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Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli
Title
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English: Frontispiece of the 1726 work Danubius Pannonico-Mysicus, Volume 3 by the Italian naturalist and soldier Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658 – 1730). Etching by Jacob Houbraken, after Antonio Rossi. Volume 3, subtitled De mineralibus circa Danubium effossis, reviews minerals in the Danube area.
 
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Date 1726
date QS:P571,+1726-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Works and collections of Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli at kunstkammer.at
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli: Danubius Pannonico-Mysicus
Author
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli  (1658–1730)  wikidata:Q470543 s:it:Autore:Luigi Ferdinando Marsili q:it:Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
 
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli
Alternative names
English: Marsilius
Deutsch: Luigi Ferdinando Graf von Marsigli
Français : Louis Ferdinand de Marsigli
Latina: Aloysius Ferdinandus Marsilius
Description Italian scientist, naturalist, soldier, botanist and geologist
Date of birth/death 10 July 1658 (in Julian calendar) / 10 July 1658 Edit this at Wikidata 1 November 1730 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bologna Bologna
Work period 1680-1730
Work location
Bologna, Habsburg Empire, Ottoman Empire
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author QS:P50,Q470543
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Illustrator
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli  (1658–1730)  wikidata:Q470543 s:it:Autore:Luigi Ferdinando Marsili q:it:Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
 
Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli
Alternative names
English: Marsilius
Deutsch: Luigi Ferdinando Graf von Marsigli
Français : Louis Ferdinand de Marsigli
Latina: Aloysius Ferdinandus Marsilius
Description Italian scientist, naturalist, soldier, botanist and geologist
Date of birth/death 10 July 1658 (in Julian calendar) / 10 July 1658 Edit this at Wikidata 1 November 1730 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bologna Bologna
Work period 1680-1730
Work location
Bologna, Habsburg Empire, Ottoman Empire
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illustrator QS:P110,Q470543
Jacobus Houbraken  (1698–1780)  wikidata:Q1375551
 
Jacobus Houbraken
Alternative names
Jacobus Houbraken
Description Dutch printmaker, drawer, engraver and illustrator
Date of birth/death 1698 Edit this at Wikidata 14 November 1780 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dordrecht Amsterdam
Work period 1710-1780
Work location
Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
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illustrator QS:P110,Q1375551
after drawings by Raimondo Manzini
Title
Danubius Pannonico-Mysicus
Subtitle Observationibus geographicis, astronomicis, hydrographicis, historicis, physicis perlustratus
Volume 1–6
Publisher
The Hague: Comitum, apud P. Gosse, R.C. Alberts, P. de Hondt; Amsterdam: Uytwerf & Changuion
Description
English: 1726 work by the Italian naturalist and soldier Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658 – 1730). It is a natural history encyclopedia of the lower Danube, published in 6 volumes in both The Hague and Amsterdam. The extensive work covers cartography (vol. 1), classical studies (vol. 2), mineralogy (vol. 3), fish fauna (vol. 4), birds (vol. 5) and other subjects (vol. 6).

Detailed information by volumes:

  • Volume 1: In tres partes digestus geographicam, astronomicam, hydrographicam contains geographical, astronomical and hydrographical data related to the Danube.
  • Volume 2: De antiquitatibus Romanorum ad ripas Danubii covers Ancient Roman remains by the Danube.
  • Volume 3: De mineralibus circa Danubium effossis reviews minerals in the Danube area.
  • Volume 4: De piscibus in aquis Danubii viventibus discusses the fish of the Danube.
  • Volume 5: De avibus circa aquas Danubii vagantibus, et ipsarum nidis catalogs the birds Marsigli encountered along the Danube. Includes 74 plates after drawings by the Italian artist Raimondo Manzini (1658-1730), including 59 birds and 15 nests with clutches, some of the earliest illustrations of its kind in the history of ornithology
  • Volume 6: De fontibus Danubii. Observationes anatomicae. De Aquis Danubii et Tibisci. Catalogus plantarum. Observationes habitae cum barometris et thermometris. De Insectis covers the springs of the Danube, anatomy, plants, insections and observations on pressure and temperature.
Language Latin
Publication date 1726
publication_date QS:P577,+1726-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Place of publication The Hague and Amsterdam
Source Various, see individual images/pages
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