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BEAUSSANT LEFÈVRE & Associés

182 - RATZEBURG (Julius Theodor Christian).
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Estimate €100 - €120
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RATZEBURG (Julius Theodor Christian). Die Forst-Insecten… Berlin, Nicolai, 1839–1844. 3 volumes in-4, 21.5 x 27 cm, XVI + 248 pp., 4 tables (3 of which are folded), 21 plates & VI pp., 1 folio, 252 pp., 4 folded tables, 17 plates (numbered XVI) & VIII + 314 pp., 5 tables, 4 of which are folded, 16 plates, contemporary German binding in fawn half-calf with corners, spine decorated with gilt faux-ribbing and a cold-stamped diamond pattern. A largely original edition (the first volume was first published in 1837) of this important treatise on forest entomology, providing a systematic description of the main insects, both harmful and beneficial, living in the forests of Prussia and neighbouring states. Illustrated with 54 engraved plates (insects), of which 27 are partly coloured and gummed, or lithographed (trees and leaves). A fine copy from the libraries of the Counts of Bille-Brahe-Selby at Hvedholm Castle, on the island of Fyn in Denmark, which contained numerous scientific works (wet stamp on the title pages), by Jean Ghesquière (1892–1982), an agricultural engineer and entomologist in the Belgian Congo, a correspondent of the National Museum of Natural History (wet stamp on the title pages), and subsequently by the entomologist Gilbert Dufaux (bookplate and dry stamp on the title page and p. 39 of each volume). Numerous foxing spots. Corners rubbed. - Appraised by: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
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