Lot n° 800
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NATURAL SCIENCES - Beautiful book by Hugh & Marguerite S - Lot 800
NATURAL SCIENCES - Beautiful book by Hugh & Marguerite Stix and R. Tucker Abbott -
Seghers ed 1969 - 27,5 x 29,5 cm - bound in decorated cloth/cardboard in dust jacket.
SHELLS
MASTERPIECES OF UNDERWATER LIFE.
A very fine scientific work with 187 plates (some folding) with wonderful photos by Landshoff - The text captions the photos, names the shells, measures them, gives their country of origin and indicates their degree of rarity. At the end of the book, an extensive bibliography of seashells, both scientific and culinary.
The authors of the book are the founders of the rare shell collection at the New York Museum (MM Stix) and Professor at the Delaware Museum of Natural History (Abbot).
The photographer's talent: astonishing photographs that turn each shell into a work of art. - The text presenting the shells is perfectly technical, tracing their discovery and classifying them by species, but also recounting their role in different civilizations; a perfectly interesting text for collectors and non-specialists alike.
Contents: the social role of shells for mankind, their use in decoration and jewelry, shells through the centuries - shells as currency in tribal societies, religious symbols - shells in pre-Columbian America - in the Middle Ages, Santiago de Compostela - the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Rococo, the Victorian spirit, shells in the 20th century, a new science: malacology (zoology devoted to the study of molluscs).
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