Elements of Conchology, Vol. 1: Including the Fossil Genera and the Animals; Univalves, With Upwards of 500 Figures (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Bowdich, Thomas Edward

9780656222889: Elements of Conchology, Vol. 1: Including the Fossil Genera and the Animals; Univalves, With Upwards of 500 Figures (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Elements of Conchology, Vol. 1: Including the Fossil Genera and the Animals; Univalves, With Upwards of 500 Figures

I beg to repeat that this Manual, as well as the others, has been compiled for those of my countrymen, whose remote situations in our colonies, do not permit of their acquiring so desirable a species oft knowledge, by the study of collections; as well as for those who, like myself, m'ay cultivate Natural History, as the most agreeable delasse ment to mathematical studies.

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