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206 - STURM (Jakob). Catalogue of my Insect Collection.
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Estimate €120 - €150
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STURM (Jakob). Catalogue of my Insect Collection. Nuremberg, published at the author’s expense, 1796. In-16, 9 x 13.5 cm, 64 pp., 4 plates, late 19th-century half-aubergine percaline cardboard binding, spine decorated with blind-stamped faux ribs. First edition of the catalogue of the entomological collection of Jakob Sturm (1771–1848), a trained engraver, who, by the end of the 18th century, possessed one of the most important insect collections in Germany. Illustrated with 4 plates engraved by the author, finely coloured. A good copy. A few foxing spots. Library call number labels roughly glued to the top of the title page and affixed with adhesive tape to the first flyleaf. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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