Jacob Sturm

Feddersen, Jacob Friedrich, Lefivernes-Bestrifning öfwer Christof. Chr. Sturm, Pastor wid St. Petri i Hamburg. Stockholm, Anders Jac. Nordström 1787.
Ein Jahr zuvor war in Hamburg bei Herold die Erstausgabe unter dem Titel "Christoph Christian Sturm's gewesenen Hauptpastors zu St. Petri und Scholarchen in Hamburg, Leben und Charakter, von Jacob Friedrich Feddersen, Hof- und Domprediger zu Braunschweig, Mitglied der Erziehungsgesellschaft zu Stockholm" erschienen. - Broschur mit Randläsuren, Bll. etw. stockfleckig.

Mit 1 gest. Portrait als Frontispiz. 77 S. Kl.-8vo. Brosch. d. Zt.

[SW: Christoph Christian Sturm, Religion, Hamburg, Theologie, Jacob Friedrich Feddersen]

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STURM, J. & J.W. Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. 1796

Nürnberg, gedrückt auf Kosten der Verfassers, (1796-] 1798-1862. 163 parts (in 136 volumes). Small-8vo (145 x 95mm) With 2336 coloured plates. Publisher's printed wrappers or old wrappers Apart from 4 text leaves which are lacking in the section on phanerogams and replaced by photocopies, and 11 text leaves and the last 2 parts 35 & 36 (containing plates 49-72 and explanatory text) of the section on fungi and also replaced by (coloured) photocopies, a complete set of this rare work. The 'Deutschlands Flora' is composed in 3 different sections. The first one 'Phanerogamen' has 96 parts with 1440 handcoloured engraved plates, the second section 'Cryptogamen' has 31 parts with 416 handcoloured engraved plates and the third part 'Pilze' has 36 parts with 480 coloured plates. A complete set has not been on the market since decades. Jacob Sturm (1771 -1848) may be considered the most famous engraver of entomological and botanical scientific publications in Germany at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. During this period Nürnberg still was the centre of fine natural history book production in Germany. Sturm became a great collector of insects and founded the Nürnberg Society for Natural History. His plates are very delicately drawn and depict the smallest details and enjoyed a great popularity among naturalists. As most of his works were published in a small format, they could be purchased by a larger public. "The book contains... neat and attractive little engravings, no more than 5 in. by 3 1/2 in. in size... He thus deliberately chose this minute format in order to make a knowledge of the German flora available by pictures to as many as possible and as cheaply as possible. Despite their smallness, they carry a surprising amount of detail. Jacob Sturm learnt his art from his father, Johann Georg Sturm, who was also a Nuremberg engraver" (Blunt & Stearn p.258-260). Junk 'Rara' I p. 68; Hilpert 'Zum Andenken an Dr. Jacob Sturm, den Ikonographen der deutschen Flora und Fauna', p. 18.

[SW: Floras / Plantgeography/Botany/Cryptogams/Fungi / Mycology / Mushrooms/Germany]

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(STURM, J.). Abbildungen zu Karl Illigers Übersetzung von Olivier's Entomologie oder Naturgeschichte der Insecten mit ihren Gattungs- und Artmerkmalen, ihrer Beschreibung und Synonymie... KÄFER. 1802

Nürnberg, Jacob Sturm, 1802-1803. 2 volumes, consisting of 16 parts (bound in one). 4to (217 x 175 mm). pp. iv, 136; 132, with 96 fine handcoloured engraved plates. Recent marbled boards, spine with gilt lettered label. A scarce work with all the 16 titles to the parts, as well as a general title to volume one and two. Johann Carl Illiger (1775-1815) made a German translation of G.A. Olivier's famous 'Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes... Coleopteres' (1789-1808). This German edition was published without plates. For the present work plates of Olivier's work were re-engraved and put in a different order and composition. A new text, in German and Latin, was written to accompany the plates. It is a companion work to Illiger's translation which is according to Horn & Schenkling scarce. The plates according to J.W. Hilpert, 'Zum Andenken an Dr. Jacob Sturm', Nürnberg 1840, p. 17, were not engraved by Sturm. Apart from being an engraver Sturm's main interest were coleoptera, he was a member of the famous Sturm family of artists and engravers, and co-founder of the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft in Nürnberg. Nissen ZBI, 4029; Horn-Schenkling 21699.

[SW: Coleoptera / Beetles]

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Sturm, Jacob (Verf.) / Corda, A.J. (Bearb.): Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen / Deutschlands Jungermannien, 1. bis 3. Heft oder II. Abtheilung, 19. bis 21.Heft, . Nürnberg, Jacob Sturm, 1829/1832,

lose Lagen u. lose Tafeln, Papiereinbände der Orig.Hefte nur noch z.Teil vorhanden, teils minimale Randläsuren, kaum gebräunt oder stockfleckig, bei letzter Tafel fehlt ein Eckstück (kein Bild- oder Textverlust), ca. H 13,5x9,5 cm, mit 186 64 S. Text, mit allen 48 altkolorierten Kupfertafeln,

[SW: Botanik Deutschland]

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