A fine monograph in an extraordinary fine binding

Kohl, F. F.

Die Gattungen der Sphegiden.

Published 1896
Item ID 68494
€250.00

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Wien, Alfred Hölder, 1896. Large 8vo (26.7 x 17.7 cm). Title with pictorial vignette, xii, 284 pp.; 90 text engravings, seven finely lithographed plates. Contemporary black half morocco over peacock marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-lined bands, gilt floral vignettes and dark blue morocco label with gilt title. Floral-patterned endpapers. Marbled edges.

A fine, detailed, and well-illustrated monograph by the wasp specialist Franz Friedrich Kohl (1851-1924). It was published in the Annalen des K.K. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, volume 11. The illustration on the title page shows the Museum. Some very light spotting. An extraordinary, sumptuously bound copy. Rare in this state. Overlooked by Derksen & Scheiding (Horn-Schenkling II).

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