Author: PHILIPPI R(udolph) A(mandus) -
Title: Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien.
Description: Cassel, Theodor Fischer, 1845-1851, tre volumi in-4to (cm. 28 x 21,5), legatura cartonata coeva con tasselli in carta ai dorsi, pp. 204-(8) + 231-(8) + 81-138-(6) con 143 (di 144: manca la prima del vol. II) tavole litografiche colorate a mano; ca. 900 le specie illustrate. Cfr. Schierenberg, Holland : "The German (later Chilean) conchologist Rudolf Philippi (1808-1904) initiated and edited this series, but he was not its only author. Contributors include various specialists such as Dunker, Koch, Pfeiffer, a.o. Philippi made several other contributions to conchology, this being the largest and most important one. Genera treated include, for instance: Pecten, Haliotis, Trochus, Solen, Littorina, Venus, Natica, Helix, Bulimus, Achatina, Nerita, Strombus, etc., etc. The Veneridae, Arcidae, Helicidae (s.l.), Melaniidae, Trochidae, Bulimidae, Unionidae, Tellinidae, and Fasciolariidae are particularly well represented. As are the Littorinidae. The fine plates were printed by the famous "lithographische Anstalt von Th. Fischer in Cassel" and most probably all drawn by Philippi himself. In each volume, the important index of shells is present. The plate numbering is erratic, the page numbering even more so. Some text a bit foxed, or more uniformly tanned, as usual. [...] Spotting and tanning are frequent in copies of this series". Anche qui, in effetti, bruniture diffuse; manca la prima tavola nel vol. II. Ma buon esemplare di questa fondamentale opera malacologica, completa dei suoi tre volumi. Caprotti, p. 210; Nissen, ZBI, 3154.
Keywords: (Malacologia)
Title: Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien.
Description: Cassel, Theodor Fischer, 1845-1851, tre volumi in-4to (cm. 28 x 21,5), legatura cartonata coeva con tasselli in carta ai dorsi, pp. 204-(8) + 231-(8) + 81-138-(6) con 143 (di 144: manca la prima del vol. II) tavole litografiche colorate a mano; ca. 900 le specie illustrate. Cfr. Schierenberg, Holland : "The German (later Chilean) conchologist Rudolf Philippi (1808-1904) initiated and edited this series, but he was not its only author. Contributors include various specialists such as Dunker, Koch, Pfeiffer, a.o. Philippi made several other contributions to conchology, this being the largest and most important one. Genera treated include, for instance: Pecten, Haliotis, Trochus, Solen, Littorina, Venus, Natica, Helix, Bulimus, Achatina, Nerita, Strombus, etc., etc. The Veneridae, Arcidae, Helicidae (s.l.), Melaniidae, Trochidae, Bulimidae, Unionidae, Tellinidae, and Fasciolariidae are particularly well represented. As are the Littorinidae. The fine plates were printed by the famous "lithographische Anstalt von Th. Fischer in Cassel" and most probably all drawn by Philippi himself. In each volume, the important index of shells is present. The plate numbering is erratic, the page numbering even more so. Some text a bit foxed, or more uniformly tanned, as usual. [...] Spotting and tanning are frequent in copies of this series". Anche qui, in effetti, bruniture diffuse; manca la prima tavola nel vol. II. Ma buon esemplare di questa fondamentale opera malacologica, completa dei suoi tre volumi. Caprotti, p. 210; Nissen, ZBI, 3154.
Keywords: (Malacologia)
Price: EUR 2000.00 = appr. US$ 2173.69 Seller: Libreria Piani
- Book number: 2-93909
- Book number: 2-93909