one publication added to basket [365485] | Sowerby's book of shells
(1990). Sowerby's book of shells. Studio Editions: London. ISBN 1 85170 440 X. 139 pp. Related to:Sowerby, G.B. Jr. (1839). A conchological manual. Illustrated by upwards of five hundred figures. First edition. With a second introduction. Mr. G.B. Sowerby, Bookseller: London. 130, [23] pl. 488 figures, 92 advert. pages pp., more |
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Abstract | Originally published in 1852 as A Conchological Manual, this wonderfully comprehensive study of shells, including mote than 700 illustrations in full colour and black and white, entices the reader into a world of beauty, and the quit contemplation of some of the smaller, but no less wonderfull, creations of nature. |
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