Hanley Sylvanus 1819 1899 (6 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A new and entirely revised edition, Large 8vo, xx + pp234 plus 46 pages of hand coloured plates of the shells with tissue guards. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. Publishers binding of half green morocco leather over marbled boards with 5 raised bands and gilt titles and decorative shells to spine in very good condition with a little rubbing to top & tail of spine, a little bumping to tips and a few small scratches to boards. Inside, starting to page112 however binding still tight and solid and except for a little mild yellowing, all pages with top edge gilt in excellent clean and bright condition. A very nice copy. We also have the first edition of the supplement in stock.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. Scarce First Edition of this field guide for the "youthful amateur in this pleasing science." Crown 8vo (194 x 124mm):viii,146,[2]pp, with tissue-guarded color lithograph frontispiece and 46 text woodcuts. Original blue cloth, paper label printed in black to front cover, pale pink end papers. An exceptional example (title label spotted), tightly bound and bright throughout. Reprinted in 1842 with a glossary of terms and index to the genera and their localities. Hanley "inherited a small fortune at an early age and devoted a lifetime to conchology. . . . After publishing The Young Conchologist's Book of Species in 1840, he edited a new edition of Swainson's Exotic Conchology in 1841, and in 1842 began his first important work on bivalves . . . But he is probably best known to systematists by his publication on the shells of Linnaeus." (Dance, A History of Shell Collecting, p. 183) Most of Hanley's extensive collection of shells is displayed in the Leeds City Museum, on the wooden tablets as he left it. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).…

8vo, 4 vols. (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches). [lxxx], 486, [viii]; 557; [x], 616; [vi], 301, [1]pp. 203 lithographic plates by G.B. Sowerby and James Decarle Sowerby. Uniformly bound in contemporary blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. First edition of this standard work on British shells. Edward Forbes was a malacologist and one of the pioneers of marine studies, laying the foundation of what would come to be known as the field of oceanography. Born on the Isle of Man, the young Forbes was interested in collecting insects, shells, minerals, fossils, and plants from an early age. Though he initially aspired to be an artist, he changed his course of study to medicine at the University of Edinburgh and continued pursuing independent scientific research in natural history while there. After several years, Forbes abandoned his medical studies to travel and publish works on marine biology, botany, and conchology. Throughout the 1830s and '40s, he travelled to Norway, Algiers, present-day Austria and Slovenia, Paris, and the Mediterranean region to conduct research. Facing financial troubles, Forbes accepted a position as curator of the museum of the Geological Society of London in 1842, left two years later to became palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and later returned to the Society in 1853, when he became president. He was also appointed professor of natural history at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held for less than a year before his death in 1854. This is one of Forbes' most famous works, the other being History of British Starfishes and other Animals ofthe Class Echinodermata . The illustrations were done by George Brettingham Sowerby and James Decarle Sowerby and comprise of 139 of shells and 64 of animals. Nissen ZBI, 1406.…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 258 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1843. Text in English. This comprehensive work presents an illustrated and enlarged English edition of Lamarck's 'Species of shells,' incorporating recent additions from Deshayes' last French edition. It includes numerous species not previously noted by Deshayes, accompanied by accurate delineations of almost all the shells described. The volume serves as the third edition of the 'Index testaceologicus,' enriched with illustrations by W. Wood. It is a valuable resource for conchologists and naturalists interested in mollusk taxonomy and classification. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…