[ENTOMOLOGY - ERNST (Jean-Jacques) & - Lot 254

[ENTOMOLOGY - ERNST (Jean-Jacques) & ENGRAMELLE (Marie Dominique Joseph)]. Insects d'Europe peints d'après nature par M. Ernst, gravés par M. Gerardin [...] Premiere partie. Gerardin [...] Premiere partie. Les Chenilles Crysalides et Butterflies. Described by R. P. Engramelle. À Paris, Chez M.rs Ernst & Gerardin, De Laguette, Imprimeur, Libr., Bazan et Poignant, s.d. [1779]. In-4°, green morocco green morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title page, gilt edges (period binding). binding). One watercolor title-frontispiece, two engraved dedication pages with vignette bearing the arms of Jean-Baptiste-François GIGOT d'ORCY (1737- 1793), to whom the work is dedicated, and 51 plates engraved by GERARDIN, JUILLET, RANSONNETTE, STAIGNAND & NANGIS- REGNAULT, including 48 hand-watercolored butterflies by ERNST and three of hunting equipment. Copy on hollande. Title and false-title lacking; spine faded; some spotting on boards. boards. Nissen, ZB 1300.