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Item #JLR0755 Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, In qua Origo, pabulum,...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, In qua Origo, pabulum, transformatio, nec non tempus, locus & proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalænarum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur in Favorem, atque insectorum, herbarum, florum, & plantarum Amatorum, tùm etiam pictorum, limbolariorum, aliorumque commodum exactè inquisita, ad vivum delineata, typis excusa, compendiosèque descripta per Mariam Sibillam Merian

EX-COLL. CARL GUSTAF TESSIN, PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN BOUND FOR LOUISA ULRIKA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN Amsterdam: Johannes Oosterwyk, [1717–1718]. First edition in Latin. Small quarto (7 ¾” x 5 7/8”, 198mm x 149mm): 2 binder’s blanks, π1 *4 A-H4, binder’s blank [$3 signed, –*1]. 37 leaves, pp. [10] (title, blank.....

Price: $275,000

Item #JLR0574 De europische Insecten, Naauwkeurig onderzogt, na ’t leven geschildert, en in...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

De europische Insecten, Naauwkeurig onderzogt, na ’t leven geschildert, en in print gebragt door Maria Sibilla Merian: Met een korte Beschryving, waar in door haar gehandelt word van der Rupsen begin, Voedzel en wonderbare Verandering, en ook vertoont word De Oorspronk, Spys en Gestalt-verwisseling, de Tyd, Plaats en Eigenschappen der Rupzen, Uiltjes, Vliegen en andere diergelyke bloedeloose Beesjes. Hier is nog bygevoegt Een naauwkeurige Beschryving van den Planten, in dit Werk voorkomende; en de Uitlegging van agtien nieuwe Plaaten, door dezelve Maria Sibilla Merian geteekent, en die men na haar dood gevonden heeft. In ’t Frans beschreeven door J. Marret, Medecinæ Doctor, En door een voornaam Liefhebber in ’t Nederduits vertaalt

Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1730. First edition. Folio (20 1/8” x 13 5/16”, 337mm x 511mm): binder’s blank, π2 Α-X2 [$2 signed]. 44 leaves, pp. [4] (half-title, blank, title, blank), 1 2-84. With 184 hand-colored engraved plates on 94 leaves (4 with a single plate, 90 with two), numbered (single plates.....

Price: $325,000

Item #JLR0573 Premiere [–Segonde –Troisieme –Quatrieme] Partie des Plantes et Insectes de...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Premiere [–Segonde –Troisieme –Quatrieme] Partie des Plantes et Insectes de L’Europe par M.S. Merian

AN UNRECORDED IMPRINT OF MERIAN’S EUROPEAN INSECTS PURCHASED BY THE COUNTESS OF HADDINGTON IN 1795 Paris: Huquier[, ca. 1730–1745.] Quarto (10 ¾” x 8 7/16”, 273mm x 214mm): with 187 engraved plates, including four part-titles (1.I, 1.LI, CI and an unnumbered plate following CLI) and 180 natural-historical plates; all plates.....

Price: $240,000

Item #JLR0572 Mariæ Sibillæ Merian dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Mariæ Sibillæ Merian dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum surinamensium. . . Dissertation sur la generation et les transformations des insectes de Surinam. . .

The Hague: Pieter Gosse, 1726. First edition in French, third Latin edition. Folio (20 ¼” x 14 1/8”, 515mm x 359mm): 2 binder’s blanks, π2 A-S2, 2 binder’s blanks [$2 signed]. 38 leaves, pp. [4] (blank, Latin title, French title, blank), 1 2-72. With 72 hand-colored engraved plates as well.....

Price: $325,000

Item #JLR0570 Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, In qua Origo, pabulum,...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, In qua Origo, pabulum, transformatio, nec non tempus, locus & proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalænarum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur in Favorum, atque insectorum, herbarum, florum, & plantarum Amatorum, tùm etiam pictorum, limbolariorum, aliorumque commodum exactè inquisita, ad vivum delineata, typis excusa, compendiosèque descripta per Mariam Sibillam Merian

Amsterdam: Johannes Oosterwyk, [1718]. First edition in Latin. Small quarto (7 3/8” x 5 5/8”, 188mm x 142mm): binder’s blank, π1 *4 A-H4 [$3 signed; –*1]. 37 leaves, pp. [10] (title, blank, 2pp. dedication, 2pp. to the reader, 3pp. preface, verse), 1-64. With 154 engraved plates: a hand-colored allegorical frontispiece.....

Price: $250,000

Item #JLR0569 Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, In qua Origo, pabulum,...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, In qua Origo, pabulum, transformatio, nec non tempus, locus & proprietates erucarum, vermium, papilionum, phalænarum, muscarum, aliorumque hujusmodi exsanguium animalculorum exhibentur in Favorem, atque insectorum, herbarum, florum, & plantarum Amatorum, tùm etiam pictorum, limbolariorum, aliorumque commodum exactè inquisita, ad vivum delineata, typis excusa, compendiosèque descripta per Mariam Sibillam Merian

WITH COUNTER-PROOF IMPRESSIONS PERHAPS FROM THE LIBRARY THE DAUPHIN de FRANCE Amsterdam: Johannes Oosterwyk, [1718]. First edition in Latin. Quarto (9 ¼” x 7”, 235mm x 178mm):[1] 2 binder’s blanks, π1 *4 A-H4, 2 binder’s blanks [$3 signed; –*1]. 37 leaves, pp. [10] (title, blank, 2pp. dedication, 2pp. to the.....

