A TREATISE ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJURIOUS TO VEGETATION. Edited by Charles L. Flint.

Harris, Thaddeus William.

Published by NY: Orange Judd Company, 1890., 1890

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- Octavo, dark blue cloth (bumped & lightly rubbed) titled in gilt between gilt rules with vignette of beetle in gilt on spine and with decorative borders & vignettes of insects in blind on both covers. xi, [i] & 640 pages (tear to rear endpaper). B&W frontispiece, 7 B&W plates & B&W textual illustrations supervised by Louis Agassiz (1 plate partially colored in by an owner). Ex-library with handwritten numerals on spine, labels mounted on front endpapers, numerals on copyright page, & pocket & small label on rear pastedown. Overall, a good, tight copy. "A New Edition, Enlarged and Improved, with Additions from the Author's Manuscripts and Original Notes."The author writes in his Preface: "The subject and plan of my Report [which was commissioned to promote the agricultural benefit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts] were suggested by the instructions of the Governor, and by the want of a work, combining scientific and practical details on the natural history of our noxious insects. From among such of the latter as are injurious to plants, I selected for description chiefly those that were remarkable for their size, for the peculiarity of their structure and habits, or for the extent of their ravages; and these alone will be seen to constitute a formidable host.". Seller Inventory # 8325

Bibliographic Details

Title: A TREATISE ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJURIOUS ...

Publisher: NY: Orange Judd Company, 1890.

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good