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Illustrated Index of British Shells: Containing Figures of all the Recent Species, with Names and Other Information
by George Brettingham Sowerby
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
$450.00$382.50
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About This Item
Bright copy of this attractive overview of British conchology.
Second edition with 26 finely engraved hand-coloured plates by George Brettingham Sowerby II.
Includes attractive plates of mussels, scallops, razor shells, cockles, chitons, limpets, whelks, freshwater snails, ear-shells, etc., arranged as if in a case in a cabinet of wonders.
Total of 711 species of British shells on 26 plates: 642 figures on the 24 plates from the first edition of 1859, and 69 figures on two extra lithographs by Sowerby.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884), was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. Grandson of James Sowerby, the famous English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist.
Original red, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to front board, a.e.g, sunning and stains to spine, bumping to corners, bookplate of Charles H. Shaw on front endpaper, delicately hand-coloured plates with some scattered spotting.
Second edition with 26 finely engraved hand-coloured plates by George Brettingham Sowerby II.
Includes attractive plates of mussels, scallops, razor shells, cockles, chitons, limpets, whelks, freshwater snails, ear-shells, etc., arranged as if in a case in a cabinet of wonders.
Total of 711 species of British shells on 26 plates: 642 figures on the 24 plates from the first edition of 1859, and 69 figures on two extra lithographs by Sowerby.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884), was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. Grandson of James Sowerby, the famous English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist.
Original red, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title to front board, a.e.g, sunning and stains to spine, bumping to corners, bookplate of Charles H. Shaw on front endpaper, delicately hand-coloured plates with some scattered spotting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo209
- Title
- Illustrated Index of British Shells
- Author
- George Brettingham Sowerby
- Illustrator
- George Brettingham Sowerby
- Format/Binding
- Gilt cloth binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sowerby and Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- Quarto, 27.5 x 19cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- George Brettingham Sowerby, shells, conchology, mollusk, gastropod, engraving, British Shells, scientific illustration, natural history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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