H. Barbou

Second edition statement. The preface is signed: "I. F. A. O." Published by Lieutaud de Trois-Villes.

Contemporary full speckled paper boards binding. Gilt title. Foxing, particularly on the title page.

This naturalist from Poitou was well known in scientific circles, and his study is distinguished by its rigorous observation and seriousness. The publisher notes the impossibility of obtaining the first edition, justifying this edition, and quoting Dreux du Radier about the author: "He could serve as a model in this genre, if we did not have the writings... of Réaumur".