REAUMUR (René Antoine Ferchault). Mémoires pour servir à l'H - Lot 87

REAUMUR (René Antoine Ferchault). Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes. Tome cinquième, première [- deuxième] partie. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1741. 2 parts in 2 vol. in-12 of liv, 475, [2] pp. ; 432 pp. Vignette and 38 folding plates hors-texte. Blonde calf, 5 ribbed spine fleuronné, t. and tom. pages in red morocco, cold fillet on covers, gilt on edges, gilt roulette on covers, red edges (Volume I) and tan calf, 5 ribbed spine ornate, t. pages in red morocco, tom. pages in blond morocco, cold fillet on covers, gilt roulette on edges, red edges (Volume II). (Contemporary bindings). Complete with plates, in an excellent edition. A good copy, despite some slight flaws in the binding.