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The Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook’s Voyages
Beth Fowkes Tobin
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in 18th-century Britain. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time. This study tells the story of the collection's formation and dispersal.
240 pages, 30 colour images + 35 black-&-white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 17, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300192230 |
| Publishers | Yale University Press |
| Pages | 316 |
| Dimensions | 176 × 253 × 28 mm · 1.10 kg |
| Language | English |
