Iacobi Christiani Schaefferi s.s. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum
Subtitle: coloribus naturam referentibus expressae ... = Natèurlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insecten
Contributors: Panzer, Georg Wolfgang Franz, 1755-1829; St. Loibel, I., illustrator; Fischer, H., active 1779, illustrator; Bock, H., active 1779, engraver; Bock, Johann Carl, 1757-1843, engraver; Fridrich, J. M., engraver; Fridrich, Johann Gottlieb, 1742-1809, engraver; Kellner, Joseph, 1749-1814, engraver; Kèuffner, P., engraver; Maag, Johann Nepomuk, approximately 1724-1800, engraver; Rolffsen, Franz Nikolaus, approximately 1719-1802, engraver; Trautner, G. P. (Gustav Philipp), active 1757-1774, engraver; Tyroff, Martin, 1704- , engraver; Aguilar, Jacques d', former owner; Esmein, Jeanne, 1928- , bookplate designer
Publisher: Typis Breitfeldianis
Published: 1779
Place of publication: Ratisbonae
Language: lat
Subjects: Insects; Early works to 1800; Pictorial works
Other titles: Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum; D. Jacobi Christiani Schaefferi Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam; Jacobi Christiani Schaefferi s.s. theologiae et philosophiae doctoris ... Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum; Icones insectorum ratisbonam; Natèurlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insecten
Work titles: Icones insectorum circa Ratisbonam indigenorum
Notes: Second issue of the first edition (printed without the dedications, preface, and portrait of the author which were included in the first issue).

Issued in parts between 1766 and 1779.

Illustrators include Loibel and H. Fischer; engravers include J.C. Bock, H. Bock, J.M. Fridrich, Johann Gottlieb Fridrich, J. Kellner, P. Kèuffner, J.N. Maag, F.N. Rolffsen, G.P. Trautner, and Tyroff.

Plates printed on both sides of the leaf.

Plates are hand-colored.

Includes index.

A supplemental work by G.W.F. Panzer, Systematische Nomenclatur èuber weiland Herrn Dr. Jacob Christian Schèaffers natèurlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insekten, was published at Erlangen in 1804.

Horn & Schenkling. Index litteraturae entomologicae, Band 3, Seite 1053

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 3629

Hagen, H.A. Bibliotheca entomologica, volume 2, page 114

Antiquariaat Junk; purchase; 05/2014; $11,700.00 (with Panzer's Systematische ...)

Text in Latin and German.

SCNHRB copy (volume 1, 39088017988270; volume 2, 39088017988312; volume 3, 39088017988353) is accompanied by Panzer's Systematische Nomenclatur èuber weiland Herrn Dr. Jacob Christian Schèaffers natèurlich ausgemahlte Abbildungen regensburgischer Insekten (Erlangen: J.J. Palm, 1804), with same binding and provenance.

SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Ex libris J. d'Aguilar; signed Jeanne Esmein, no. 116 of 200; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.

SCNHRB copy has a few handwritten annotations in pencil.

SCNHRB copy has a modern antique-style marbled paperboard binding with leather spine; raised bands; and gilt-tooled red leather spine label.