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[Collection of mind-blowing insect-paintings by an artist famous as 'Bergmahler'.]
€17,500.00
Germany, unpublished, 1906-1960. Five near uniformly sized sketch books (ca. 22.0 x 17.0 cm), and 28 loose leaves (size 22.5 x 13.5 cm or larger) with fine illustrations of - mainly - insects. Two large ones in uniform wooden frames (oblong, sizes 29.5 x 55.0 cm; 29.5 x 66.2 cm.
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Utterly stunning original drawings by the GOD of entomological illustration
Insects [from the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire des sciences, plates 75-83].
€1,500.00
[Paris, Briasson, David, Le Breton, 1768]. Folio (39.2 x 25.1 cm, or wider). Nine plates with large engravings, each with fine, contemporary hand-colouring, gilt border and printed caption.
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Brunet does not record coloured copies
Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature. Insectes.
€750.00
Paris, Agasse, 1818. Folio (28.5 x 21.4 cm). 165 engraved plates (numbered 1-165). Contemporary full tree calf. Boards with gilt-ruled borders, spine with rich Louis XVI-style gilt-ornamented red and green morocco labels. Marbled endpapers.
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A fine copy of the true insects of the "Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature"