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Antiquariaat Schierenberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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AbeBooks Seller since 1 October 2001
Philadelphia, PA, The Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1866. 8vo (20.8 x 13.3 cm). viii, 394 pp.; hundreds of text figures; four portraits (tissue-guarded), 23 plates of which some tinted and two finely hand-coloured. Later green buckram with gilt title on the spine. = The complete second volume of this rare and well-illustrated journal. Some papers have many text engravings. Nearly all plates and text figures deal with Recent continental North American molluscs. Several deal with marine fossils. The binding is strong but not very attractive. Internally, however, a very good, clean copy. Seller Inventory # 74487
Title: American Journal of Conchology. Volume II.
Binding: Soft cover
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