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KNORR, Georg Wofgang (1705-1761). Les Delices des Yeux et de l'Esprit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Especes de Coquillages. Nuremberg: 1760-1773.
6 volumes in three, 4° (256 x 204mm). Six engraved additional titles and 190 plates, all coloured by hand, by V.Bischoff, J.A.Eisenmann and others after J.C.Dietzsch, J.C.Keller and others. Contemporary English tree calf, flat-backed spines with red and green morocco lettering-pieces, edges stripped red and yellow (neatly rebacked, original spines laid-down, extremities a little scuffed).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH FRENCH TEXT of Knorr's elegant work on sea-shells. Nissen ZBI 2235. (3)
6 volumes in three, 4° (256 x 204mm). Six engraved additional titles and 190 plates, all coloured by hand, by V.Bischoff, J.A.Eisenmann and others after J.C.Dietzsch, J.C.Keller and others. Contemporary English tree calf, flat-backed spines with red and green morocco lettering-pieces, edges stripped red and yellow (neatly rebacked, original spines laid-down, extremities a little scuffed).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH FRENCH TEXT of Knorr's elegant work on sea-shells. Nissen ZBI 2235. (3)