The Conchologist's Text-Book: Embracing the Arrangements of Lamarck and Linnaeus, with a Glossary of Technical Terms

Brown, Thomas

Archiblad Fullarton & Co, 1837

VG+. 3/4 calf binding, with marbled bards. 3 raised bands. [i]-x, [11]-180 p., 19 leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm. Hardcover. Very good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Provenance: Montagu Egerton Loftus's book plate on verso. Notes: This work is the source of Poe's The conchologist's first book. (see Heartman, Poe, p. 30).