Cannes, Société des Sciences Naturelles, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Cannes et de l'Arrondissement de Grasse [for the author], 1873-1875. Two parts in one. 8vo (24.6 x 16.2 cm). Half title, two title pages, pp. 141-247, 251-455; two hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary quarter morocco over blind-stamped boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt.

An important contribution to the butterflies and moths of the northern Mediterranean region, and in particular of the Côte d'Azur, by the French chemist (pharmacologist) and entomologist Pierre Millière (1811-1887). It includes the descriptions of many new species. Published in parts in the Mémoires du Société des Sciences Naturelles, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Cannes et de l'Arrondissement de Grasse, but here as offprints, with new titles and pagination. The first part, published in 1871, is not present. Neither are several much later (1880 onwards) supplements, published in various other periodicals. Collation in Horn-Schenkling is based on the journal edition, with different pagination. Published over a rather long period and rarely found complete. Horn-Schenkling II(3), p. 105.