Title vignette, engraved

Plates I-XXXII are a reissue of those published in Sulzer's Abgekürtzte Geschichte der Insecten. Winterthur, 1776

Some of the plates are signed: Schellenberg fec

The plates are usually hand-colored

Signatures: piA-KL(-L6)

The final p. is blank

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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SCNHRB has two copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088002178804) has uncolored plates

SCNHRB c. 1 has embossed stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 152226

SCNHRB c. 1 has a modern half-leather binding with brown decorated paper boards and a gilt-lettered spine

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088002178812) has hand-colored plates (except for XXXVII), and the title vignette is also hand-colored

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Collection of William Schaus presented to the National Museum MCMV. With embossed stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 199718

SCNHRB c. 2 has a modern black quarter-leather binding with blue paste-paper boards; a gilt-tooled red leather spine label; marbled endpapers; and all edges gilt

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