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Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi s.s. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum coloribus naturam referentibus expressae ... = Natürlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insecten

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Author:
Schäffer, Jacob Christian 1718-1790,  Search this
Former owner:
Aguilar, Jacques d' DSI  Search this
Engraver:
Bock, H., active 1779  Search this
Bock, Johann Carl 1757-1843  Search this
Fridrich, J. M.  Search this
Fridrich, Johann Gottlieb 1742-1809  Search this
Kellner, Joseph 1749-1814  Search this
Küffner, Paul 1713-1786  Search this
Maag, Johann Nepomuk approximately 1724-1800  Search this
Rolffsen, F. N approximately 1719-1802  Search this
Trautner, G. P (Gustav Philipp),) active 1757-1774  Search this
Tyroff, Martin 1704- ,-  Search this
Bookplate designer:
Esmein, Jeanne 1928- ,- DSI  Search this
Illustrator:
Fischer, H., active 1779  Search this
St. Loibel, I.  Search this
Author:
Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz 1755-1829 Systematische Nomenclatur über weiland Herrn Dr. Jacob Christian Schäffers natürlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insekten  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes, CCLXXX leaves of plates colored illustrations 31 cm (4to)
Type:
Pictorial works
Early works to 1800
Place:
Germany
Regensburg
Date:
1779
Notes:
A supplemental work by G.W.F. Panzer, Systematische Nomenclatur über weiland Herrn Dr. Jacob Christian Schäffers natürlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insekten, was published at Erlangen in 1804
Illustrators include Loibel and H. Fischer; engravers include J.C. Bock, H. Bock, J.M. Fridrich, Johann Gottlieb Fridrich, J. Kellner, P. Küffner, J.N. Maag, F.N. Rolffsen, G.P. Trautner, and Tyroff
Includes index
Issued in parts between 1766 and 1779
Plates are hand-colored
Plates printed on both sides of the leaf
Second issue of the first edition (printed without the dedications, preface, and portrait of the author which were included in the first issue)
Hagen, H.A. Bibliotheca entomologica, volume 2, page 114
Horn & Schenkling. Index litteraturae entomologicae, Band 3, Seite 1053
Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 3629
Also available online
SCNHRB copy (volume 1, 39088017988270; volume 2, 39088017988312; volume 3, 39088017988353) is accompanied by Panzer's Systematische Nomenclatur über weiland Herrn Dr. Jacob Christian Schäffers natürlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insekten (Erlangen: J.J. Palm, 1804), with same binding and provenance
SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Ex libris J. d'Aguilar; signed Jeanne Esmein, no. 116 of 200; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment
SCNHRB copy has a few handwritten annotations in pencil
SCNHRB copy has a modern antique-style marbled paperboard binding with leather spine; raised bands; and gilt-tooled red leather spine label
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Topic:
Insects  Search this
Call number:
QL466 .S330 1779X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1024686