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Item Information   Holdings     Discover more across the Smithsonian     Sowerby, G. B.     Shells     Mörch, O. A. L.,     Berry, S. Stillman     Roper, Clyde F. E.,       MARC Display

A conchological manual / / by G.B. Sowerby, Jun. ; illustrated by upwards of five hundred figures.   Author:  Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884. Title:  A conchological manual / / by G.B. Sowerby, Jun. ; illustrated by upwards of five hundred figures. Publisher:  London : Mr. G.B. Sowerby, bookseller, 1839. Description:  [2], v, [1], 130, [6] p., [24] leaves of plates : col. ill. (lithographs) ; 22 cm. Notes:  Colophon: George Odell, printer. Last paging group, [6] p. at end, consists of 2 folded leaves of letterpress tables and an errata leaf. Plates are hand-colored. Local Note:  SCNHRB has two copies. SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013481189) has extensive ink ms. notes in margins and blank leaves interleaved with text and at the end; also pencil drawings of shells bound after ms. notes. SCNHRB c. 1 has inscription in ink on verso of front free endpaper: Til Erindring om den 21 April 1844 fra H. Beck till Otto Mörch. SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. SCNHRB c. 1 is the gift of Clyde Roper. SCNHRB c. 1 half bound in sheepskin and marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, title in gilt on spine. SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013481221) is a variant: [2], x, [iii]-v, [2], 130, [4] p.; with x p., 2nd group, an additional introduction; errata leaf bound following p. v, 4th paging group. With 24 leaves of plates. SCNHRB c. 2 has 95 p. of publisher's advertisements bound-in at end. SCNHRB c. 2 in original green publisher's cloth binding, blind-embossed decorations, title in gilt on spine; ticket on front paste-down: Warshaw Collection, Albany, N.Y. Subject:  Shells -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Added Author:  Mörch, O. A. L., (Otto Andreas Lowson), 1828-1878, former owner. Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor. Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)ocm01550023 Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status Copy Statement   QL406 .S73 1839 Cullman Library Rare Books 39088013481189 Checked In c. 1 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList QL406 .S73 1839 Cullman Library Rare Books 39088013481221 Checked In c. 2 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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