Antique Book, The Insect, Jules Michelet, English, Nature, Reference, Victorian Pluviometer Cast iron rear support resplendent

Cast iron rear support resplendent with a deep graphite hue

Over a suite of six

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Raised on bracketed stiles rising into shaped arm rests

Dressed with ornate solid brass handles and escutcheons

Antique Book, The Insect, Jules Michelet, English, Nature, Reference, Victorian Pluviometer Cast iron rear support resplendentOur Stock # 18. 9743 This is an antique copy of The Insect by Jules Michelet. An English language, hard bound study of nature, dating to the Victorian period, this first edition published in 1875. Published posthumously, The Insect chronicles the natural study of insects by Jules Michelet (1798 1874) and is one of four such works. Combining poetry and philosophy, The Insect is beautifully illustrated by collaborator Hector Giacomelli (1822 1904) a