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‎Société Entomologique de France. Livre du Centenaire.‎

‎1932 xii, 729 p., num. figs and plates (several col.), col. frontispiece (in 5 states of printing), paperbound (original printed covers). Very good unopened copy. Inserted is a printed card with the following inscription: Le vingt-neuf Février mil neuf cent trente-deux, quelques entomologistes français se sont réunis en un Banquet amical pour commémorer le Centenaire de la Fondation de la Société Entomologique de France...” On front of the card is written P. Lesne (French entomologist) and within the card 8 signatures are written (the guests at the same table as Lesne?). The card is accompanied with the printed menu of 8 courses, 3 different wines, champagne and coffee with liqueur.No less than 60 articles by the foremost entomologists of the period. Including the description of several new species. The first paper by Peyerimhoff on the history of the society with 13 portraits is also a history of French entomology at that time.‎