Insect Life: Souvenirs of a Naturalist / Jean-Henri Fabre

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Insect Life: Souvenirs of a Naturalist / Jean-Henri Fabre

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.232

Description

320 pages. Frontis, 16 black and white plates.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Insects, Biology, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

Jean-Henri Fabre

Editor

F. Merrifield

Illustrator

M. Prendergast Parker

Edition

U.K. Edition

Publisher

Macmillan & Company

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

1901

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in olive green cloth with a stunning cover design stamped in gilt portraying insects at work in a tropical setting within a triple ruled border with beetles anchoring the corners. Motif repeated in elaborate gilt stamping to the spine. All edges gilt.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Margaret Roberts