Price: $375,000

Item #JLR0556 Mariæ Sibillæ Merian dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum...

Merian, Maria Sibylla

Mariæ Sibillæ Merian dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium: In quâ, pæter vermes & erucas Surinamenses, earuqmque admirandam metamorphosin, Plantæ, flores & fructus, quibus vescuntur, & in quibus fuerunt inventæ, exhibentur. His adjunguntur bufones, lacerti, serpentes, araneæ, aliaque admiranda istius regionis animalcula; omnia manu ejusdem Matronæ in America ad vivum accurate depicta, & nunc æri incisa. Accedit Appendix Transformationum piscium in ranas, & ranarum in pisces

THE MACCLESFIELD COPY WITH COUNTER-PROOF PLATES Amsterdam: Johannes Oosterwyk, 1719. Second edition, revised. Folio (20 9/16” x 14 ½”, 523mm x 367mm): 42 leaves, pp. [8] (title, advertisement, 2pp. dedication, 2pp. to the reader], [72] (description of each plate). With 73 engraved plates, all with original hand-color, heightened gilt: frontispiece.....

Price: $3,600,000

Item #6JLR0135 Beschouwing der Wonderen Gods, in de minstgeachte Schepzelen. Of Nederlandsche...

Sepp, Christiaan and Jan Christiaan Sepp

Beschouwing der Wonderen Gods, in de minstgeachte Schepzelen. Of Nederlandsche Insecten, In hunne aanmerkelyke Huishouding, wonderbaare Gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige Byzonderheeden, Volgens eigen Ondervinding beschreeven, naar ’t Leven naauwkeurig geteekend, in ’t Koper gebragt en gecoloreerd. Erste Deel, Eerste[–Zesde] Stuk

THE GREATEST DUTCH BUTTERFLY BOOK, IN UNBOUND SHEETS Six parts. Amsterdam: Gedrukt voor den Auteur, 1762. First edition. Quarto (10” x 7 ¾”, 255mm x 197mm): part 1: π1 *2 2π1 2*2 3π1 A-B4 C-I2, part 2: 4π1 2A4 2B-D2, part 3: (B)2(+(A)4) (C)-(G)2, part 4: 5π2(+a4) b-d2 e4.....

Price: $9,600

Item #6JLR0061 The English Entomologist, exhibiting All the Coleopterous Insects found in...

Martyn, Thomas

The English Entomologist, exhibiting All the Coleopterous Insects found in England; including upwards of 500 Different Species... arranged and named according to the Linnean System

London: Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, 1792. First edition. Royal quarto (13 1/4" x 10 3/4", 338mm x 274mm). With an engraved title page, 33, [5] pages, [2] uncolored engraved numismatic plates, and 41 (of 42) hand-colored soft-ground-etched plates of insects, heightened with gum arabic. Lacking plate no.....

Price: $6,500

Item #6JLR0035 A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with A Hundred Copper Plates,...

Albin, Eleazar and W[illiam] Derham

A Natural History of English Insects. Illustrated with A Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously engraven from the Life, and exactly coloured by the Author. To which are added Large Notes and many curious Observations

London: Printed for William Innys, 1749. Third edition. Quarto (11 ½” x 9”, 293mm x 226mm): 2 binder’s blanks, A-N4 O2, 2 binder’s blanks [$2 signed; –A1]. 54 leaves, pp. [108] (title, blank, 2pp. dedication, 4pp. preface, 100pp. description of the plates). With 100 hand-colored engraved plates (pl. LXXXIV heightened.....

Price: $6,750

Item #6JLR0034 The English Moths and Butterflies: Together with The Plants, Flowers, and Fruits...

Wilkes, Benjamin

The English Moths and Butterflies: Together with The Plants, Flowers, and Fruits whereon they Feed, and are usually Found. All Drawn and Coloured in such a Manner, as to represent their several beautiful Appearances, Being copied from the Subjects themselves, and Painted on the best Atlas Paper...

THE AUTHOR'S COPY? London: Printed for, and Sold by Benjamin Wilkes; [1747–1749]. First edition. Pot folio (12 ¼” x 10 3/16”, 312mm x 259mm): 46 leaves, pp. [24] (title, blank, 2pp. dedication, 4pp. preface, 7pp. introduction, 2pp. Aurelian Society members’ places of collection, 3pp. directions for catching specimens, 2pp. subscribers.....

Price: $35,000

Item #6JLR0033 One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies,...

Wilkes, Benjamin

One Hundred and Twenty Copper-Plates of English Moths and Butterflies, representing Their Changes into the Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Fly States, and The Plants, Flowers, and Fruits whereon they feed…

London: Printed for Benjamin White, 1773. Second edition. Pot folio (12” x 10 ¼”, 304mm x 261mm). 58 leaves, pp. [2] (title, blank), 1-3 (2pp. dedication, catalogue) 4-8, [20] (4pp. preface, 7pp. introduction, 2pp. Aurelian Society members’ places of collection, 3pp. directions for catching specimens, synoptical table of specimens, blank.....

Price: $15,000