AMOREUX, Notice des insectes de la France réputés venimeux, 1789
AMOREUX, Pierre-Joseph.
Notice des insectes de la France réputés venimeux.
Paris, Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1789.
8vo (195x122 mm), vii-(1)-302-(2) pages et 2 gravures. binding : XIXth century hardcovers, flat spine. Bindinge rubbed.
First edition. Two finely engraved plates in intaglio by Sellier representing 25 figures of insects. Author of numerous works on medicine and natural history, Pierre-Joseph Amoreux (1741-1824) was librarian of the faculty of Montpellier and member of several societies.