Author: Fabre, Jean-Henri.

Publisher: London: Hodder & Stoughton.

Format: Hardcover quarto, white cloth with gilt-illustrated boards and gilt title to spine, inscribed “[To] Merrie Cohen, from Uncle Arthur 2.4.1923” in ink on flyleaf, “Angus & Robertson Ltd” booksellers’ sticker on pastedown, 184pp, 28.4 x 21.6cm.

First edition, with 12 laid-in colour illustrations with tissue guards. Text includes “Retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ translation of Jean-Henri Fabre’s Souvenirs Entomologiques by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell.”

Jean-Henri Fabre (French, 1823–1915) was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist who is best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects. He is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.

Edward Julius Detmold (British, 1883–1957) was a prolific book illustrator who “became one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape.” Ref: Wiki.

Some loss and tears to spine, slight scuffing to boards, foxing to edges and some pages.