ROESEL VAN ROSENHOF, A.J.
De Natuurlyke Historie der Insecten; Voorzien met naar ‘t Leven getekende en gekoleurde Plaaten.
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Volgens eigen ondervinding beschreeven, . Met zeer nutte en fraaie Aanmerkingen verrykt, door C.F. Kleemann. Uit den echten Hoogduitschen Druk . vertaald. Haarlem en Amsterdam, C.H. Bohn en H. de Wit, (1764-1768). 4 volumes. Large-4to (265 x 210mm). With 3 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces, 1 engraved portrait of Rösel and 359 (3 folded) hand-coloured engraved plates (printed on 288 leaves). Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt decorated spines with green gilt lettered labels, sides with gilt borders, gilt edges. A splendid uniformly bound copy in red morocco of one of the most beautiful entomological publications. This Dutch edition is more attractive than the original German edition, which was published in Nuremberg from 1746-1792. The Dutch edition is printed on almost twice as large, much thicker, paper, and has far better colouring. The translation was made by C. Kleemann, the son-in-law of the author. He added new material and the excellent colouring of the plates is by him and his wife Katharina Barbara Roesel von Rosenhof. Kleemann also published a "Vervolg" with 26 plates, which was never finished and which is not present as almost always."Roesel, who studied at first with his father and then with his uncle Wilhelm, an animal painter in Merseburg, later became a pupil of the famous Preisler in Nuremberg. After living in Copenhagen from 1726 to 1728 he returned to Nuremberg for good, and there, besides painting portraits and drawings, he applied himself in particular to the study of nature. He collected insects, their eggs and larvae, studied the process of hatching, pupation, and emergence, and painted all this in a most meticulous way, as Kleeman tells us. His manuscripts, with 406 illustrations, are now in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. Roesel also made the engravings of his drawings ." (Nissen, Bestiaries). The colouring of the present sumptuously bound copy is the best we have ever seen of this book.Provenance: Bookplate of Graf Krockow-Rumbske and armorial bookplate of Henry Rogers Broughton.Nissen ZBI, 3467; Landwehr 161.
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A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupedes, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c.
London, for the Author, (1739-), 1743-1751. 4 volumes. 4to (295 x 235mm). With handcoloured engraved frontispiece, 1 engraved portrait, and 210 beautifully handcoloured engraved plates (and:) IDEM. Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, &c. London, for the Author, 1758-1764. 3 volumes. 4to (295 x 235mm). With 1 engraved portrait of Edwards and 152 beautifully handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary calf, richly gilt spines with red end green gilt lettered labels, sides with gilt borders (3 volumes head or foot of spines a bit shaved). First edition. A superb uniformly bound copy and a very well preserved set with very fine contemporary colouring of one of the most beautiful bird books of this period. "Though, in a sense, two books, these are now considered as one and either must rank as imperfect without the other . At its date of issue, the 'Natural History' and 'Gleanings' was one of the most important of all Bird Books, both as a Fine Bird Book and as a work of Ornithology. It is still high on each list" (Fine Bird Books). The plates were drawn and etched by Edwards, and a number of sets coloured by him. All but 45 of the plates are devoted to birds, of which 38 depict parrots. The text is in English and French.Fine Bird Books, p. 73; Nissen IVB, 286. The Natural History of British Insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations . together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope.
London, printed for the author, (1813) 1794-1813. 16 volumes, bound in 8. Royal-8vo (245 x 155mm). With 576 engraved plates of which 569 beautifully handcoloured. Contemporary uniform half calf, gilt decorated spines with gilt lettering, marbled sides. A fine copy, apart from the first volume which is a later identical issue, all volumes in the first edition. The work was first intended to comprise only 10 volumes; these are the ones which are more commonly found. At a later date it was decided to publish another 6 volumes, which are much rarer to find. Together with the work of Curtis, the most attractive publication on British Entomology. The plates are exquisitely handcoloured and each depicts one single species, of which some are described for the first time. The few plain plates, as in all copies, mostly show anatomical detail. "Donovan was a talented and faithful illustrator, and his figures are noteworthy for their vivid - if sometimes a little too vivid - colours. His 'Natural History' does not treat insects systematically, however. His beetles, flies, moths and bugs follow one another in no particular order. In the course of it Donovan described a number of new species which often still bear the name he bestowed on them. The work includes all sixty-two British butterflies then known."(Salmon, The Aurelian Legacy p. 130).Provenance: Armorial bookplate of C. Robert Bignold.Nissen ZBI, 1142. Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld (Illustrations of native Butterflies). Album of 170 splendid original watercolours of Dutch Butterflies & Caterpillars, together with their feeding plants.
