Panzer, G. W. F. — Faunae insectorum Germanicae initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten. Part 112 (Volume 37).

Nürnberg, Felschecker, [1829]. Small oblong 8vo (9.6 x 12.6 cm). 24 hand-coloured, engraved plates with explanatory text leaves. Early 20th-century green half calf over brown paper boards. Spine with three raised bands and gilt title. Original front cover with index bound in. = This part contains beetles (e.g., several Coccinellidae), Lepidoptera, and a few Hemiptera, and Diptera. Provence: entomological bookplate of Georg Frey (1902-1976), founder of the Museum Frey, mounted on the front pastedown, opposite an armorial bookplate of Georg's son, Herbert Frey (mounted on the facing front free endpaper recto). Leather partly sunned, from green to brown; a rather clumsy repair to the index leaf, otherwise a very good, clean copy with aninteresting provenance. Rare. Hagen II, p. 27; Horn-Schenkling, 16726; Nissen ZBI, 3084.