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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No DJ. 1st Edition. Published: n.d. [c1865]. First Edition. Not signed by author. 1865 first edition of a Victorian classic featuring the intricately detailed George B. Sowerby II plates. DESCRIPTION: Illustrated boards. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated Language: English Book Condition: Fair. Heavy wear to corners, edges and spine. Paper covering of spine split along all spine edges and starting to lift. Rubbed board. Internally very good. Remains tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Previous owners name to fly page dated 1883. DJ Condition: No DJ. AUTHOR: The Reverend John George Wood (1827-1889) preeminent populariser of natural history in the Victorian era, who famously abandoned his formal curacy to dedicate his life to 'making science intelligible to the common mind'. George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884) preeminent figure within the most influential dynasty of natural history illustrators in British history, a family of scientist-artists who for over a century defined the visual standards of biological discovery. As the son of George Brettingham Sowerby I and grandson of the great James Sowerby, the founder of the lineage and author of the monumental English Botany, he inherited a legacy of 'unrivalled taxonomic precision' and artistic mastery. A Fellow of the Linnean Society, Sowerby II was far more than a mere draftsman; he was a sophisticated malacologist who played a central role in the family's collaborative magnum opus, the Thesaurus Conchyliorum, an exhaustive five-volume record of molluscs that required forty-five years to complete. In his work for the 1865 first edition of J. G. Wood's The Common Shells of the Sea-Shore, Sowerby II applied this elite family pedigree to the popular market, providing exquisitely rendered plates that transformed a simple field guide into a scientifically rigorous artifact. His ability to distill complex taxonomic features into clear, beautiful engravings ensured that the Sowerby name remained synonymous with the Victorian natural history movement. SOWERBY, George Brittingham (ilustrador). …