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201 - SCOPOLI (Giovanni Antonio). *Entomologia Carniolica exhibens…
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SCOPOLI (Giovanni Antonio). *Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana*. Vienna, Jean-Thomas Trattner, 1763. In-8, 12 x 20 cm, 16 pp., 420 pp., 2 ff., 43 folded plates, contemporary Central European binding in fawn half-calf with corner pieces, ribbed spine decorated with embossed motifs. A rare first edition of one of the earliest works on systematic entomology using Linnaean nomenclature. Illustrated with over 900 engravings of insects on 43 plates. Complete with the errata leaf. A small corner loss at the bottom of the title page. Foxing and a few pages uniformly browned. Upper joint split, corners rubbed. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale Antique and modern books, manuscripts
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