[ENGRAMELLE Jacques Louis Florentin]

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[ENGRAMELLE Jacques Louis Florentin]
Butterflies of Europe... Paris, P. M.Delaguette et Basan & Poignant, 1779-1782. 3 vol. in-4, 22 x 29cm, [4] ff, XXXIV +160 pp., [1] ff, 46 pp. (numbered 161-206) +XII pp. & [3] ff, 138 pp. (numbered 207-344) & [2] ff, X +132 pp, frontispiece and XLVIII + III pl. & XXXVI pl. (numbered XLIX-LXXXIV) +VIII pl. & XXXVIII pl. (numbered LXXXV-CXXII), contemporary binding, signed Derome le Jeune, in red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, spines decorated with neo-classical vases and gilt fillets, double gilt fillet on the edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges. The first three volumes (out of eight) of one of the most beautiful entomological works of the 18th century, printed at 250 copies. Illustrated with 122 superb plates of which 119 finely colored engraved by J.J.Juillet after Jean-Jacques Ernst, Fossier, Zell, F.Kraul, M.E.Hochecker. Title-frontispiece engraved by Juillet after Le Sueur, colored. Engraved dedication leaf with armorial band drawn and engraved by Geradon. Beautiful copy finely bound by Nicolas-Denis Derome, with its label. Corners and spines rubbed, small accident with missing cap of the second volume.
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