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One of the most esteemed works in the history of conchology View picture(s) 1 ADANSON, Michel. Histoire Naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec la Relation abrégée d'un Voyage fait en ce pays, pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53. Paris, Claude J.B. Bauche, 1757. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary calf. With general title and 2 half-titles, large folding engraved map of Senegal by Ph. Buache after the author, and numerous illustrations of shells on 19 folding engraved plates by Thérèse Reboul after sketches of the author. (8), 190; XCVI, 275, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Cartography  Conchology  Natural History  Shells  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The paintings, prints, atlases & maps and a large collection of shells of Quentin De Lorangere View picture(s) 2 GERSAINT, Edme-François [Quentin de LORANGERE]. Catalogue raisonné des diverses curiosités du cabinet de feu M. Quentin De Lorangere. Composé de tableaux originaux des meilleurs Maîtres de Flandres: d'une très-nombreuse collection des desseins & d' estampes de toutes ecoles; de plusieurs atlas & suites de cartes; de quantité de morceaux de topographie, & d' un coquillier fait avec choix. Paris, Jacques Barois, 1744. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt & ribbed spine, marbled endpapers, red edges. Engraved frontispiece by Cochin. XVIII, (4), 294, 96 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bookseller's & Auction Catalogues  Cabinet of Curiosities  Conchology  France  Libraries & Collections  Painting & Drawing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the most beautiful shell books in first edition, complete with the almost always lacking portrait of the author View picture(s) 3 GUALTIERI, Nicolo. Index testarum conchyliorum quae adservantur in museo Nicolai Gualtieri philosophi et medici collegiati Florentini regiae botanices Florentinae academiae socii in Pisano athenaeo medicinae professoris ameriti et methodice distributae exhibentur. Florence, Caietani Albizzini, 1742. Folio. Contemporary full calf with gilt title on red morocco title-label on gilt and decorated spine, decorated gilt edges on sides. With full-page engraved portrait of the author by Antonio Pazzi after Maria Maddalena Gozzi, engraved full-page frontispiece by A. Pazzi after J.D. Campiglia, 110 numbered full-page engraved plates by A. Pazzi or Bernardo Sgrilli after Giuseppe Menabuoni, 18 unnumbered mostly full-page engraved plates in text by B. Sgrilli, D. Miserotti or A. Pazzi after G. Menabuoni, engraved vignette on each of the 17 red & black section titles, 2 engraved initials. XXIV pp. (incl. frontispiece); (126) ff. Full description >> Related Subjects: Conchology  Shells  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With autograph dedication by the author to the famous botanist A.L. de Jussieu View picture(s) 4 MENARD DE LA GROYE, Francois Jean-Baptiste. Mémoire sur un nouveau genre de coquille bivale-équivalve de la famille des Solenoïdes, intermédiaire aux Solens et aux Myes, voisin par conséquent des Glycimères; sur deux grandes espèces qui sý rapportent; et accessoirement. Sur un riche dépôt de fossiles d'Italie, où se trouve celle qui a donné lieu à l'établissement de ce gerne. Paris, (Imprimerie de Demonvile), 1807. 4to. Contemporary plain wrappers, uncut. With one engraving. (35) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Conchology  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Recently discovered shell fossils View picture(s) 5 NOULET, [Jean Baptiste]. Mémoire sur quelques coquilles fossiles nouvelles, découvertes dans la région aquitante du Bassin Sous-Pyrénéen. (1844). Contemporary grained half roan gilt, marbled boards. With illustrations of shell fossils on 6 lithographed plates by Delor (Toulouse) after L. Lacaze. 225-240 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Conchology  Natural History  Shells  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A classical work on marine life View picture(s) 6 RUMPHIUS, Georg Everhard. D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene Beschryvinge van aleerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Krefften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt. Daar beneven zommigen Mineraalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde, die in d'Amboinsche en zommigen omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Amsterdam, Jan Roman de Jonge, 1741. Folio. Contemporary half roan. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, engraved portrait of the author, 60 full-page and 5 vignettes. (24), 340, (43) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Conchology  Maritime History  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Coloured by Maria Sibylla Merian View picture(s) 7 RUMPHIUS, Georg Everhard. d'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te  weeten raare krabben, kreeften, en diergelyke zeedieren, als mede allerhande hoorntjes en schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt... Amsterdam, F. Halma, 1705. Folio. 19th-century green half calf. With hand-coloured engraved title, engraved portrait of the author, and 60 engraved plates after designs by Maria Sibylla Merian, who also coloured all of the plates. [32], 340, [44] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Conchology  Earth Sciences [Geology]  Earth Sciences [Mineralogy]  Engravings  Ichthyology  Natural History  Shells  The price of this book is only available on request, it cannot be ordered online. Please contact us for more information. E-mail a Friend

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Shells at the Sandwich sea shore View picture(s) 8 WALKER, Geo. & William BOYS. Testacea minuta rariora, nuperrime detecta in arena littoris Sandvicensis, A collection of the minute and rare shells lately discovered in the sand of the sea shore near Sandwich. London, printed by J. March, (1784). 4to. Later purple three-quarter calf with marbled boards, spine  ribbed and gilt with title lettered in gold, frontcover with title, marbled endpapers. With 3 full-page engraved plates depicting 90 species of shells, after drawings by G. Walker and engraved by D. Mackenzie. (1, 1 blank, 1), V, 25, (3 blank pp.). Full description >> Related Subjects: Conchology  England  Natural History  Shells  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A very rare poem on shells and their moral properties View picture(s) 9 [BORSSELEN, Philibert van]. Strande, oft ghedichte van de schelpen, kinckhornen, ende andere wonderlicke zee-schepselen, tot lof van den schepper aller dinghen. Aen Cornelis van Blyenburch, weerd van alle fraeyheden, ende besonder liefhebber deser vremdicheden: midsgaders aen allen mede-schelpisten. Door P.V.B. Amsterdam, Dirck Pietersz, 1614. 8vo 20th-century green morocco, gilt spine, lettered in gold, triple gilt fillets along the edges on both sides, rich inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, g.e. (Ch. DE SAMBLANI. 1914). With printer's device with the motto "Templum Dei estis vos". 55, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cabinet of Curiosities  Conchology  Dutch  Literary History  Literature  Shells  Zeeland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Ca. 115 shell drawings in ink & coloured washes View picture(s) 10 [DRAWING - SHELLS]. BIRTILL-STUART. Conchology. [England], (ca. 1818 - ca. 1830). 3 sheets. The three main sheets backed with cloth. Two large sheets (41 x 52 cm & 52 x 40 cm) with nearly 100 drawings of shells, plus a large classified table (56 x 52.5 cm) of 36 numbered shell sorts, the numbers referring to the shells in the portrait-format sheet. The landscape-format sheet has its own numbered list of 38 shell sorts. An additional leaf (21 x 18 cm) with 18 more shell drawings has been tipped onto the back of the table. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Conchology  Drawings  Natural History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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