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Mid 18th Century "Shells" Engraving After Nicolai Gaultieri

Name: Mid 18th Century "Shells" Engraving After Nicolai Gaultieri
Price: 400 USD
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$400

Shapero Gallery

Mayfair, London

Condition Notes: The print has a light stain to the upper margin, not affecting the image, short tear to bottom margin; otherwise … moreThe print has a light stain to the upper margin, not affecting the image, short tear to bottom margin; otherwise good and consistent with age. Further details on request. less

Description: A Group of hand-coloured Shells engraved by MENABUONI (Giuseppe) and PAZZI (Antonio) after [GUALTERI, Nicolai] from the First edition of … more A Group of hand-coloured Shells engraved by MENABUONI (Giuseppe) and PAZZI (Antonio) after [GUALTERI, Nicolai] from the First edition of “Index Testarum Conchyliorum” published in Florence by C. Albizzini in 1742.
Plate no. 32
Engraved plate with later hand colour. Paper size: 12 inches by 17 1/2 inches.
The plate has an image on the verso which is often visible and common to the work.

Giuseppe Menabuoni and Antonio Pazzi were both Italian painters, printmakers, and Niccolò Gualtieri was a medical doctor and professor at the University of Pisa, whose avocation was the study of molluscs. He devised a system of classification of the shells for this book, which was admired by the zoologists who based their studies on his works, such as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Menabuoni's splendid plates reproduce specimens of Gualtieri's shells, some of which are still in the collection of the Museum of Natural History and the Territory in the Certosa di Calci, operated under the auspices of the University of Pisa. less

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