A MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSCA : BEING A TREATISE OF RECENT AND FOSSIL SHELLS : Third Edition, with an Appendix of Recent and Fossil Conchological Discoveries. Illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry

Tate, Ralph

Published by Lockwood & Co., London, 1875

About this Item

Complete with Fold-Out World Map of Mollusca Provinces. Detailed work. Well illustrated with 23 Full Page B&W Engraved Plates illustrating many shells and a Frontis Plate illustrating a Section of The Pearly Nautilus. Also many In-Text illustrations. XIV/14 Preliminary Pages, Main Text 542 pages, Appendix to the Manual of Mollusca80 pages + Index to Appendix + 32 page Publisher's catalogue. Olive Green cloth cover with Blind Embossed Lettering and Decoration on front & Back. Gilt title on front. 7" Tall. Cloth backstrip missing from spine. Gift inscription on back of frontis, dated 1875. No other inscriptions except old penciled price in corner of title page. Pages, Map and Plates in very good clean condition. The book is graded at Fair only because of the missing backstrip.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSCA : BEING A TREATISE OF RECENT AND FOSSIL SHELLS : Third Edition, with an Appendix of Recent and Fossil Conchological Discoveries. Illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry
• Publisher: Lockwood & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1875
• Binding: Decorative Cloth
• Illustrator: A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Fair