Gualtieri, Niccolo.

First edition, folio (433 x 315mm.), half-title, engraved additional title, printed title in red and black with engraved vignette, 15 sectional titles in red and black with vignettes, 2 engraved historiated initials, 17 engraved tailpieces, 110 full-page illustrations of shells, slightly later half calf, [Nissen ZBI 1736], acquisition note of Henry Sotheran dated 1855, book labels of T.F. Bergin, library stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, binding rubbed and somewhat worn, upper cover becoming detached

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Gualtieri's Museo contained a great variety of shells and specimens which are the focus of this handsomely-produced volume. The large, finely-engraved plates artistically present the shells from two sides, thus affording a complete and more accurate view of the subject.