1864 204 p., 105 text figures., 5 hand-coloured plates, roy. 4to, contemporary red half morocco (two upper corner ends worn, else good), spine with five raised bands, gilt title, rich gilt ornaments. Deals with material collected by Alfred Russel Wallace and others. Many species are described as new. Published in the Transactions, vol. 24. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Repair to one leaf, light spotting to the first few text pages, otherwise good copy in an attractive period binding.
Reference : EC27565
Hermann L. Strack
M. Hermann L. Strack
Porzh Herve
22780 Loguivy Plougras
France
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s.l. [London], [Linnean Society of London] 1863 [204] pp. (i.e. pp.211 to 414) with 105 bl/w figures in text + 5 plates out of text (depicting handcoloured beetles), 30x24cm., bound in a firm modern hardcover binding, ex-libris stamp on first blanco leaf, few occasional foxing, good condition, [This work is a detailed scientific monograph on a group of beetles 'Nitidulariae', now commonly known as 'Nitidulidae', the sap- or pollen-feeding beetles. It was read to the Linnean Society on 2 April 1863 and published in the "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London". This "part I" was all that was ever published], weight: 1.1 kg., W120622
1864 Plates 32-36, loose. Published in: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Five beautiful, partly handcoloured, pls. No text, plates only.