The Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages (The Association of Human Rights Institutes series)

by Beth Fowkes Tobin (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $32.22

  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.