Co-authored by one of the world's pre-eminent scholars, The Book of Shells illustrates a life-sized collection of 600 of the world's most significant shells. Each entry is accompanied by a miniature line-drawing and beautiful life-size photograph enabling rapid identification, whilst magnified details reveal the diversity of pattern. The result is a beautiful book that is both a significant resource for enthusiasts and scholars, and the most visually stimulating guide to shells you could wish to find.
- ISBN10 1408125277
- ISBN13 9781408125274
- Publish Date 2 July 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 July 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint A & C Black Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 656
- Language English