1935 Fabre’s Book of Insects E J Detmold Color Plates Gilt Hardcover Tudor
$125.00
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Fabre’s Book of Insects — an illustrated natural-history book exploring the habits and behavior of insects, retold by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ translation of Jean-Henri Fabre’s Souvenirs Entomologiques.
Fabre’s attentive observations encourage a closer appreciation of everyday wildlife, while Edward Julius Detmold’s detailed color illustrations give nature lovers and art collectors an absorbing combination of science and beauty.
Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1935. The copyright page identifies this as “New Edition, 1935.”
Hardcover bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt cover decoration, insect motifs, and gilt spine lettering. Features a gilt top page edge, a title page printed in red and black, and mounted color plates on contrasting ochre-colored leaves. The photographed illustrations include scarab beetles, cicadas, and a praying mantis.
Condition: Good. An attractive copy with rubbing and scattered spotting and discoloration to the cloth, particularly on the rear cover. Corners and spine ends show wear, with a small worn area near the upper front joint. Pages and edges show age toning and scattered foxing, including spots on some illustrated plates. The front endpaper bears a Christmas 1935 gift inscription, an ownership inscription, and additional handwritten notations.
Please review all photographs for the binding, illustrations, inscriptions, and condition.
SKU D-7
1935 Fabre’s Book of Insects E J Detmold Color Plates Gilt Hardcover Tudor
$125.00
Fabre’s attentive observations encourage a closer appreciation of everyday wildlife, while Edward Julius Detmold’s detailed color illustrations give nature lovers and art collectors an absorbing combination of science and beauty.
Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1935. The copyright page identifies this as “New Edition, 1935.”
Hardcover bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt cover decoration, insect motifs, and gilt spine lettering. Features a gilt top page edge, a title page printed in red and black, and mounted color plates on contrasting ochre-colored leaves. The photographed illustrations include scarab beetles, cicadas, and a praying mantis.
Condition: Good. An attractive copy with rubbing and scattered spotting and discoloration to the cloth, particularly on the rear cover. Corners and spine ends show wear, with a small worn area near the upper front joint. Pages and edges show age toning and scattered foxing, including spots on some illustrated plates. The front endpaper bears a Christmas 1935 gift inscription, an ownership inscription, and additional handwritten notations.
Please review all photographs for the binding, illustrations, inscriptions, and condition.
SKU D-7