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8vo (224 x 144 mm) 2 nn.ll., III, 352 pp. Original publisher’s green buckram signed “Lenegre Rel.”, covers decorated in blind, flat spine gilt.
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Freeman, F-818.
First edition of the first French translation. It is illustrated with 34 woodcuts in the text
Darwin’s studies on insect pollinisation led in 1861 to novel studies of wild orchids and their adaptation to attract specific moths to each species.
This copy inscribed by the translator on the front fly-leaf “A monsieur l’abbé Fournereau. Hommage respectueux et reconnaissant d’un ancien élève. L. Rérolle”.
Light occasional foxing, a very good copy.
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