Roesel von Rosenhof, August Johann

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Roesel von Rosenhof, August Johann
Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung. Nuremberg: Johann Joseph Fleischmann, [1740]-1761
Paper

First edition, 4 volumes (without the Beitrage… as often), 4to (187 x 155mm.), 4 engraved fontispieces (coloured by hand, the portrait plain), 286 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf, [Nissen ZBI 3466-3466c], some dampstaining and browning, titles crudely repaired, vol.2 part 6 plate 5 torn, a few other tears, vol.3 title holed with loss, some leaves cropped, binding rubbed