Lot 030 - "Fabre's Book of Insects" Vintage Illustrated Entomology Book by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell with Tipped-In Color Plates by E. J. Detmold, Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1935

Lot 030 - "Fabre's Book of Insects" Vintage Illustrated Entomology Book by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell with Tipped-In Color Plates by E. J. Detmold, Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1935"Fabre's Book of Insects," retold by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques." Illustrated by E. J. Detmold with tipped in color plates depicting insects including cicadas, locusts, scarab beetles, and praying mantises. Published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York. Copyright 1921 by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc. This copy is the New Edition of August 1935, with printings noted through

The lot contains a paper lace valentine with a printed poem titled "True Love

extended outward with a carved pointing hand

It has not been cleaned or restored and may show mild wear consistent with its age

Pre-Auction Notes: Losses and wear throughout exterior and interior

specifically in the gesso area

Here is a stunning Victorian drop-well dresser with lovely marble tops

showing age-appropriate surface wear

Postmarked Revere

Europäischer Otter (German – European Otter)

showing the Eyes

best known for his Brownies figures popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

articulated arms and legs