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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. 2 vols.: xxiv, 412; iv, 814 p. 25 cm. 54 coloured plates at rear of vol. I. Plates engraved by C. Tiebout after W. W. Wood, C. A. LeSueur, T. R. Peale, and H. Bridport. Lacking engraved title page. Quarter black leather with marbled boards. Gilt and blank impressing to spines. Professional repairs to vol. I title page. Moderate thumbing. Ink notations on title page versos. A few small tears. Lacking third volume published later. Say's American Entomology was the first of several major natural history publications by American men of science, following the tradition of Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology. As with Wilson's mangnum opus, American Entomology includes beautiful colour illustrations. The artist Titian Peale, whose illustrations are noted for their beauty and accuracy, created more than half of this book's plates. Praised by naturalists on both sides of the Atlantic, American Entomology is considered a monumental work in the field. Memoir of the author by George Ord. Sabin 77370.…