Index Testaceologicus; Or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to The Linnean System;; With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found

by W. Wood

$1,000 · Offered by Thorn Books

First edition

London: Printed for W. Wood, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #18729 8vo. viii, 188, 2 pp. With 2300 Figures. Thirty-eight full page plates of shell in two states: One hand-colored followed by one uncolored. Contemporary full long grained red leather. Spine in five compartments with raised bands; two with gilt titles and the remainder tooled in gilt. Boards tooled in gilt and

• Binding: Hardcover

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