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Four proof plates for Monographiae Insectorum XVIII. In valle Plauensi delectorum. Verzeichnis der merkwürdigsten Insecten welche in Plauischen Grunde gefunden werden. In: W. G. Becker 1799. Der Plauische Grund bei Dresden mit Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und schöne Gartenkunst.
72225Nürnberg Frauenholzische Kunsthandlung 1799. Four loose plates. Folio 24.3 x 18.5 cm or slighly larger. Each finely engraved and carefully hand-coloured. = In 1799 the German historian Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker 1753-1813 published a work in two volumes titled Der Plauische Grund bei Dresden mit Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und schöne Gartenkunst. Mit fünf und zwanzig Kupferblättern. Beckers work consists of two volumes issued simultaneously. The first was entirely written by himself the second however was by various other authors. On pages 115-120 is a chapter on the entomology of Plauen not to be confused with the town of Plauen also in Saxonia by Peter Ludwig Heinrich Baron von Block 1764-1818 with very fine highly enlarged illustrations of new and poorly known insects from South Eastern Germany mainly beetles i.e. ten species of Staphylinidae or rove beetles which cover just over half the plates and some Diptera Hymenoptera and Hemiptera. The name of the illustrator remained unknown but recently these four Musterblätter proof plates turned up at auction in a map of printed leaves associated with the renowned German natural history artist engraver zoologist and publisher Jacob Sturm 1771-1848. Although his name is not attached to these leaves the accurate modern style - with a great eye to detail - certainly points strongly in his direction. The usual bibliographies for instance those listed below do not mention the name of the artist of von Block's paper. The word Müster Proof written in an old hand in the lower margin of two plates. Plates somewhat soiled but otherwise in a very good condition. Cat BMNH p. 120; Hagen I p. 58; Horn-Schenkling 1643. Not in Nissen. unknown
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