The Coleopterist's Manual Containing the Lamellicorn Insects of Linneus and Fabricus The Coleopterist's Manual, Part the Second Containing the Predaceous Land and Water Beetles of Linneus and Fabricius

Reverend F. W. Hope

Published by Henry G. Bohn 1837-1838, London, 1837

About this Item

The first and second series of this scarce entomological work, signed by the author, and with lovely hand coloured plates. The first edition of both works. With a hand coloured frontispiece and three partially hand coloured plates to both works. Collated complete.With presentation inscriptions from the author to the front endpapers of both volumes, presenting the work to the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury.Institutional copies, with stamps and bookplates to preliminaries of both works.The Coleopterist's Manual is considered a foundational text on the study of beetles and details exotic and British beetle species with descriptions, classifications, and notes on habitat. Aimed at naturalists and collectors, Hope"s work significantly advanced entomological studies and taxonomy, reflecting the Victorian era"s growing interest in biodiversity and scientific discovery.A third volume was also published in 1840.A scarce signed pair of these important texts. In publisher's green cloth. Externally smart, with library annotations to tail of both volumes. Slight bumping to extremities and loss to spine labels. Institutional labels and stamps to endpapers of both volumes. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning and the odd spot and handling mark. Institutional stamp to reverse of volume one frontispiece. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Coleopterist's Manual Containing the Lamellicorn Insects of Linneus and Fabricus The Coleopterist's Manual, Part the Second Containing the Predaceous Land and Water Beetles of Linneus and Fabricius
• Publisher: Henry G. Bohn 1837-1838, London
• Publication Date: 1837
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Reverend F. W. Hope
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: signed by author
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural Sciences