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Edité par 1766, 1766
Vendeur : Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australie
Regensburg: Weissischen Schriften 1766. Large 4to. (29.5 x 24.25 cm). Orig. full old calf (spine extremities and corner points rubbed but sound). Spine gilt with raised bands and morocco titling-label. Marbled endpapers. Text in Latin and German. With 135 magnificent hand-coloured engrv. plates each with descriptive letterpress text. Complete copy of the rare First Edition of this important treatise on insects. Fine with good margins. The beautiful plates include images of the collector's cabinet as well as his collecting apparatus.
Date d'édition : 1766
Vendeur : Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
SCHAEFFER, JACOB C. . Elementa Entomologica. Regensburg: Gedruckt mit Weissischen Schriften, 1766. 4to. [186] p. 140 hand colored engraved plates on 72 leaves (of which 4 are printed on one side only). Text in Latin and German. Modern full calf, antique. Margins of first few leaves stained from turn-in of original binding, very minor occasional foxing, light old mildew stain on upper corners of binding, else a very good copy, with beautiful, clean plates. The rare first edition of this important German insect book. The beautifully engraved and colored plates include images of the collector's cabinet as well as his collecting apparatus. Only two imperfect copies of the first edition have sold at major auction within the last 35 years. Nissen, ZBI, 3626.