The text covers: shells and man; shells as an economic factor; a religious symbol; pre-Columbian America; the Middle Ages, St James & the scallop shell; heraldry; the Renaissance; the late Renaissance & the Baroque; Rococo; the emerging science of malacology; the shell in the 20th century. Abbott comments on each species with 'the malacologist's knowledge and devotion combined with impeccable scientific information'. 163 pages. Light foxing to endpapers. Illustrator: H. Landshoff [Photographs]. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Marine Life; ISBN: 0500271356. ISBN/EAN: 9780500271353. Inventory No: 262284.

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Title

The Shell

Publisher

Thames & Hudson, London

Publication Date

1978

Language

English

ISBN 10

0500271356

ISBN 13

9780500271353

Binding

Softcover

Illustrator

H. Landshoff [Photographs]

Condition

Good

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Marine Life

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Beautiful collectors book with vivid pictures of seashells

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