Dr Adalbert Seitz (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A book if Butterflies, German Lanuage, Book is in good condition, Pages are clean and tight. Front and back outter cover a bit scuffed up from usage, bottom outter corner has small 4 x 2" indentation.

325x250mm, 28 farbige Kunstblätter, felt Kunstblätter: 18, 20 und 28 bis 98, In gutem Zustand. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed. Sammelversand: Die Versandkosten werden nach dem Gesamtgewicht der Bestellung berechnet ? jedes weitere Buch kostet deutlich weniger Porto. Bestellen Sie mehrere Bücher und sparen Sie Versandkosten! / Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate ? order several books from us and save on postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete text & plates. Pp. 616 + 80 chromolithographed plates. The standard of printing of the plates is outstanding. Bound in contemporary half black morocco leather with gilt bands by Wilkinson of Hertford, blue cloth covered boards. Contents clean and tight. Very good.[Bibliographic note: This work is renowned for its outstanding colour plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different colour blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in a quality of colour printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labour intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, but it was plagued by setbacks including two world wars and was never finished; after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum, and so on]. Folio. …

325x250mm, III - 14pages, 4 planches en couleurs Ungeschnittene Seiten. In gutem Zustand. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed. Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate ? order several books from us and save on postage.…

Hardcover. pp.viii, 1141, [3]. Royal 4to. Hardback. Text volume. In German with Latin scientific names. Pages 337 to 344 and 1017 to 1024 professionally provided in facsimile. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine in nr. fine condition.

325x250mm, II - 296Seiten, 30 farbige Kunstblätter, Fehlende Abdeckungen. Ungeschnittene Seiten. In gutem Zustand. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed. Sammelversand: Die Versandkosten werden nach dem Gesamtgewicht der Bestellung berechnet ? jedes weitere Buch kostet deutlich weniger Porto. Bestellen Sie mehrere Bücher und sparen Sie Versandkosten! / Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate ? order several books from us and save on postage.…

325x250mm, II - 360Seiten, 65 farbige Kunstblätter, felt Kunstblätter Nr.: 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 69, 70, 71, 72 und 77, Ungeschnittene Seiten. In gutem Zustand. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed. Sammelversand: Die Versandkosten werden nach dem Gesamtgewicht der Bestellung berechnet ? jedes weitere Buch kostet deutlich weniger Porto. Bestellen Sie mehrere Bücher und sparen Sie Versandkosten! / Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate ? order several books from us and save on postage.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Half leather over cloth, VG+. [vi]+iii+22pp, 30 chromoloithogaphic plates, leather a little rubbed at the corners, otherwise a fine copy. Odd volume of the French edition of the author's 'Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde' which was born of an idea in 1887. The first voume of which appeared in 1909 and continued until 1954. Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, [ 1860 - 1938 ] German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. 2000 grams.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. 416 pages plus 76 pages of plates-though this copy lacks plates #65,70,72,74 & 75. Volume XIII: The Macrolepidoptera of the Ethiopian Region Translated into English by L. B. Prout. rebound in sturdy black cloth with gold lettering on spine. small old circular library call # near top of spine, pocket removed from inside rear cover, stamped on top and leading edge of pages. small library bookplate on inside front cover, stamp on inside rear cover. stamped withdrawn on top edge of pages. plates are very bright and clean. shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire. International shipping will be costly ; Ex University Library; 9 3/4 x 12 5/8".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 613 pages (complete). TEXT ONLY NO PLATES. A generously, avidly owned copy. From the library of Roy Hew Russell Stevenson whose most interesting ex-libris plate is on the front pastedown. Stevenson was a well-connected, diligent lepidopterist who is known as the first to put some order to Rhodesian butterflies. Included is correspondence of lepidopterist concerns, addressed to Stevenson, from Dr Patrick Roche (Senior Pathologist in Charge Forensic Science Laboratory at Oshodi in Nigeria, and from Elliot Pinhey, who became an illustrious lepidopterist as a specialist in African butterflies and odonates. Attached to a frontispage is a map of Southern Rhodesia which is marked and annotated by Stevenson. Captain Stevenson also signed the early pages several times. Rebound by Stevenson whose initials are stamped at the bottom of the spine. Half leather. The leathered corners and spine are worn, scuffed, marked. The boards are also scuffed, marked, with shelving, stacking and handling wear. The contents bear evidence of repeated use throughout. There are annotations. There are storage, age-related marks throughout. Paper-trims are worn. The pages are relaxed. Here and there Stevenson has inserted further notes both typed and handwritten. Despite all the distractions, the pages are clear, generally clean. They are assured and confident, diligent, magisterial in aspect and reality, bold and benevolent, bountiful and amenable. Please note that due to the weight of the book, should the book need be posted to the outside of South Africa, extra postal charges may be required. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The French edition (text in French) of volume 11, complete text & plates, with the publisher's label pasted to the title page, and all published of the French edition of vol. 12. Also, loosely inserted is a copy of an Index to the Indo-Australian Noctuae, an unpublished work by Robinson, H. S. & Robinson, G. S., 1968, on 27 foolscap leaves. Pp. [8], 328 + 44 + typescript index of genera on thick paper titled "Index to genera" bound in at the rear. The last 44 pages are all that was published (in the French edition) of vol. 12 on "Géomètres indo-australiennes" The plate volume includes 64 chromolithographed plates, all with tissue guards, numbered 1-30, 32-42 and 44-49 (the typical complement for the French edition) and then 17 plates (numbered 1-14 and 16-18) for vol. 12 on Geometridae. The standard of printing of the plates is outstanding many heightened with metalic inks. Bound in later plain textured blue cloth, without titling. Very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight. A very good set of volume XI covering the whole of the Noctuides incl. Agaristides and the first part of vol. XII covering the Indo-Australian Geometridae. [Bibliographic note: This work is renowned for its outstanding colour plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different colour blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in a quality of colour printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labour intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, but it was plagued by setbacks including two world wars and was never finished; after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum, and so on. Comparatively recently, having been out of print for over half a century, a number of original sets were discovered in the printer's warehouse and these have been marketed with a heft price tag.] Size: Folio (32 x 25 cm). Book.…

