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KNOCH, A.W.24 Neue Beyträge zur Insectenkunde.

Erster Theil (all published). Leipzig, im Schwickertschen Verlage, 1801. 8vo. pp. xii, 208, with 9 (8 handcoloured) engraved plates. Contemporary h...

EUR 300

CANTENER, L.P. Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères Rhopalocères ou Papillons Diurnes, des départemens des Haut et Bas Rhin, de la Moselle, de la Meurthe et des Vosges.

Paris, Roret/ Levrault, 1834. 8vo (210 x 125mm). pp. 166, with 39 lithographed plates. Contemporaryred half calf, gilt ornamented and lettered spine.

EUR 550

the most beautiful publication on the insects of Etruria

ROSSIUS, P. Fauna Etrusca sistens Insecta quae in Provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit.

Liburni, T. Masi, 1790. 2 volumes. 4to (280 x 210mm). pp. xxii, (2), 272; 348, with 2 engraved frontispieces, 1 handcoloured engraved dedication-pl...

EUR 3,500

LESSER, F.C. Théologie des Insectes ou démonstration des perfections de Dieu dans tout ce qui concerne les Insectes. Traduit de l' Allemand ... avec des remarques de Mr. P. Lyonnet.

La Haye, J. Swart, 1742. 2 volumes. 8vo (200 x 120mm). pp. (8), 350, (4); pp. (4), 317, with 2 folded engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, r...

EUR 450

of the greatest rarity as the publisher's stock was destroyed by fire

COQUEBERT, A.J. Illustratio iconographica insectorum quae in musaeis parisinis observavit et in lucem edidit Joh. Christ. Fabricius praemissis ejusdem descriptionibus; accedunt species plurimae, vel minus aut nondum cognitae.

Paris, Petrus Didot..., Anno VII (1799)- XII (1804). 3 parts bound in one. 4to (274 x 233mm). pp. 1-44; (2), 45-90; (4), 91-142, with 30 engraved p...

EUR 2,000

KIRBY, W,F. Catalogue of the collection of diurnal Lepidoptera formed by the late W.C. Hewitson and bequeathed by him to the British Museum.

London, John van Voorst, 1879. 4to (273 x 215mm). pp.iv, 246. Contemporary black calf, gilt ornamented and lettered spine.

EUR 500

LESSER, F.C. Théologie des Insectes ou démonstration des perfections de Dieu dans tout ce qui concerne les Insectes. Traduit de l' Allemand ... avec des remarques de Mr. P. Lyonnet.

La Haye, J. Swart, 1742. 2 volumes. 8vo (200 x 120mm). pp. (8), 350, (4); pp. (4), 317, with 2 (1 folded) engraved plates. Contemporary calf, richl...

EUR 550

The present dissertations contain all their original printed titles

FALLÉN, C.F. Diptera Sveciae.

Lundae, Berlingianis, 1814-1825 (-1826). 2 volumes (bound in one). 8vo (204 x 165mm). 45 dissertations. Recent red half morocco, richly gilt orname...

EUR 1,900

LUCAS, H. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères d'Europe.

Ouvrage orné de près de 400 figures peintes d'après nature par A. Noel et gravées sur acier par Pauquet. Paris, L. de Bure, 1845. Royal-8vo (23...

EUR 1,000

PAYKULL, G. Fauna Svecica. Insecta.

Upsaliae, J.F. Edman, (1798-1800). 3 volumes bound in two. 8vo (200 x120 mm). pp. (10), 358, (2); (2), 234; 459. Contemporary half calf, spines wit...

EUR 650

In his works Fabricius described many Australian and New Zealand insects brought back by Captain Cook's around -the-world voyages.

FABRICIUS, J.C. Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus.

Hamburgi et Kiloni, Imp. C .E. Bohnii, 1781. 2 volumes. 8vo (200 x 120mm). pp. viii, 552; pp. 517. Contemporary marbled boards, spines with black g...

EUR 1,200

AUDINET SERVILLE, (J.G.). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. ORTHOPTÈRES.

Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1839. Royal-8vo (205 x 130mm). pp. xviii, 776, (2), 4, with 14 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, ...

EUR 450

Total price: EUR 13,050
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