The Insect - author Jules Michelet - First English Edition - T. Nelson & Sons 1883

Books : Nature : The Insect : Jules Michelet : M. H. Giacomelli

 

The Insect, in its first English edition , is in excellent condition with minor bumping to the corners and upper and lower edge of the spine. Clean, tight pages; with 140 illustrations by Giacomelli, is bound in a beautifully engraved red, black and gilt cover, gilt edges. There is a presentation bookplate in front end-paper, dated June 24, 1891. 868 pages.

The insect is one of the four remarkable works in which the late Jules Michelet embodies the results of a loving and persevering study of nature. These works are absolutely unique . The poetry of science was never before illustrated on so large a scale, with so much vividness of fancy or in so eloquent a style. The aspects of nature were never before examined with so strong an enthusiasm or so definite an individuality,- with so eager a desire to identify them with the feelings, hope and aspirations of humanity. Michelet approached his subject, neither as a philosopher nor a poet, but yet with something of the spirit of both.

The exquisite illustrations by M. P. Giacomelli, have all been especially drawn and engraved for this English edition.

Item ID: ME-3255