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372 [NATURAL HISTORY] – [ENTOMOLOGY] – [RÖSEL VAN ROSENHOF, A.J.]. Collection of 146 18th-cent. engr. plates (dep. various butterflies & insects) by A.J. Rösel von Rosenhof , all in a fine CONTEMPORARY HANDCOLOURING, taken from: A.J. Rösel van Rosenhof, “De Natuurlyke Historie Der Insecten; Voorzien met naar ’t Leven getekende en gekoleurde Plaaten [..]” (Haarlem/ Amsterdam, C.H. Bohn [a.o.], 1764-1782). Nearly all ca. 18 x 14 cm., in a portfolio. (146x) ¶ Cf. Nissen (ZBI) 3467 & Landwehr (Col. Plates) 161. Nice collection of engravings taken from one of the most beautiful 18th-century works on insects by the German entomologist August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (1705-1759). – Most engravings with annotations in pencil and/or black ink in outer blank margins, but nevertheless in very good condition.