English Shells: Conchology

Artisan: Ken Blythe
Date: Unknown
Intended Room: Library
Dimensions: TBC
Inventory number: 2022.195

Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s daughter and son-in-law, who run The Little Book Company, via eBay, in June 2022.

The text on the title page is just too small for me to make out any details beyond the word ‘Conchology’, so I haven’t yet had any luck identifying the parent text. At any rate, this scientific volume presents a thorough range of coloured engravings, showing freshwater shells, molluscs, snails and slugs. Complete with beautiful marbled endpapers, it’s a must for any well-educated Victorian’s library.