London: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelamm, 1908. Tall octavo, TEXT VOLUME: 1430 pp. PLATE VOLUME: 51 uncoloured plates. Half calf, expertly restored with label, marbled boards, new endpapers, tipped in a letter from the author

Anton Handlirsch (1865-1935) was a director of the Naturhistorisches Museum of Vienna but is best known for his monumental Die fossilen insekten, still the most important work on the subject.