Das kleine Buch der Meereswunder : Muscheln und Schnecken / kolorierte Stiche von Franz Michael Regenfuss Geleitwort von Friedrich Schnack (Still Image)

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The Little Book of the Marine Wonders : Mussels and Snails / colored engravings by Franz Michael Regenfuss Foreword by Friedrich Schnack

The Little Book of the Marine Wonders : Mussels and Snails / colored engravings by Franz Michael Regenfuss Foreword by Friedrich Schnack

Description:

39 p. : 24 col. pl. 19 cm

Abstract:

The English translation of this book's title is: "The Little Book of the Marine Wonders : Mussels and Snails / colored engravings by Franz Michael Regenfuss Foreword by Friedrich Schnack

Plates reproduced from Auserlesene Schnecken, Muscheln und andere Schaalthiere ... Kopenhagen, 1758.""

Franz Michael Regenfuss (1713-1780) was a German engraver whose illustrations of exotic seashells reflected and stimulated the great interest of 18th century Europeans in the arrival of elaborate specimens from increasingly distant locales.

For a discussion of his work, see 

ON THE CONCHOLOGICAL WORK OF F. M. REGENFUSS
by
W. S. S. VA N BENTHEM JUTTING at:

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150410

Subject:

Shells

Identifier:

b29829768

QL404 .R42

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Regenfus, Franz Michael, approximately 1712-1780. “Das kleine Buch der Meereswunder : Muscheln und Schnecken / kolorierte Stiche von Franz Michael Regenfuss Geleitwort von Friedrich Schnack.” Rare Books. WCSU Archives, 7 Mar. 2024. Accessed on the Web: 6 Aug. 2024.