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SEPP, J.C. Beschouwingen der wonderen Gods, in de minstgeachte schepzelen of Ned. insecten, naar hunne aanmerklyke huishouding, verwonderlyke gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige byzonderheden. Amst., J.C. Sepp (& Zoon), 1762-1860. 8 vols. W. 8 engr./lithogr. ti. & 400 fold out (vols. 1-7) engr./lithogr. plates, all in fine cont. hand colouring. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands , red & orange labels, uncut (except vol. 8). (Binds. rep. in places, ti. label vol. 7 and volume number labels 2 and 7 fail, corners a bit bumped, but interior very clean and with ample margins).
One of the most important Dutch works on Lepidoptera with 400 plates. Its really marvellously executed plates in delicate hand colouring are the culminating point of entomological illustration. A second and third series were issued after 1860. The famous publishing house Sepp & Zoon was a firm which excercised the utmost care in producing colour-plate books of outstanding quality. In the present case Sepp was the author as well as the publisher. "First series started by Christiaan Andreas Sepp together with his son Jan Christiaan (1739-1811) published in issues and in the format after the model chosen by Roesel von Rosenhof; Sepp followed his own path for the descriptions of butterflies and their illustrations. It has become the most important work on Dutch lepidoptera" (Landwehr). - Cobres I, 381: "Ein Werk ohne seines gleichen, in der ungemein sauberen Ausführung, daher höchst schätzbar"; Landwehr, Bks. w. cold. plts., 182; Nissen, BBI/ZBI, 3808.€ 5500
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