SAY, Thomas (1787-1834). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. 1829, 1830, 1831. New Harmony, Indiana: 1840. 8° (207 x 127mm). Modern paper-covered boards. RARE. In the foreword Say's widow Lucy explains that the unillustrated work contains 'a complete list of such [shells] as were omitted in [Say's "American Conchology"]'. Thomas SAY. American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. New-Harmony, Indiana: printed at the School Press, 1830[-1838]. 7 parts in three volumes (parts I-V in one vol, 8° [217 x 138], parts VI & VII, 8° [250 x 150mm.]). 68 hand-coloured engraved plates by C. Tiebout, L. Lyon and I. Walker, after Lucy Say or Charles A. Lesueur. (Plate 6 loosely inserted from another copy, plates browned and with occasional spotting, plates 51-60 with marginal tears, plate 60 creased, text in volume containing parts I-V browned and spotted.) One vol. containing parts I-V: 19th-century half morocco (worn, covers detached); parts VI-VII: original paper wrappers (backstrip split, small marginal tears with slight loss). Provenance : Geo, W. Tryon (inscription dated 1855 on front pastedown of vol. containing parts I-V). A COMPLETE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT EARLY AMERICAN CONCHOLOGY, WITH COLOURED PLATES THROUGHOUT. Bennett American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books p.94; BM(NH) IV,p.1817; Nissen ZBI 3614. SAY, Thomas (1787-1834). The Complete Writings of Thomas Say, on the conchology of the United States. Edited by W.G. Binney . New York, London, [etc.]: 1858. 8° (236 x 150mm). 48pp. publisher's catalogue at end. 75 plates, 71 hand-coloured engravings, 4 uncoloured lithographs. (Some light spotting to text and browning to plates.) Contemporary red half calf, t.e.g. (rebacked, old spine laid down, modern endpapers). FIRST EDITION of Say's collected writings on conchology: 68 of the 75 plates had been published earlier in Say's American Conchology . BM(NH) IV,p.1817; Nissen ZBI 3615. (5)
SAY, Thomas (1787-1834). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. 1829, 1830, 1831. New Harmony, Indiana: 1840. 8° (207 x 127mm). Modern paper-covered boards. RARE. In the foreword Say's widow Lucy explains that the unillustrated work contains 'a complete list of such [shells] as were omitted in [Say's "American Conchology"]'. Thomas SAY. American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. New-Harmony, Indiana: printed at the School Press, 1830[-1838]. 7 parts in three volumes (parts I-V in one vol, 8° [217 x 138], parts VI & VII, 8° [250 x 150mm.]). 68 hand-coloured engraved plates by C. Tiebout, L. Lyon and I. Walker, after Lucy Say or Charles A. Lesueur. (Plate 6 loosely inserted from another copy, plates browned and with occasional spotting, plates 51-60 with marginal tears, plate 60 creased, text in volume containing parts I-V browned and spotted.) One vol. containing parts I-V: 19th-century half morocco (worn, covers detached); parts VI-VII: original paper wrappers (backstrip split, small marginal tears with slight loss). Provenance : Geo, W. Tryon (inscription dated 1855 on front pastedown of vol. containing parts I-V). A COMPLETE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT EARLY AMERICAN CONCHOLOGY, WITH COLOURED PLATES THROUGHOUT. Bennett American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books p.94; BM(NH) IV,p.1817; Nissen ZBI 3614. SAY, Thomas (1787-1834). The Complete Writings of Thomas Say, on the conchology of the United States. Edited by W.G. Binney . New York, London, [etc.]: 1858. 8° (236 x 150mm). 48pp. publisher's catalogue at end. 75 plates, 71 hand-coloured engravings, 4 uncoloured lithographs. (Some light spotting to text and browning to plates.) Contemporary red half calf, t.e.g. (rebacked, old spine laid down, modern endpapers). FIRST EDITION of Say's collected writings on conchology: 68 of the 75 plates had been published earlier in Say's American Conchology . BM(NH) IV,p.1817; Nissen ZBI 3615. (5)
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