Panzer, G.W.F. — Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten gesammelt und herausgegeben von D.G.W.F. Panzer. Histeridae.

1803-1811? 19 hand-coloured plates (each with a leaf of accompanying text), small oblong (text ca. 15 x 9 cm, plates somewhat shorter, as issued), later (ca. 1900?) half cloth. Ex library Heinrich Bickhardt (German entomologist, 1873-1920), with his stamp on first free endpaper. Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755-1829) was a German physician, botanist and entomologist. He issued a 109 part work on German insects in which each part consisted of a set of loose-leaf species descriptions. Each species was depicted on a plate, in itâÇÖs natural size and hand-coloured, and with an accompanying description leaf. The plates were drawn by Jacob Sturm.