Live veiling - Lot 333
[Zoology]
Entomologie ou Histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée.
Paris, Baudouin, 1789-1795
Hamerprijs: €
2.400
€ 100 / 200
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Beschrijving lot
4 (of 6) vol., 4to; front. and 262 pl. ((vol. 5 and 6 missing), sheet with light spots on verso vol. 2, some foxing in vol. 4).
Contemp. calf, titled spines with raised bands, gilt edges (lower joint part. split vol. 3, sl. rubbed).
First edition of this major work by the entomologist Olivier. The beautiful front. in the 1st vol. and all the 262 plates, engraved by Lebrecht Reinold and J. Audebert, are finely hand-coloured.
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 3012.