PANZER (G.W.F.) - STURM (Jakob). Faunae insectorum Germanica - Lot 147

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PANZER (G.W.F.) - STURM (Jakob). Faunae insectorum Germanica - Lot 147
PANZER (G.W.F.) - STURM (Jakob). Faunae insectorum Germanicae initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten. (Nuremberg, Felseckerschen Buchhandlung, 1792-1823?). A set of 3571 engraved plates, meticulously colored at the time, all numbered and accompanied by a German text sheet, the set classified in 34 blue paper portfolios with handwritten labels on the back. Monumental set begun by the German entomologist Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755-1815), comprising here more than 3500 plates all captioned and classified, the first of which are in the hand of Jacob Sturm (1771-1848). The following ones will be drawn by various German draftsmen. Quoted by Hagen (Bibliotheca Entomologica, Tome 2, p. 27, n°6), the set was originally supposed to contain 109 issues with 2600 plates. Exceptional reunion, details of which are given below, some issues incomplete. Beetles: 1529 plates - Hymenoptera: 891 plates - Diptera: 263 plates - Hemiptera: 348 plates - Lepidoptera: 249 plates - Neuroptera: 23 plates - Orthoptera: 44 plates - Scolopendres: 41 plates - Crustaceans: 162 plates - Lice: 21 plates. The set includes 3571 plates and 5 duplicates; it is remarkably well preserved, without any wetness or missing parts.
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