Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini (31 August 1729,

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and conchologist. Martini who practised medicine in

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began, in 1769, the richly colour illustrated shell book: ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet'' published by Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe at Nürnberg. But he died after the publication of the third volume. His work was continued by Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (1730–1800) who added eight volumes between 1779 and 1795. Even though the work does not use the binomial system both are considered the authors of the new species figured. Stanley Peter Dance (1966). ''Shell Collecting. An Illustrated History''. Faber and Faber (Londres), 344 pp. He was a Member of Berlinische Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde.

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Digital ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
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Typescript index to ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet''
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Digital ''Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Martini, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Conchologists 18th-century German physicians 1729 births 1778 deaths