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A variety of shells, cone-shells, fossils and corals. Coloured lithograph.
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Wodarch's Introduction to the study of conchology: describing the orders, genera, and species of shells: with observations on the nature and properties of the animals; and directions for collecting, preserving, and cleaning shells / [Charles Wodarch].
Wodarch, Charles.Date: 1827- Books
Otia conchologica : descriptions of shells and mollusks, from 1839 to 1862 / by Augustus A. Gould.
Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866.Date: 1862- Books
Rambles in search of shells, land, and freshwater / [James Edmund Harting].
Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928.Date: 1875- Digital Images
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Illustration of shells.
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Illustration of shells.
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Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.
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Lamp shells and ammonites from the Pacific Ocean, some cross-sectioned. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: 1 November 1798Reference: 42227i- Pictures
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Mollusc shells: classification chart showing 132 varieties, with a diagram below outlining details of the three main shapes. Coloured lithograph, 1830/1860?.
Date: [1861]Reference: 578918i- Digital Images
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Prehistoric amulets, fossil, perforated shells.
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A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
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A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
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A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
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A variety of shells. Coloured etching.
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General conchology; or, a description of shells arranged according to the Linnean system. And illustrated with plates drawn and coloured from nature. Vol. 1 / by W. Wood.
Wood, W. (William), 1774-1857.Date: 1815- Pictures
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A variety of heart-shaped shells (conche cordiformes). Etching.
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A catalogue of a select and valuable collection of ancient and modern books, in various languages. Containing, A considerable Number of very rare and curious Articles in the finest Condition. Also, An extensive Assortment of the best Modern Books in the most elegant Bindings. Including the Libraries of the late J. Mainwaring, M. D. an eminent Civilian, and a celebrated Collector, deceased. Among others equally curious are, Caxton's Game of Chesse. Caxton's Chaucer. Caxton's Cato. Caxton's Alain Chartier. Caxton's Catharine of Senes. Caxton's Bull of Pope Innocent for the Marriage of Henry Vii. and Elizabeth of York. several by Wynken de Worde, Pynson, Maclinia, and other early Printers. Books printed on Vellum. Books printed at Strawberry-Hill. Sir William Dugdain's Works. Most of the scarce English Topographical Histories. Early English Poetry. Chronicles, by Froissart, Higden, Hollinshed, Hall, Grafton, Fabian, &c. Romans de Chevalerie de la Table ronde Illuminated Missals and Mss. Mss. on English History and Antiquities. Buffon's Birds, coloured, 5 vol. Morocco. Hill's Vegetable System, coloured, 26 vol. Merian's Surinam Insects, coloured. Knorr's Shells, coloured. Martyn's Shells, painted. Lister's Shells, orig. edit. large paper. Hamilton's Sicilies, coloured, 3 vol. - Etruscan Vases, coloured, 4 vol. Antiquities of Herculaneum, 7 vol. Voyages Pittoresques de la Grece, de Naples, de France, de Sicile, de Suisse, &c. 18 vol. Houbraken's Heads, large paper. Perrault Hommes Illustres, lar. pap. Vandyke's Heads. Claude's Drawings, Proofe. Pilastres of the Vatican, coloured. Cielings of the Vatican, coloured. Oeuvres de Buffon, 33 vol. complets. - de Voltaire, 30 vol. - de Rousseau, 30 vol. Tasso, 3 vol: 4 to. par Didot. Which will begin to be sold, for Ready Money, at the Prices fixed in the Catalogue, and marked in the first Leaf of each Book, in May 1787, at Edwards's, No. 102, Pall-Mall. - The full Value given for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had of Mr. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and at the Place of Sale; also at Edwards's, Halifax.
