Beschreibung:

GEORG WOLFGANG KNORR (1705-1761), V. BISCHOFF (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY), ANDREAS HOFFER (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY), AFTER J.C. KELLER (1740-1823), AND AFTER J. CONRAD KLEEMAN (ACTIVE 18TH CENTURY) Les Delices Des Yeux et de L'espirit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Especes de Coquillages que la Mer Renferme: Eight plates eight engravings, 1770-5, with hand-coloring, on laid papers, published by Georg Wolfgang Knorr after his death, Nuremberg, all with margins, all with pale light-staining and minor surface soiling to varying degrees, some with small binding holes in the left margin, several with a few soft handling creases and the occasional foxmark, Tab VII with a diagonal crease at the lower left corner, otherwise all apparently in good condition, in faux-silvered frames and French mats with wash lines, not examined out of the frames all L. approx. 7¼ x 5in. (185 x 127 mm.) all overall 21 x 20 in. (532 x 395 mm.) (8)