A seldom-seen work clarifying Chiereghini's important work on Mediterranean shells
Brusina, S.
Biblioteca malacologica II. Ipsa Chiereghinii conchylia. Ovvero contribuzione pella malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto. Descrizione de' crostacei, de' testacei, e de' pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori. Dall' abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. Illustrata.
Published
1870
Item ID
74992
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Pisa, Editori della Biblioteca Malacologica, 1870. 8vo (22.6 x 15.2 cm). 280 pp. Later blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
An important work by the Croatian malacologist Spiridion Brusina (1845-1908), providing a scientific (malacological) background to illustrations made by Stefano Abate Chiereghini (1745-1820). A small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) on the half-title. Wrappers a bit smudged; rear wrapper with an old repair, otherwise very good. Rare.