The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shell
Subtitle: accurately drawn and painted after nature, with a new systematic arrangement
By: by the author Thomas Martyn = Le conchologiste universel, montrant la figure de chaque coquille aujourd'hui connuë : soigneusement dessinee et peinte d'apres nature, le tout arrangé selon le systeme / de l'auteur Thomas Martyn
Publisher: Sold at his house ...
Published: 1784
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; fre
Subjects: Mollusks
Other titles: Conchologiste universel, montrant la figure de chaque coquille; Figures of non descript shells collected in the different voyages to the South Seas since 1764; Figures des coquilles jusqu'à présent inconnues recueilles en divèrs voyages à la Mer de Sud depuis l'année 1764
Notes: Original issue of work appears to have been: Vol. 1: 27, [5] p., plates 1-40 (1784); v. 2: [2] p., plates 41-80 (1784); v. 3: plates 81-120 (1786); v. 4: plates 121-160 (and frontispiece?) (1787).

"As the 3 [the word "four" is crossed out] first volumes of this undertaking form of themselves a distinct work, and as such may be preferred by some persons, an additional title page is therefore added for such purpose, leaving the other title page to be removed at the discretion of the purchaser."--Advertisement pasted to recto of front free endpaper, vol. 2.

Added t.p.: Figures of non descript shells collected in the different voyages to the South Seas since 1764, published by Thomas Martyn = Les figures des coquilles jusqu'à présent inconnues recueilles en divèrs voyages à la Mer de Sud depuis l'année 1764, et donnees au publíc par Thomas Martyn.

Engraved title pages.

The [5] p. following the text in v. 1 are a blank page and two loose explanatory-table sheets.

Col. frontispiece in v. 1 with caption Aphrodite, in Greek.

2nd preliminary leaf in v. 2 is blank.

English and French.

BM (Nat. Hist.) ; v. 3, p. 1258.