Geologie - - Hüpsch, Adolph von.

Geology - - Hüpsch, Adolph von. Nouvelles découvertes de quelques testacées pétrifiés, rares et inconnus, pour servir à l'histoire naturelle de la Basse-Allemagne et enrichie les collections du regne animal. With 4 copper plates. Cologne, Frankfurt and Leipzig, Metternich, 1771. 136 pp. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Leather binding of the period with rich floral gilt to spine, gilt edges (one joint a little chipped, spine with 2 paper labels). First French edition of "Neue in der Naturgeschichte des Nieder-Deutschlandes gemachte Entdeckungen einiger seltenen und wenig bekanten Schaalthiere..." first published in 1768. - Cobres 777 - The "Natural- und Seltenheits-Kabinet des Freiherrn v. Hüpsch ...ein wahres philosophisches Quodlibet, das schon bei der Hausthür seine Anfang nimmt und beim obersten Speicherloch sich endiget. All the rooms, all the corridors, all the nooks and crannies are crammed full; everywhere you turn you see curiosities from all the kingdoms of nature, antiquities, bases, gravestones, minerals, conchylia, birds, weapons. Costumes, manuscripts, codices, precious stones, sea plants, paintings, copper engravings, hand drawings, etc., but all mixed up" (ADB XIII, 427f.). - Bookplate and signature label on inside cover. *