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Antique Fabres Book of Insects Boxed Dust #1115983

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Antique Fabres Book of Insects Boxed Dust #1115983
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Fabre?s Book of Insects retold from Alexander Teixeira De Mattos? translation of Fabre?s ?Souvenirs Entomologiques? by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell Illustrated by E. J. Detmold Tudor Publishing Company New York Sixth Printing (1937) with twelve tipped in tissue garded plates in full color by E. J. Detmold. The dust jacket reads as follows: For forty years Jean Henri Fabre, the great French scientist whom Darwin called ?The Homer of Insects,? struggled valiantly that he might won a laboratory in the open fields- a barren, sun-scorched bit of land, and much beloved by Wasps and Bees. In a style, remarkable for its beauty and simplicity, Fabre explains, with infinite patience and care, the Cricket?s music book; and every child will thrill to the delights of a Locust Hunt. Intricate and fascinating is this new and unexplored world of insects. . . . The Wild Bee who stacks her cells in the winding staircase of an empty snail shell. . . . The slender, graceful Praying Mantis with pale-green coloring and her long gauze wings, cruel and fierce. . . . The Common Wasp who builds his spacious home as skillfully as an architect with years of training. The Tailor-Bee- who scrapes the cobwebby stalk of the yellow-flowered centaury, which she later turns into cotton satchels in which to store her honey and eggs. . . . The Cicada who builds like a railway engineer and whose song was made famous by ?The Gables of La Fontaine.? These are only a few of the insects of vividly portrayed in Fabre?s Book of ...
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<tr><td>Condition:very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1937</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Antique Fabres Book of Insects Boxed Dust</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Northport Maine 04849</td></tr>
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