Author: Reeve, Lovell
Title: Elements of Conchology; An Introduction to the Natural History of Shells and of the Animals which form them
Description: Published by the author 1860 viii, 260; vi, 203, 62 hand-coloured lithographic plates. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, rebound in recent half morocco, leather title pieces to spines, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Old damp stain to top corners and outer margins, affecting text and plates in both volumes, more extensive and pronounced at front and rear of each volume. Japanese tissue repair to prelims, and 17 plates in Vol. I, as well as to the first 18-pp and Index of Vol. II. Small paper loss to top outer corner of all the plates in Vol. II, not affecting the illustrations.. Includes illustrations by G.B. Sowerby (Plates numbered A-I, K-Q, 1-31, XXXII-XXXVII, 38, XXXIX-XLVI)..
Keywords: Conchology; Hand; coloured plates; Mollusca; Molluscs; PBFA
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Title: Elements of Conchology; An Introduction to the Natural History of Shells and of the Animals which form them
Description: Published by the author 1860 viii, 260; vi, 203, 62 hand-coloured lithographic plates. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, rebound in recent half morocco, leather title pieces to spines, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Old damp stain to top corners and outer margins, affecting text and plates in both volumes, more extensive and pronounced at front and rear of each volume. Japanese tissue repair to prelims, and 17 plates in Vol. I, as well as to the first 18-pp and Index of Vol. II. Small paper loss to top outer corner of all the plates in Vol. II, not affecting the illustrations.. Includes illustrations by G.B. Sowerby (Plates numbered A-I, K-Q, 1-31, XXXII-XXXVII, 38, XXXIX-XLVI)..
Keywords: Conchology; Hand; coloured plates; Mollusca; Molluscs; PBFA
Price: GBP 700.00 = appr. US$ 999.59 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: A47635
- Book number: A47635
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