Here is a beautifully preserved and framed fine original antique 1810 William Miller/George Perry shell motif aquatint engraving. Title: Strombus (plate 12). (The last photo indicates the watermark). The frame measures 19″ x 24″. Framed work is an original page from the “Conchology” book described below. Archival, museum-quality, framing in ultraviolet filtering museum glass, in pH-neutral ragboard by Kenyon Oppenheimer Gallery (now Joel Oppenheimer) Chicago. Original plate from the book Conchology (or, The Natural History of Shells: Containing a New Arrangement of the Genera and Species). London: Printed for William Miller, 1810. Folio (16 6/8 x 11 inches). 4-page Introduction, text leaves watermarked W. Exceptionally fine aquatint plates of shells with original hand-colour by John Clarke. Whatman 1806 and 1810, and J. THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SHELLS TO BE ILLUSTRATED WITH AQUATINT PLATES.