Dezallier d'Argenville, Shells - See also

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Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities Hardcover, 29 x 44 cm (11.4 x 17.3 in.), 636 pages $ 200.00 Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities - One of the most prized natural history books of all time
Thornton, Temple of Flora Loose Leaf collection with 33 Fine Art Prints, Booklet, Box, 42.8 x 53 cm (16.9 x 20.9 in.), 110 pages $ 150.00 The complete reprint of all color plates from Robert John Thornton's monumental work The Temple of Flora, first published in London in 1799
Edward Lear, The Parrots Loose Leaf Collection with 42 Fine Art Prints, Booklet, Box, 32.8 x 49 cm (12.9 x 19.3 in.), 116 pages $ 100.00 Completed in 1832 when he was just 20, Edward Lear's 42 hand-colored lithographs still stand as the finest images of the parrot family ever produced, and an unsurpassed monument in the history of scientific illustration
Edvard Koinberg: Herbarium Amoris. Floral Romance Hardcover, 23.6 x 31 cm (9.3 x 12.2 in.), 280 pages $ 39.99 "The calyx is the bridal bed... the strands are the sperm tubes, the pistil stylet the mother passage or vagina, the plant ovary the human female ovary, the seed capsules the mature human ovary, and the seed the egg." —Carl Linnaeus
New! Maria Sibylla Merian, Insects of Surinam Hardcover, 25.1 x 34.2 cm (9.9 x 13.5 in.), 192 pages $ 39.99 A complete reprint of Merian's great 1705 work on the stages of butterfly and insect development
The Woodbook Hardcover, slipcase, 16.8 x 24.4 cm (6.6 x 9.6 in.), 800 pages $ 39.99 TASCHEN 25 - Special edition! For the love of trees
Garden of Eden. 100 Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration Hardcover, 24.8 x 31.6 cm (9.8 x 12.4 in.), 576 pages $ 29.99 TASCHEN 25 - Special edition! Heaven on earth A tribute to the long tradition of botanical illustration
Shells 2010 spiral binding, 34.3 x 49 cm (13.5 x 19.3 in.), 28 pages $ 24.99 Large Calendars Buy the calendar, get the décor free. Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Shells - 2010
Shells 2010 Hardcover, 17.4 x 22 cm (6.9 x 8.7 in.), 128 pages $ 24.99 Deluxe Calendars Make every day luxurious... TASCHEN Deluxe Calendar Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Shells - 2010
Roses Hardcover, 26.4 x 32.8 cm (10.4 x 12.9 in.), 204 pages $ 19.99 TASCHEN 25 - Special edition! The complete reprint of the famous rose book by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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Carpita, Veronica / Willmann, Prof. Dr. Rainer / Willmann, Sophia
Hardcover, 25.1 x 34.2 cm (9.9 x 13.5 in.), 216 pages
$ 39.99

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"This is a vast collection of 80 hand-coloured, copper-engraved plates by conchologist Dezailler, a man driven by his passion for shells. So lovely are they that we would be tempted to extract several and frame them, if that wasn't book butchery."
Coast, London, United Kingdom