[Fossils/Shells] GUALTIERI, Niccolò. Index testarum conchyliorum. Firenze, C. Albizzini, 1742•
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folio, mm. 465x325; contemporary sewing cardboard binding; half title, figured Frontispiece, Portrait, Front. in black and red with great vignette landscape , pp. XIII, number. da VII, 1, 110 plates numbering with explanatory text in the face, 16 not numbered leaves among the plates, with red and black titles, 17 woodcuts in the text of which 13 a p.p., 2 illustrated initials, 3 big vignette engraved.• A total of 17 engravings in the text and 112 engraved copper plates at full page. ••Rare first beautifully illustrated edition. The work, of great scientific interest, describes in detail hundreds of shells and corals of personal museum of the famous naturalist, professor of medicine in Pisa and physician of Cosimo III de 'Medici. The importance of this collection is also demonstrated by the fact that it was being studied by Linnaeus, who in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae used many of these shells as "type" on which to compare the samples to classify. The beautiful allegorical frontispiece is designed by Campiglia, the portrait of the author by oval is designed by Mary Magdalene Gozzi, all engraved by Pazzi. The boards are drawn by Menabuoni: those numbered are etched from Pazzi, while the tables in the text, are engraved by Bernard Sgrilli. •Nissen ZBI 1 7 36; Dance Shell Collecting, p.57; Cobres, n. 23.
Three contemporary reinforced plates. Some foxing but fresh specimen in beards. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Three contemporary reinforced plates. Some foxing but fresh specimen in beards. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
