9 volumes, 4to (305 x 197 mm). Half-titles, 720 mostly hand-colored engraved plates. (Light spotting, some plates browned or with offsetting from text.) Contemporary quarter plum straight-grain morocco, marbled boards, spines in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettering in 2, uncut (spines lightly sunned and rubbed).

FIRST EDITION. Guérin-Menneville was a prominent French entomologist known for his significant contributions to the study of insects, particularly beetles (Coleoptera). He is commemorated in the scientific names of dozens of genera and species of insects and other organisms, including at least one snake. Nissen ZBI 4616.