xxxvi, 442, [18] pages, 18 leaves of plates : 42 cm (fol.)

One of the most famous works on conchology, an example of the Golden Age of Viennese natural history book production, which was patronized by the House of Habsburg. The Empress of Austria, Maria Theresa, instructed Born to compile a work on the imperial collection of shells held in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna

Elaborate engraved publisher's device on title page; numerous engraved or woodcut head- and tail-pieces

Hand-colored plates engraved by Schütz or J. Adam after Fr. Fuxeder

Some of the illustrations in the text and plates are signed "C. Schütz inv. et feceit 1779."

Some of the vignettes signed Conti, J.E. Mansfeld sc., C. Schütz

With indexes in Latin, German, Dutch, English, and French

Colophon: Viennae, Litteris Geroldianis

Signatures: [*]² 2*-9*² A-5Z²

Includes bibliographical references and index

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