> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 582](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068824) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4880-1) LSID 4880-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1167823) QID Q1167823 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Knorr, Georg Wolfgang (1705-1761), German engraver, palaeontologist and art merchant at Nürnberg. **Abbreviated name**: *Knorr* \[standard form in IPNI: *Knorr*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 16: 326-327; Barnhart 2: 303; Blunt p. 168; BM 2: 998; Bossert p. 215; Dawson p. 187; Dryander 1: 202, 2: 317, 3: 82, 4: 305; DSB 7: 411-413; HU 538; NI 1081-1082; Plesch p. 290; PR 4757 (ed. 1: 5301); Quensted t p. 238; Rehder 5: 460; Tucker 1: 392. - Meusel, J. G., Lexikon teut. Schriftst. 7: 142. - Nissen, Cl., Philobiblon 6(9): 339. 1933. - Spiess, E., Abh. naturf. Ges. Nürnberg 8: 178-179. 1891. #### Eponymy *Knorria* Sternberg (1825); *Knorripteris* Potonié (1897). ### Publications ##### n.3770. Thesaurus rei herbariae **Title** *Thesaurus rei herbariae* hortensisque universalis, exhibens figuras florum, herbarum, arborum, fruticum, aliarumque plantarum prorsas novas, et ad ipsos delineatas depictasque archetypos nativis coloribus, atque idiomate tam latino quam germanico describens eorundem partes, formam et habitum, nec non usum in officinis pharmaceutics, vita communi, et medicina, prout Imgula haec nova docvit applicata observatio et archetyporum exacta contemplatio. Apud Georgium Wolfgangum Knorr. mdccl. Allgemeines Blumen-Kräuter-Frucht- und Garten-Buch... in Nürnberg bey Georg Wolfgang Knorr. Daselbst gedruckt bey Joh. Joseph Fleischmann. 1750 \[-1772\], 2 parts. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Thes. rei. herb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In two parts (bound in two or three volumes), 1750-1772. For a precise collation and bibliographical details see Collins (in Sotheby) and Callery (1976). The total number of plates is *301* on *300* leaves. Some copies have a 1770 t.p. for part I. The pagination formula below is that of the *copy at BR*. Copies show minor variations. *1*: in parts, 1750-1771, p. \[i-x\], 1-30, 1-26, 1-236, 1-24, 1-54, 1-34, *pl. A, A1-A14, B, B1-B3, C. C1-C2, D, E, E1-E5* \[HU: *E1, E1a, E2-E4*\], *F, Fa, F1-F10, G, G1-G5, G5a, G5b, G6-G8, H, H1-H10, J, J1-J6, K, K1-K2, K2a, K2b, K3-K6, L, L1-L13, M, MI-M5, N, N1-N12, P, P1-P5, Q, R, R1-R14* \[R8 and *R9* on one plate\], *R14a, R15-R23, S, S1-S6, S6a, S6-S19, S19a, S20-S23, T, T1-T2, V, V1, W, W1-W11, Z, Z1-Z2. – Copies*: B, BR, G, HU. *2*: "pars secunda. Apud Georgii Wolfgangi Knorrii haeredes. mdcclxxii..." "Gedruckt bey Paul Jonathan Felssecker seel. Wittib. 1772", p. \[i-vi\], 1-130, \[1-22, index\], 101 plates numbered: *A1-A9, A9a, A10-A17, B, B1-B4, C, C1-C9, E, F, G, G1, H, I, L, L1-L11, M, M1, M1a, M2-M4, M4a, M5-M6, N, N1-N2, O, O1-O4, P, P1-P4, R, R1-R2, R2a, S, S1-S14, T, T1-T5, V, U1-U2, V2* \[bis, with a different ill.; seen only in copy at BR\]. *Copies*: BR, G, HU (text incomplete). *1*, with 1770 t.p.: "... contemplatio. Pars prima. Apud Georgii Wolfgangi Knorrii haeredes mdcclxx... erster Theil. Gedruckt bey Paul Jonathan Telssecker. 1770. Fol., portrait author, p. \[i-xv\], 1-30, 1-26, 1-236, 1-24, 1-54, 1-34, plates as in "1750" issue. *Copies*: NY. *2*, with 1772 t.p., plates numbered sequentially: t.p. as 2, above, p. \[i-vi\], 1-130, \[1-17, index\], *pl. 1-101. Copies*: NY. *Text*: Knorr died in 1761; the text is by Philipp Friedrich F. Gmelin (1721-1768) and Georg Rudolf Böhmer (1723-1803). *Plates*: for a discussion of the number and numbering of the plates see Collins (Sotheby) and Callery. *Ref*.: DU 214; GF p. 62; Sotheby no. 421 (sold £ 8000). - Callery, B. G., Taxon 25(1): 145-150. 1976.