![LADMIRAL, Jacob (1700-1770). Naauwkeurige waarneemingen, van veele gestaltverwisselende gekorvene diertjes. Amsterdam: for the author, [c.1744]. 2°, (405 x 483 x 252 mm). Title-page with hand-coloured vignette, 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, hand-coloured tailpiece to advertisement on verso of last leaf. (Occasional light browning and spotting, light marginal dampstaining mainly affecting text leaves.) Contemporary half calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0115_000(ladmiral_jacob_naauwkeurige_waarneemingen_van_veele_gestaltverwisselen125953).jpg?w=1)
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LADMIRAL, Jacob (1700-1770). Naauwkeurige waarneemingen, van veele gestaltverwisselende gekorvene diertjes. Amsterdam: for the author, [c.1744]. 2°, (405 x 483 x 252 mm). Title-page with hand-coloured vignette, 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, hand-coloured tailpiece to advertisement on verso of last leaf. (Occasional light browning and spotting, light marginal dampstaining mainly affecting text leaves.) Contemporary half calf, gilt spine (extremities lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION WITH FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS by Ladmiral, Dutch artist and entomologist. Ladmiral was fascinated by entomology and the process of metamorphosis, and was heavily influenced by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), copying the layout and format from her work on Surinam insects. Landwehr 104; Nissen ZBI 2357.
FIRST EDITION WITH FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS by Ladmiral, Dutch artist and entomologist. Ladmiral was fascinated by entomology and the process of metamorphosis, and was heavily influenced by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), copying the layout and format from her work on Surinam insects. Landwehr 104; Nissen ZBI 2357.