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Exotic Conchology By William SWAINSON
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Description
SWAINSON, William.
Exotic Conchology
Or, figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells, drawn on stone from the most select specimens; the descriptions systematically arranged on the principle of the natural system
Stock Code 104986
London Henry G. Bohn 1841
Current price £3,750.00
Second edition; 4to, (304 x 248mm); complete with 48 original handcoloured lithographic plates, light spotting and browning to some pages; contemporary green half leather, spine richly gilt, spine bleached, edges of spine and corners of boards bumped; 39pp.
Provenance
Worcester Public Library (bookplate to front pastedown). -
More Information
Documentation: Documented elsewhere (similar item) Period: 19th Century Creation Date: 1841 Styles / Movements: Traditional Dealer Reference #: 104986 Incollect Reference #: 690166 -
Dimensions
W. 248 mm; L. 304 mm;
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