Popular British Conchology. A Familiar History of the Molluscs Inhabiting the British Isles.

Published by Lovell Reeve, London, 1854

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Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society

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Complete with twenty hand-colored lithographs, including the frontis, with tissue guards. Half green/brown calf over marbled boards with matching endpapers. Marbled edges and gilt compartments. Boards detached but present, with the front board still attached to the initial pages. Loss to head of spine (see image) with some wear to corners and to the gilt title. Minor foxing to first and last few pages, but otherwise the text and plates remain clean with no previous owners' names. 5.25 x 6.25 in (13.5 x 16 cm).

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Bibliographic details

Title
Popular British Conchology. A Familiar History of the Molluscs Inhabiting the British Isles.
Author
George Brettingham Sowerby
Publisher
Lovell Reeve, London
Publication year
1854
Condition
Fair
Edition
First Edition.
Seller catalogs
Natural History

William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society

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