Title: British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca Which now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas Author: Jeffreys, John Gwyn Place: London Publisher: John Van Voorst Date: 1862-1869 Description: 5 volumes. Each with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and 8 un-colored plates, 102 "supplementary" hand-colored engraved plates at the rear of Volume 5. (8vo) 19x12.5 cm. (7½x5"), original cloth with gilt-lettered spines. First Edition. The author was a leading authority on eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean mollusks, and is known to have had a remarkably complete collection of shells from British and adjacent seas Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends frayed, most hinges cracked; previous owner has drawn on the verso of the frontispiece in 3 volumes, frontispiece and endpaper detached in one volume, previous owner's label in first volume; cracking at gutters between signatures; still about very good. Item number: 228827
Title: British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca Which now Inhabit the British Isles and the Surrounding Seas Author: Jeffreys, John Gwyn Place: London Publisher: John Van Voorst Date: 1862-1869 Description: 5 volumes. Each with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece and 8 un-colored plates, 102 "supplementary" hand-colored engraved plates at the rear of Volume 5. (8vo) 19x12.5 cm. (7½x5"), original cloth with gilt-lettered spines. First Edition. The author was a leading authority on eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean mollusks, and is known to have had a remarkably complete collection of shells from British and adjacent seas Lot Amendments Condition: Spine ends frayed, most hinges cracked; previous owner has drawn on the verso of the frontispiece in 3 volumes, frontispiece and endpaper detached in one volume, previous owner's label in first volume; cracking at gutters between signatures; still about very good. Item number: 228827
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