Set of Six 18th Century Coral Engravings by Nicolai Gualtieri

Set of six beautifully engraved Nicolai Gualtieri corals. 

From Gualtieri's work 'Index Testarum Conchyliorum, quuae adservantur in Museo Nicolai Gualtieri'. Gualtieri was an Italian medical doctor and a professor at the University of Pisa with a great interest in shells and corals.

Together with Giuseppe Menabuoni (1708-1745) and Antonio Pazzi (1706-1768) he created hte 'Index' with 110 beautifully engraved copper engravings, based on his own collection which is now in Museo Storia Naturale di Pisa.

In bespoke hand-painted and lacquered red bobbin frames with hessian and AR70 Artglass for optimal clarity.