RARE BEAUTIFUL FIRST EDITION by Johann Heinrich SULZER (1735-1814) of "HISTORY OF INSECTS" on hundreds of insect species. The ATLAS is complete with 32 numbered, hand-coloured illustrations with great detail and beautiful colours. There are no copies for sale on the market, only one future auction in 16 April with a starting base of 2000 euros. The atlas deals with hundreds of species such as butterflies, moths, beetles, bugs, bees, wasps, dragonflies, flies, spiders, grasshoppers, scorpions, arthropods. All orders/families of insects are represented (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Acrididae etc...), furthermore crustaceans such as crabs, shrimps, prawns are also illustrated. Engravings are by SULZER and Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (1740-1806), a Swiss artist, writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insects. During his career he performed illustrative work for Johann Heinrich SULZER, Johannes Gessner, Johann Kaspar Lavater and Johann Kaspar Füssli. The municipal library in Winterthur has about 4000 of his insect watercolors.
