THE CONCHOLOGIST'S TEXT-BOOK. EMBRACING THE ARRANGEMENTS OF LAMARCK AND LINNAEUS, WITH A GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. TO WHICH IS ADDED IS ADDED A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE MOLLUSCA

London / Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. c1858. 9th Edition, corrected an enlarged. Hardcover. Hand colored engravings on steel; Author: Thomas Brown (Naturalist) - Captain Thomas Brown was a British naturalist and malacologist. Born in Perth, Scotland, he was educated at the Edinburgh High School. At the age of twenty, he joined the Forfar and Kincardine Militia, raising to the rank of captain in 1811. When he was quartered in Manchester, he became interested in nature, and edited Oliver Goldsmith's "Animated Nature." After his regiment was disbanded he bought the Fifeshire flax mill. But this burned down before Thomas Brown had the opportunity to insure it and he then started to write books about nature for a living. In 1840 he became curator of the Manchester Museum for twenty-two years. He wrote several natural history books, a few dealing with conchology. He became a fellow of the Linnean Society, a member of the Wernerian, Kirwanian and Phrenological Societies, and president of the Physical Society. Material from his books was used by United States naturalist Thomas Wyatt for his book "Manual of Conchology." Wyatt in turn hired Edgar Allan Poe to edit, compile, and "arrange" a revised, condensed, simplified, and less expensive version: "The Conchologist's First Book" (1839). A species of sea snail, a marine gastropod, was named after him: Zebina browniana d'Orbigny, 1842. 232 pages plus 21 platesWidth: 4.75" Height: 7"Book Details: THIS BOOK IS THE FOUNDATION OF POE'S CONCHOLOGIST'S FIRST BOOK. Condition / Notes: This is a stated ninth edition. Bound in blind-stamped brown cloth with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial designs appear on spine and front cover. Book shows only mild external wear, with faint moisture markings to front and rear cover. Binding is firm. Pastedowns display moderate rippling, heavier at rear. Antique bookplate of Maurice Leitch appears on front pastedown. Pages are clean and bright. Work is illustrated with bright color plates with tissue guards, 21 leaves and approximately 200+ images. .