Dr. Sulzers Abgekürtze Geschichte der Insecten : nach dem Linaeischen System : Erster[-Zweeter] Theil

Title Variants

Alternative: Abgekürtze Geschichte der Insecten
Alternative: Abgekürtze Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linaeischen System
Alternative: Insecten Linaeischen System
Uniform: Abgekürtze Geschichte der Insecten

By

Sulzer, J. H. (Johann Heinrich), 1735-1813

Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
Römer, J. J. (Johann Jacob), 1763-1819 , Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata.
Schellenberg, Johann Rudolf, 1740-1806 , ill.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Winterthur, Bey H. Steiner, 1776

Notes

Each Theil has an engraved, illustrated title page.

Both Theils have engr. title-pages.

Plates are hand-colored.

Theil 2 has a variant sub-title: Welcher XXXII ausgemahlte Kupfertafeln enthält.

"The so-called supplement, quoted by Engelmann, is J. J. Römer's 'Genera Insectorum Linnari et Fabricii' consisting of a re-issue of the plates in this work with five new ones, and accompanied by brief Latin diagnoses"--BM (NH) online catalog record.

The plates are hand-colored, and signed by the engraver / illustrator J.R. Schellenberg.

Head- and tail-pieces (some engraved by Sulzer); initials; side-notes.

Collation: T. 1. xxviii, 274 p.; T. 2. [2], 71, [1] p., XXXII leaves of plates.

Errata on final p. of T. 2.

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | I, 4040

Soulsby, B.H. Linnaeus, | 1225

Subjects

Crustacea , Early works to 1800 , Insects , Pictorial works

BHL Collections

Dazzling Diversity: The Insect World

Call Number

QL463 .S95a

Language

German

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11198
OCLC: 7642872
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51388294