Edwards, James, 1756-1816.Date: 1787]- Pictures
A young Samoan woman, seated, holding a fan, wearing some shells (?) around her neck.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 540980iPart of: Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.- Books
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Fossils, remains of animals and vegetables, minerals, recent shells, corals, and other curious subjects of natural history. Catalogue of the genuine and entire museum of curious subjects of natural history, of John Strange, Esq. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies, &c. Late of Portland Place, Deceased. Comprising One of the most extensive and valuable Collections in Europe, of the exuviae of Corals, Fishes, Insects, Shells, Vegetables, and other organic Remains, deposited in the Earth, at or antecedent to the universal Deluge; to the Attainment and Knowledge of which Bodies, Mr. Strange had chiefly directed his Researches and Studies, and towards their History made large Collectanea, particularly during his long Residence as British-Minister at the Court of Venice, and on his Travels in France, Germany, Italy, and especially in England and Wales; including many rare, curious, and interesting Subjects, together with a great Variety of scientific Specimens of the Calcareous, Barytical, Magnesian and Siliceous Earths, Ores of Metals, Volcanic Productions, and other Minerals and their aggregates, recent Corals, Shells, Vegetables, &c. Which will be sold by auction, By order of the Executors, and agreeable to his Will, by Mr. King, At his great room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, July 11, 1800, And Seven following Days, (sunday excepted.) At Twelve O'Clock. May be viewed and Catalogues had at the Place of Sale, price 2s each, which will be allowed to Purchasers.
King, Thomas.Date: [1800]- Books
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A catalogue of the library of the Rev. John Bowle, M. A. F. S. A. Late of Idmiston, near Salisbury, and Editor of Don Quixote in Spanish, with Notes and various Readings: with several other collections, Containing the most valuable Books in every Language and Class of Learning. Jacquin, Stirpes Americanae, finely coloured. Jacquin, Icones Plant, rar. 11 fascic. dep. Jacquin, Flora Austr. 5 vol. c. m. depict. Plenck, Plantae Medicinales, 6 fascic dep. Flora Rossica, cura Pallas, vol. 1, 2 pts dep. Flora Danica, Oederi, &c. 16 fas. cleg. dep. Kniphosii Botan. in Orig. 4 vol. 1200 fig. Weinmanni Phytantheza, 8 vol. fig. dep. Hedwig, Plantae Cryptogamicae, 8 fas. dep. Herbarium Black wellianum, 6 vol. depict. Herbarium Amboinense, Rumphii, 7 vol. Hortus Eystettensis, cura Besleri, 3 vol. Robert, Plant. grav. par Ordre de Louis XIV Mr. Pennant's British Zoology, coloured. J. F. Miller's Non-Des. Anim. Plants, &c. Catesby's Nat. Hist. of Carolina, 2 vol. col. ... Thesaurus Rerum Naturalium, 4 vol. Aldrovandi Opera omnia, 13 vol. Fritsch's Nat. Hist. of Birds, coloured. Bloch's Fishes, 6 vol. beautifully coloured. King of Denmark's Book of Shells, col. Bar. Born's Shells, and Martyn's Shells, col. Martini's Shells, and Buonanni's Shells, col. Knorr's Petrifactions, and his Museum, col. M. Merian's Surinam Insects, orig. ed. col. Zoolog. Danica, Mulleri, 3 vol. c. m. dep. Sloane's & Browne's Nat. Hist. of Jamaica Mr. Pennant's Works, 16 vol. compl. eleg. Buffon, Oiseaux, & Planches col. 10 tom. Edwards's, Brown's and Albin's Birds, col. Ernst, Papillons D'europe, 6 tom. enlum. Cramer, Papillons Exotiq. 4 tom. enlum. Schaefferi Insecta & Fungi, 8 vol. depict. Luffon, Oeuvres, 37 tom. 4 to. complets. Piranesi's Works, complete, 19 vol. fine. G. Duke of Tuscany's Gallery of Paintings. La Galerie de Luxembourg, first impress. Crozat's Collect. of Paint. 2 vol. first im. Sir W. Hamilton's Etruscan Vases, 4 vol. Passeri's Etruscan Vases, 3 vol. coloured. Antichita di Ercolano, 8 vol. eleg. bound. Ruins of Rome, Ath. Palm. &c. 11 vol. eleg. Montfaucon, Antiquites, 15 tom. best edit. Museum Florentinum, 12 vol. fine impr. Museum Capitolinum, 4 vol. comp. eleg. Ceremonies Religieuses, 7 tom. gr. pap. Blaeu's Great Atlas, 11 vol. coloured. D'anville's and Robert's Atlas, coloured. Cowper's Anatomy, Oxford, L P. red lett. Plinii Historia Nat. Harduini. 3 vol. c. m. Virgilius, 2 vol. MS. on Vel. with Illum. Apollonius Rhodius, Gr. editio princeps. Anthologia Gr. editio princeps. Diogenes Laertius, 2 vol. charta max. Barbou's Claslics, 70 vol. Morocco. Meninski, Thesaurus Ling. Orient. 