(1764). GEOFFROY (Et. Louis). HISTOIRE ABREGEE DES INSECTES, dans lequel ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Paris, Durand, 1764. 2 volumes in-4° of [4]-28-523 and [4]-690 pages, marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Second edition with 22 folding plates in which the pharmacist and entomologist Geoffroy (1725-1810) divides insects into six orders: Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Mealy-winged Tetraptera, Bare-winged Tetraptera, Diptera and Aptera. With a large fold-out table listing beetle species. Binding damaged, foxing, spotting in volume 2. Ex-libris and handwritten signature F. Rozier (Abbé François Rozier?).