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Index Testaceologicus, an Illustrated Catalogue of British and Foreign Shells

Name: Index Testaceologicus, an Illustrated Catalogue of British and Foreign Shells
Author: W. WOOD; SYLVANUS HANLEY (ED.)

Book Description

Roy. 8vo, orig. publisher's half morocco, gt, teg, marbled boards + endpapers; some rubbing/scuffing. Some foxing to flyleaves; plates very clean. Owner's name to flyleaf. Very good.

Dealer Notes

Containing about 2800 figures accurately coloured after Nature. A new and entirely revised (final) edition of Wood's 'Index Testaceologicus', by Sylvanus Hanley. The first edition was published in 1818.
[Nissen ZBI, 1825C]

Author W. WOOD; SYLVANUS HANLEY (ED.)

Date 1856

Binding Orig. publisher's half morocco

Publisher Willis and Sotheran: London

Condition Very good

Pages xx, 234

Price: £450.00

Offered by Pemberley Books

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