Each Theil has an engraved, illustrated title page

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

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

Soulsby, B.H. Linnaeus

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SCNHRB copy 39088013952957 has an embossed stamp on t.p. of T. 1: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no.: 153204

SCNHRB copy has a modern green quarter-leather binding with paste-paper boards, a gilt-tooled black leather spine label, and marbled edges

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