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198 - SCHÄFFER (Jacob Christian). Icones insectorum circa Ratisbon…
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SCHÄFFER (Jacob Christian). Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum… Regensburg, Breitfeld Press, 1779. 3 volumes in-4, 23 x 28 cm, 2 folios, 100 plates & 2 folios, 100 ff. pl (numbered CI–CC) & 2 ff., 80 pl. (numbered CCI–CCLXXX), 7 ff., contemporary binding in marbled brown sheepskin, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt motifs. First edition of the magnum opus by Schäffer, a pastor and naturalist based in Regensburg. The work was published in several parts between 1766 and 1779 and comprises a total of 280 finely coloured plates. A very fine copy. Handwritten Latin names added beneath each caption. From the natural history library of Gilbert Dufaux (dry stamp on the title page and p. 39). Spine worn with losses, corners rubbed. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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