Author: Smithsonian InstitutionPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365674290
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
Excerpt from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 14 I published in 1852 my Monograph on the Solitary -wasps 1 which forms the first volume of my Studies on the Family Of the Vespidae.2 As soon as that work was printed, I perceived that it was very imperfect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.