Abbildungen der Wanzen. Heft 1-5
- Publisher : J.J. Palm
- Published In : Erlangen
- Illustrations : 20 fine hand-coloured engraved plates
Description:
Five parts in one (complete). German edition (A Latin edition 'Icones cimicum' was also published at the same dates). Plates by the author, engraved by J. Sturm. Pages i-viii precede Heft 5. Rare, particularly with plates hand-coloured. Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778- 1806) was a German physician with an interest in entomology and botany. He died of fever in 1806 at the age of 28, the final part of this work, which he had already prepared, was published by his father Johann Philipp Wolff in 1811.
Hagen II, p. 294; Horn-Schenkling 24336; Nissen ZBI 4439.
Condition
Recent half calf, marbled boards; spine gilt. Vg copy with wide margins, edges in part uncut. 4 leaves in Heft 5 are loose.
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