1818 26 p. (= pp. 401-426), 1 delicate engraved plate, 4to, disbound/stapled (no covers). Published in: Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 1(1). Unopened/uncut copy. Lower inner corner first page with a small (blank) piece missing, two repaired tears in same area. Very rare early account of North American Coleoptera published in the US by the famous American naturalist Thomas Say (1787-1834), who has been called the father of American descriptive entomology.