Elements of Conchology; An Introduction to the Natural History of Shells and of the Animals which form them
- Publisher : Published by the author
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 62 hand-coloured lithographic plates
Description:
Includes illustrations by G.B. Sowerby (Plates numbered A-I, K-Q, 1-31, XXXII-XXXVII, 38, XXXIX-XLVI).
Condition
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.
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