cover image: Icones rerum naturalium : quas in itinere orientali depingi / curavit Petrus Forskål ... ; post mortem auctoris ad Regis mandatum æri incisas edidit Carsten Niebuhr

Icones rerum naturalium : quas in itinere orientali depingi / curavit Petrus Forskål ... ; post mortem auctoris ad Regis mandatum æri incisas edidit Carsten Niebuhr

1776

Constitutes the atlas to the author's works Flora Ægyptiaco-Arabica and Descriptiones animalium. Varies only in imprint of same title also published in 1776. Plates are signed by Peter Haas. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Signatures: A-B⁴. Also available online. SCNHRB copy (39088013481858) has bookplate: William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks, Sectional Library. SCNHRB copy stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. SCNHRB copy is stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Library Oct 2 1953 [ms. acc. no.] 349670. SCNHRB copy is interleaved with blank leaves. SCNHRB copy in green library buckram binding, title in gilt on spine. Elecresource
botany plants zoology haas, peter forsskål, peter niebuhr, carsten dall, william healey

Authors

Forsskål, Peter 1732-1763, Niebuhr, Carsten 1733-1815, Haas, Peter 1754-1804, Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI

Dates
1776
Format
15, [1] p., XLIII leaves of plates (8 folded) : ill. (etchings) ; 26 cm. (4to)
Place Discussed
Arabian Peninsula Egypt Mediterranean region
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Egypt
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/2d51dbb696514c589f99b4c0a0ffac9a

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