A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands with figures of each of the kinds / by William Turton [Turton's British shells]

Turton, William (1762-1835)

1840, New Edition. London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. Very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt motif to front panel. Rebacked with the original spine laid back. New endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and bumped as with age. Scattered foxing, mainly around prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages; ix, 324 p., [12] leaves of col. plates : ill ; 21 cm. "A new edition thoroughly revised and much enlarged by John Edward Gray" --title page. Spine title: "Turton's British shells, by J. E. Gray." Subjects: Shells - Great Britain - Handbooks, manuals, etc. Mollusks - Molluscs - Great Britain. Item #222103

Price: €165.00