James Sowerby shells, small antique engraving c1822.

by Sowerby, James

Sowerby antique print of Shells, c1825.

The finest little engravings of shells were those by the Sowerby family of natural history illustrators for “The Genera of Recent & Fossil Shells, for the Use of Students in Conchology and Geology” published between 1821 and 1825 by James Sowerby (1757-1822). Most of the fine steel engravings were by his second son, George Brettingham Sowerby (1788-1854), who completed publication of the work.

Page size 21 x 12.5 cm (8¼ x 5 inches)