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Insects.- Latreille (Pierre André) Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes, 14 vol., 112 engraved plates, almost all hand-coloured, 8 folding charts, vol. 1 and 2 second issue, light scattered spotting, uncut in original wrappers, paper labels to spine, spines sunned, [Horn-Schenkling 12825], 8vo, Paris, 1802-1805. ⁂ The rare coloured issue of Latreille's largest work in original condition, "Latreille's major scientific contribution lay in applying the 'natural method' to the classification of insects, arachnids and crustaceans." (DSB). Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833) was a famous French entomologist and professor at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.