Author: Bohadsch, J.B.
Title: De quibusdam animalibus marinis, eorumque proprietatibus, orbi litterario vel nondum vel minus notis, liber.
Description: 1761 [18], 169 p., 12 folded engraved pls, title-page with vignette, and another large vignette depicting a portrait (of the author?), contemporary full calf, spine gilt (skilfully rebacked), contemporary marbled end papers. Small, faint library stamp on title-page. A little unobtrusive worming in the inner margin of first few pages. Some scattered foxing spots but mostly clean. The scarce first edition, there was a later German edition in 1776. This work mainly treats Molluscs (Mainly Nudibranchs) and Coelenterates. The first five plates depict Seahares and Nudibranchs and their anatomy, Plates 6-7 depict Holothurians, Plates 8-9 depict Coelenterates (Sea pens and Alcyonaria), Plate 10 depicts Tunicates, Plate 11 depicts shark and ray's eggs, Plate 12 depicts eggs of Squid. Johann Babtist Bohadsch (1724-1768) was a scientist from Prague who visited Italy in 1757-1759 and studied and draw lesser known marine invertebrates. Caprotti p. 46.

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