Circa 1800-1840. 4to (235 x 190mm). Each plate within a black framing line, with a silhouette drawing frontispiece of W.D.V de Graaf 1762-1846 and a coloured coat of arms on the inside of the front cover. Later cloth, gilt lettered spine. A precious and unique album with original watercolours by Willem Diederik Vincent de Graaf (1762-1846) druggist and entomologist at Enkhuizen and close friend of Jan Christian Sepp the author, artist and publisher of one of the finest works on butterflies "Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepselen. Of Nederlandsche Insecten ". According to Landwehr 'the most important work on Dutch lepidoptera'. The here offered watercolours resemble in style and perfection the plates by Jan Christian Sepp.In volume 3 page 42, 49, 90 and 93 of Sepp's "Beschouwing der wonderen Gods " the author refers to De Graaf and on page 42 he thanks his dear friend as follows: 'Het was den 29sten May des Jaars 1798, dat ik van mynen warden Vriend den Heere W.D.V. de Graaf, Apothecar te Enkhuysen, en liefhebber der Insecten den navolgenden Brief ontving ' (The 29th May 1798, I received the following letter from my dear friend W.D.V. de Graaf, pharmacist in Enkhuizen, and lover of insects ."). From the contents of pages 42, 49, 90 and 93 it becomes clear that De Graaf supplied Jan Christian Sepp with numerous caterpillars and butterflies. On page 93 we read the following: 'In het laatst van de maand Juny, ontving ik van mynen in dit werk reeds meergenoemden vriend, de heer W.D.V. de Graaf te Enkhuisen, (wien ik myne dankbaarheid hiervoor openlyk getuige) een doos met 30 à 40 Eiëren '. (During the month June, I received from my already frequently mentioned friend W.D.V. de Graaf of Enkhuizen (to whom I openly acknowledge my gratitude) a box of 30 to 40 eggs ).Considering the fact that de Graaf was also an entomologist it is most likely that the drawings are by him. The lettering on the spine confirms this as follows 'Inlandsche Kapellen in Beeld door W.D.V. de Graaf', which indicates clearly that the plates are by W.D.V. de Graaf.The watermarks in the album are J. Honig & Zoonen, J. Kool, De Erven Dk Blauw, J. Kloppenburg & Van Gelder and indicate a date between 1800 and 1840. Concerning W.D.V. de Graaf see H. Engel. Alphabetical List of Dutch Zoological Cabinets and menageries no. 557. welche in der Würtenbergischen Parmacopoea beschrieben, und in denen Apothecken zu finden sind.
Stuttgart, J.C. Erhard, 1755. Small-4to. pp. (2), 132, title-page with engraved vignette. Contemporary half calf (worn). A rare price list of the medicines treated in the 'Pharmacopoea Wirtenbergica'. Bookplate of E. Grendel. Florae Austriacae, sive plantarum selectarum in Austriae Archiducatu sponte crescentium, icones ad vivum coloratae, et descriptionibus, ac synonymis illustratae.
Viennae, L.J. Kaliwoda (& J.M. Gerold), 1773-1778. 5 volumes. Folio (470 x 285mm). With 5 large handcoloured engraved title-vignettes (views) and 500 handcoloured engraved plates and 1 plain plate. Contemporary half russia, gilt lettered and ornamented spines, marbled sides (some skilful repairs to spines). First and only edition of Jacquin's rare flora of Austria, containing fine plates by his principal artist, Franz von Scheidl. It is a monument of the grand Austrian botanical era which royal patronage made possible. This work and Waldstein & Kitaibel's flora are the only two 'great flower books' devoted to the Austrian flora. Blunt describes it as ranking with the 'Flora Danica', 'Flora Graeca' and 'Flora Londinensis' as the finest books dealing with the wild flowers of a European country.The work was subsidised by the Imperial court, and printed on their presses. Jacquin (1727-1817) was born in Holland of French parents. "He went to Vienna in 1752 to complete his medical study and was soon involved in organising a botanical collecting expedition for the Emperor Francis I, husband of Empress Maria Theresa. This expedition lasted from 1754 to 1759 and sent back a very rich collection from the West Indies to the gardens of the Imperial Summer Palace at Schönbrunn. In 1768, Jacquin became Director of the University Gardens in Vienna and Professor of Botany . posts he held until his retirement in 1797. (Rix, The art of the Botanist p. 158). A very fine copy of noble provenance.Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Henry Rogers Broughton.Great Flower Books 61; Nissen BBI, 971. Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l’Asie, l’Afrique et l’Amerique/ De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America.
