Popular conchology ; or, the shell-cabinet arranged: being an introduction to the modern system of conchology. With a sketch of the natural historyof the animals, an account of the formation of the shells, and a complete...list of the families and genera
by CATLOW, Agnes
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans , 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 18 cm x 11.5 cm ,xx + 300 pages .Illustrated with, one folding table plus numerous illustrations in the text.A partly unopened copy contemporary bookplate to front paste down for Phillip Hamond.Contents clean and tight no inscriptions.Publishers brown cloth, gilt shell vignette to upper cover ,rubbing and some chipping to head of spine, binding tight no splits A very god copy in the original binding.
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- Hereward Books
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- Title
- Popular conchology ; or, the shell-cabinet arranged: being an introduction to the modern system of conchology. With a sketch of the natural historyof the animals, an account of the formation of the shells, and a complete...list of the families and genera
- Author
- CATLOW, Agnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- conchology
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