Delagrave

Edition illustrated with 8 color plates and black figures in text by Job.
Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with large colored vignette, endpapers and pastedowns of beige paper.
Light foxing on endpapers and edges.
Handsome copy.

Illustrated with numerous photographic reproductions in-text and hors-texte.
Full hazel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and gilt ornamental compartments with gilt floral motifs, cherry red morocco title-label and author's name, some light rubbing to headcaps and joints, gilt roulettes faded on headcaps, triple fillets and floral corner motifs on boards, gilt dotted lines on leading edges, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, elegant unsigned contemporary binding imitating those adorning 17th and 18th century works.
Small lack to head of one...

First Edition printed 500 copies numbered on "pur-fil" paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by André Chaumeix to Mr. H. Halpérin.
Our copy is enriched with a map of André Chaumeix on which he added a few words to offer his condolences to his correspondent.

New edition, falsely stated the 1000th.
Preface by J.H. Fabre.
With 16 plates hors texte.
A good and rare copy.

First edition of the French translation.
A tear with small loss to one joint, corner losses affecting the boards, foxing on the endpaper, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Small corner lack to rear cover, a small tear without loss to front cover.
Rare.