English naturalist, malacologist and scientific illustrator (fl. 1771–1823)

Mantis foliatus. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby after G. Perry, 1810.

Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species. Illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries / By George Perry.

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Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species. Illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries / By George Perry.

Mantis foliatus. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby after G. Perry, 1810.