Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Title Variants

Alternative: Europäische Schmetterlinge

Alternative: europäischen Schmetterlinge

Alternative: Schmetterlinge

By

Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, 1742-1810

Charpentier, Toussaint von, 1779-1847
Tyroff, H. I., , engraver.
Walwert, Georg Christoph, 1748-1812 , engraver.
Volckart, Johann Friedrich, 1750-1812 , engraver.
Walbert, L. S., , engraver.
Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1848 , engraver.
Bock, Johann Carl, 1757-1843 , engraver.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Leipzig, T.O. Weigel, [1829-1839]

Edition

[2. Aufl.].

Notes

Introduction, Th. 1, p. xxii, dated 1829.

Last vol. (unnumbered) called: Supplemente.

"The text of this edition is mainly a re-issue of the first [published 1774-1794], but some of the sheets have been reprinted from fresh type"--Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) cat., v. 2, p. 541.

This ed. contains 441 plates.

Plates signed variously: H.I. Tyroff, Walwert, I.F. Volckart, L.S. Walbert, I.G. Sturm, I.G. Klinger, I. Leitner, I.C. Bock.

Plates are hand-colored.

Pagination: Th. 1: xxii, 388, 190 p., 123 leaves of plates; Th. 2: 234 p., 47 leaves of plates; Th. 3: 396 p., 94 leaves of plates; Th. 4: 698, 85 p., [124] leaves of plates (numbered 80-198, 99B, 105B, 117A, 125B and125C; also numbered: Noct. 1-119); Th. 5: 276 p., 52 leaves of plates; Supplemente: 120, 52, 104, 48 p.

Subjects

Butterflies , Europe , Lepidoptera , Pictorial works

BHL Collections

Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World

Rarest of the Rare

Call Number

QL555.A1 E77 1829

Language

German

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15535
OCLC: 7342965