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London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1844. Large quarto. (12 1/16 x 9 5/8 inches). [15], 144pp. 62 hand-coloured plates. Publisher's red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Second edition, "greatly enlarged," of this classic catalogue of mollusca with beautifully hand-colored plates. Thomas Brown was a British naturalist and malacologist. He gained the title of captain in 1811, after rising through the ranks of the Forfar and Kincardine Militia, which he joined at the age of 21. Brown created paintings for the first European edition of Wilson's American Ornithology and edited Oliver Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, In 1838, he became a curator of the Manchester Natural History Society's Museum and was later elected fellow of the Linnean Society and president of the Royal Physical Society. He wrote a number of natural history books which he also illustrated and coloured. First published in 1827 (with only 53 plates), this enlarged edition of Brown's beautiful catalogue of mollusks of the…
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Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britan and Ireland With the description and localities of all the species marine, land, and fresh water 1850
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2018. Paperback. New. [Size: 21.59 x 27.94 cms] Lang: - English, Pages 281. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1850]. This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover [HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE], Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Any type of Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.
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