Published by 1780 [2009], 1780
Seller: ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany
Conchology or the natural history of sea, freshwater, terrestrial and fossil shells A famous reproduction of one of the rare hand-coloured issues of that famous work, trilingual (English, Francaise, Deutsch) enriched with a lot of modern information on the shells in science and art of the late 18th century and the scientific importance of d'Argenville's work till today, with actual nomenclature and a bibliography. 216 pp., 87 col. pls, hc folio.