Jean Baptiste Joseph GÉHIN
Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de J.-B. Géhin. (...). Premier fascicule. Famille des cicindeliens[Catalogue of the Beetles in the Collection of J.-B. Géhin. (...). First Fascicle. Family Cicindelidae]
Typographie de Dembour et Gangel|Metz 1851|15 x 23.5 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
Rare first edition.
Publisher's brown half cloth over flexible green boards, endpapers and following leaves browned, title printed on the front board.
A second fascicle, devoted to the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae, appeared in 1852.
A pharmacist practising in Metz, Jean-Baptiste Géhin (1816-1889) was also an amateur entomologist. He was the first to describe several insect species from the Moselle region, including Temognatha cehvrolatii in 1855 and Sitodiplosis Mosellana in 1857.
Autograph presentation inscription by Jean-Baptiste Géhin at the head of the front board.
Provenance: from the library of the entomologist Henri Achard de...
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