PERRY, George (fl. 1810). Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: containing a New Arrangement of the Genera and Species. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for William Miller [1810-]1811 [plates watermarked 1813]. First edition of the first work on shells to be illustrated with aquatint plates . For his illustrations, subsequently vividly coloured by hand, Perry worked from natural specimens in the collections of the British Museum, William Bullock, George Annesley (Viscount Valentia), H.C. Jennings, W.J. Broderip and Elizabeth Bligh (wife of William Bligh, of Bounty fame). Although Perry's Conchology was sharply criticized by contemporaries such as Sowerby, ‘many of [Perry's] new generic and specific names are firmly entrenched in the literature today’ (Dance, p.121). Dance pp.120-121, no.223; Nissen ZBI 3134. Folio (419 x 271mm). 61 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Clarke after Perry (lacking half-title and 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, occasional spotting). Contemporary straight-grained dark green morocco elaborately gilt, gilt edges (upper board detached, extremities lightly rubbed).
PERRY, George (fl. 1810). Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: containing a New Arrangement of the Genera and Species. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for William Miller [1810-]1811 [plates watermarked 1813]. First edition of the first work on shells to be illustrated with aquatint plates . For his illustrations, subsequently vividly coloured by hand, Perry worked from natural specimens in the collections of the British Museum, William Bullock, George Annesley (Viscount Valentia), H.C. Jennings, W.J. Broderip and Elizabeth Bligh (wife of William Bligh, of Bounty fame). Although Perry's Conchology was sharply criticized by contemporaries such as Sowerby, ‘many of [Perry's] new generic and specific names are firmly entrenched in the literature today’ (Dance, p.121). Dance pp.120-121, no.223; Nissen ZBI 3134. Folio (419 x 271mm). 61 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Clarke after Perry (lacking half-title and 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, occasional spotting). Contemporary straight-grained dark green morocco elaborately gilt, gilt edges (upper board detached, extremities lightly rubbed).
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