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PICTET, Franois Jules. Histoire naturelle, gnrale et particulire des insectes Nuroptres: Famille des Perlides, Geneva: Kessman & Paris: Baillire, 1841. 2 volumes, 8, 53 hand-coloured lithographed plates (some spotting and staining), original printed boards. [And:]
PICTET, F.J. Histoire naturelle gnrale et particulire des insectes Nuroptres: Famille des Ephmrides, Geneva: Kessman & Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1845. 2 volumes, 47 hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue guards (minor spotting, mainly at margins), original printed boards (spotted). With a duplicate copy of the plate volume.
FIRST EDITIONS. Pictet's work provided the scientific foundation for the modern evolution of the dry fly. Nissen ZBI 3172; Petit 1711 & 1712. (5)
PICTET, F.J. Histoire naturelle gnrale et particulire des insectes Nuroptres: Famille des Ephmrides, Geneva: Kessman & Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1845. 2 volumes, 47 hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue guards (minor spotting, mainly at margins), original printed boards (spotted). With a duplicate copy of the plate volume.
FIRST EDITIONS. Pictet's work provided the scientific foundation for the modern evolution of the dry fly. Nissen ZBI 3172; Petit 1711 & 1712. (5)