Early 19th C Antique Conchology / Shell Engraving for Londonesis by George Wolfgang Knorr/John Wilkes

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Antique conchology copper plate engraving of shells/coral published between 1796-1828 in London for "Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or universal dictionary of arts, … more Antique conchology copper plate engraving of shells/coral published between 1796-1828 in London for "Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or universal dictionary of arts, sciences and literature". Illustration originally by George Wolfgang Knorr, compiled and edited in publication by John Wilkes. Presented in cream colored matting and gold wood frames.

Georg Wolfgang Knorr (30 December 1705, in Nürnberg – 17 September 1761, in Nürnberg) was a German engraver and naturalist.

John Wilkes (1750 – March 31, 1810) was an English printer, bookseller and stationer. He was a Freeman of Winchester and proprietor of the Hampshire Chronicle. With Peter Barfoot he ran the British Directory Office in London, which published the Universal British Directory from 1790 to 1798 after obtaining a royal patent.

He "compiled, digested and arranged" the Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, which was published between about 1801 and 1828 in 24 volumes, with three volumes of copperplate engravings. Some extensive articles were also published separately, viz. Horology (1811) less