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Die Kontroverse von R.A.F. de Réaumur und J. Th. Klein über Bau und Wachstum der Schneckenschalen / von A. Geus.
Armin GeusDate: 1978
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Abraham Vater. Line engraving by J. M. Bernigeroth, 1752.
Date: 1752Reference: 9362i
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Shell collecting : an illustrated history / S. Peter Dance.
Stanley Peter DanceDate: 1966
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Two Samoan women, seated in a domestic setting, wearing grass skirts, one with seashell necklece.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 540988i
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A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1560Reference: 25881i
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Conchyliologie nouvelle et portative. Ou Collection de coquilles propres à orner les cabinets des curieux de cette partie de l'histoire naturelle : mises par ordre alphabétique, avec les notes des endroits d'òu elles se tirent, & des cabinets qui renferment les plus rares.
Date: 1767
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The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.
Reference: 23312i
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Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet / Geordnet und beschrieben von Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini und unter dessen Aufsicht nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet.
Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm MartiniDate: 1769-1829
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Four shells on the shore with orange sun and sea in background
Ballarin, Catarina, active approximately 1990Date: 23 January 1990Reference: 2846760i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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On the mode of formation of shells of animals, of bone, and of several other structures, by a process of molecular coalescence, demonstrable in certain artificially formed products / by George Rainey.
George RaineyDate: 1858
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Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
Benoît-Louis PrévostDate: 1 November 1798Reference: 42228i
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Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.
Reference: 23430i
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Otia conchologica : descriptions of shells and mollusks, from 1839 to 1862 / by Augustus A. Gould.
Augustus Addison GouldDate: 1862
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Specification of Walter Baker : medicinal preparation.
Baker, Walter (Chemist )Date: 1856
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A shell; advertising safe sex as preventing AIDS. Colour lithograph for AIDS Hilfe Schweiz, 2002.
Date: [2002]Reference: 752120i
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Shells, fish and seaweed in bright colours on an orange and brown ground
Lievesley, Barbara, active approximately 1966-1967Date: 9 January 1967Reference: 3000193i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Bacchus with Ariadne or a nymph. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after G.L. Valesio.
Giovanni ValesioDate: 1766Reference: 3015555i
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Franz Ernst Brueckmann. Line engraving.
Reference: 1453i
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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
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The British Museum: the Zoological Gallery, crowded with holiday visitors. Wood engraving, 1845.
Date: 1845Reference: 38466i
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Two Samoan women holding fans, wearing seashell neckleces and grass skirts.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 540987i
Archives and manuscripts
Four shells and seven rocks on the shore with yellow sun and sea in background
Ballarin, Catarina, active approximately 1990Date: 30 January 1990Reference: 2846765i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The Duchess's shells : natural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages / Beth Fowkes Tobin.
Beth Fowkes TobinDate: [2014]
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The shell-collector's handbook for the field / [J.W. Williams].
Williams, J. W.Date: 1888
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The conchologist's companion; comprising the instincts and construction of testaceous animals; with a general sketch of those extraordinary productions which connect the vegetable and animal kingdoms / By the author of 'Select female biography', "Wonders of the vegetable kingdom", etc. [i.e. M. Roberts].
Mary RobertsDate: 1824

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Die Kontroverse von R.A.F. de Réaumur und J. Th. Klein über Bau und Wachstum der Schneckenschalen / von A. Geus.

Abraham Vater. Line engraving by J. M. Bernigeroth, 1752.

Shell collecting : an illustrated history / S. Peter Dance.

Two Samoan women, seated in a domestic setting, wearing grass skirts, one with seashell necklece.

A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Conchyliologie nouvelle et portative. Ou Collection de coquilles propres à orner les cabinets des curieux de cette partie de l'histoire naturelle : mises par ordre alphabétique, avec les notes des endroits d'òu elles se tirent, & des cabinets qui renferment les plus rares.

The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.

Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet / Geordnet und beschrieben von Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini und unter dessen Aufsicht nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet.

Four shells on the shore with orange sun and sea in background

On the mode of formation of shells of animals, of bone, and of several other structures, by a process of molecular coalescence, demonstrable in certain artificially formed products / by George Rainey.

Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.

Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.

Otia conchologica : descriptions of shells and mollusks, from 1839 to 1862 / by Augustus A. Gould.

Specification of Walter Baker : medicinal preparation.

A shell; advertising safe sex as preventing AIDS. Colour lithograph for AIDS Hilfe Schweiz, 2002.

Shells, fish and seaweed in bright colours on an orange and brown ground

Bacchus with Ariadne or a nymph. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after G.L. Valesio.

Franz Ernst Brueckmann. Line engraving.

Mollusc shells: classification chart showing 132 varieties, with a diagram below outlining details of the three main shapes. Coloured lithograph, 1830/1860?.

The British Museum: the Zoological Gallery, crowded with holiday visitors. Wood engraving, 1845.

Two Samoan women holding fans, wearing seashell neckleces and grass skirts.

Four shells and seven rocks on the shore with yellow sun and sea in background

The Duchess's shells : natural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages / Beth Fowkes Tobin.

The shell-collector's handbook for the field / [J.W. Williams].