Species général des hydrocanthares et gyriniens. Pour faire suite au species coléoptères de la collection de M. Le Comte DeJean.

1838 xvi, 804 p., contemporary half calf over linen; spine with five raised bands. Gilt titles on dark green morocco labels.This is the rare addition by Charles Aubé (1802-1869) to the magnum opus of Pierre François Marie Auguste Comte DeJean (1780-1845) on Coleoptera. DeJean's work consisted of five volumes, usually bound in six, as volume five was published in two large parts. On the spine, this part is, consequently numbered "VII". Provenance: small printed label on the spine foot "Bibliothek Georg Frey". Small stamp in the lower margin of the first blank and title; spine rubbed with the leather over the upper compartment perished, otherwise a good, complete copy. Hagen I, p. 165; Horn-Schenkling, 415.