NODIER (Charles). Bibliographie entomologique, ou Catalogue - Lot 142

NODIER (Charles). Bibliographie entomologique, ou Catalogue raisonné des ouvrages relatifs à l'entomologie et aux insectes, avec des notes critiques et l'exposition des méthodes. Paris, Moutardier, an IX. Small in-12, viij, 64 pp. Blond calf, spine with 4 faux-nerfs, t. p. in fawn morocco, place, name and year gilt at foot, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt roulette on edges and chasses, gilt edges (Shaveye, [after GOBBELSCHROY]). One of the rarest first editions of this early work, as stated in the author's autograph note pasted on the first blank page: "A very imperfect, but very rare essay by a 14-year-old schoolboy. I was the owner of the edition, and I destroyed it with such care that there are certainly not four copies left." Signed "C. N. ". From the libraries of René-Charles Guilbert de PIXERECOURT [no. 2196 in the catalog of the sale of his library in 1838], Louis Van GOBBELSCHROY [no. 1721 in the catalog of the sale of his library in 1851], and Renier CHALON, alias le comte de FORTSAS, with their engraved bookplates.