Monographie der Spinnen

Title Variants

Translated: Monographia aranearum

By

Hahn, Carl Wilhelm, 1786-1835

Lechner, J. J.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Nürnberg, [s.n.], 1820[-1836]

Notes

Title page also in Italian: Monographia aranearum a Dr. Carolo Guilielmo Hahn, Norimbergia, MDCCCXX.

Engraved title page.

Parts 1-2 published by the author; parts 3-8 published by J.J. Lechner.

Each part is made up of 1-2 pages of descriptive text and a few plates. Plates are hand-coloured.

"[This work] describes 81 species of spiders, nine of which were unknown. Many species come from environment Nuremberg and Erlangen, but Hahn also had access to the natural history collections in Munich, Erlangen, Bamberg, Würzburg and Ebrach. He was an accurate illustrator and paid also much attention to the correct colouring of the species."--c.f. book dealer's description.

Subjects

Germany , Spiders

Call Number

QL 458.414 G4 H35 1820 AEU

Language

German

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/t.173890
OCLC: 18804497