[ENTOMOLOGY] ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, André Jean Baptiste. Researc - Lot 49

[ENTOMOLOGY] ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, André Jean Baptiste. Research on the Vertebral Organization of Crustaceans, Arachnids, and Insects. Paris, Compère Jeune, 1828. IN-12, paperback. LXXVIII and 228 pp., 2 tables, and a fold-out plate with 9 figures. Worn paperback with a missing section and a label at the top of the spine; numerous foxing spots on the first and last pages. Rare first edition. In his introduction, Robineau-Desvoidy (1799–1857), an entomologist of a solitary and strong-willed nature, criticizes the members of the Academy of Sciences who refused to publish his study, which appears to have had a limited print run. Bookstore label on the inside back cover.