Stockholm, Lewerentziana and Nordström, 1806-1817. Four parts in four. 8vo (19.6 x 11.8 cm). I(I) (1806) xxii, 293 pp; I(II) (1808), ix, 424 pp.; I(III) (1817) xi, 506 pp.; I(III Appendix) (1817) 226 pp. with six [3; 1; 2; 0] hand-coloured engraved plates. Uniform contemporary half calf with marbled boards.

Complete and very rare - we have never had it before. This is a compilation based on Fabricius'work on the then-known insects. Schönherr added new, valid species in the appendix volume to part I(III). Later, between 1833 and 1844 in Paris, the author published another larger work, on the genera curculionidum. Library label at spine feet; vague erased library stamps on front pastedowns, otherwise a very nice, clean set. Hagen II, p. 136; Horn-Schenkling, 19671.