Giovanni Battista Brocchi Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apenninie sul suolo adiacente. 2 Bde. Mit 16 gest. Tafeln

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  Geologie - Conchologie - Fossilien

  Brocchi, Giovanni Battista

  Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apenninie sul suolo adiacente. 2 Bde. Mit 16 gest. Tafeln. Milano, Stamperia Reale, 1814. 56, LXXX, 240 S. - 2 Bll., S. (241)-712. 4°. Karton d. Zt. mit typogr. RSchild (etwas berieben u. fleckig, Bd. 2 schwach wasserrandig, Rücken mit Resten von ehemaligen Schilder).

  Nissen, ZBI 586. Pogg. I, 303. - Seltene Erstausgabe von Brocchis Monographie über die tertiären Fossilien der Subappeninen in Italien und ihre Beziehung zur lebenden Molluskenfauna, in der er eine theoretische Transmutationsperspektive (Brocchische Transmutation) vorstellt. - Wenige Bll. geringfügig stockfleckig. Bindung etwas gelockert. Unbeschnittenes und breitrandiges Exemplar.

  Geology - Conchology - Fossils - 2 vols. - With 16 engr. plates. - Scarce first edition of Brocchi's monograph on the Tertiary fossils of the Subappenines in Italy and their relation to the living molluscan fauna in which he presents a theoretical, transmutational perspective (Brocchian transmutation). - Contemporary stiff printed wrappers with printed title-piece (somewhat rubbed and soiled, vol. 2 slightly dampstained, rest of former label on spine). - Some foxing to few leaves. Binding loosened. Uncut and with wide margins.

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