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.
