[BAZIN, Abbé]. Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles. Paris, Gué - Lot 10

[BAZIN, Abbé]. Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles. Paris, Guérin, 1744. 2 vol. in-12 of xv, 412 pp. ; iv, 442, [3] pp. 16 folding plates [nos. 1-6, 9-11 (vol. I) and nos. 4,7-12 (vol. II)]. Complete with 12 plates, some printed twice. With, by the same author: Abrégé de l'Histoire des Insectes. Pour servir de suite à l'Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles. Tome premier [seul]. Paris, Guérin, 1747. In-12, xx, 328 pp. 3 vols. in marbled fawn calf, spine with 5 nerfs fleuronné, t. and tom. pages in red morocco, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (Period binding). Ex-libris label of J. C. L. VIELLE. Ex-dono to Christian de CASTEJAU "in gift and memory of his uncle Jean, Vice-President of the Union Française d'Apiculture. Toulouse, April 2, 1954 [signature indecipherable]." Wear to binding, good copy.