ROESEL (RÖSEL) VON ROSENHOFF, AUGUST JOHANN.

Der monatlich=herausgegebener Insecten=Belustigung. 4 Bde. (Without the "Beiträge" by Kleemann later issued).

Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann, (1740) - 61.

4to. 4 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Small tears to upper compartments on 2 volumes. A crack to leather at fronthinge on one volume (covers not loose). Richly gilt spines. Bindings a bit rubbed. 4 engraved frontispieces, of which 3 are handcoloured, the portrait plain. Name cut from title-pages and crudely repaired, no loss. A small hole in title-page on volume 3 after an inkspot with loss of a few letters. A bit of dampstaining (to some leaves in volume 2) and scattered browning. With 286 finely handcoloured engraved plates (some large folded). One plate in volume 2 with 2 tears (no loss).

First edition of this highly praised entomology with the scientifically correct plates drawn by Roesel himself and the fine colouring supervised by him. Cuvier called him "L'un de plus ingénieux observateurs et de plus habiles dessinateurs d'histoire naturelles."
W. Junk "Rara", Vol. II, p. 159. - Nissen ZBI: 3466.

Nissen ZBI: 3466.

Order-nr.: 50414