The Life Of North American Insects Benedict Jaegar First Edition 1854 Entomology

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The Life Of North American Insects Benedict Jaegar First Edition 1854 Entomology:
$399.99

Scarce first edition

The life of North American insects; illustrated by numerous colored engravings and narratives. By B. Jaeger, assisted by H. C. Preston, M.D. Published for the author.

(Benedict Jaeger 1789-1869)

Providence, Sayles, Miller and Simons printers 1854

6 hand colored plates of insects and frontispiece portrait of Sir Hans Sloane.

204 pages

Condition

All 6 original colored plates present (31 insects)

Plates do exhibit some foxing

Original blind stamped Boards attached with moderate external wear

Wear to the spine with some loss to tip and base. There is a piece missing from base of spine as pictured

No names

The spine has gilt lettering

Moderate external wear- back cover scratch

Scattered foxing

End pages foxed

First signature is loose

Inside back cover has heavily discoloration as pictured / see photo

Back cover scratch as pictured

Front fly leaf absent

No ripped pages

Not ex library

Corners bumped

Overall fair condition

An early entomologist The author Professor Jaeger, in. 1831 was engaged by the College of New Jersey / now Princeton to put their Zoological Museum in order, and taught there until 1840. He was born in Austria

Additional photos on request

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