Rösel von Rosenhof, August Johan and C.FC. Kleemann.
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Rösel von Rosenhof, August Johan and C.FC. Kleemann. 
De natuurlyke historie der insecten. Voorzien met naar `t Leven getekende en gekoleurde Plaaten. Volgens eigen ondervindling beschreeven, door de Heer August Johann Rösel, van Rosenhof, Miniatuur-Schilder. Met zeer nutte en fraaie Aanmerkingen verrykt, door den Heer C. F. C. Kleemann.
Dutch edition and transl. by C.F.C. KLeemann. Haarlem and Amst., C.H. Bohn and H. de Wit etc., n.d. (1765-1788), complete set in 4 volumes in 4 vols., (24),568,(8); (10),580,(8); (2),573,(6); (10),XXXI,(5),220; (4),XXVI,260 pp. With 4 handcol. frontisp., engraved portrait of Rösel and 359 finely handcoloured engraved illustrations; 20th century half leather; 4to, 29 x 23,5 cm Many plates protected by tissue-guards with manuscript Latin / Dutch names. Landwehr, Col. Plates 161; Nissen. First Dutch edition of one of the finest works on insects ever produced. Compared with the original German edition (Nuremburg, 1746-1792), the Dutch edition is printed on better and larger paper and the plates are more carefully coloured, probably personally by Kleeman and his wife. In addition to insects, this work also describes scorpions, crayfish, shrimps, crabs and polyps. Kleemann was Rösel's son-in-law.
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De natuurlyke historie der insecten. Voorzien met naar `t Leven getekende en gekoleurde Plaaten. Volgens eigen ondervindling beschreeven, door de Heer August Johann Rösel, van Rosenhof, Miniatuur-Schilder. Met zeer nutte en fraaie Aanmerkingen verrykt, door den Heer C. F. C. Kleemann.
Dutch edition and transl. by C.F.C. KLeemann. Haarlem and Amst., C.H. Bohn and H. de Wit etc., n.d. (1765-1788), complete set in 4 volumes in 4 vols., (24),568,(8); (10),580,(8); (2),573,(6); (10),XXXI,(5),220; (4),XXVI,260 pp. With 4 handcol. frontisp., engraved portrait of Rösel and 359 finely handcoloured engraved illustrations; 20th century half leather; 4to, 29 x 23,5 cm Many plates protected by tissue-guards with manuscript Latin / Dutch names. Landwehr, Col. Plates 161; Nissen. First Dutch edition of one of the finest works on insects ever produced. Compared with the original German edition (Nuremburg, 1746-1792), the Dutch edition is printed on better and larger paper and the plates are more carefully coloured, probably personally by Kleeman and his wife. In addition to insects, this work also describes scorpions, crayfish, shrimps, crabs and polyps. Kleemann was Rösel's son-in-law.
Minor internal and external defects.
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