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1873 Wood INSECTS AT HOME 1st/hb/670pp/PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - 700+Woodcuts L@@K

$ 50.16

Availability: 33 in stock
  • Region: WORLD
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: A large and scarce antiquarian book; Hardbound in decorated green beveled cloth with gilt insect illustrations on cover and spine. 670 pages of Beetles, Flies, Ants, Wasps, Bees, Butterflies and much more! More than 700 impressive engraved illustrations, many full page. Book is in good condition overall with some cover edge wear, a couple tears to the cloth on spine, some intermittent page edge staining and misc. minor wear. Nice full-page plates, wood-cut engraving and color frontis. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of figures; page binding is tight. 670 pages - Hardbound DIMENSIONS: 9.5” x 6” tall x 2.25” thick Bound in Original Decorated Green Cloth Boards with GILT Decorations!An Very Nice Copy of this unique and informative 148 year-old book about the lives of a multitude of FASCINATING insects from around the home!
  • Topic: ENTOMOLOGY - INSECTS - BEETLES & MORE
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Personalized: No
  • Publisher: William Rutter & Company, Philadelphia
  • Year Printed: 1874
  • Author: J.G. WOOD
  • Illustrator: E.A. Smith; J.B. Zwecker; Engravings by G. Pearson
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Place of Publication: Philadelphia
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Subject: NATURE - ZOOLOGY - INSECTS
  • Special Attributes: SCARCE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK
  • Language: ENGLISH

    Description

    INSECTS AT HOME
    BEING A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF ALL THOSE INSECTS
    WHICH ARE USEFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE
    and
    MINUTELY DESCRIBING THEIR STRUCTURE, HABITS
    AND TRANSFORMATIONS
    by
    Rev. J.G. WOOD
    PUBLISHED by
    William Rutter & Company, Philadelphia
    1873
    A large and scarce antiquarian book; Hardbound in decorated green beveled cloth with gilt insect illustrations on cover and spine.  670 pages of Beetles, Flies, Ants, Wasps, Bees, Butterflies and much more!  More than 700 impressive engraved illustrations, many full page.
    Book is in good condition overall with some cover edge wear, a couple tears to the cloth on spine, some intermittent page edge staining and misc. minor wear. Nice full-page
    plates
    , wood-cut engraving and color frontis.  Profusely illustrated with hundreds of figures; page binding is tight.
    670 pages - Hardbound
    DIMENSIONS:  9.5” x 6” tall x 2.25” thick
    Bound in Original Decorated Green Cloth Boards with GILT Decorations!
    An Very Nice Copy of this unique and informative
    148 year-old book about the lives of a multitude of
    FASCINATING insects from around the home!
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    Images are Part of Description
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