An exceptionally fine copy. The 'South Seas' issue of Thomas Martyn's (d.1811) richly illustrated The Universal Conchologist, comprising 80 hand-co...

First edition. This is one of the most famous books on shells, by one of the most important naturalists of the pre-Linnaean period. Rumphius (1627-...

Gelatin silver print mounted on card. Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.3 cm. Ink title and date on reverse.

From "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. Giuseppe Menabuoni and Antonio Pazzi were both Italian painters and printmakers and Niccolò Gua...

From "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. Giuseppe Menabuoni and Antonio Pazzi were both Italian painters and printmakers and Niccolò Gua...

From "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. Giuseppe Menabuoni and Antonio Pazzi were both Italian painters and printmakers and Niccolò Gua...

From "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. Giuseppe Menabuoni and Antonio Pazzi were both Italian painters and printmakers and Niccolò Gua...

For "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. They are at once scientific studies, and also decorative works of art exhibiting the interplay o...

For "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. They are at once scientific studies, and also decorative works of art exhibiting the interplay o...

For "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. They are at once scientific studies, and also decorative works of art exhibiting the interplay o...

For "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. They are at once scientific studies, and also decorative works of art exhibiting the interplay o...

For "Index Testarum Conchyliorum", first edition. They are at once scientific studies, and also decorative works of art exhibiting the interplay o...