Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Der Würmer erster Theil CONVERSATIONS From NATURAL HISTORY INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS Part I Illustrated by 50 SINGLE-SIDED HAND-COLORED COPPER-ENGRAVED PLATES by Gottlieb Tobias WILHELM VOLUME 1, 1st Edition 1801 Publisher Augsburg, Engelbrechtische Kunstbuchhandlung Hardbound - 404 Pages + 50 HANDCOLORED Plates The FIRST of Two RARE VOLUMES On INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS Treating SOFT-BODIED types such as NEMATODE ROUNDWORMS, TAPEWORMS, FLUKES, SPINY-HEADED WORMS, GORDIOID WORMS, SHELL-LESS MOLLUSCS (Slugs; Squids), SEGMENTED ANNELID WORMS/POLYCHAETES, SALPS, TUNICATES, SEA-ANEMONES, JELLYFISH and Other CNIDARIANS/COELENTERATES; SEA-CUCUMBERS, SEA-URCHINS, BRITTLESTARS, STARFISH, CRINOIDS and Similar ECHINODERMS! SIZE: 6.75" x 4.25" x 1.4" 1st edition of Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Der Würmer erster Theil (Conversations from Natural History: Invertebrates/Worms Part 1) by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm was published in 1801, and is one of two volumes in a set of 26 that is dedicated to soft-bodied INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS other than insects. This FIRST volume contains 50 single-sided, handcolored copper engraved plates on handlaid paper! About 20 of the 50 Hand-Colored Plates include illustrations of NEMATODE ROUNDWORMS, TAPEWORMS, FLUKES, SPINY-HEADED WORMS, GORDIOID WORMS, with emphasis on the Parasitic kinds; another 20 of the 50 Hand-Colored Plates treat SHELL-LESS MOLLUSCS (Slugs; Squids), SEGMENTED ANNELID WORMS/POLYCHAETES, SALPS and TUNICATES; and the remaining 10 Hand-Colored Plates illustrate an array of ECHINODERMS, such as SEA-ANEMONES, JELLYFISH and Other CNIDARIANS/COELENTERATES; SEA-CUCUMBERS, SEA-URCHINS, BRITTLESTARS, STARFISH, CRINOIDS! The volume consists of 404 text pages with attractive gothic characters, and a unique engraved title plaque that highlights Seaside Marine Collectors. Text pages have some generalized foxing throughout but plates are remarkably clean and bright, all tightly bound in original dark-green boards that show some surface soiling, bumped corners and wear along edges (see images for details). A VERY NICE Copy of this Unique and Rare Volume on PARASITIC - SOFT-BODIED INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS!

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