A Childhood Favourite of the Rossettis

GOEDART, Johannes.

Metamorphosis naturalis, ofte historische beschryvinghe vanden oirspronk, aerd, eygenschappen ende vreemde veranderinghen der wormen rupsen, maeden [etc.] Middleburg, Jaques Fierens, [1662–7.]

Two vols, small 8vo, pp. [30], 152, [8]; [20], 288, [16 (index)], with an additional handcoloured engraved title-page in each volume (that in vol I supplied from the French edition published in Amsterdam in 1700), and numerous hand-coloured plates of insects and larvae; some browning and foxing, in worn and dry contemporary calf, rebacked, edges chipped; unidentified European armorial bookplate to front endpaper; ownership inscription of William Michael Rossetti dated 1868, with a note in his hand below dated 1905.

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First edition of an important work of early entomology; a posthumous third volume appeared in 1669. William Michael Rossetti has noted here that ‘This book (a different copy) was a great favourite with Gabriel + the rest of us at a very childish age – say when he was 6 years old’.

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A Childhood Favourite of the Rossettis

GOEDART, Johannes.

Metamorphosis naturalis, ofte historische beschryvinghe vanden oirspronk, aerd, eygenschappen ende vreemde veranderinghen der wormen rupsen, maeden [etc.] Middleburg, Jaques Fierens, [1662–7.]