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Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus CX illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. - [ALL THE FISH OF THE WORLD]
Berolini, Sander, 1801. 8vo. Bound in two contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving old spines. LX, 584 pp. with 110 plates by J. F. Hennig, all but 18 handcoloured, 2 folding, a few printed in red or brown ink. Engraved and handcoloured frontispice by J. F. Hennig in second volume. The part of the text, which was unillustrated by the 110 plates, is in this copy supplemnted by the corresponding plates taken from Shaw and Nodder's ""Naturalist's Miscellany"" (in all 59 handcoloured plates). A few plates with annotations in pencil. Text with slight browning. Plates are in fine condition and excellent handcolouring.
First and only edition. Scarce. Published with additions and corrections by Schneider after Bloch's death in 1799. The 110 plates were engraved by Johann Friedrich Hennig, who was one of the engravers on the ""Ichthyologie, au histoire ... 1785-97"". Nissen 419, BMC I: 176, not in Wood. Nissen & BMC do not mention the engraved frontispiece.
