Supplement to Index Testaceologicus or a Catalogue of Shells

Slim 8vo, iv + pp59 complete with the 8 hand coloured plates of the 480 specimens to rear and 3 pages of publishers adverts. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original binding of green cloth with paper title label to spine in good condition with some rubbing to top & tail of spine and edges, some marking to boards and sunning to spine. Inside bookplate to front pastedown and the odd mark to pages otherwise in nice condition. William Wood was an English zoologist, surgeon, and natural history bookseller best known for his pioneering illustrated works on conchology and entomology, including systematic catalogues of shells and insects that advanced taxonomic classification in the early 19th century. A scarce seperate index.