Publisher's Synopsis
Co-authored by one of the world's pre-eminent scholars, The Book ofShellsillustrates a life-sized collection of 600 of the world's mostsignificant shells. Each entry is accompanied by a miniatureline-drawing and beautiful life-size photograph enabling rapididentification, whilst magnified details reveal the diversity ofpattern. The result is a beautiful book that is both asignificant resource for enthusiasts and scholars, and the mostvisually stimulating guide to shells you could wish to find.