CRAMER, P. & STOLL, C. Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde/ N.T. Gravius, 1779-1791. 4 volumes & supplement (bound in 5). Large-4to (305 x 235mm). With 3 (2 handcoloured) engraved frontispieces and 442 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spines in 6 compartments with red and green gilt lettered labels and gilt ornaments (slightly rubbed). The most beautiful early iconography on exotic butterflies complete with the very scarce supplement. The work is justly celebrated as the first book on Exotic Butterflies arranged in accordance with the Linnean system and provided with coloured plates. Pieter Cramer, died 1777 after the eighth installment was ready for press and the publication was continued by Stoll. "By trade Cramer was a Dutch merchant; his company traded in 'Spanish woolens' (sic). He was a man of some wealth, and he indulged quite lavishly his large cabinet of 'natural curiosities'. Cramer corresponded extensively with fellow butterfly-lovers all over Europe and knew of their collections and publications. He became fascinated by the butterflies of the East and West Indies in particular and purchased many specimens for his own collection. Having decided to start work on his great magnum opus, he employed the Dutch artist Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz to paint the specimens both from his own cabinet and many others. some 1,650 different species are illustrated with both the upper und underside of the wings" (P. Gilbert, Butterfly Collectors and Painters p. 56). Throughout the book names of the following owners of Cabinets are mentionned such as: Pieter Boddaert, Houttuin, P. Luchtmans, Prince Willem, Baron van Rengers and many others. The descriptive text is printed in double columns in Dutch and French. The list of subscribers lists famous naturalists such as: P. Boddaert, N.L. Burman, D. Drury, J.C. Fuesli, C. de Geer, Geoffroy, P. Lyonet, Th. Martyn, J.C. Sepp, M. Slabber, C. Stoll, C.P. Thunberg, A.L. Wirsing as well as the Prince van Orange. A large uncut copy.Landwehr 53; Nissen ZBI, 985.- $39,041
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Illustrations of exotic Entomology, containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties.
DRURY, D. A new edition . by J.O. Westwood. London, H.G. Bohn, 1837. 3 volumes. 4to (270 x 210 mm). With 150 handcoloured engraved plates and 1 plain engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, spines in 6 compartments with gilt lettering. The second and last edition of one of the most attractive English entomological works on exotic insects, with superb hand-colouring of the plates. The first edition appeared from 1770-1782. Dru Drury (1725-1803) was the son of a silversmith. "By virtue of his marriage and inheritance of the family business he was a reasonably wealthy man who could afford to support his most serious hobby entomology. Drury's collection had great fame during his life time. He spent much time and money persuading others to collect specimens for him from foreign countries. He had a wide correspondence with entomologists around the world. Linnaeus (1707-1778) and Willliam Kirby (1759-1850) both named species after him" (Harvey, Gilbert & Martin, A catalogue of manuscripts in the Entomological library. 119). The majority of the fine plates were drawn and engraved by Moses Harris. "Although originally conceived as a publication to illustrate all the specimens that came in, Drury soon changed his mind and eventually decided to illustrate only those specimens which had not previously been drawn. Years later, the eminent British entomologist W.F. Kirby described the work as an 'Opus entomologicus splendissimus'!" (Gilbert, Butterfly Collectors and Painters, p.140). A few pages of the third volume with some slight browning at the lower margin.Nissen ZBI, 1160; Horn & Schenkling 23891.- $6,135
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Regnum Animale.
VOSMAER, A. Natuurkundige beschryving eener uitmuntende verzameling van zeldsaame gedierten, bestaande in Oost- en Westindische Viervoetige dieren, vogelen en slangen, weleer leevend voorhanden geweest zynde, buiten den Haag, op het Kleine Loo van Z.D.H. den Prins van Oranje-Nassau. Amsterdam, J.B. Elwe, (1766-) 1804. 34 parts (bound in 1 volume). 4to (250 x 195mm). pp. (8), (387), with 1 handcoloured engraved frontispiece and 35 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, richly gilt decorated spine with gilt lettering. Vosmaer produced a series of 34 booklets describing exotic animals that were published between 1766 and 1805 in both Dutch and French, these were gathered together after Vosmaer's death."Vosmaer was advisor to Prince Willem V whose mother Princess Anna started a zoological cabinet and a menagerie on the grounds of their summer palace Het Loo near Apeldoorn. Many animals were imported from Borneo, the Philippines, Surinam, Cape of Good Hope and even from Japan. During decades tracts were published giving a description of an animal to which a hand-coloured copperplate was added . (Landwehr 204). According to Rookmaker however the location mentionned by Landwehr is incorrect. "More interesting to us at present is the menagerie started in 1756 by princess Anna at the Kleine Loo in Voorburg, near The Hague. Notwithstanding the similarity in name, the Oude Loo and the Kleine Loo must not be confused, being located in quite different parts of the country" (Rookmaker p. 120). 22 plates concern mammals, 10 birds and 3 serpents. The plates are engraved by Simon Fokke and many of them are based on original watercolours by Aert Schouman. 12 papers concern South African animals. There is also a noteworthy description of the Orang-outang from Borneo, with two plates. Booklet 14 also inludes number 15 (see index leaf), for this reason bibliographies often quote the wrong number. A fine copy of this rare beautifully illustrated work.Wood 615; B.M.(N.H.) V, 238; Nissen ZBI, 4293.- $8,366
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Index alter Plantarum quae in Horto Academico Lugduno-Batavo aluntur.