325x250mm, 856Seiten, 152 farbige Kunstblätter, felt Kunsbläter: Nr. 145, 146, 154, 155 und 156, Obere Abdeckung fast freistehend, sonst in gutem Zustand. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed.…

( Rhopalocera Palearctica: Tafelband und Textband ) Der Textband mit 379 Seiten, 3 n.n. Blättern ( Werbeanzeigen ). Der Tafelband mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln in Chromolithographie mit zusammen 3470 Figuren ( Tafeln so vollständig, Tafel 59 ist nach Tafel 60 eingebunden ). Beide Bände in Original-Halbleinwand mit umlaufendem Farbschnitt und goldgeprägtem schmalen Einbandrücken, 4° ( 32 x 26 cm ). Der Tafelband ist gering fleckig, gering berieben, Ecken und Kanten teils gering bestoßen. Die Tafeln von guter und sauberer Erhaltung. Der Textband ist gering berieben, gering fleckig, der schmale Einbandrücken ist zum oberen Kapital hin angeplatzt, die Bindung ist defekt, der Buchblock ist gebrochen, Seiten teils lose ( aber vollständig ). Zusammen 2 Bände. ( Gesamtgewicht ca. 3800 Gramm ) ( Lagerort AZ - Regal ) ( Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage ) / Artikel 26566 /// (Rhopalocera Palearctica: Plate Volume and Text Volume) The text volume contains 379 pages and 3 unnumbered leaves (advertisements). The plate volume contains 89 colored chromolithograph plates with a total of 3470 figures (plates complete except plate 59, which is bound after plate 60). Both volumes are bound in original half-cloth with gilt edges and a narrow, gilt-stamped spine, quarto (32 x 26 cm). The plate volume is slightly foxed and rubbed, with some minor wear to the corners and edges. The plates are in good and clean condition. The text volume is slightly rubbed and foxed, the narrow spine is cracked at the top, the binding is damaged, the text block is broken, and some pages are loose (but complete). Two volumes in total. (Total weight approx. 3800 grams) (Storage location AZ - shelf) (Further images available upon request) / Item 26566.…

