Esper (Eugen Johann Christoph) Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, vol.1-3 only (of 5), first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut vignettes, 209 finely hand-coloured engraved plates by Bock, Sturm, Tyroff, Volkart & Walbert after Esper, light stain to plate 25 of vol.2 but plates generally very clean, occasional browning to text, first few leaves of vol.1 lightly water-stained at lower outer corner, half-title to vol.2 lacking small portion from outer margin, contemporary mottled sheep, spines gilt, marbled or pastepaper endpapers, rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, small old paper shelf-labels to spines, [Hagen 215.1; Nissen ZBI 1316], 4to, Erlangen, Wolfgang Walther, 1777-82.