BOERHAAVE, H. Leiden, Jansson Vander Aa, 1727. 2 vols (bound in one). 4to (225 x 175 mm). pp. (xxxviii, without blank *4, as is always the case), 320; (ii), 270, (18), with engraved vignettes on titles, folding engraved plan of the Leiden garden, and 39 engraved plates (some double-page). Contemporary vellum (old rebacking with recent label). First edition, second issue (first, 1720, differing only in imprint and date) of Boerhaave's great catalogue of plants in the Leiden botanic gardens, in which some 5846 species are described. The work is the sequel to the 1710 catalogue, which contained descriptions of c. 3700 plants. The work is prefaced with a brief history of the gardens, which Boerhaave became curator of in 1709. Between his appointment and the appearance of the present work he had added some 2000 new species of plants, many being South African and North American. The Hunt catalogue describes the Index as 'a monumental work., provided with generic descriptions, correlated polynomial specific names, detailed synonymy and engraved plates. The general arrangement derives from Hermann, Ray and Tournefort but has its own features. of interest as the last comprehensive work with generic descriptions published before Linnaeus 'Genera plantarum of 1737' (Hunt Catalogue II. part I. pp. liv-lv). The plates depict newly discovered species, including 24 proteas. These were based on paintings Boerhaave had obtained from Jan Hartog, superintendent of the Company's garden at the Cape. These were later used by Weinmann in his Phytanthoza iconographia (Ratisbon 1737-45). The paintings are now in the Rijksherbarium, Leiden (see M. Gunn and L.E. Codd, Botanical exploration of South Africa pp. 41-43). A fine copy, the title page of the second volume with some slight marginal staining, some contemporary notes in neat handwriting.Lindeboom 436; Nissen BBI, 186; Johnston 345; Stafleu and Cowan TL2 593; see H. Veendorp and Baas Becking, The development of the gardens of Leyden University 1937, chapter V.- $3,904
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The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.
BATEMAN, J. London, J. Richway & Sons. (1837)- 1843. Elephant folio (740 x 525 mm). One-page subscriber's list, addenda and corrigenda slip bound at back, lithographic pictorial title and 40 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates, drawn on stone by P. Gauci after Miss S.A. Drake (16), Mrs. Augusta Withers (21), Miss Jane Edwards (1), Samuel Holden (1), and one unsigned, one uncoloured plan of Epiphite-houses and 38 wood engraved vignettes, two by George Cruikshank, all plates with explanatory leaf of text. Contemporary brown half morocco, richly gilt decorated spine with gilt lettering, marbled sides, gilt edges (old rebacking preserving original spine, corners and ends of spine with old repair). First edition of one of the rarest, and "perhaps the most renowned and sought-after of all orchid books" (W. Stearn, John Lindley p. 133). Limited to 125 copies only, the work is "probably the finest, and certainly the largest botanical book ever produced with lithographic plates In size and in splendour, Bateman's giant folio eclipses the works of all who went before or came after him. Maxim Gauci, who was born in Malta, executed the forty lithographs a master of the process, he arranged his tone from the palest of silvery greys to the richest velvet black; his outline is never mechanical or obtrusive; the hand-colouring executed with consummate skill" (Blunt. The Art of Botanical illustration pp. 249 & 252). The book also has the odd distinction of being the only botanical work with illustrations by George Cruikshank, one which parodies the volume's massive bulk and the inconvenience thus caused to librarians."This magnificent elephant folio is botany's riposte to Audubon's 'Birds of America' (Desmond, Great Natural History books and their Creators p. 19).James Bateman (1811-1897) was a wealthy landowner and horticulturalist who nurtured a lifelong passion for rare orchids, and transformed his Staffordshire home at Biddulph Grange into one of the most beautiful gardens in Britain (now managed by the National Trust).Some foxing to text and plates.Provenance: Bookplate with Crown and monogram MCR (?).Great Flower Books p. 48; Nissen BBI 89; Stafleu & Cowan 342.- $83,659
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Histoire Naturelle, générale et particuliere, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi.
BUFFON, G.L.L. DE, DAUBENTON, LACÉPÈDE (and others). Amsterdam, Schneider/ Dordrecht, Blussé, 1766-1799. 38 parts, bound in 19 vols. 4to (267 x 210mm). With engraved portrait of Buffon, numerous engraved vignettes, 10 folding engraved maps and 1144 engraved plates. Contemporary uniform green half calf, spines with red gilt lettered label, gilt lines, lettering and ornaments, marbled sides. The present 'l'Allamand' edition is the only 4to edition to rival the original French Imprimerie Royale edition (1749-1804) in 44 volumes. It does not contain the later published volumes by Lacépède on fishes and whales, as these were published after the date of above edition, it however contains numerous additions by l'Allamand which were included in the later French Buffon editions. All plates are after drawings by de Sève, the famous French landscape painter. The animals are depicted in their natural habitat, amidst charming landscapes, villages, rivers, mountains etc. These elaborately drawn plates, full of elegance, became exceedingly popular and have often been copied by later artists."Schneider's edition in the French language was called a 'Nouvelle Edition' on the title-page. It was edited by Jean Nicolas Sebastien Allamand, professor of natural history at the University of Leiden. The order of the articles is generally similar to the Paris edition, but Allamand changed the sequence when he thought it fitting and he added articles about new or little-known mammals in suitable places within Buffon's text". (L. Rookmaaker. J.N.S. Allamand's additions . to the 'Nouvelle Edition' of Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle')."Buffon's work is of exceptional importance because of its diversity, richness, originality, and influence. Buffon was among the first to create an autonomous science, free of any theological influence. He emphasized the importance of natural history and the great length of geological time" (DSB).The contents of the volumes is as follows: Histoire naturelle générale, & Les Mammifères. 15 volumes with portrait and 603 engraved plates. - Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux. 9 volumes with 263 engraved plates. - Histoire naturelle des Quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpent. 2 volumes with 63 engraved plates. - Histoire naturelle des Minéraux. 5 volumes with 8 large folded maps. - Supplement. 7 volumes with 215 engraved plates and 2 fold. maps. The work is rare as only 150 copies were subscribed (see subscibers list vol. 9).Faint occasional marginal dampstaining to a few vols. not touching the plates. A fine and attractive uniformly bound copy. Free endpaper with old printed name.Piveteau 150; Nissen ZBI, 678.- $8,366
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Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelen.