Der Textband mit V ( Vorwort und Einleitung ), 479 Seiten, 2 n.n. Blätter ( Werbeanzeigen ). Der Tafelband mit IV Seiten ( Inhaltsverzeichnis ) sowie 25 kolorierten Tafeln in Chromolithographie mit 1977 Figuren ( die Tafeln so vollständig ). Beide Bände in Original-Halbleinwand mit umlaufendem Farbschnitt und goldgeprägtem schmalen Einbandrücken, 4° ( 32 x 26 cm ). Beide Bände sind gering berieben, gering fleckig, Ecken und Kanten teils bestoßen. Innen von jeweils guter und dekorativer Erhaltung. Zusammen 2 Bände. ( Gesamtgewicht ca. 3200 Gramm ) ( Lagerort AZ - Regal ) ( Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage ) / Artikel 26569 /// The text volume with V (preface and introduction), 479 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves (advertisements). The plate volume with IV pages (table of contents) and 25 colored chromolithograph plates with 1977 figures (the plates are complete). Both volumes in original half-cloth binding with gilt edges and narrow gilt spines, 4to (32 x 26 cm). Both volumes show slight rubbing and spotting, with some bumping to the corners and edges. Internally, each is in good and decorative condition. Two volumes in total. (Total weight approx. 3200 grams) (Location: AZ - shelf) (Further images available upon request) / Item 26569.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The English edition. Bound in two volumes; vol. I: pp. (text) [4], iii, 511, [1]; vol. II: [4] + 75 very fine chomolithographed plates. Bound in half leather and cloth covered boards, gilt lettering, good and strong with some light general wear and rubbing to corners and edges. Contents clean and tight, a little foxing to the front free papers. Plates are clean with ruled paper bound in between each plate. A very good copy of vol. 3. [Bibliographic note: This work, which was published in three language editions, German, English, & French is renowned for its outstanding colour plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different colour blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in quality of colour printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labour intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, but it was plagued by setbacks including two world wars and was never finished, after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum, and so on. Comparatively recently, having been out of print for over half a century, a number of original sets were discovered in the printer's warehouse and these have been marketed with a hefty price tag. The publisher tended to use the same casings for each volume regardless of how thick that volume was, so where a volume only consists of say 25 plates, as in this case, the binding/casing appear too large at the spine for the contents.] Size: Folio (32 x 25 cm). Book.…

