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Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte der Insecten 1. Teil [Discourses on the Natural History of Insects, Volume I] by Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias - 1796
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Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte der Insecten 1. Teil [Discourses on the Natural History of Insects, Volume I]
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1796 FIRST EDITION OF INSECT VOLUME (MAINLY BEETLES) WITH 46 SPECTACULAR HAND COLORED COPPER PLATES BY RENOWNED AUGSBURG ENGRAVER.
6 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 inches hardcover, green paper covered boards, green leather spine with red leather gilt title label, ink inscription by previous owner dated 3.4.1921 to front free endpaper, engraved title page depicting cherubs in the countryside collecting and mounting insects on a board. 376 pp, 46 hand-colored copper plates. Covers rubbed, corners bumped, gilt spine bright, scattered foxing and browning of text and plates, but colors are vivid and unmarked. Very good minus. Volume I (offered here) contains beetles, grasshoppers, mantises, cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids.
GOTTLIEB TOBIAS WILHELM (1758 - 1811) was a Protestant pastor and natural history writer, probably best known for his monumental "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" ("Wilhelm's Discourses on Natural History"). This was issued in weekly instalments from his father's publishing house, with illustrations by renowned Augsburg engraver JACOB XAVER SCHMUZER (1713–1775). Overall scope of the work: 25 volumes (with a total of 1469 illustrations), 19 volumes.
1796 FIRST EDITION OF INSECT VOLUME (MAINLY BEETLES) WITH 46 SPECTACULAR HAND COLORED COPPER PLATES BY RENOWNED AUGSBURG ENGRAVER.
6 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 inches hardcover, green paper covered boards, green leather spine with red leather gilt title label, ink inscription by previous owner dated 3.4.1921 to front free endpaper, engraved title page depicting cherubs in the countryside collecting and mounting insects on a board. 376 pp, 46 hand-colored copper plates. Covers rubbed, corners bumped, gilt spine bright, scattered foxing and browning of text and plates, but colors are vivid and unmarked. Very good minus. Volume I (offered here) contains beetles, grasshoppers, mantises, cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids.
GOTTLIEB TOBIAS WILHELM (1758 - 1811) was a Protestant pastor and natural history writer, probably best known for his monumental "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" ("Wilhelm's Discourses on Natural History"). This was issued in weekly instalments from his father's publishing house, with illustrations by renowned Augsburg engraver JACOB XAVER SCHMUZER (1713–1775). Overall scope of the work: 25 volumes (with a total of 1469 illustrations), 19 volumes.
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Augsburg, in der Martin Engelbrechtischen Kunsthandlung 1798.. 8°. 418 S. mit Kupfertitel mit Vignette u. 52 altkolor. Kupfertaf.; es fehlen die 11 Register-Bll. im Anhang. Späteres HLn. Kanten berieben, Ecken bestoßen, Rücken mit Kleberesten eines Etiketts, Vorsätze erneuert. Titelbl. mit Löschung des Titelzusatzes "dritter Theil". Wenige Seiten oder Taf. mit leichten Randläsuren. - (Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte, Bd. 8) Dritter Teil der Abhandlung über "Insecten", der als 8. Band innerhalb des 25 Bände umfassenden Werkes "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" von Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) erschienen ist. Wilhelm war Pfarrer und widmete sich intensiv der Naturgeschichte. Sein Vater Christian Wilhelm war Kupferstecher und Verleger, er war zudem Inhaber der Engelbrechtschen Buchhandlung in Augsburg. Die Kupfertafeln zeigen u. a. Wespen und Bienen aber auch Krebse.
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Augsburg, Engelbrechtische, 1796 - 1798. Kl.8°, 1. Teil: Gestochenes Titelbl., XLVIII, 376 S. u. 45 (von 46) gestochene u. handkolorierte Taf.; 2. Teil: Gestochenes Titelblatt., 424 S. u. 52 gestochene handkolorierte Taf.; 3. Teil: Gestochenes Titelbl., 418 S., 11 Bl. Register u. 48 (von 52) gestochene handkolorierte Taf., Priv.-HLwd. d. Zt. m. Rundum-Rotschnitt, In Teil 1 fehlt die Taf. 46, in Teil 3 fehlen die Taf. 49 - 52. Rücken min. fleckig u. etw. gebrauchsspurig, etw. berieben, tlw. min. stockfl., Taf. an den Ràndern tlw. knittrig; allg. gutes Ex. Jeweils Erstausgabe. - Der (bis auf 5 Tafeln) vollständige Teil der Insekten (bei 25 Bänden des Gesamtwerks). - Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758 - 1811) war der Sohn des Augsburger Kupferstechers und Kunstverlegers Christian Wilhelm, Inhabers der Martin Engelbrechtischen Kunsthandlung. Er besuchte von 1767 bis 1777 das Gymnasium bei St. Anna, studierte von 1777 bis 1781 in Leipzig Theologie, Philosophie und Philologie bei den Professoren Ernst…
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