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11 volumes 4to (245 x 165 mm) VII, 375 pp., 16 heliogravure plates for volume I; 4 nn.ll., 370 pp., 1 nn.l. (table), 16 heliogravure plates for volume II; 2 ff.n.ch., 458 pp., 1 nn.l. (table), 16 heliogravure plates for volume III; 2 nn.ll., 358 pp., 1 nn.l. (table), 16 heliogravure plates for volume IV; 2 nn.ll., 383 pp., 16 heliogravure plates for volume V; 2 nn.ll., 452 pp., 16 16 heliogravure plates for volume VI; 2 nn.ll., 423 pp., 2 nn.ll., 16 heliogravure plates for volume VII; 2 nn.ll., 408 pp., 2 nn.ll. (table and colophon), 16 heliogravure plates for volume VIII; 2 nn.ll., 398 pp., 1 nn.l. (table), 16 heliogravure plates for volume IX; 2 nn.ll., 428 pp., 2 nn.ll. (table and colophon), 16 heliogravure plates for volume X. [Together with, uniformly bound :] LEGROS, G.-V. La Vie de J.-H. Fabre naturaliste, suivie du répertoire général analytique des souvenirs entomologiques. Paris, Delagrave, 1924. XV, 437 pp., 1 nn.l. (table), 16 heliogravure plates. Uniformly bound in publisher’s 3/4 sheep, spines richly decorated in gilt including a special entomological tool, top edge gilt.
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DSB, IV, 503-505.
Copy of the definitive edition with indications on title varying between 8th- and 13th thousand. Regular paper issue, complete with all 176 heliogravure plates.
Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915) graduated from the École normale primaire in Avignon in 1842 and was then employed as an instructor in Carpentras. He then obtained a double degree in mathematics and physics and took up a post as an instructor in Ajaccio the following year, where he remained until 1851. In 1854 he defended his thesis for his doctorate in natural sciences and subsequently devoted his life to entomology research.
“In 1856 Fabre was awarded the Prix Montyon (for experimental physiology) of the Institut de France, and in 1859, Charles Darwin cited him in his Origin of Species, a valuable encouragement for a poorly paid young teacher…. Fabre’s scientific work includes the ten volume Souvenirs entomologiques which presents a considerable number of original observations on the behavior of insects (and also arachnids)… Responsible for significant discoveries concerning the lives and habits of insects, Fabre remains especially important in the history of science because of the popularity of his Souvenirs entomologiques; reading them led more that one person to become a naturalist… Fabre remains the very model of the self-taught scientist – solitary, poor, proud, and independent” (DSB).
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