Shells : Muscheln : Coquillages : conchology or the natural history of sea, freshwater, terrestrial and fossil shells 1780
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Shells : Muscheln : Coquillages : conchology or the natural history of sea, freshwater, terrestrial and fossil shells 1780
AUTHOR:
Dezallier d'Argenville, A.-J. (Antonine-Joseph), 1680-1765
ISBN:
9783836511117
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Koln : Taschen, 2009
PHYSICAL_DESC:
216 p. : ill. ; 35 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references
ABSTRACT:
Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (1680-1765) was so bewitched by seashells that he authored one of the world's most spectacular books dedicated to seashells. This title features engraved frontispiece based on a drawing by the King of France's principla painter, Francois Boucher (1703-1770)
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Mollusks -- Pictorial works |
BIBSUMMARY:
Antoine Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville (1680-1765) was so bewitched by seashells that he authored one of the world's most spectacular books dedicated to seashells. This title features engraved frontispiece based on a drawing by the King of France's principla painter, Francois Boucher (1703-1770)