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6 volumes. COLLATION: 4to. I. [2], [iv], 654, [2] pp. 50 folding engraved plates; II: [4] xlvi, [2], 514, [2] pp., 40 folding engraved plates; III: [2], [4] xl, 532 pp., 47 folding engraved plates ; some light waterstaining; IV: xxxiv, [2], 636 (i.e., 634) pp., 44 folding engraved plates; V: [4] xliv, 728 pp. 38 folding engraved plates; VI: [4], lxxx, 608 pp. 48 folding engraved plates. TOGETHER: 267 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES (by Simonneau, Lucas, Filloeul and Haussard), 6 engraved headpieces; a few waterstains. Original full mottled calf, raised bands, dual spine labels in tan and dark brown & black, marbled endleaves; rubbed, the darker spine titles are chipped or worn, whereas the more blond spine label are clean. Bookplate [for von Frisching] c.1780s, 'Alcibiade[s] ', bookplate signed by the Swiss artist Balthasar Anton Dunker (1746â "1807) and 'J.C.' A very handsome copy, well-preserved. First edition of "a classic in the life history and bionomics of insects". â " Sparrow. One of the most thorough and exhaustive treatises ever written about the insect world and studying their behavior and 'enemies'. The resulting industries of insect-related products, are described: silk, honey, wax, lacquer, dyes, etc. Each volume is focused on certain species of insects: Caterpillars, butterflies, chrysalises, moths, aphids, caddisflies, ringworms, grasshoppers, bees, flies, bumble bees, wasps, and hornets. "As a result of his observations of insects, he is considered by some to be the founder of animal-behavior studies". â " EBSCO. / "During the 1730s and 1740s, Reaumur's worked on his proposed ten-volume Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des insects (Memoirs to illustrate the history of insects, 1734â "42). Only six volumes of the work were completed in Reaumur's lifetime, but they contain several groundbreaking studies. Perhaps the most significant is in volume two, which addresses the influence of temperature on the life cycle and development of insects. Reaumur went about exploring this question with his usual thoroughness, keeping pupae in warm and cool conditions and noting the moths' emergence times. Using these observations, he was able to estimate population increases under different conditions. Reaumur also included the impact of parasites and predators on butterfly populations, studying how population increases are controlled and how weather conditions affect both predator and prey". / "Volume five of Reaumur's Memoires focuses on bees and flies. His work with bees is particularly noteworthy because he began to delve into the manner in which bees communicate, something that had not been researched before. Methodically, Reaumur tracked individual bees, dissected them and discovered parasites inside them, recorded hibernation temperatures, and elucidated the function of the queen and how the hive responded when she was taken away or when new queens were introduced. In essence, he documented every aspect of bee biology that he could. The seventh volume of Memoires was never finished, but the partial manuscript includes documentation of Reaumur's observations of ant diet and hibernation patterns, ant-aphid interactions, mating biology, and ant predation of flowers of fruit trees". â " EBSCO. CONTENTS (Tomes I=VI) : I: . . . Sur les Chenilles & sur les Papillons; II: Suite de l'histoire des chenilles et des papillons; et l'histoire des insectes ennemis des chenilles; III: Histoire des vers mineurs des feuilles, des teignes, des fausses teignes, des pucerons, des ennemis des pucerons, des faux pucerons, et l'histoire des galles des plantes, et de leurs insectes; IV: Histoire des Gallinsectes, des Progallinsectes, & des Mouches à deux ailes; V: Suite de l'Histoire des Mouches à deux ailes, & l'Histoire de plusieurs Mouches à quatre ailes; [savoir], des Mouches à scies, des Cigales, & des Abeilles. VI: Suite de l'Histoire des Mouches à quatre ailes, avec un Supplement à celle des Mouches à deux ailes. BOOKPLATE: The interior of a lib.
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