Histoire Naturelle des Insectes: Diptères. Tome I-II
- Publisher : Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret
- Published In : Paris
- Illustrations : 24 hand-col plates
Description:
Forms part of the 'Suites à Buffon'. Engraved plates by the author. Rare, particularly so with plates hand-coloured.
Pierre Justin Marie Macquart (1776-1855) was a French dipterist. He produced a number of works on European as well as non-European Diptera in which he described many new species. Latreille enlisted him as author of these two volumes in the 'Suites a Buffon' series.
Nissen ZBI 2644; Horn Schenkling 14369; Evenhuis, Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum, p. 512.
Condition
2 vols, 8vo, cont. half leather, scuffed and worn, joints to Tome I cracked and a little tender, marbled boards (rubbed), edges and endpapers. Good set.
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