GOEDART (Jean). Métamorphoses naturelles ou Histoire des ins - Lot 177

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GOEDART (Jean). Métamorphoses naturelles ou Histoire des ins - Lot 177
GOEDART (Jean). Métamorphoses naturelles ou Histoire des insectes observée très-exactement suivant leur nature & leurs proprietez. Avec les figures en taille-douce gravées d'après nature. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1700. 3 vol. small in-8° of [10], 238 pp. ; 254 pp. ; 270 pp. Marbled calf, spine with 5 ornate nerves, t. and tom. pages in red morocco, gilded arms on the boards of volumes II and III, ornate spines, red edges (contemporary binding, volumes II and III, volume I). 3 frontispiece titles and portrait of the author engraved by PERSYN, 152 intaglio figures (79 in vol. I, 51 in vol. II and 22 in vol. III, including on 4 folding plates). Johannes GOEDAERT (Middelburg, Netherlands, 1617- id., 1668) was the first to describe the metamorphosis of insects. He produced his own watercolors and engravings. The first editions, entitled Metamorphosis Naturalis, were published as early as 1660. FAVEYRIAL bookplate on 3 vols., bookplate stamp "Dom. C. C. de BOURLAMAQUE" on volume I, volumes II and III with the arms of Frédéric-Gaëtan de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT (1779-1863), author of many historical and literary works; his library numbered some 30,000 volumes (Guigard). Goldsmith, G-511; Graesse, Trésor de livres rares et précieux, III, 101. Arms: Guigard, 288. Some engravings captioned in ink at the time (volume I), some leaves browned, irons on volume I different, some defects to bindings. A good copy, however, complete with engravings.
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