Georg Friedrich Treitschke (August 29, 1776, Leipzig

Leipzig

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, Germany

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 – June 4, 1842, Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

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) was a German librettist, translator and lepidopterist.

In 1800 he came to the Vienna Hofoper. From 1809 to 1814 he was principal of the Viennese Theater an der Wien. He wrote mostly librettos for Paul Wranitzky

Paul Wranitzky

Pavel Vranický was a Moravian classical composer. His brother, Antonín, was also a composer.-Life:...

, Adalbert Gyrowetz

Adalbert Gyrowetz

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 and C. Weigl (Weisenhaus, The Orphanage), and translated many French operas into German. In 1814 he revised the libretto of Fidelio

Fidelio

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 at Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

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's request.

Entomological Works

• with Ochsenheimer, F.
  Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
  Ferdinand Ochsenheimer was a German actor and entomologist .-Life:Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in in Mainz, Germany, and began to show an interest in butterflies and moths in his early youth...
  
  (1825): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 5/1. – Leipzig (Fleischer). XVI + 414 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1825): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 5/2. – Leipzig (Fleischer). 447 + [1] S.
• Treitschke, F. (1826): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 5/3. – Leipzig (Fleischer). IV + 419 + [1] S.
• Treitschke, F. (1827): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 6/1. – Leipzig (Fleischer). VIII + 444 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1828): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 6/2. – Leipzig (Fleischer). 319 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1829): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 7. – Leipzig (Fleischer). VI + 252 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1830): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 8. – Leipzig (Fleischer). VIII + 312 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1832): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 9/1. – Leipzig (Fleischer). VIII + 272 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1833): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 9/2. – Leipzig (Fleischer). 284 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1834): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 10/1. – Leipzig (Fleischer). X + 286 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1835): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 10/2. – Leipzig (Fleischer). [2] + 340 S.
• Treitschke, F. (1835): Die Schmetterlinge von Europa, Band 10/3. – Leipzig (Fleischer). [4] + 302 S.
• Treitschke, F. (Hrsg.) (1840-1843): Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches. Nach William Jardine. Vorwort von K. Vogel. 4 Bände. – Pesth und Leipzig (Hartleben). Ca. 770 S., 180 Taf. (360 Abb.).
• Treitschke, F. (1841): Naturgeschichte der europäischen Schmetterlinge. Schwärmer und Spinner. – Pesth (Hartleben). [9] + XIV + [2] + 222 S., Frontispiz, 30 Taf.