G.G. Platonis Syndaci ... Ratisbonensis Collectanea de testaceis (Bd. 1) - BSB Cod.icon. 52 a
Description
Description:
Altsignatur: Clm 13158 - Ausstattung: Aufgeklebte Abbildungen von
Conchilien Tuschzeichnung - Extent:
254 Bl. - Papier Alternative Title:
Clm 13158 Abstract:
Englische Version: Georg Gottlieb Plato (1710–77) was the son of
Johann Christoph Wild from Regensburg, Germany. He gave up the Wild
family name and adopted the name of Plato, after his patron, Johann
Heinrich Plato, an official of the rank of counselor in Regensburg.
Johann Heinrich furthered the education of the younger man, who
studied pharmacy and medicine before embarking on a career as a
lawyer in Regensburg and later becoming a member of the Bavarian
Academy of Sciences. Georg Gottlieb Plato's two-volume illustrated
record of his collection of mollusk shells testifies to his
interest in natural history, which he pursued in addition to his
private studies in history and numismatics. The first volume of the
work includes elegant and fine drawings of the conchological
collection, crafted on blue paper with great concern for exact
representation. The second volume contains a register and a
description of the displayed objects in Latin and partly in French
and Dutch. The manuscripts were preserved in the city library of
Ratisbon before it was permanently closed in 1812. They then were
transferred to the Bavarian State Library in Munich. Publication Statement:
[S.l.] 18. Jh
