A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville

arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system : together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species

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A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville

arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system : together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species

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Pages
92

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Edition Notes

Plates are hand-colored.

Plates unsigned or signed G. Scharf or J. Fahey, printed by C. Hullmandel.

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SCNHRB has three copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013486352) has occasional pencilled ms. markings throughout.

SCNHRB c. 1 has [1]-leaf of publisher's advertisement bound-in at end.

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry.

SCNHRB c. 1 has pencilled ms. list laid-in. See library staff for access.

SCNHRB c. 1 has ink ms. bibliographical note on 1st front free endpaper.

SCNHRB c. 1 in brown paper boards, printed cover label, green cloth spine; housed in an archival cardboard box.

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013486394) has 2 p. publisher's prospectus bound-in following appendix.

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in recent maroon library buckram, title in gilt on spine.

SCNHRB c. 3 (39088013486436) stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library [and] Smithsonian Libraries Aug 7 1980.

SCNHRB c. 3 is uncut, bound in recent brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine; measures 25 cm.

Published in
London
Genre
Catalogs and collections.
Other Titles
Sowerby's catalogue of the Earl of Tankerville's collection of shells, with descriptions of 100 new species

Classifications

Library of Congress
QL406.2 .S68

The Physical Object

Pagination
vii, 92, xxxiv p., [9] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
92

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24130962M
Internet Archive
catalogueofshell00sower
OCLC/WorldCat
3875051

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