192 - Rösel von Rosenhof, AJ The monthly published Insect Amusement..., in which the insects divided into six classes... are depicted... by Rösel's son-in-law and mimeographer CFC Kleemann with many new observations and annotations, here and there augmented and improved. 5 volumes and 1 supplement volume in 6 volumes. Nuremberg, self-published or Rösel's heirs and Rasp, 1749-1792. With a total of 3 hand-colored frontispieces, 2 portrait frontispieces and 340 hand-colored copperplate engravings (4 of which are folded). Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels each and rich re-embellishment (spine labels numbered IV and I).

Rösel von Rosenhof, AJ The monthly published Insect Amusement..., in which the insects divided into six classes... are depicted... by Rösel's son-in-law and mimeographer CFC Kleemann with many new observations and annotations, here and there augmented and improved. 5 volumes and 1 supplement volume in 6 volumes. Nuremberg, self-published or Rösel's heirs and Rasp, 1749-1792. With a total of 3 hand-colored frontispieces, 2 portrait frontispieces and 340 hand-colored copperplate engravings (4 of which are folded). Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels each and rich re-embellishment (spine labels numbered IV and I). Nissen ZBI 3466: 'One of the finest German books on insects'; Horn/Schenkling 18267. - One of the most beautiful German insect books of the 18th century, the plates in fine old coloring 'are among the best we know in this field' (Junk, Rara, pp. 159ff.). - Collation: Volume I: Title, 20 leaves (Preface), 6 leaves (Preliminary Report), 64 pages, 376 pages ('Short Preliminary Report on the First Contribution to the History of Nature and Insects...'); Volume II: 8, 24 pages, pages 9-72, 28, 16 pages, 2 leaves, 32 pages, 6 leaves, 76 pages, 1 leaf, 200, 64, 52 pages, 9 leaves; Volume III: 6 leaves, 624 pages, 4 leaves; Volume IV: 6 leaves, 48, 264 pages, 2 leaves; Volume V: 6 leaves, 60 pages, 6 leaves, 64 pages, 6 leaves, 312 pages, 8 leaves, 48, 48 pages, 12 leaves; Volume I: 2 leaves, 16, 404 pages. - In the first volume, the first supplementary volume by Kleemann follows the first 64 pages. - Probably a mixed edition of the fine German work on insects, published in four volumes from 1740-1761; the number of copperplate engravings varies. - A good copy, with only a few minor foxing or brown spots. - Small, engraved monogram bookplate on the endpapers, small contemporary monogram stamp on the title pages.