Insect Transformations, First Edition (6 results)

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. 160mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 420pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. A good plus copy in a half leather binding with marbled boards. The book is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. No ownership inscription. Some foxing to early and late pages. Pp.xii,420. Numerous wood engravings in text. A volume in "The Library of Entertaining Knowledge" series.

Half-Leather, marbled boards. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice tight binding, profusely illustrated. An early study of entomology by the Scottish naturalist.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1830. First edition. 12mo. Decorative cloth binding, 420 pp. illustrated in black and white in-text figures. Head, tail and corners bumped with splits at head, spine and cover margins faded, small dent in top edge of cover, small dent in middle of rear cover, former owner's bookplate on front end-paper, spotting to end-papers, some light occasional spotting, otherwise a fine copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smartly bound set of James Rennie's extensive scientific entomological textbooks, illustrated throughout. 'Insect Transformations', and 'Insect Miscellanies' are both first editions, 'Insect Architecture' is the second edition.Three brilliant scientific works on insects by James Rennie, detailed volumes which were published separately.Each volume is illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout.These three volumes provide a wide scope of information on all types of insects, fascinating works on entomology.Published as part of The Library of Entertaining Knowledge, a series founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Published by Charles Knight between 1829 and 1838, these works were intended as complementary volumes to the Society's Library of Useful Knowledge.Two pages of adverts to the rear of Volume III. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Spines are a little faded. A few light marks to the cloth. Small tear to the rear joint of Volume I. Hinges of Volume I are starting, as is the rear hinge of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A collection of three works on the topic of entomology, written by Scottish naturalist James Rennie and published as part of The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. First editions.Bound in the publisher's original cloth.Published as part of The Library of Entertaining Knowledge, a series founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Published by Charles Knight between 1829 and 1838, these works were intended as complementary volumes to the Society's Library of Useful Knowledge.This trio of works all surround the field of entomology, with 'Insect Transformations'(1830), 'Insect Architecture'(1830) and 'Insect Miscellanies'(1831). Although these works compliment each other very well, they were each published as standalone volumes, complete in themselves.All three works were written by Scottish naturalist, James Rennie, who works as Professor of natural history and zoology at King's College, London, in the 1830s.Profusely illustrated with vignette sketches throughout each volume. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, very good, with light bumping to the extremities and a little fraying to the spine head and tail. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to boards. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting in places. Some pages remain unopened. Very Good. book.