... erfectum: et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum Londini: ex officinâ typographicâ Thom. Cotes, 1634. First edition, third issue per Lisney's description of varying imprints. Folio. [20], 285, 296-326, [4] pp. Collates complete. Illustrated with two leaves of woodcuts following text, numerous woodcuts throughout. From the library of entomologist Henri de Saussure. Contempory full vellum, labelled in faded ink to spine, boards rubbed and with vellum slightly warped, backstrip brittle and starting to separate in pieces, with cracks and a few areas of loss (two approx. one-inch sections), else a sound binding; front pastedown with old bookseller's description and ticket laid on, front free endpaper with rubberstamp of Henri de Saussure and additional ink ownership inscription in Latin; dampstain to bottom corner of text block, mostly visible through first 30 pp., leaf S1 with three-inch closed tear to bottom edge, a few leaves with significant foxing and toning but most pages generally clean with light scattered foxing. ESTC S5109, [STC 17993, Pfeiffer 37, Bibl. Osl. 3429. Singer, Biology 95 f., 172 f. Weiss 4] .