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

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[1861]
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578918i
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Previous title, replaced August 2023 : Mollusc shells: classification chart showing 132 varieties, with a diagram below outlining details of the three main shapes. Coloured lithograph, 1861.

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Paris (Rue de Seine 33) : Mon. Basset, [1861] (Paris : Imp. Lemercier)

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1 print : lithograph with watercolour ; sheet 54.9 x 71.3 cm

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Conchyliologie tableau de la classification des coquilles Extensive lettering beneath images, giving the name of each shell.

References note

Bibliographie de la France, 9 février 1861, no. 303 ("Conchyliologie. Tableau de la classification des coquilles. Paris, impr. lith. Lemercier; Basset.")--Image of France database no. 71113

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Wellcome Collection 578918i

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