4 vol. Mabillon, Carpen. & Walther, de Re Dipl. Corps Diplomatique, 20 tom. complets. Encyclopedie, 35 tom. complets. Par. edit. Traite des Arts & des Metiers, 26 tom. com. Blomefield's and Parkins's Norfolk, 5 vol. Holingshed's Chronicles, 3 vol. with Castr. Froissart's Chronicle, by Ld. Berners, Russ. Grafton's Chronicle, very fine copy, Russ. Philosophical Transactions, 59 vol. T. Hearne's Works, complete, 63 vol. Monthly Review, 82 vol. complete. Gentleman's Magazine, 66 vol. comp. The Sale will begin on Tuesday, January 19, 1790. By Benjamin White and Son, Booksellers, at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street, London. N. B. The lowest Prices are marked in the Catalogue, and in the first Leaf of every Book. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale; of Mr. Faulder, New Bond-Street; Mr. Debrett, Piccadilly; Mr. Sewell, in Cornhill; the Booksellers of Oxford, Cambridge, and the principal Towns of England: also of Mr. Richard White, Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer, No 76, Oxford-Street, opposite the Pantheon.
Benjamin White and Son.Date: 1790]- Books
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Testacea Britannica; or, British shells / [George Montagu].
Montagu, George, 1751-1815Date: 1803-1808- Books
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Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and Creation of the World. II. The general deluge, its Causes and Effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and Future Conflagration. Wherein are largely discussed, The Production and Use of Mountains; the Original of Fountains, of Formed Stones, and Sea-Fishes Bones and Shells found in the Earth; the Effects of particular Floods, and Inundations of the Sea; the Eruptions of Vulcano's; the Nature and Causes of Earthquakes. Also an Historical Account of those Two late remarkable Ones in Jamaica and England. With Practical Inferences. By John Ray, late Fellow of the Royal Society.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1713- Books
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The natural history of Cornwall. The air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides; of the stones, semimetals, Metals, Tin, and the manner of mining; The Constitution of the Stannaries; Iron, Copper, Silver, Lead, and Gold, found in Cornwall. Vegetables, Rare Birds, Fishes, Shells, Reptiles, and Quadrupeds: of the inhabitants, Their Manners, Customs, Plays or Interludes, Exercises, and Festivals; the Cornish Language, Trade, Tenures, and Arts. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the country, and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from Original Drawings taken on the Spot. By William Borlase, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan, and Author of the Antiquities of Cornwall.
Borlase, William, 1695-1772.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Three physico-theological discourses, concerning I. The primitive chaos, and Creation of the World. II. The general deluge, its Causes and Effects. III. The dissolution of the world, and Future Conflagration. Wherein are largely discussed, The Production and Use of Mountains; the Original of Fountains, of Formed Stones, and Sea-Fishes Bones and Shells found in the Earth; the Effects of particular Floods, and Inundations of the Sea; the Eruptions of Vulcano's; the Nature and Causes of Earthquakes. Also an Historical Account of those Two late remarkable Ones in Jamaica and England. With Practical Inferences. By John Ray, late Fellow of the Royal Society.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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Considerations on agriculture: treating Of the several Methods practised in different Parts of the Kingdom of Ireland, with Remarks thereon. New Improvements on the Manures proper for different Soils, particularly Lime, (with the several Ways of burning it) Sea-Sand, Shells, Clay, and Marle; with what Kinds of them are fittest for Use. Of the Culture of Wheat, and a New Method for preventing a late Harvest, and the evil Consequences thereof. To which is added, Mr. Pierson's two Tracts of the present state of the Tillage in Ireland, with some Methods offer'd for its Improvements, with a Description of several Kinds of Ploughs, and their Usefulness proved on Tryal.
Rye, George.Date: MDCCXXX. [1730]