AUTHOR: Born, Ignatz, Edler Von (1742-1791) TITLE: Testacea Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, quae jussu Mariae Theresiae augustae disposuit et descripsit Ignatius a Born... IMPRINT: Vindobonae: sumptibus Joannis Pauli Kraus, 1780. COLLATION: 2 p.l., [vii]-xxxvi, 442, [17] p.: ill.; 18 plates; 43 cm. NOTES: Some plates are signed “C. Schütz inv. et eceit 1779.” “The first fully illustrated edition; an edition in octavo size (with 1 plate only) had been published in 1778. A beautifully produced book of the Golden Age of Viennese natural history book production, which was patronized by the house of Hapsburg. One of the most famous works on shells. The Empress of Austria, Maria Theresia had a Museum in Vienna containing a large collection of shells. She instructed born to publish the above work on the imperial collection in a sumptuous volume. The collection, now housed in the Natural History Museum in Vienna, is of great importance to systematists, as Born described from it a number of species new to science.” — Antiquariaat Junk catalogue no. 270 REFERENCES: Nissen ZBI, 470. KEYWORDS: 1. Mollusks. 2. Shells. LOCATION: ffQL403.B736 1780 OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS: UCLA; UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library