Sowerbys Book Shells London Studio (1 results)

Sowerby's book of shells. London, Studio editions. In 4to, cloth with gilt impressions on spine, color dustcover, pp. 139 with 42 color pls. This is a re-issue of the fourth edition od Sowerby's Conchological Manual of 1852. The 29 pl. of the original have been augmented by a dozen of plates from D'Orbigny Dictionnaire, 1839. Two tabels have been omitted and the layout somewhat altered. As new copy