Mineral Specimens Pl. 11

by Georg Wolfgang Knorr

$600 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine print from one of the greatest Nuremberg natural history books: Delices Physiques Choisies, ou choix de tout ce que les trois regnes de la nature renferment de plus digne des recherches d'un amateur curieux, pour en former un cabinet choisi de curiositez naturelles. … Knorr was one of the leading proto-geologists of the eighteenth century as well as an excellent engraver, painter and art dealer. Born in Nuremberg, he was initially apprenticed to his father's

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