1819 A Conchological Dictionary of the British Isles

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Rebound

First edition.

Rebound in red cloth.

Featuring 28 monochrome plates of shells with helpful reference. Collated, complete.

With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book.

From leading conchologist and physician William Turton, best known for his translation of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae and for treating Tom Keats, brother of John, for consumption in 1817.

This resourceful dictionary names the essential terms of British conchology, with descriptions of important shells.