(INSECTS.) Roesel von Rosenhof, August Johann. Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung. 3 engraved allegorical additional titles and 275 (of 286?) plates with multiple subjects, all hand-colored; uncolored engraved portrait of the author. 4 volumes. 4to, first 3 volumes in early 20th-century buckram, fourth volume in contemporary calf gilt with spine ends chipped and covers warped and detached; some plates gnawed in margins in Volume 1, worming through much of Volume 2 with varying image and text loss, marginal dampstaining of text in Volume 4. Bookplates of the naturalist William Beebe in first 3 volumes.first edition. Nissen, ZBI 3466. Nuremberg, 1746-61