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A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. I. Tunicata, and the Families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidae.
1853 lxxx, 486 p., 64 b/w plates, publisher’s cloth. First and last pages with some foxing but the majority of the text clean. Plates with a a clear waterstain and are loose.Great classic of 19 century European shell books. The plates in vol. I depict living shells, the remainder of the plates were published in vol. 4.
A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. II. Remaining Families of Bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as Far as Ianthinidae.
1853 viii, 557 p., publisher’s cloth. Outer margin covers discoloured, else a good copy.Great classic of 19 century European shell books.
A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. II. Remaining Families of Bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as Far as Ianthinidae.
1853 viii, 557 p., dark green half calf with marbled boards, spine with four bands and two black labels (binding somewhat rubbed). Title-page and last page foxed, else a good copy. With the ex libris (bookplate) of Charles Robert Bree. Great classic of 19 century European shell books.
A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. I. Tunicata, and the Families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidae. Vol. II. Remaining Families of Bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as Far as Ianthinidae.
1853 Two volumes (of 4). lxxx, 486, viii, 557 p., 64 b/w plates, publisher’s cloth (outer ends spine with somewhat worn). A few pages with some foxing but the majority clean. Great classic of 19 century European shell books. The plates in vol. I depict living shells, the remainder of the plates were published in vol. 4.
A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells.
1853 Four volumes (complete). lxxx, 486, viii, 557, x, 616, vi, 301 p., with 201 hand-coloured lithographed pls and 2 plain plates, contemporary publisher’s cloth (some slight wear to lower margins spines volumes 1 and 4). A few pages with slight foxing, but the great majority clean. Small round ex libris on front paste-down.A good and sound copy of this great classic of 19 century European shell books, here in the much scarcer larger format (18 x 26,5 cm, only 15 x 23 in uncoloured copy version) with beautifully hand-coloured plates. The 64 plates in volume I depict living shells, the remainder of the plates were published in volume 4.
