Möbius, K. [A.]
Die Nester der geselligen Wespen. Beschreibungen neuer Nester- und einiger neuen Wespen-Arten des naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg, nebst Betrachtungen über den Nesterbau im Allgemeinen.
Hamburg, Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein Hamburg, 1856. 4to (27.6 x 21.8 cm). 51 pp.; 19 nicely hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary blind boards.
Perhaps the first publication entirely devoted to the nests of wasps. With excellent coloured illustrations. A rare monograph, separately printed from the society's Abhandlungen. Karl August Möbius (1825-1908) was a German entomologist and director of the zoological museum in Berlin. Dedication by the author on the first blank. Cancelled library stamp in the lower margin of the title page, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Horn-Schenkling, 15250; Nissen ZBI, 2849.
