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Abraham Vater. Line engraving by J. M. Bernigeroth, 1752.
Date: 1752Reference: 9362i
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Two Samoan women, seated in a domestic setting, wearing grass skirts, one with seashell necklece.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 540988i
Part of: Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.
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A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.Date: 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.
Martini, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm, 1729-1778.Date: 1769-1829
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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.
Rainey, G. (George), 1801-1884.Date: 1858
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Great sea urchins of the North West Coast of America. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: 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.
Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866.Date: 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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Bacchus with Ariadne or a nymph. Colour etching by S. Mulinari after G.L. Valesio.
Valesio, Giovanni Luigi, approximately 1583-approximately 1650.Date: 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
Part of: Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.
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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].
Roberts, Mary, 1788-1864.Date: 1824
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Vishnu fighting with the conch shell demon with Kurma's help. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 26004i
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Rudiments of conchology : intended as a familiar introduction to the science, with explanatory plates, and references to the collection of shells in the British Museum / by the author of "The geographical present," &c.
Venning, Mary Anne.Date: 1837
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Rambles in search of shells, land, and freshwater / [James Edmund Harting].
Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928.Date: 1875
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A conchological manual / By G.B. Sowerby.
Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884.Date: 1846
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Lamp shells and ammonites from the Pacific Ocean, some cross-sectioned. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: 1 November 1798Reference: 42227i
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Wodarch's Introduction to the study of conchology: describing the orders, genera, and species of shells: with observations on the nature and properties of the animals; and directions for collecting, preserving, and cleaning shells / [Charles Wodarch].
Wodarch, Charles.Date: 1827

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Vishnu fighting with the conch shell demon with Kurma's help. Gouache drawing.

Rudiments of conchology : intended as a familiar introduction to the science, with explanatory plates, and references to the collection of shells in the British Museum / by the author of "The geographical present," &c.

Rambles in search of shells, land, and freshwater / [James Edmund Harting].

A conchological manual / By G.B. Sowerby.

Lamp shells and ammonites from the Pacific Ocean, some cross-sectioned. Etching after B. L. Prevost, ca. 1798.

Wodarch's Introduction to the study of conchology: describing the orders, genera, and species of shells: with observations on the nature and properties of the animals; and directions for collecting, preserving, and cleaning shells / [Charles Wodarch].