No. 37 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Auger Shells
Pictures by Albertus Seba
Long, slender auger shells fan out around a sunburst of sea urchin spines in this hand-coloured engraving from Albertus Seba's Thesaurus of Natural Curiosities of 1758. Seba, an Amsterdam apothecary, had his great cabinet of shells and sea creatures drawn and engraved for the book. For someone who loves the sea and its curiosities.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / AUGER SHELLS / With a sunburst of urchin spines / Auger shells are long, narrow spires made by sea snails that hunt worms in the sand. Seba's engravers set them round a sunburst of sea urchin spines. / Thesaurus of Natural Curiosities, vol. 3, 1758 / Albertus Seba, an Amsterdam apothecary, had his great cabinet of shells and sea creatures drawn and engraved.
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