• A world-first facsimile of Jan Christiaan Sepp's 1776 Enlightenment masterpiece
• 100 richly hand-coloured plates depicting 570 different marble types
• Reproduced from copies held at the State and University Library in Dresden and the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles
• Famous First Edition: hardcover in slipcase, part of the TASCHEN Clothbound Classics

In 1776, at the Enlightenment's height, Jan Christiaan Sepp published a wholly unique and striking work: A Representation of Marble Types. Across 100 richly hand-colored plates, it traced an elegant visual journey through 570 different marble types. This facsimile edition, a world first, devotedly brings to life a forgotten book of great knowledge and rare beauty.

Published at the peak of the Enlightenment, the original depicted 570 samples across 100 color plates, accompanied by texts in five languages, taking the standards of both aesthetics and categorization to a whole new level. Today, it is rightly regarded as one of the finest illustrated scientific books of the era.

Featuring new photography to depict the intricate details of the marble samples, this edition brings an unknown treasure back to relevance. The plates, each meticulously hand-coloured and arranged with painstaking precision, have an abstract-art feel that gives this volume an almost modern slant.

Famous First Edition: first printing of 10,000 numbered copies. Hardcover in slipcase, 24.3 x 30.4 cm, 2.57 kg, 312 pages. ISBN 978-3-8365-9434-9. Multilingual edition (English, French, German).