Lot 278 
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A. J. Rösel von Rosenhof
Historia Ranarum, 1758
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 7,080 Sold:
€ 8,400 / $ 9,912 (incl. surcharge)
Nissen 3464. - Agassiz IV, 211. - Graesse VI, 146. - First edition of this important monography on frogs, a masterpiece of zoological book illustration in the 18th century. Each plate twice at hand, once splendidly coloured the other in outline engraving. Descriptions in Latin and German parallel text. - Complete copy with preface by A. von Haller, All copper vignettes (some with views from the area around Nuremberg) and the splendid copper title by M. Tyroff, also after a drawing by Rösel. - Just sligthly stained in places, few crease marks. Binding scuffed and scraped. Modern ex-libris.
278
A. J. Rösel von Rosenhof
Historia Ranarum, 1758
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 7,080 Sold:
€ 8,400 / $ 9,912 (incl. surcharge)
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