Shell and fossil specimens
Date
1776
Creator
Peter Brown (1758 - 1799, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
55207
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 199mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Conchological study of ten shell and fossil types. Includes, in some cases, depictions of their external and internal surfaces.
Figure one – The mantle of a Scallop (Pectinidae)
Figure two – The hinge of a Fossilised Oyster (Gryphaeidae)
Figure three – A Terebratula Fossil
Figure four – A Spiny Oyster (Spondylus gaederopus), listed as a ‘Thorny Oyster’
Figure five – A ‘Studded Coneus’ Fossil
Figure six – A Pectinoid Mollusc (Pectinoidea unverified), listed as Pectinoides
Figure seven – An Anomia Bivalve (Anomiidae), taken from Pedro Francisco Davila’s Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art (1767)
Figures eight, nine and twelve – A Cockle (Cardiidae)
Figure ten – A Multarticulare Anomia Bivalve (Anomiidae)
Figure eleven – The Tulip Shell (Fasciolaria tulipa)
Plate six from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s book, Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the knowledge of shells, 1776. Inscribed above: ‘PL. VI’
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Peter Brown (active 1758-1799) British naturalist and natural history illustrator illustrated Mendes da Costa's Elements of conchology.
Figure one – The mantle of a Scallop (Pectinidae)
Figure two – The hinge of a Fossilised Oyster (Gryphaeidae)
Figure three – A Terebratula Fossil
Figure four – A Spiny Oyster (Spondylus gaederopus), listed as a ‘Thorny Oyster’
Figure five – A ‘Studded Coneus’ Fossil
Figure six – A Pectinoid Mollusc (Pectinoidea unverified), listed as Pectinoides
Figure seven – An Anomia Bivalve (Anomiidae), taken from Pedro Francisco Davila’s Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art (1767)
Figures eight, nine and twelve – A Cockle (Cardiidae)
Figure ten – A Multarticulare Anomia Bivalve (Anomiidae)
Figure eleven – The Tulip Shell (Fasciolaria tulipa)
Plate six from Emanuel Mendes da Costa’s book, Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the knowledge of shells, 1776. Inscribed above: ‘PL. VI’
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
Peter Brown (active 1758-1799) British naturalist and natural history illustrator illustrated Mendes da Costa's Elements of conchology.
Object history
Volume donated to the Royal Society by Ronald Winckworth, British natural historian, 1942.
Related fellows
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717 - 1791) , Naturalist