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374 [NATURAL HISTORY] – [ENTOMOLOGY] – SEPP, J.C. [& C.A.]. Beschouwing der Wonderen Gods, in de Minstgeachte Schepzelen. Of Nederlandsche Insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelyke Huishouding, verwonderlyke Gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige Byzonderheden, [..]. Deel 1-3. Te Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp [vol. 2-3: J.C. Sepp en Zoon], [1762-1795]. 13 Parts in 3 Vols. With 3 engr. frontispieces in a fine CONTEMPORARY HANDCOLOURING , 3 woodcut title-vignettes and 150 engr. plates by C. Sepp all in a fine CONTEMPORARY HANDCOLOURING . 4to, late 19th-cent. unif. half-calf, gilt ribbed spine with two contrasting mor. letterpieces. (3x) ¶ Nissen (ZBI) 3808. Hagen II, 153. Landwehr (Col. Plates) 182. First & only edition of a splendid work on Dutch butterflies. Vols. 1-3 (of 8) only (but complete in itself) published in instalments: all 13 parts with a letterpress divisional title (of which the first six with the imprint ”Gedrukt voor den Auteur”). – A few minor defects to the bindings (spines partly rebacked, backstrips sl. stained). Leaf Ee1 in vol. 3 sl. soiled in inner margin, but else in very good condition.