Antique Book, The Insect, Jules Michelet, English, Nature, Reference, Victorian Pluviometer Two pairs of large compass

Two pairs of large compass dividers and three bow compass

taught seat close woven in cane

Over a suite of six

Dressed with ornate solid brass handles and escutcheons

Antique Book, The Insect, Jules Michelet, English, Nature, Reference, Victorian Pluviometer Two pairs of large compassOur 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