Description: ~ Welcome to Antiquus Gallery ~ Medium: Color lithograph printed in 10-14 colors. Title & author: Adalbert Seitz, editor - "Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Grossschmetterlinge. Fauna americana. Fauna indo-australica. Fauna africana. Exotica". About the author / work: Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908. Translated as "The Macrolepidoptera of the World" this work was published in three language editions, German, English, & French is renowned for its outstanding color plates, some of which required printing from up to 14 different color blocks (including metallic inks), resulting in quality of color printing so excellent that it has remained unsurpassed. But this meticulous chromolithographic printing was incredibly expensive and labor intensive. The project was hugely ambitious - to cover every known species of the World's Macrolepidoptera, - has started in 1904 but it was plagued by setbacks including two World Wars and was never finished, after almost 50 years the project finally came to an end in 1954. The most important collections of butterflies and moths were consulted including those of L. W. Rothschild of Tring, the British Museum, the Paris Natural History Museum. Publishing info: Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1911 Condition: Good - some age-staining, toning and creasing - please see the scan. Folio size: 9.5" x 12.5" Subject: Lepidoptery, moths, butterflies. ~ Thank you for looking! ~
Price: 8 USD
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-12-11T01:15:36.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.75 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Size: Medium
Production Technique: Lithography
Style: Realism
Item Width: 9.5 in
Material: Gloss Paper, Paper
Time Period Produced: 1900-1924
Type: Print
Features: 1st Edition
Subject: Natural History, Butterflies
Item Length: 12.5 in
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Year of Production: 1911
