Oeuvres D'Histoire Naturelle et de Philosphie [first three volumes only]
Chez Samuel Fauche, 1779. Octavo, four uncoloured engraved plates. Original papered boards with handwritten labels, all edges uncut. Complete in twelve volumes. Charles Bonnet 1720-1793), naturalist and philosopher, discovered parthenogenetic reproduction in aphids and observed insects respiration through their spiracles. More