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Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe de la terre a essuiées, contenant des pétrifications et d’autres pierres curieuses, dessinées, gravées et enluminées d’après les originaux, avec leur description par George Wolfgang Knorr.

Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe de la terre a essuiées, contenant des pétrifications et d’autres pierres curieuses, dessinées, gravées et enluminées d’après les originaux, avec leur description par George Wolfgang Knorr.

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Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe de la terre a essuiées, contenant des pétrifications et d’autres pierres curieuses, dessinées, gravées et enluminées d’après les originaux, avec leur description par George Wolfgang Knorr.

by KNORR, Georg Wolfgang et WALCH Johann Ernst Immanuel

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Nuremberg, [1768-1778].

3 folio volumes [410 x 259 mm] of: I/ 1 portrait, (3) ll., 59 pp., 1 engraved title, 127 plates including 10 on double page ; II/ (3) ll., 159 pp., 78 plates including 3 on double-page ; III/ pp. 1 to 172, 68 plates including 2 on double-page.

Full red morocco, covers decorated with a large rocaille dentelle, spines ribbed and decorated with a rich gilt grotesque decoration, inner gilt border, gilt edges. Contemporary dentelle binding.

First French edition "more sought after than the first German edition". (Brunet)

Brunet, III, 682; Nissen 2232; BMC (NH), II 998.

Unique Presentation copy on large paper with a special title sumptuously bound in red Parisian morocco with large rocaille dentelle and with the spines decorated with a superb grotesque gilt decor, illustrated with an aquatint portrait of Walch after J. Elias Haid, 273 engravings, 15 of which on double page, printed in color and enhanced by hand, in contemporary binding without part IV and the text of part III, "as often" (Graesse: "The second part of the third volume, containing the table, is often missing").

Knorr, a German engraver, was born in Nuremberg on December 30, 1705. He first learned the trade of a turner, which he did until the age of eighteen. But he also took up engraving. He even cultivated painting, and painted some landscapes. Later, reading books on natural history gave him a taste for this science, to which he mainly devoted his talent.

A splendid set of this French edition, " plus généralement recherchée que l'originale " (Brunet) of an outstanding scientific work on fossils. The plates include the d-p. plate of the famous Solenhofen quarries.

A very attractive work; the plates in superb condition.

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Nuremberg, [1768-1778].

Trois volumes grand in-folio de : I/ 1 portrait, (3) ff., 59 pp., 1 titre gravé, 127 planches dont 10 sur double page ; II/ (3) ff., 159 pp., 78 planches sont 3 sur double-page ; III/ pp. 1 à 172, 68 planches dont 2 sur double-page.

Plein maroquin rouge, plats ornés d'une large dentelle rocaille, dos à nerfs ornés d'un riche décor doré à la grotesque, coupes décorées, roulette intérieure, tranches dorées. Reliure à dentelle de l'époque.

410 x 259 mm.

Edition originale française " plus généralement recherchée que l'originale allemande ". (Brunet)

Brunet, III, 682 ; Nissen 2232 ; BMC (NH), II 998.

Exemplaire unique de Présent sur grand papier composé d'un titre spécial somptueusement relié à l'époque en maroquin rouge parisien à large dentelle rocaille aux dos ornés d'un superbe décor doré à la grotesque, illustré d'un portrait à l'aquatinte de Walch d'après J. Elias Haid, de 273 estampes gravées dont 15 sur double page, imprimées en couleurs et rehaussées à la main, relié à l'époque sans la partie IV et le texte de la partie III, " as often ". (Graesse : " La 2ème partie du 3ème tome, contenant la table, manque souvent ").

Knorr, graveur allemand, naquit à Nuremberg le 30 décembre 1705. Il avait appris d'abord le métier de tourneur, qui l'occupa jusqu'à l'âge de dix-huit ans. Mais il s'adonna à la gravure. Il cultiva même la peinture, et peignit quelques paysages. Plus tard, la lecture de livres d'histoire naturelle lui donna le goût de cette science, à laquelle il consacra principalement son talent.

A splendid set of this French edition, " plus généralement recherchée que l'originale " (Brunet) of an outstanding scientific work on fossils. The plates include the d-p. plate of the famous Solenhofen quarries.

A very attractive work ; the plates in superb condition.

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Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe de la terre a essuiées, contenant des pétrifications et d’autres pierres curieuses, dessinées, gravées et enluminées d’après les originaux, avec leur description par George Wolfgang Knorr.
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KNORR, Georg Wolfgang et WALCH Johann Ernst Immanuel
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