These engravings are with original hand colouring from drawings by Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756-1787) and Krüger. Carl Gustav Jablonsky and Johann F.W. Herbst (1743-1807) were also the editors, Ludwig Schmidt + others. the engravers. The book was entitled " Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten: Schmetterlinge" [Natural History Survey of Insects, Including Related Foreign Ones: Butterflies] Published by Pauli + Reimer, in Berlin between 1783-1804 These prints are from a major entomological work on exotic and European butterflies, originally published with 328 plates and rescued from fragments (hnec the condition of a few) . . Butterflies and other insects were illustrated in hand-coloured print sets for biologists, as well as for aristocrats interested in learning about the latest discoveries of flora and fauna. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's  death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806. Size of engravings 8.25 x 10.25 inches, overall 7 x 8.75 inches, plate mark
**Due to the age there will be small defects all clearly shown but the pages lightened in Photoshop to show the colours or brown butterflies = blobs

**Due to the change in the Latin names etc These will be listed by plate number and large enough images to read used or I will go nuts. Also a part set beetles at the end of page 1
***Priced in two formats large butterflies @ £80 (cost more) smaller  butterflies @ £55 including postage so discounted if bought in quantity***

 

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXXIII  Papilio Drusius  Papilio Gambrisius
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806.  The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXXIV Papilio Amphitrion
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806.  The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804   £55 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXXV Papilio Phidippus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. Jablonsky and Krüger of Berlin designed most of the plates. Jablonsky also began the first complete survey of coleoptera, an order of insects including beetles, borers, weevils and fireflies, a project also taken over by Herbst and published between 1785 and 1806.  The engravers are the same people who worked onMarcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804   £80 each inc delivery

 

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate XXXI Papilio Authomedon
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £55 each inc delivery

 
   
 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXVI  Papilio Helenor
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 
 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XIII  Papilio Antenor
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XIV  Papilio Paris
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XV  Papilio Achates
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXVI  Papilio  Adonis
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XVI  Papilio Alphenor
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XVIII  Papilio Deiphobus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery
overlightened to reveal real colours. . . text is there

 
 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XVII  Papilio Glaucus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XIX  Papilio Pelaus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery  overlightened to reveal real colours. . . text is there

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XX  Papilio Demetrius
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXII  Papilio Metellus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXVII  Papilio Amphimachus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery  diff copy

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  VII  Papilio Polymnestor
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XIVII  Papilio Orontes
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 
 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXXVI  Papilio Aegistus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 
 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXXVIII  Papilio Aurelius
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXXIX  Papilio Cresphontes
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XXVIII  Papilio Demophon
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  VI  Papilio Pandorus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  V  Papilio Panthus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  VIII  Papilio Anceus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XLVIII  Papilio Agamemnon
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  I  Papilio Diomedes
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XI  Papilio Belus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XII  Papilio Androgeus
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  IX  Papilio Anchises
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery

 
 Jablonsky Butterfly   Plate  XI  Papilio Sesostris
Original antique hand-coloured and exceptionally detailed  copper plate engravings on watermarked laid paper originally published with 328 plates from a rare work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky entitled Natursystem aller bekannten in-und ausländischen Insecten.One of the earliest and most comprehensive classifications of butterflies and insects according to the Linnaean taxonomy.  Carl Gustav Jablonsky was a naturalist who also served as private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. He edited the first two volumes of his major work on butterflies; the remaining nine volumes were edited by Johann F.W. Herbst, a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at age 31. The engravers are the same people who worked on Marcus Elieser Bloch's Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, mainly  Ludwig Schmidt.The plate measures approximately 10 1/8 inches by 7 5/8 inches, with original hand colouring & intact plate marks. Published by Pauli/Reimer, in Berlin: between 1783-1804    £80 each inc delivery