The Works of J. H. Fabre : The Life of The Fly : with which are interspersed some Chapter of Autobiography / by J. Henri Fabre : translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Fabre, J. Henri [author] de Mattos, Alexander Teixeira [translator]

Published by London, New York, Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton, 1913

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Provenance: Bookplate of Alan Thornton Witney. Very good copy in the original decorated gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 508 pages, 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographic footnotes and index. "The present volume contains all the essays on flies of Diptera, from the Souvenirs entomologiques, to which I have added, in order to make the dimensions uniform with those of the series, the purely autobiographic essays comprised in the souvenirs"- Translators's note. Subjects; Fabre, Jean-Henri 1823-1915. Flies. Diptera. Mouches. Bees. Entomology. Flies Behavior. Biographies. Insecta Diptera Biology Behaviour Ecology Collection of essays. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of J. H. Fabre : The Life of The Fly : with which are interspersed some Chapter of Autobiography / by J. Henri Fabre : translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
• Publisher: London, New York, Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton
• Publication Date: 1913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Collated Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram