Wonders of the Sea
SHELLS
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Colour plates 'painted from nature by Paul A. Robert'
Introduction by Julian Huxley, M.A., DSc.,
Secretary, Zoological Society of London
Introductory text by Arnold Masarey, DSc.
Oxford University Press, New York and Toronto
Printed in Switzerland by Iris Verlage, Berne
—1945—
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Original vintage prints over 75 years old
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Sheet size: approximately 7 3/4 x 11 inches (about 20 x 30 cm)
Image size varies and will be noted below each thumbnail image below. |
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| PLATE I |
Murex ternispina Lam. (Japan) |
Approximate image size: 4.75 x 6.5 inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet
See staining in margins (would be covered when the print is matted)
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$15 |
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| PLATE II |
Tellina astrolabei Daut & Fio (New Caledonia)
Tellina conccinea Chemn. (Malacca)
Tellina incarnata L. (Mediterranean)
Siliqua radiata L. (Indian Ocean)
Haliotis asinina L. (Japan) |
Approximate image size: 4.75 x 6 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$15 |
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| PLATE III |
Charonia tritonis L. (West Indies)
Oliva poryphyria L. (Mexico)
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Approximate image size: 4.875 x 5.875 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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| PLATE IV |
Pecten jacobaeus L. (Adriatic) |
Approximate image size: 5.5 x 4.675 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$25 |
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| PLATE V |
Cypraea lynx L. (Indian Ocean)
Cypraea pantherina Sol. (New Caledonia)
Cypraea arabica L. (Mauritius)
Cypraea tigris L. (Mauritius) |
Approximate image size: 4.875 x 5.875 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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| PLATE VI |
Conus imperialis L. (Indian Ocean)
Conus textile L. (New Caledonia)
Conus princeps L. (Gulf of California) |
Approximate image size: 5.875 x 4.375 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$15 |
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| PLATE VII |
Pecten spectabilis Reeve (Ceylon)
Pecten sanguinolentus Gmel. (Aden)
Pecten noduliferus Sow. (Zanzibar)
Pecten tigrinus Muell. (Bergen, Norway) |
Approximate image size: 4.75 x 5.25 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$25 |
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| PLATE VIII |
Strombus bituberculatus Lam. (Martinique)
Strombus auris-dianae L. (Phillipines)
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Approximate image size: 5.125 x 4.5 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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| PLATE IX |
Terebra dimidiata L. (New Caledonia)
Terebra maculata L. (New Caledonia)
Terebra subulata L. (Japan)
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Approximate image size: 4.5 x 6.75 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$25 |
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| PLATE X |
Lioconcha ornata Leuk. (New Caledonia)
Lioconcha castrensis L. (New Caledonia)
Amussium japonicum Gmel. (Japan) |
Approximate image size: 4.5 x 6.75 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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| PLATE XI |
Aulica rossiniana Bern. (New Caledonia)
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Approximate image size: 4.675 x 6.675 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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| PLATE XII |
Nacella clypeater Less. (Chile)
Patella caerulea L. (Tangier, Morocco)
Patella longicosta Lam. (Cape of Good Hope)
Patella caerulea L. (Mediterranean)
Cellana tramoserica Martyn. (Botany Bay, Australia)
Patella granularis L. (Cape of Good Hope)
Cellana radians Gmel. (New Zealand)
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Approximate image size: 4.875 x 5.75 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$25 |
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| PLATE XIII |
Mitra papalis L. (Indian Ocean)
Mitra episcopalis L. (Philippines) |
Approximate image size: 5.25 x 5.875 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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| PLATE XIV |
Pterocera rugosa Sow. (New Caledonia) |
Approximate image size: 6.875 x 5.5 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$25 |
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| PLATE XV |
Harpa articularis Lam. (Philippines)
Harpa ventricosa Lam. (Mauritius)
Phalium areola L. (Amboina)
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Approximate image size: 6.5 x 4.25 inches inches on a 7.75 x 11 inch sheet |
$20 |
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