General Conchology; Or, a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system
by WOOD, W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Booth, 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. 15.5 cm x 24 cm iv + 245 pages illustrated with sixty hand coloured plates, containing 260 figures of univalves and bivalves.All edges gilt contents clean and tight armorial bookplate to front paste down. Bound in half dark green morocco over marbled boards spine in 6 compartments with gilt shell motifs within decorative borders. Some light rubbing to spine edges , 2cm x 1cm bruise to front edge of rear board.A very good copy in an attractive binding of the second edition
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books
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- 001380
- Title
- General Conchology; Or, a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system
- Author
- WOOD, W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Booth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Keywords
- UNIVALVES , BIVALVES ,SHELLS
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