RUMPF, Georg Eberhard (1628-1702). [Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, etc. ut & cochlearum  quibus accedunt conchylia,  denique mineralia.] Leiden: Peter van der Aa, 1711.
RUMPF, Georg Eberhard (1628-1702). [Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, etc. ut & cochlearum quibus accedunt conchylia, denique mineralia.] Leiden: Peter van der Aa, 1711.

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RUMPF, Georg Eberhard (1628-1702). [Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum; quales sunt cancri, echini, echinometra, stellae marinae, etc. ut & cochlearum quibus accedunt conchylia, denique mineralia.] Leiden: Peter van der Aa, 1711.

2o (440 x 318 mm). Engraved title and 60 engraved plates (45 hand colored). (Lacks printed title and text.) Contemporary calf (some light wear and staining). Provenance: D. Jordaan (bookplate).

FIRST LATIN EDITION. The detailed illustrations are from the 1705 Dutch work D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer and depict shells, sea urchins, crabs and lobsters, etc. Nissen ZBI 3520.

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