Der Textband mit Vorwort, 511 Seiten, 2 n.n. Blätter ( Verlagsanzeigen ). Der Tafelband mit IV Seiten ( Inhaltsverzeichnis ) sowie 75 kolorierten Tafeln in Chromolithographie mit 4338 Figuren ( die Tafeln so vollständig ). Beide Bände in Original-Halbleinwand mit umlaufendem Farbschnitt und goldgeprägtem schmalen Einbandrücken, 4° ( 32 x 26 cm ). Der Textband ist gering fleckig, gering berieben, Ecken und Kanten teils gering bestoßen. Der Tafelband ist gering berieben, mit einem Fleck auf dem Vorderdeckel, letzte Tafeln zur äußersten oberen Ecke hin gering angeknickt. Innen von jeweils guter und dekorativer Erhaltung. Zusammen 2 Bände. ( Gesamtgewicht ca. 4000 Gramm ) ( Lagerort AZ - Regal ) ( Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage ) / Artikel 26568 /// The text volume with preface, 511 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves (publisher's advertisements). The plate volume with IV pages (table of contents) and with 75 colored chromolithograph plates with 4338 figures (the plates are complete). Both volumes in original half-cloth binding with gilt edges and narrow gilt spines, 4to (32 x 26 cm). The text volume is slightly foxed, slightly rubbed, corners and edges partly slightly bumped. The plate volume is slightly rubbed, with a stain on the front cover, last panels slightly bent toward the far upper corner. Internally, both are in good and decorative condition. Two volumes together. (Total weight approx. 4000 grams) (Location: AZ - shelf) (Further images available upon request) / Item 26568.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large 4to. vii, [7], 613, [3], v, [3], 80 (plates) pp. In contemporary black cloth, spine gilt. Text and plates bound in one volume, with the separate title pages and errata present. Intended to be an exhaustive account of Butterflies the world over, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge de Erde was begun in 1909 by its editor Adalbert Seitz. Seitz chose to use a 10-14 chromolithography process for the illustrations of his work. The resultant vibrant chromolithographs that were produced have come to be regarded as unsurpassed in beauty and quality. Seitz intended to complete this work by 1912 in three languages (German, French & English). However, this goal was somewhat optimistic as portions of the work were still in process as late as 1954, 17 years after Seitz's death. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge de Erde was halted in that year leaving the project incomplete in all three languages. Contents in very good condition throughout, a little tape-staining to paste-downs and free endpapers, not affecting text. Boards marked internally with the stamp of Des Bartlett the renowned wild-life film-maker and photographer. A heavy item that will require extra postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes, text and plates. Large 4to's. I [4], 387 II 89 (plates) pp. In contemporary navy blue half-calf, spines gilt. Teg. Intended to be an exhaustive account of Butterflies the world over, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge de Erde was begun in 1909 by its editor Adalbert Seitz. Seitz chose to use a 10-14 chromolithography process for the illustrations of his work. The resultant vibrant chromolithographs that were produced have come to be regarded as unsurpassed in beauty and quality. Seitz intended to complete this work by 1912 in three languages (German, French & English). However, this goal was somewhat optimistic as portions of the work were still in process as late as 1954, 17 years after Seitz's death. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge de Erde was halted in that year leaving the project incomplete in all three languages. Joints just starting. Contents in very good condition throughout, a little tape-staining to paste-downs and free endpapers, not affecting text. Boards marked internally with the stamp of Des Bartlett the renowned wild-life film-maker and photographer. A heavy item that will require extra postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The English edition translated by Dr. K. Jordan. Two volumes, complete text & plates. Pp. 479,+ 56 chromolithographed plates. The standard of printing of the plates is outstanding. Bound in contemporary half black morocco leather with cloth-coverd boards, good and strong with a little general wear, corners a little bumped. Contents clean and tight, end papers lightly marked. A very good set of volume 2 covering the Bombyces and the hawkmoths. [Bibliographic note: This work is renowned for its outstanding colour plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different colour blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in a quality of colour printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labour intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, but it was plagued by setbacks including two world wars and was never finished; after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum, and so on. Comparatively recently, having been out of print for over half a century, a number of original sets were discovered in the printer's warehouse and these have been marketed with a hefty price tag.] Size: Folio (30 x 25 cm). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stuttgart: Verlag Verlag des Seitz'schen Werkes (Alfred Kernen), 1913 First Edition. Two Volumes bound in black half leather, chipped and worn to the spine. The First volume text, the second with 56 plates complete. The Plate volume has been bound with lined paper in between the plates, presumably for the previous owner (D Keningale or AF Brazenor) to write notes in. These are all blank with no writing in. Scarce 2 volume set with good clean plates, Palaearctic spelt Paearctic in this 2 volume set. Approximately 13 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine fair to good condition gilt titles, five raised gilt bands, marks and scratches. Joints good condition gently rubbed and worn. Corners good condition gently bumped and worn. Boards good condition leather and buckram boards. Page edges good condition all clean and gemtly tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition terracotta with bookplates to both. End papers good condition terracotta, signed, pencil marks and writing to plain end papers. