Lot n° 58
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Jacques-Louis-Florentin ENGRAMELLE - Jean-Jacques ERNST - Lot 58
Jacques-Louis-Florentin ENGRAMELLE - Jean-Jacques ERNST
Butterflies of Europe, painted after nature.
Paris, M. Delaguette, Basan, Poignant, 1779-1782.
6 complete vols. (1,2,3,5,7 and 8), 1 incomplete vol. (4) and 1 missing vol. (6), in-4, paperback, engraved frontispiece enhanced in color.
Vol. I = collated (complete with text and plates I to XII). text and plates wet.
Vol. II = collated (complete with text and plates XIII to XXIV).
Vol. III = collated (complete with text and plates XXV to XXXVI). staining.
Vol. IV = collated (text incomplete, title page missing, vol. begins with publisher's notice, plates XXXVII to XLVIII). some spotting and wetness of text only.
Vol. V = collated (complete with text and plates XLIX to LX).
Vol. VI = missing
Vol. VII collated (complete with text and plates LXI to LXXXIV). one tear.
Vol. VIII = collated (complete with text and plates LXXXV to LXXXXVI).
This work is considered to be the finest French work on butterflies.
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