Volute & Murex Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate VI | c. 1840 lithograph Stanford’s plans are admired for

Stanford’s plans are admired for their precision

light foxing and minor chip on border on upper right corner

Published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell

" The legend of the Western Hemisphere map reads: "Painted in quaint Sixteenth Century style

Volute & Murex Shells | Original Hand-Colored Shell Engraving – Captain Thomas Brown, Plate VI | c. 1840 lithograph Stanford’s plans are admired forAn original antique hand colored copper engraving from Captain Thomas Brown's Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, one of the classic natural history books of the 19th century. This plate appears to depict a variety of marine gastropods (sea snails), rather than a single species. Center (largest shell): a Volute (Voluta or Melo species). Lower left & lower right: Murex Rock shells (family Muricidae),