Catalogue d'un precieuse collection de livres d'histoire naturelle et specialment d'entomologie avant formé la bibliotheque de feu M. Lacordaire

Description:

Scarce. Catalogue of rare books on Natural History from the library of T. Lacordaire offered for sale by G. Mayolez. Théodore Lacordaire (1801-1870) was a Franco-Belgian entomologist, professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Liège.

Condition

Orig. wrappers, spine worn, stitching broken. Book label of A. Preudhomme de Borre to inside front wrapper; price markings to catalogue entries; some lines crossed with red ink. A. Preudhomme de Borre (1833-1905), student of T. Lacordaire, curator of reptiles at the Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle of Belgium, author of numerous papers on Odonata, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Myriapoda, Scorpionida, Crustacea, and Mollusca.