Entomology List 1
4-18 April 2023
Entomology List 1
77 items found
From an exceedingly rare work
Bergstraesser, J. A. B. [Bergsträsser]
Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Graffschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der Wetterau und der angränzenden Nachbarschaft dies und jenseits des Mains. [Plate 5].
Hanau, privately published, 1778. Single leaf (22.3 x 14.9 cm). Finely engraved and in delicate original hand-colouring.
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€75.00
One of the rarer works by Schaeffer
On the antlion
Swammerdam's essential work on the morphogenesis of insects and frogs
Swammerdam, J.
Historia insectorum generalis in qua verissina mutationem...duce experientia... recepta vulgo insectorum metamorphosis solide refutatur... adjicitur dilucidatio... Ex Belgica latinam fecit Henricus Christianus Henninius. Editio Secunda.
Ultrajecti [Utrecht], Ottho de Vries, 1693. 4to (19.3 x 15.6 cm). Half-title, title in red and black with woodcut vignette, 212 pp., [xvii]; 13 (mostly) folded engraved plates, one folded table. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine with gilt title on morocco label, gilt name embossed on front board.
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€1,250.00
A rare but important contribution to Maghreb grasshoppers
Krauss, H. A. and J. Vosseler
Beiträge zur Orthopterenfauna Orans (West-Algerien).
Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1896. 8vo (22.5 x 14.8 cm). 42 pp. [515-556]; one chromolithographed plate, double-sized. Contemporary grained half cloth over marbled boards. Original printed front wrapper mounted. Speckled edges.
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€65.00