SEPP, J.C. Of Nederlandsche Insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelijke huishouding, verwonderlijke gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige bijzonderheden . Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1762-1860. 8 volumes. 4to (245 x 190mm). With 8 handcoloured engraved or lithographed frontispieces and 400 handcoloured engraved or lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf, spines with red and green gilt lettered labels. (and continuation: Second Series): SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN, S.C. Beschrijvingen en afbeeldingen van Nederlandsche vlinders. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp/ 's-Gravenhage, M. Nijhoff, 1860-1900. 4 volumes. 4to (240 x 200mm). With 200 lithographed handcoloured plates. Contemporary half calf, spines with red and green gilt lettered labels. (and continuation: Third Series): BRANTS, A. Nederlandsche vlinders beschreven en afgebeeld. Aflevering I-X (all published), bound in 5 parts. s'Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1905-1928. Large-4to (270 x 205mm). With 10 handcoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary cloth. One of the finest works on butterflies ever published. Cobres I, 381: "Ein Werk ohne seines gleiches, in der ungemein sauberen Ausführung, daher höchst schätzbar'.; " . eines der prächtigsten Abbildungswerke der Lepidopterologie ." (W. Junk). Its really marvellously executed plates are the culminating point of entomological illustration. Complete copies as the one offered are of great rarity. The publication of this work which according to Nissen probably started as early as 1728, stopped two hundred years later, when in 1928 the author of the third series, A. Brants, deceased after having completed only the first ten parts of the first volume. The famous publishing house Sepp & Zoon, was a firm which excercised the utmost care in producing colour-plate books of outstanding quality. In the present case Sepp was the author as well as the publisher. "First series started by Christiaan Andreas Sepp together with his son Jan Christiaan (1739-1811) published in issues and in the format after the model chosen by Roesel von Rosenhof; Sepp followed his own path for the descriptions of butterflies and their illustrations. It has become the most important work on Dutch lepidoptera" (Landwehr 182). Small old repair to some volumesA fine uniformly bound set, apart from the 10 fasc. (bound in 5) of the third series.Nissen ZBI, 3808 & 3808a; Horn & Schenkling 20145; Landwehr 182 & 202.- $22,309
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Vorstellung einiger merkwürdigen Versteinerungen mit kurzen Anmerkungen versehen.
SCHMIDEL, C.C. Erlangen, J.J. Palm, 1793. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to (257 x 208mm). pp. (2), 25, (1), (2), 45, (1), with 24 (2 hand-coloured) engraved plates. Later half cloth, gilt lettered spine, marbled sides. Second edition. The first edition was published in Nürnberg from 1780-82. Schmidel was a famous mineralogist-botanist editing Gesner's posthumous botanical publications. He was professor of pharmacology at Erlangen and served as physician to Margrave Carl Alexander. A very fine work on fossils and petrifaction. Schmidel's interests as a naturalist focused on mineralogy, ore mineralogy in particular. Owners name on title and underlining of 2 words. Two issues appeared one with the plates coloured and one with plain plates. The present copy is the issue with the plain plates.Ward & Carozzi 1982.- $3,904
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Gattungen der Fliegen in XLII. Kupfertafeln entworfen und gezeichnet und erklärt durch zwey Liebhaber der Insektenkunde. Genres des Mouches Diptères
SCHELLENBERG, J.R. Zürich, Orell, Fuesli und Compagnie, 1803. Royal-8vo (225 x 135mm) . pp. 95, (1), with 42 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spine with red gilt lettered label (label worn). First and only edition. Schellenberg illustrated a number of beautiful botanical and entomological monographs and was considered to be one of the best natural history artists of his time. He was rightly famous for his minute details and precision. Roemer writes about him as follows: "Eben dieser Schellenberg hat . eine erstaunliche Menge von Insecten nach der Natur gezeichnet und gemahlt . Richtigkeit in der Zeichnung, Leben und das herrlichste Colorit scheinen da mit einander um die Palme streiten zu wollen" (Thanner, Schmutz & Geus. J.R. Schellenberg, p. 144). "The title and introduction state clearly that 2 amateurs provided the names and the text of the new taxa proposed in this work; Schellenberg was only responsible for the plates. As the two amateurs are unnamed in the work, common practice is to attribute the names to Schellenberg"(Evenhuis p. 693). Text in German and French.Provenance: armorial bookplate of Dr. A.v. Schulthess and old label of W. Junk, Berlin.Nissen ZBI, 3650.- $3,012
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Normännischer Jäger oder die neueste Jagdschule, nebst den Jagdstücken in Musik. Mit einem Anhange von der Arzneymitteln für Parforcehunde und Pferde. Aus dem Französischen übers. von E.M.S.A.
LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, (J.B.). Münster, P.H. Perrenon, 1780. 8vo (198 x 115mm). pp. (18), 469, with 27 (22 folded) engraved plates. 19th century green boards, spine with gilt lettering. Rare first and only German edition. The first French edition was published in Rouen 1763. The German edition is a translation of the second French edition of 1778. "This instructive book ranks with the classics on hunting" (Schwerdt I, 313 for the French edition). Pages 442-462 'Unterricht und vorläufige Anmerckungen über die Jagdmusik" concerns hunting music with numerous music notes in the text. Deals with coursing hare, deer, stags, wild boar, foxes, badgers and otters, with illustrations of animals and their tracks, antler etc.Provenance: Bibliotheca Tiliana bookplate on inside frontcover, with another armorial bookplate.Lindner 1309.01; Schwerdt I, 314.- $3,681
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Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu’ci dans cet ordre d’insectes.
LACORDAIRE, J.T. & CHAPIUS, F. Paris, Roret, 1854-1876. 8vo (203 x 130mm). 14 volumes (12 text volumes bound in 13 plus atlas). pp. xx, 486; 548; 594; 579; 750; 637; 620; 552; 1-409; 410-930; iv, 455; 420; 424; 47, (3), with 134 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt ornamented spines with gilt lettering (vol. 9, second part in contemporary wrappers, atlas volume in later half calf). The rare issue with hand-coloured plates. The present work is Jean Théodore Lacordaire's (1801-1870) major work. 'De ses voyages, Lacordaire rapporte en France, des milliers d'insectes qu'il étudie lui-même' (Lhoste p. 60). Lacordaire travelled in South American from 1825-1832 using every opportunity to collect insects.In 1835 he became professor of zoology at the University of Liège. The last 3 volumes of the present work were posthumously published by F. Chapuis. The fine plates engraved by Corbié are after drawings by Migneaux, Nicolet, and Hüet. All plates are meticulously hand-coloured."Besides his great work, the 'Genera des Coléoptères,' which occupied the last twenty-two years of his life, and with which his name will be associated as long as Entomology is studied, he published a Monograph of the Erotylidæ. The unanimous verdict of entomologists has already stamped the 'Genera des Coléoptères' as a work of transcendent merit and usefulness; and when we consider that almost every line of its nine closely-printed volumes embodies the result of numerous observations, careful comparisons. I have thought it well to obtain some estimate of these from my friend and predecessor Mr. Bates, who has, I know, had occasion to examine critically a large portion of Lacordaire's work. He informs me that the distinguishing merits of the 'Genera' are, its completeness (scarcely a single described genus having been overlooked); the justness and accuracy of the characters given, and the clearness of its style and arrangement. In the aptitude and neatness with which the synoptical tables of tribes and genera are constructed, Mr. Bates thinks he has excelled all other entomological writers." (A.R. Wallace. The president's Address 1871 to the Entomological Society of London).Horn-Schenkling 12618 & Index Litt. Ent. II, 565.- $6,470
- $6,470
Flora Regni Borussici. Flora des Königreichs Preussen oder Abbildungen und Beschreibung der in Preussen wildwachsenden Pflanzen.
DIETRICH, A. Berlin, L. Oehmigke, 1833-1844. 12 volumes. Royal-8vo (255 x 165mm). With 864 fine handcoloured lithographed plates and descriptive text. Contemporary maroon half morocco, richly gilt decorated spines with gilt lettering. A beautiful uniformly bound copy of the only major Prussian flora. Albert Gottfried Diertrich (1795-1856) was teacher at the Gärtner-Lehranstalt in Schöneberg near Berlin and worked as curator at the Königlicher Botanischer Garten since 1835. The plates were drawn by the author. The text is in German. "For this work, which is mostly founded on his own collecting activity, he aimed at an inventory as comprehensive as possible of the most frequent native plants growing in the Prussian territories" (Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 100 Botanical Jewels, No. 89). The fine bindings were uniformly bound in the Jewel Romantique style by C.W. Vogt, binder to the court of Prussia.Provenance: Armorial bookplate with monogram R.D.Great Flower Books p. 55; Nissen BBI, 481. Stafleu & Cowan 1457.- $20,636
- $20,636
Noctuelles et Géomètres d’Europe. Iconographie complète de toutes les espèces européennes.
