Hebenstreit, Johann Ernst (1743)

Mvsevm | Richterianvm | Continens | Fossilia Animalia | Vegetabilia Mar. | Illvstrata | Iconibvs Et Commentariis | D. Io. Ernesti Hebenstreitii | Anat. Et Chirvrg. P.P.O. | Accedit | De Gemmis Scalptis | Antiqvis | Liber Singvlaris. | [vignette] | Lipsiæ | Excvdi Cvravit Casparvs Fritsch | MDCCXLIII.
Title in red and black

Half title: Mvsevm Richterianvm

Collation: 2°: (a)⁴ (b)-(n)² A-Z² 2A-2Z² 3A-3Z² 4A-4Z² 5A-5D² (A)-(N)²; [11] 12-56 [3] 4-384 [18] [2] 3-34 p., engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait and 17 engraved plates. Text in double column in Latin and German.
In the first part pages 1-11, 17 and 51 are not numbered and in the second part pages 1-3, 53, 101-103, 183-185, 219, 265-267 are not numbered

Plates: folding engraved frontispiece (interior of the museum) signed "C.F. Boëtius Sculps.", engraved portrait of Joh. Christoph Richter signed "A. de Manjocky pinxit 1732" and "M. Bernigerothi filius sculpsit 1739" and 17 engraved plates numbered "TAB: I. - XVII." signed "C.F. Boëtius del. et Sc.", with the exception of plate IV signed "C.F. Boëtius del. et Scul.", plates VII, IX and X signed "C.F. Boëtius del. et Sculps.", plate XV signed "C.F. Boëtius delin. et Sculpsit" and plate XVI signed "C.F. Boëtius delin. et Sculps.", of which 14 (all of the mineral plates) are in original handcoloring, many heightened with gold, silver, and bronze, and with engraved head- and tailpieces

Page size: 260 x 407 mm

Binding: contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine

Provenance: ex libris Melvin Edward Jahn

Other editions: none

References: Hoover 392, Schuh 2134, Sinkankas 2831, Ward & Carozzi 1033

Collection: private collection