Lot n° 17
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80 - 100
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17. BERCE (Jean-Etienne). Lépidoptères, faune entomologique - Lot 17
17. BERCE (Jean-Etienne). Lépidoptères, faune entomologique français. Paris, Deyrolle, 1867-1878. 6 volumes in-12, vi, 251 p. ; viii, 270 p., [1] p. ; viii, 256 p. ; 262 p. ; x, 512 p. ; 398 p., pl. eggplant half-chagrin, ornate spine.
First edition illustrated with 67 hand-colored plates of butterflies by Théophile Deyrolle and black plates (of 78 after Nissen). Copy often annotated with handwritten remarks.
Inversion of quire at the beginning of volume III, one black plate detached, paper missing from the flyleaf of volume I, 11 plates missing according to Nissen, minor foxing and defects.
(Nissen 318).
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