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Guerin -12 Volumes with 719 Hand-colored Natural History Engravings - This fantastic twelve volume work with 719 originally hand-colored engravings is Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle [...]. Rédigé par une société de naturalistes, sous la direction de M. F.-E. Guérin [...]. Avec planches gravées sur acier par M. Beyer, sur les dessins de M. de Sainson, ... This is the first edition of the work and was published in Paris between 1833 and 1839. The work is bound in three-quarter black calf, gold gilt lettering, four raised bands, marbled boards. The first nine volumes are the written text, the last three contain the 719 (of 720) hand-colored engravings. The missing plate is number 347. The plates depict numerous natural history subjects and were done by A Carie Baron, Pedretti, du Casse, Adolphe Fries, de Sainson, and Varin. Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville (1799-1874) was a French entomologist. He published natural history works and had several beetles named after him. Paper Size: ~ 7 3/4” by 11 1/2” Paper Type or Special Features: 12 Volumes with 719 Hand-colored Natural History Engravings