Les délices des yeux et de l'esprit, ou Collection générale des différentes espèces de coquillages que la mer renferme, communiquee au public.

2 parts (of 6) in 1 vol., 4to: 52-[16] pp.; 31 pl.; 65 (= 56) pp.; 31 pl. (only some very min. browning towards the margins and a single damp stain).

Contemp. calf (corners rubbed), gilt orn. border on covers (sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (joints splitting, bands rubbed, head and tail def.), marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Good copy.

The first two parts only of the first edition of this splendid work by Knorr (1705-1761), German palaeontologist, painter, engraver & art dealer. Illustrated with 2 beautiful engraved titles and 60 hand-coloured engraved pl. featuring all sorts of shells. At the end of each part a classification table made after Rumpf and Linnaeus.
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 2235. - BnF. - COPAC.
Joined: Moquin-Tandon, A. [Pseud. Frédol, A.] - Le monde de la mer. Illustré de 21 planches sur acier tirées en couleur et de 200 vignettes sur bois dessinées par P. Lackerbauer. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1865. 4to: vii-632 pp. (some spotting, one pl. missing). Contemp. quarter shagreen, blindst. aubergine buckram covers, spine with 4 raised bands (faded), a.e.g. Later edition (first 1863) by the French naturalist and doctor Moquin-Tandon (1804-1863). Ill. with 20 (of 21) chromolithographs. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 2881 (mentions 21 plates: 1-22 and missing pl.19). - COPAC. - Not in Casey A. Wood. (2 vol.)