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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

MARTYN, Thomas (1760 – 1816)

1760 – 1816

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1784 –1812

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[Vols I and II:] Figures of non-descript shells collected in the different voyages to the South Seas since the year 1764 ... [Vols III and IV:] The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shell, accurately drawn and painted after nature: With a new systematic arrangement by the author.... 4 vols.

MARTYN, Thomas (1760 – 1816)

"The first two volumes, devoted to shells of the South Seas, were originally published as a separate work in 1784. Martyn then extended the work to four volumes with an additional 80 plates. ‘From the introduction to …