Ventes live - Lot 319
[Zoology - Butterflies - Plates]
Set of 545 plates of butterflies from "Les macrolépidoptères du globe" by Adalbert Seitz.
C. 1900
Prix de marteau: €
1.000
€ 300 / 400
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Description du lot
Nice set of plates originating the original edition of a monumental work on butterflies published in instalments between 1906 and 1945 simultaneously in German, French and English. This set contains 545 chomolithographic plates in good condition representing several hundreds of butterflies covering the Palearctic, American, Indo-Australian and African faunas. A more detailed overview of the plates is available on demand. A couple of text ff. and section title pp. within this set.