This over 225 year old original antique handcolored copperplate engraving is taken from a fragment of
Carl Gustav Jablonsky’s famous work „Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten. Der
Schmetterlinge erster Theil” (Natural History Survey of Insects, Including Related Foreign Ones: Butterflies),
engraved by Ludwig Schmidt, and published by Ben Joachim Pauli in Berlin/Germany, 1783.
Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756-1787) was a naturalist, entomologist and illusstrator who also was 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 (1743-1807) a German naturalist and entomologist, after Jablonsky's untimely death at the age of 31.
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. A great number of the plates were drawn by Jablonsky himself. The work should be considered a first attempt to a total survey of the coleoptera.
Jablonsky’s "Natursystem" is among the most famous and charming scientific works of the 18th Century, and even one of the
most attractive early works on coleoptera, originally published with 328 plates influenced by Carl von Linnée (1707 – 1778).
Linnée’s work represents the starting point of binomial nomenclature. In addition he developed, during the great 18th century expansion
of natural history knowledge, what became known as the Linnaean taxonomy. These plates showing exotic and european insects were
produced in the Age of Enlightenment, when various animal species were first classified in accordance with the system developed by Linnée
and all forms of natural specimens were illustrated in hand-colored print sets for biologists, as well as for aristocrats interested in learning about
the latest discoveries of flora and fauna. These plates combine scientific accuracy and a sophisticated aesthetic sense, with artistic arrangements
of the animals highlighting their natural shapes, colors and decorative patterns.
SIZE:
approx. 10,20'' x 8,43''/25,9 cm x 21,4 cm
QUALITY:
The condition of the plate is nearly excellent (light creased)- the handcoloring is bright and the
colors are remarkable, as they are vibrant and clear on the chain-linked, watermarked paper.
Please review the photo carefully as it is very accurate.
All our prints are ORIGINAL ANTIQUES!
This print is accompanied by a copy of the original antique title!
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