edition of this illustrated study of British insects from English natural history writer Reverend John George Wood. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed study of British insects, observing their habits, habitats, physical structures, mating, and transformations during the life cycle. With chapters on dermaptera, orthoptera, trichoptera, lepidoptera, and aphaniptera, amongst others. Written by Reverend John George Wood, an English writer who popularised natural history with his writings. Illustrated by Edgar Albert Smith, a British zoologist and illustrator, and Johann Baptist Zwecker, a German illustrator of books and magazines. Engraved by George Pearson, a renowned British wood engraver. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. …