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition lightly tanned but very clean throughout. Binding good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1913 Binding: Hardback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes, text and plates. Large 4to's. I viii, 1197, [3] II 177 (plates) pp. In matching light burgundy buckram, spines gilt. Intended to be an exhaustive account of Butterflies the world over, Die Gross-Schmetterlinge de Erde was begun in 1909 by its editor Adalbert Seitz. Seitz chose to use a 10-14 chromolithography process for the illustrations of his work. The resultant vibrant chromolithographs that were produced have come to be regarded as unsurpassed in beauty and quality. Seitz intended to complete this work by 1912 in three languages (German, French & English). However, this goal was somewhat optimistic as portions of the work were still in process as late as 1954, 17 years after Seitz's death. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge de Erde was halted in that year leaving the project incomplete in all three languages. Contents in very good condition throughout, a little tape-staining to paste-downs and free endpapers, not affecting text. Boards marked internally with the stamp of Des Bartlett the renowned wild-life film-maker and photographer. A heavy item that will require extra postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes, text and plates separately bound. Bound in cloth, the plates volume rebound in similar cloth preserving original backstrip. Binding edges rubbed; a few marginal tears to the text/plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen, 1933. 32.5 x 26 cm. 2 Volumes in blue Morocco with five raised bands, gilt titling to spine, all edges gilt. Light rubbing to boards, with some wear to corners and spine ends. Text contains half title, but title page and introductory pages are bound into the end of the Plates volume. Due to the size and weight of this set, additional shipping will be requested for international orders. Although Adalbert Seitz initially studied medicine for five years, he then switched to zoology and eventually became the director of the Frankfurt Zoo. In 1908 he retired to work on Die Gross-'Schmetterlinge der Erde', or 'The Macrolepidoptera of the World', which was intended to be a sixteen volume series of all the known larger butterflies and moths of the world. This two-part volume, which has been rebound in beautiful blue Morocco at a later date, has 104 plates printed in 10-14 colors and covers the Indo-Australian bombyces and sphinges. Hard Cover. Very Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Preface dated 1909. The English edition translated by Dr. K. Jordan. Bound in one volume pp. [8], 379, [5] + 89 fine chomolithographed plates. Bound in contemporary (publisher's?) half black leather with black textured cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine. A little general wear and some rubbing to extremities and joints, professional and inconspicuous repair to head and tail of joints. Contents clean and tight, original grey paper endpapers, paper and plates toned as usual, a little offsetting to one or two plates, very short nicks to the lower margins of pages 229-234. Overall a very good copy of sought after vol. I, tome I, which covers European butterflies. [Bibliographic note: This work, which was published in three language editions, German, English, & French is renowned for its outstanding colour plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different colour blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in quality of colour printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labour intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, but it was plagued by setbacks including two world wars and was never finished, after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum, and so on. Comparatively recently, having been out of print for over half a century, a number of original sets were discovered in the printer's warehouse and these have been marketed with a hefty price tag. The publisher tended to use the same casings for each volume regardless of how thick that volume was, so where a volume only consists of say 25 plates, the binding/casing appear too large at the spine for the contents, or alternatively blank pages were inserted at the rear.] Size: Folio (32 x 25 cm). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The French edition (text in French) with the publisher's label pasted to the title page. 2 volumes (complete text & plates) Pp. [12], 663 + typescript on thick paper titled "Index to genera" bound in at the rear. The plate volume includes 104 chromolithographed plates numbered 1-100 but with additional plates 55B, 55C, 56B & 56C. The standard of printing of the plates is outstanding many heightened with metalic inks. Bound in later plain faux-leather blue cloth, without titling. Very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight. A very good set of volume X covering the Bombyces and the hawkmoths. [Bibliographic note: the general title page is dated 1908, the title page for Vol. X is undated but the first part of the text is dated 1911and the last part of the text is dated 1930. The German and English editions of vol. X were completed in 1933 with around 900 pages, so perhaps the last few years were not translated into French, but this copy has its full complement of 104 plates. This work is renowned for its outstanding colour plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different colour blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in a quality of colour printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labour intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, but it was plagued by setbacks including two world wars and was never finished; after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum, and so on. Comparatively recently, having been out of print for over half a century, a number of original sets were discovered in the printer's warehouse and these have been marketed with a hefty price tag.] Size: Folio (32 x 25 cm). Book.…

1. Auflage, NUR DER TAFELBAND.. 1 Bl. (Inhaltsverzeichnis) Mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln, Rücken stärker berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar Sprache: Deutsch 32x26, braunes Ohldr mit Rückentitel auf grünem Rückenschild.

325x255mm, A, B, C - 379Seiten, Schöner Einband. Name des Eigentümers, sonst Schönes Exemplar. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed.…

325x255mm, III - 511Seiten, Schöner Einband. Schönes Exemplar. Envois Europe : TVA inclus dans montant final. Exceptions taxes postales locales à la charge de l'acheteur (~2 EUR). Si nécéssaire, contact via notre page d'accueil / Shipping to Europe : VAT included in total amount. Local postal fees apply to buyers in Europe (~2 EUR). Contact us via our homepage if needed.…

1. Auflage, NUR DER TEXTBAND.. 3 Bl., V, 479 Seiten, Einband etwas fleckig, sonst gutes Exemplar Sprache: Deutsch 32x26, braunes Ohln mit Rückentitel auf hellem Rückenschild.