$400
Schäffer, Jacob Christian (1718-1790) Die Sattelfliege. Regensburg: Emanuel Adam Weiss, 1753. Quarto, illustrated with a hand-colored folding engraving showing microscopic views of the fly, with closer views of the eyes and thorax; [bound with] Das Zwiefalter- oder Afterjuengferchen , Regensburg: Montag, 1763, with a hand-colored folding engraving with views of this lace-wing type insect; [and] Abbildung und Beschreibung des Maywurm-Käfers , Regensburg: Montag, 1778, quarto, final leaf with corner cut away, slight loss of text (affecting two words) illustrated with a hand-colored full page engraving of three beetles, with closer views of their legs; title page dirty; this volume slightly smaller than the other two with which it is bound, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in., the other two measure 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in., bound in marbled-paper-covered boards. [Together with] Another edition of Schäffer's Die Sattelfliege , Regensburg: Schriften, 1762; [bound with] Der wunderbare und vieleicht in der Natur noch nie erschienene Eulenzwitter , Regensburg: Montag, 1763; and Der Afterholzbock in einem Sendschreiben beschrieben , Regensburg: Montag, 1763, each of these works with a hand-colored full page engraving of magnified insects discussed in the various treatises, bound to match the one described above, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16