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Beautiful depictions of the metamorphoses of butterflies...
L’ADMIRAL, Jacob.
Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de Veranderingen van Veele Insekten of Gekorvene Diertjes... …
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Beautiful depictions of the metamorphoses of butterflies...
L’ADMIRAL, Jacob.
Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de Veranderingen van Veele Insekten of Gekorvene Diertjes... (Accurate Observations of the Changes of Many Insects or Burrowed Animals ...)
[Amsterdam, Johannes Sluyter, 1774].
Copper engraved plate with fine original colour, showing the metamorphosis of butterflies, moths and other flying insects.
L’Admiral (1700-1770), was a gifted amateur entomologist who had studied insects since the age of ten. A year after his death, his collection of butterflies and other insects was sold in auction. This included the original copper plates from the first edition (1740) of of his work Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de Veranderingen van Veele Insekten ... These were augmented by a further eight plates which had been borrowed from L’Admiral by Dr.M Houttuyn, for the butterfly section of his edition of Linnaeus. Thus the 1774 edition was the first complete edition of L’Admiral’s engravings.
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- Dimensions
- 10.75ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 16.25ʺH
- Styles
- Illustration
- Traditional
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Period
- Late 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- Netherlands
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- Some light spotting to margins, otherwise good. Some light spotting to margins, otherwise good. less
Mayfair, London
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