BIANCHI, Giovanni. De Conchis minus notis Liber. Cui accessit Specimen Aestus reciproci Maris Superi ad Littus Portumque Arimini. Editio Altera duplici Appendice aucta.Roma, in aedibus Palladis, 1760.

4to, mm. 240x180; Contemporary marbled carboard binding.; pp. 136, including Title page, 24 copper plates out text at the end, numbered I-V and I-XIX; Copper Vignette on the Title page with printer's mark.

Rare second edition extended and illustrated. In this important work the doctor and naturalist of Rimini exhibits his research in conchology: beautiful plates, drawn by Ercole Lelli and engraved by Carlo Antonio Pisarri, depicting shells, shellfish and corals of the Adriatic Sea.

The previous edition, a much smaller, containing only 5 tables. DBI: "Bianchi studied the extent and manner of the tides on the beach in Rimini and analyzed the debris of organic origin of sandy sediment in order to rinvenirvi living shells similar to fossil Ammonites ... The De Conchis remained critical to the long-knowledge of species of foraminifera and gave impetus to more extensive research in the field of nature studies. "

Nissen ZBI, 356; Caprotti p. 39; Piantanida 4055; D.B.I., X, p. 105.

Trace of humidity to the upper right of the first issues for the rest good conservation.