Tematika: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 00
Ilustrovana verzija: Da
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Autori: by Antoine-Joseph Dézallier D`Argenville (Author), Antonia Reiner-Franklin (Translator), Joan Clough (Translator), Isabelle Baraton (Translator), Michèle Schreyer (Translator), Verena Listl (Translator)
Povez: tvrd
Br. strana: 216
Format: 26x35
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Shells / Muscheln / Coquillages: Conchology, or The Natural History of Sea, Freshwater, Terrestrial and Fossil Shells
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. His La Conchyliologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles de Mer, d`Eau Douce, Terrestres et Fossiles, published at Paris in 1780, was a summa of contemporary knowledge in the complementary fields of mineralogy and conchology, and was so popular as to turn the study of natural history into a fad in Paris. A botanist and art lover, Dezallier drafted life-size drawings of the seashells, hand-coloring them in rococo style and even using a mirror to illustrate them to best effect. TASCHEN`s complete reprint of these 80 splendid hand-colored copper engraved plates, distinguished by their vivid colors and vast selection of rare, beautiful species, is taken from one of the finest original copies.