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KNORR, Georg Wolffgang. Les Delices des Yeux et de l'Esprit, ou Collection générale des differentes Especes de Coquillages que la mer renferme. Nuremburg: 1760-1773.
6 volumes in 3, 4° (265 x 208mm). Hand-coloured engraved titles and 190 hand-coloured plates by J.C. Dietsch, J.C. Keller and others after V. Bischoff, J.A. Eisenmann and others. (1 plate slightly stained, some leaves slightly dust-soiled.) Contemporary diced russia (slightly rubbed, head of spine of vol.III worn).
First edition of the French text of Knorr's elegant work on sea-shells. Nissen ZBI 2235. (3)
6 volumes in 3, 4° (265 x 208mm). Hand-coloured engraved titles and 190 hand-coloured plates by J.C. Dietsch, J.C. Keller and others after V. Bischoff, J.A. Eisenmann and others. (1 plate slightly stained, some leaves slightly dust-soiled.) Contemporary diced russia (slightly rubbed, head of spine of vol.III worn).
First edition of the French text of Knorr's elegant work on sea-shells. Nissen ZBI 2235. (3)