Systema Antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus

Description:

First edition. This volume is devoted to Diptera. Johann Christian Fabricius (1745-1808) was a Danish entomologist and a student of Linnaeus. He is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, he described many new species and established the basis for modern insect classification.

Horn-Schenkling 6223; Evenhuis (1997) Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum. Vol. I, p. 250.

Condition

8vo (210x130mm), rebound in later (20th century) qtr buckram, marbled boards, marbed edges. Some foxing. Vg.