Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen... Papillons Exotiques, 5 vol. including supplement, text in Dutch and French printed in double column, 3 engraved frontispieces of which 2 hand-coloured, 442 hand-coloured engraved, plates, contemporary half calf, red and green morocco labels to spines, old repairs to most spine ends and a few joints and corners, edges uncut, [Landwehr 53; Nissen ZBI 985], 4to, Amsterdam & Utrecht, S.J. Baalde and Barthelemy Wild [&] Nic.Thi Gravius, 1779-91.

⁂ Attractive early iconography on exotic butterflies, complete with the very scarce supplement. The work is often celebrated as the first book on exotic butterflies arranged in accordance with the Linnaean system and provided with coloured plates.

Pieter Cramer died in 1777 after the eighth instalment was ready for the press and the publication was continued by Stoll. "He was a man of some wealth and he indulged quite lavishly his large cabinet of 'natural curiosities'. Cramer corresponded extensively with fellow butterfly-lovers all over Europe and knew of their collections and publications. He became fascinated by the butterflies of the East and West Indies in particular, and purchased many specimens for his own collection. Having decided to start work on his great magnum opus, he employed the Dutch artist Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz to paint the specimens, both from his own cabinet and many others... some 1650 different species are illustrated with both the upper and underside of the wings." (P. Gilbert. Butterfly Collectors and Painters, p.56)

The list of subscribers lists several famous naturalists such as: P. Boddaert, N.L. Burman, D. Drury, J.C. Fuesli, C. de Geer, Geoffroy P. Lyonet, Th. Martyn, J.C. Sepp, M. Slabber, C. Stoll, C.P. Thunberg, A.L. Wirsing, as well as the Prince of Orange.