CULOT, J. Genève, Villa-Les-Iris, 1909-1920. 4 volumes. Royal-8vo (245 x 165mm). pp. (2), 220; (2), 243, (1); (2), 269, (3); (6), 167, (3), with 152 (151 hand coloured) lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettered spines, first and last volume rubbed. Although published at the beginning of last century, this nicely illustrated iconography is very scarce, as it was issued in a very small edition only. "The very detailed and excellently executed plates were drawn and handcoloured by the author himself" (from the introduction by C. Oberthür). 'C'est d'ailleurs en grande partie d'après les sujets de sa collection que Culot publia son Iconographie des Noctuelles et Géomètres d'Europe plus de 150 de ses planches, gravées sur la pierre lithographique et colorisées à la main. Cet ouvrage, qui fut couronné d'un prix de la Société entomologique de France, constitue un auxiliaire précieux pour tous ceux qui collectionnent et étudient les papillons' (Mitteilungen der Schweiz. Entom. Gesellschaft, Vol. XVI, 3 1934).A handwritten letter of Jules Culot is bound in.Provenance: Bookplate of Claude Herbulot.- $2,789
- $2,789
De Animalibus Insectis. Libri septem.
ALDROVANDI, U. Bononiae, apud C. Ferronium, 1638. Folio (355 x 235mm). pp. (8), 767, (1), (44), with engraved title and about 700 woodcuts. Contemporary calf, richly gilt decorated spine in 7 compartments (old repair to hinges). "The first work of literature in the world dealing with insects, thus finally establishing entomology, and especially systematic entomology as a science. Objects from this collection were taken as illustrations; these recognizable, well-cut wood engravings, though rather primitive, were numerous. They contained the first known dichotomic key for determination of the higher groups, which are all morphologically defined. A special chapter was devoted to the morphology of the insect body. Metamorphosis and reproduction has been described excellently and supplemented with notes. The abundance of species of this book, mainly relating to the fauna of northern Italy, is astonishingly high; for instance 81 different species of Lepidoptera are delineated. In this volume the total literature up to his day was used by Aldrovandi almost to exhaustion" (Smith, R.F. History of entomology pp. 85-86). Aldrovandi's complete natural history works consist of 11 works, he spent 45 years amassing the material. The volumes on birds and the present volume on insects were completed by himself, the others by his pupils. The woodcuts of the insects are of great beauty and accuracy. "Although Aldrovandi is not identified with any revolutionary discoveries, his work as a teacher and as the author of volumes that constitute an irreplaceable cultural patrimony earns him a place among the fathers of modern science" (D.S.B. I, p. 110). The first edition was published in 1602 in Bologna, the present copy is the second edition. A fine copy.Nissen ZBI, 67.- $4,350
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Illustrations of exotic Entomology, containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties.
DRURY, D. A new edition . by J.O. Westwood. London, H.G. Bohn, 1837. 3 volumes. 4to (265 x 205 mm). With 150 handcoloured engraved plates and 1 plain engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, spines in 6 compartments with gilt lettering. A fine copy of the second and last edition of one of the most attractive English entomological works on exotic insects, with superb hand-colouring of the plates. The first edition appeared from 1770-1782. Dru Drury (1725-1803) was the son of a silversmith. "By virtue of his marriage and inheritance of the family business he was a reasonably wealthy man who could afford to support his most serious hobby entomology. Drury's collection had great fame during his life time. He spent much time and money persuading others to collect specimens for him from foreign countries. He had a wide correspondence with entomologists around the world. Linnaeus (1707-1778) and Willliam Kirby (1759-1850) both named species after him" (Harvey, Gilbert & Martin, A catalogue of manuscripts in the Entomological library. 119). The majority of the fine plates were drawn and engraved by Moses Harris. "Although originally conceived as a publication to illustrate all the specimens that came in, Drury soon changed his mind and eventually decided to illustrate only those specimens which had not previously been drawn. Years later, the eminent British entomologist W.F. Kirby described the work as an 'Opus entomologicus splendissimus'!" (Gilbert, Butterfly Collectors and Painters, p.140)Nissen ZBI, 1160; Horn & Schenkling 23891.- $6,693
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Monographie des Picidées ou histoire naturelle des Picidés, Picumninés, Yuncinés ou Torcols.
MALHERBE, A. Metz, Jules Verronnais, 1861-62. 4 volumes (including 2 plate volumes). Folio (355 x 535mm). pp. (2), lxx, 214; (2), 325; (12), 8, (2), 6, with 123 beautifully handcoloured lithographed plates drawn and lithographed by Mesnel, Delahaye, and P. Oudart. Contemporary red half morocco, richly gilt decorated spines in 7 compartments, gilt edges. A beautifully bound copy in pristine condition. "This, probably the best monograph on the woodpeckers of the world, is finely illustrated by well-drawn, handcoloured plates. The treatise was limited to 100 copies and was issued in 24 livraisons" (Wood p. 49). "There are works of a wonderful minor intricacy such as Malherbe's 'Les Picidées' a work of which only 100 copies were privately printed at Metz in 1861-62, with hand-coloured plates by M. Delahaye. Many of the woodpeckers are conspicuous for the mock-tortoiseshell markings of their back and wings; others have spotted or tabbied breasts like thrushes. There are sapsuckers with long thin bills like humming-birds; and Malherbe illustrates a beautiful cactus pecker that has its home in Guatemala. This work on woodpeckers, in its involved complexity, is more satisfying " (Fine Bird Books p. 45). With this magnificently produced work, the only major work on the woodpeckers, ends an era of splendid French ornithological publications, just to mention those of Audebert, Levaillant, Vieillot a.o. The plates, (all directed by Malherbe 'A. Malherbe dirext') are superbly coloured by hand, using vivid and bold colours and are 'gommées à la main', showing the birds in their natural habitat. According to O. Lorenz only 80 copies have been published.Nissen IVB 587; Fine Bird Books p. 92.- $72,505
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Nouvelle Iconographie des Camellias, contenant les figures et la description des plus rares, des plus nouvelles et des plus belles variétés de ce genre.
