The Universal Conchologist exhibiting the figure of every known Shell, accurately drawn and painted after Nature with A New Systematic Arrangement. London: Thomas Martyn, C.1810. 2 volumes (volumes 3 and 4), 4to (325 x 260 mm) Plates numbered 81-160 superbly colored to resemble an original watercolor in contemporary hand (without plates 139 and 159), plate 97 window mounted, 119, 143 laid down, 99, 120, 124, 140, 154, in different states. 19th-century green half morocco and marbled boards, gilt lettered vol 3 and vol 4, last vol rebacked with old spine laid down. Later issue of volumes 3 and 4 of "the most beautiful of all shell books" (Forbes). The work is generally found with 80 plates (see preceding lots), constituting the first two volumes, with 80 plates. This is volumes 3 and 4 comprising only the title, an "Explanatory Table" and the plates in each volume. The final 80 plates did not actually appear until 1792 and the plates were issued over an extended period of time. The above volumes are undated, the titles are window mounted on "Ruse & Turners" paper dated "1810" other plates are on J. Whatman paper. Individual copies can vary considerably in terms of the supplementary material such as titles, plates of medals, tables, observations on tables and so on.
The Universal Conchologist exhibiting the figure of every known Shell, accurately drawn and painted after Nature with A New Systematic Arrangement. London: Thomas Martyn, C.1810. 2 volumes (volumes 3 and 4), 4to (325 x 260 mm) Plates numbered 81-160 superbly colored to resemble an original watercolor in contemporary hand (without plates 139 and 159), plate 97 window mounted, 119, 143 laid down, 99, 120, 124, 140, 154, in different states. 19th-century green half morocco and marbled boards, gilt lettered vol 3 and vol 4, last vol rebacked with old spine laid down. Later issue of volumes 3 and 4 of "the most beautiful of all shell books" (Forbes). The work is generally found with 80 plates (see preceding lots), constituting the first two volumes, with 80 plates. This is volumes 3 and 4 comprising only the title, an "Explanatory Table" and the plates in each volume. The final 80 plates did not actually appear until 1792 and the plates were issued over an extended period of time. The above volumes are undated, the titles are window mounted on "Ruse & Turners" paper dated "1810" other plates are on J. Whatman paper. Individual copies can vary considerably in terms of the supplementary material such as titles, plates of medals, tables, observations on tables and so on.
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