Elementa Entomologica. CXXXV tabulae aere excusae floridisque coloribus distinctae. ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Regensburg: Weissischen Schriften 1766. Large 4to. (29.5 x 24.25 cm). Orig. full old calf (spine extremities and corner points rubbed but sound). Spine gilt with raised bands and morocco titling-label. Marbled endpapers. Text in Latin and German. With 135 magnificent hand-coloured engrv. plates each with descriptive letterpress text. Complete copy of the rare First Edition of this important treatise on insects. Fine with good margins. The beautiful plates include images of the collector's cabinet as well as his collecting apparatus.