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STOLL, Caspar. Representation Exactement Colorée d'Après Nature des Spectres, des Mantes, des Sauterelles, des Grillons, des Criquets et des Blattes [des Cigales] [des Punaises] qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde. Amsterdam: chez J. C. Sepp, 1787-1788
3 volumes, 4° (297 x 235mm.). Titles and text in Dutch and French, 2 engraved hand-coloured frontispieces with flowers and insects, 3 printed titles, and 100 (30, 29, 41) fine hand-coloured engraved plates (one plate numeral cropped; lacking half-title vol. I). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, sides with gilt key-pattern borders, spines gilt in 6 compartments with double raised bands, olive morocco label in one compartment, gilt insect tool in others, g.e.
A fine, well bound set of Stoll's entomological works. The collection was augmented by M. Houttuyn in 1813 who produced a further volume (vol. II des Spectres), with 40 plates and text intended to complete Stoll's unfinished work. Landwehr calls for a second printed title-page to des Punaises and mentions 2 coloured frontispieces in the complete des Spectres, none present here. Nissen ZBI 4002/3999/4000; Landwehr 192/191 (3)
3 volumes, 4° (297 x 235mm.). Titles and text in Dutch and French, 2 engraved hand-coloured frontispieces with flowers and insects, 3 printed titles, and 100 (30, 29, 41) fine hand-coloured engraved plates (one plate numeral cropped; lacking half-title vol. I). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, sides with gilt key-pattern borders, spines gilt in 6 compartments with double raised bands, olive morocco label in one compartment, gilt insect tool in others, g.e.
A fine, well bound set of Stoll's entomological works. The collection was augmented by M. Houttuyn in 1813 who produced a further volume (vol. II des Spectres), with 40 plates and text intended to complete Stoll's unfinished work. Landwehr calls for a second printed title-page to des Punaises and mentions 2 coloured frontispieces in the complete des Spectres, none present here. Nissen ZBI 4002/3999/4000; Landwehr 192/191 (3)