Frontispiece Illustrating Conchology e2
by Historic illustrations
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Frontispiece Illustrating Conchology e2
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Historic illustrations
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Drawing - Woodcutting
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Frontispiece Illustrating Conchology. Neptune, As The Sovereign Of The Ocean, Approaching The Land In His Chariot, Constructed Of A Chama Shell, Drawn By Sea-Horses; Attended By Mermaids Employed In Bringing Up Shells From The Bottom Of The Sea. In Front A Merman, Blowing The Conch Trumpet, Famed, In The Ancient Hindoo Ceremonials, For Driving Away Evil Demons, And Assembling Their Protecting Genii; As Well As For Sounding The Call To Arms, And The Triumph Of Victory. It Is The Murex Tritonis Of Linnaeus. On The Shore, Two Of The Nereides, Attendants On Neptune, In Their Classical Character. Delineated With Silvery White Vestments, And Heads Bound Round With Fuci, Or Sea- Weed; Sheltered In A Grotto, Beneath Impending Rocks, And Busied In Assorting Beads And Festoons From The Minuter Shells. In The Fore -Ground, A Group Of Selected Shells, Emblematical Of The Choice Arrangement Required To Form A Cabinet Of Conchology. hand coloured Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume V; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1810
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January 15th, 2021
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