OLIVIER, Guillaume Antoine. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractres gnriques et spcifiques..., Paris: l'Imprimerie de Baudouin, 1789-1790. Volumes I-II and part of volume III only in 3 volumes (of 6), 4 (340 x 261mm.), 2 half titles, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece, 237 hand-coloured engraved plates only, after J. Lebrecht Reinold and J. Audebot, (lower margin of first few leaves in vol. III torn away, plates with shorter margins, occasional spotting), contemporary cloth (lacking spine of one vol., the other two damaged, worn). FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 3012. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (3)