Félix HÉMENT
De l'instinct et de l'intelligence[On Instinct and Intelligence]
Librairie de Ch. Delagrave |Paris 1880|13.4 x 22 cm|Relié
First edition, illustrated with 46 wood-engraved figures in the text, including 2 full-page plates (cf. Lorentz, IX, 740; not in Nissen).
Contemporary half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing and a small loss at the foot, marbled paper sides, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners rubbed.
Some scattered foxing; a light waterstain in the lower right margin of the final leaves, without affecting the text.
An interesting work awarded the Montyon Prize by the Académie française, addressing the appearance of instinct in the mineral and vegetal worlds; the journey of pollen; carnivorous plants; constructive, maternal, and migratory instin
€600