VERSCHAFFELT, A. Gand, Verschaffelt, 1848-1860. 13 volumes. Royal-8vo (265 x 175mm). With 623 chromolithographed plates. Contemporary blue half morocco, spines with gilt lines and lettering. The work is considered the rarest of the botanical works published in Belgium in the 19th century. The famous de Belder collection had a complete set as the present one. The work was intended to be a continuation of Berlese, and on comparing both works the evolution of the Camelia during the last 20 years of that period can clearly be seen. At this time Gand was the world centre for the cultivation of Camelia. The excellent plates were chromolithographed by Severeyns and Stroobant, most probably the best chromolithograph printers of a period in which Belgium produced the most attractive botanical works illustrated by chromolithography."The work is one of the rarest and greatest of the nineteenth-century camellia iconographies. The Verschaffelts were a family of nurserymen specializing in camellias and published this book really as a catalogue of newly introduced species and recently developed hybrids which were available from their nurseries" (De Belder). Plate 4 of livraison 10 of the first volume was never published (see Stafleu & Cowan). Old library stamp on free endpaper.Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Henry Rogers Brighton.Stafleu & Cowan 16057; Nissen BBI, 2056 (quoting the wrong number of plates).- $31,233
- $31,233
Florae Columbiae terrarumque adiacentium specimina selecta in peregrinatione duodecim annorum observata delineavit et descripsit.
KARSTEN, H. Berolini, apud Ferdinandi Duemmleri successores, 1858-1869. 2 volumes. Folio (500 x 350 mm.). pp. (6), 200, (2, index); pp. (2), 188, (2, index) with 200 handcoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary green half morocco, richly gilt decorated spines with gilt lettering, topedges gilt. One of the rarest and most splendid publications on South American botany. Following the example of Alexander von Humboldt, Hermann Karsten conducted a 12 year exploration (1844-1856) in the territories of Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela of which the present publication is the result. Karsten was a German botanist and from 1856-1868 professor of botany in Berlin; 1868-1872 in Vienna; from 1872 onward in Berlin. Wilhelm Junk in his catalogue 'Bibliographia Botanica' of 1909 states that coloured copies have become very rare and prices the copy Mark 600, one of the most expensive items in this catalogue with almost 7000 items. Some occasional spotting and paper toning. The Rare Book Hub records only 3 copies since 1958.Great Flower Books p. 62; Nissen BBI, 1028; Sabin 37104; Stafleu & Cowan 3523.- $44,618
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Florae Senegambiae tentamen, seu historia plantarum in diversis Senegambiae regionibus a peregrinatoribus Perrottet et Lepreur detectarum. Tomes primus (all published).
GUILLEMIN, J.A., PERROTTET, G.S. & RICHARD, A. Paris, Treuttel and Wurz, 1830-1832. Folio (370 x 285mm). pp. xi, 316, (6), with 72 handcoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf, spine with gilt lines, ornaments and lettering, marbled sides. The very rare Large Paper issue with coloured plates of this early work on the flora of Senegal and Gambia. The regular issue was published in small 4to with plain plates. The fine plates are by J. Decaisne. It was G.S. Perrottet who collected the plants. In 1824 he was appointed to direct a government outpost and trading company in Senegambia. After publishing the present work together with Guillemin and Richard he was assigned by the Parisian Museum of Natural History to the botanic garden in Pondicherry, India as an agricultural botanist. The earliest botanical collections reported in the area of the Senegambia under French influence were carried out in the mid-18th century by Michel Adanson (17271806), who would become a distinguished French naturalist.The fine plates are by Joseph Decaisne (1807-1882) a distinguished botanist, who rose from the position of a simple gardener to be leading botanist in France.The colouring of the plates is refined and beautiful. The printed wrappers to the 8 parts are bound in.Provenance: Bibliotheque de V. Perdonnet on backcover, label of G. Perdonnet and armorial coat of arms of Henry Rogers Broughton on inside frontcover.Stafleu & Cowan 2211; Nissen BBI, 766.- $20,078
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De Natuurlyke Historie der Insecten; Voorzien met naar ‘t Leven getekende en gekoleurde Plaaten.: https://rarebookinsider.com/rare-books/de-natuurlyke-historie-der-insecten-voorzien-met-naar-t-leven-getekende-en-gekoleurde-plaaten/