[Asteroidea. Starfish] De Stellis Matinis liber singularis
Johannus Henricus Linck. Tabularum Aenearum figuras exemplis nativis apprime similis et autoris observationes (...) Ill. Christianus Gabriel Fischer (...) Acc. Edw. Luidii, de Reamur et Dav. Kade huius argumenti Opuscula. Leipzig, Jacob. Schuster, 1733. First and only edition.
Folio, halfleather, title on spine in black and gilt stamping, blue marbled boards, half title, title in red and black with copper-engraved vignette. (22),107,(1) pp. with 3 large headpieces and several ills. in the text, all in copper engraving; the plates with title in red and black with copper-engraved vignette, (4) pp. and 42 leaves with copper-engraved ills. of starfish. The engravings by J.A. Corvinus after Hildeprand. The text occ. (sl.) tanned. Plates in good condition. Important scientific work on starfish.