A Pair of Hand-Colored Shell Engravings

FROM NICCOLO GUALTIERI'S INDEX TESTARUM CONCHYLIORUM
engraved by Antonio Pazzi & Giuseppe Menabuoni, circa 1742. Later hand-colored.
Framed dimensions 22 1/2 x 17 inches.

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A Pair of Hand-Colored Shell Engravings

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