Elements of Conchology: or, An Introduction to The Knowledge of Shells
Language: English
Published by Benjamin White, London, 1776
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdomecbooks
AbeBooks seller since August 26, 1999
Condition: Used - Good
£ 810.00
Quantity: 1 available
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A good copy of this scarce work, with 7 folding hand-coloured plates in contemporary full calf binding. Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) was a naturalist with a focus on fossils. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747. In the preface he states that he did not see himself as a conchologist, but regularly came across shells in his fossil work. He began to study them in depth, giving a series of public lectures on the subject. Those formed the basis of 'Elements'. The binding has a decorative panelled calf design to the boards. The central panel is bordered with an intricate design in gilt and the panel itself has a tree calf pattern. The outer margins are a speckled calf with a thin gilt decorative border, and gilt patterning to the inner board edges. The spine has decorative gilt compartments with a title label. It has been rebacked at some time, repairing damage at the top spine end and at the side further down. That repair is now looking fragile and there is splitting at the spine joints, particularly the front joint. The binding is however, currently sound with boards attached. There is repair at the corners which are rubbed and turned inwards, and some surface rubbing. The endpapers have been replaced. Contents: 2 initial blanks; title (with small spot on the L of Elements); preface pp iii-viii; contents pp iii-vi (pagination error); text pp 1-280; 7 folding plates with explanatory text pp 281-296; 2 folding tables; index pp 299-318; 2 final blanks. The contents are very clean and the plates clean and well coloured. There is some offsetting from plates to text and plate 1 has some browning. There is occasional spotting to text (pp 144-147 worst affected) and some old ink scholarly notes - mainly correcting the classifications with some words crossed out (generally still readable underneath). The main pages affected by this are 128, 135, 154, 173-198 and 207. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Elements of Conchology: or, An Introduction to The Knowledge of Shells
- Author
- Emanuel Mendes da Costa
- Publisher
- Benjamin White, London
- Publication year
- 1776
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Full-Leather
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Emanuel Mendes da Costa
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Conchology, Freshwater and Marine Life, including fish and fishing, NATURAL HISTORY
ecbooks
Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
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We are a small online bookselling business specialising in rare and unusual books, generally published before 1900, with a focus on natural history, history, illustrated works and some literature. We are based in the beautiful Orkney Islands and have a specialist Orkney/Shetland section in our listings. We run a bookshop in Orkney - Birsay Books - where we have a wide range of stock from science fiction and fantasy to maritime and, of course, Orkney/Shetland and Scottish material. We take images of all of our books to supplement the online descriptions, and are always happy to provide more on request. When you order from us, we ensure that books are properly packed to protect their condition and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for additional security. Because we are based on an island which depends on ferries and flights for shipping, we can not guarantee 'next day' delivery. We will simply get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.…
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