Sale: 287 / Rare Books, May 24./25. 2004 → Lot 259
259
Jan Goedart
Metamorphosis. 1662ff.
Estimate:
€ 650 / $ 741 Sold:
€ 737 / $ 840 (incl. surcharge)
259
Jan Goedart
Metamorphosis. 1662ff.
Estimate:
€ 650 / $ 741 Sold:
€ 737 / $ 840 (incl. surcharge)
Nissen 1602. - Horn/Schenkling 8017 (abweich. Koll.). - DSB V, 439. - Erste lateinische Ausgabe, gleichzeitig mit der holländischen erschienen. Meilenstein der entomologischen Literatur. - "One of the earliest authors on entomology, Goedaert was the first to write on the insects of the Netherlands. More important, he was the first to base his dicussions entirely on firsthand observation instead of making the traditional appeal to authority, citing and paraphrasing the work of predecessors" (DSB). - Die reizenden Tafeln tlw. mit mehreren (röm. num.) Abbildungen, alle 3 Tle. insgesamt mit 153 Abb. - Fehlt die Tafel XLII in Bd. I. Erste Lage in Bd. I in sich verbunden. - Nur vereinz. etw. gebräunt und stockfl., 2 Taf. knapp beschnitten. Kanten des Einbds. mit kl. Bezugsdefekten.3 parts in 1 vol. First Latin edition, published at the same time as the Dutch edition. A milestone in entomological literature. With 3 engr. titles, engr. portrait, 2 text engravings and 125 copperplates (of 126). Contemp. vellum. - Lacking plate XIII in vol. I. First quire misbound in itself. Only here and there some browning and foxing, 2 plates cropped close. Edges of binding with little defects in covering.
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