Title: Three decapod crustaceans from the Solnhofen limestone quarry from Knorr's Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe terrestre a éssuiées
Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Plate of Figure Number: Tab XIII
Original Caption: None
Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Medium: Engravings
Imprint: A Nurenberg : [s.n.], 1768-1778
Identifier: b10533151_1
Description of Publication: 4 v. illus., pl. (part. col.), port., 42 cm.
Department / Discipline: Invertebrate Zoology
Date of Publication: 1768-1778
Date: 2011
Coverage: Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany
Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
Call Number: RF-44-E
Book Title: Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe terrestre a éssuiées, contenant des pétrifications dessinées,gravées et enluminées d'apres les originaux, commence par feu mr. George Wolfgang Knorr, et continue par ses Heritiers avec l'histoire naturelle de ces corps par mr. Jean Ernest Emanuel Walch