Seashells from 1811 that look just like the ones on the beach, taken from George Brown’s “The Elements of Conchology, or, Natural History of Shells” which was published in London in 1816. All the plates being signed by George Brown and Robert Scott.

elementsofconcho01brow_0008 — “Univalve.” Plate 9, page 7. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofconcho01brow/page/n7/mode/2up

elementsofconcho01brow_0187 2 — “Parts of shells,Multivalve and bivalve.’ Plate 1, page 186. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofconcho01brow/page/n186/mode/1up

elementsofconcho01brow_0189 (1) — “Parts of shells, bivalve and univalve. Plate 2, page 188. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofconcho01brow/page/n188/mode/1up

elementsofconcho01brow_0191 — “Parts of shells, univalve.” Plate 3, page 191. Collections of and digitalized by the Smithsonian Libraries. Fair use licence. via https://archive.org/details/elementsofconcho01brow/page/n190/mode/1up

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