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Auction archive: Lot number 254

SPIX, JOHANN BAPTIST VON. 1781-1826. AND J.A. WAGNER.

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,020
Auction archive: Lot number 254

SPIX, JOHANN BAPTIST VON. 1781-1826. AND J.A. WAGNER.

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,020
Beschreibung:

Testacea Fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. Munich: C. Wolf, 1827. Folio (344 x 285 mm). 29 hand-colored lithographic plates. Modern black cloth. Light foxing. FIRST EDITION. The first monograph on the freshwater mollusks of Brazil, part of the record of the expedition of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius to Brazil, in which he was accompanied by the botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix. Financed by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, the expedition covered more than 2,250 kilometers within the Amazon basin between 1817 and 1820. Spix suffered fevers while on the voyage and died before bringing the publication to fruition. His colleagues, including Louis Aggassiz, completed the publication. Nissen ZBI 3954.

Auction archive: Lot number 254
Auction:
Datum:
21 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
Beschreibung:

Testacea Fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. Munich: C. Wolf, 1827. Folio (344 x 285 mm). 29 hand-colored lithographic plates. Modern black cloth. Light foxing. FIRST EDITION. The first monograph on the freshwater mollusks of Brazil, part of the record of the expedition of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius to Brazil, in which he was accompanied by the botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix. Financed by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, the expedition covered more than 2,250 kilometers within the Amazon basin between 1817 and 1820. Spix suffered fevers while on the voyage and died before bringing the publication to fruition. His colleagues, including Louis Aggassiz, completed the publication. Nissen ZBI 3954.

Auction archive: Lot number 254
Auction:
Datum:
21 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York
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