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Cramer & Stoll's Papillons exotiques.. - 5 Volumes with 442 Hand-colored Entomology Engravings - This stunning five volume work with 442 hand-colored engravings is Pieter Cramer and Caspar Stoll’s De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen... Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l’Asie, l’Afrique et l’Amerique . The work was published in Amsterdam and Utrecht between 1775 and 1784 b y S. J. Baalde and Barthelemy Wild. The work was likely of an edition of 500 published based on the subscribers list. The work is bound in Morocco and was done in 1900 for Henry Arthur Johnstone. The work features his gold-stamped coat of arms, supralibros. Butterflies are on the back and front covers and blind-stamped. Endpapers are dated 1899. It features 442 originally hand-colored copper engravings of months and butterflies, fontispieces (two with color), and title pages.Pieter Cramer was the primary author, while Casper Stoll completed the project after Cramer’s passing in 1777. Gerrit Lambertz was the commissioned colorist for the work. Each hand-colored engraving featured exotic butterflies and moths. Papillons Exotiques is the first work on entomology which was arranged according to the Linnean method. Over 1700 species were depicted in the work. Provenance: Henry Arthur Johnstone Paper Size: Paper ~ 8 1/2” by 11”; Binding ~ 9 1/2” by 11 3/8”