Conchology.- Johnson (Theophilus) Illustrations of Exotic Conchology, 37 hand-coloured pencil drawings, c.1881.

Conchology.- Johnson (Theophilus) Illustrations of Exotic Conchology, 37 hand-coloured pencil drawings, text in manuscript in a ruled exercise book bound before illustrations, occasional spotting, mainly to text, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, spine and corners a little faded, 8vo, [Nissen ZB1 2120], c.1881.

⁂ Scarce. Only 1 copy on COPAC, also with manuscript descriptions.

Theophilus Johnson (1836-1919) was born in Tottenham. He was an amateur naturalist and artist, privately printing a large number of natural history titles. He illustrated all of his works with original watercolours and drawings.

With the bookplate of Francis Hemming (1893-1964), the English entomologist specialising in lepidoptera.