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[SOWERBY, G. B.] DANCE, S. Peter (ed.).
Sowerby's Book of Shells.

Description:
pp. 139, (i). 41 coloured plates and a number of text line drawings. Dust wrapper, a very good copy.

*This, though modified in some ways, is a re-issue of the fourth edition of Sowerby's Conchological Manual of 1852. The 29 plates of the original have been augmented by a dozen plates from d'Orbigny Dictionnaire Universal d'Histoire Naturelle, 1839-1849. Two tables have been omitted and the layout somewhat altered.

Studio Editions. London.

Date Published: 1990. 4to.

Stock No. 55726

Price: £25.00

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