GEOFFROY (Étienne-Louis). Histoire abrégée des insectes, Dans laquelle ces Animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique; Nouvelle Édition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée d'un Supplément considérable. Paris : Calixte-Volland, Rémont, An VII [1798]. - 2 volumes in-4, granite tan basane, gilt roulette on the boards, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). New edition including a folding table out of the text and 22 folding plates engraved on copper, representing several dozens of insects carefully colored at the time. Head cover of the first volume damaged and missing, rubbed with use, corners dulled. Small wormholes without gravity in the upper margin of the first leaves and in the lower margin of the last 4 plates of the second volume, with damage to the frame of plate 22. Small tears on the edges of the plates.