The Linnaean System Of Conchology Describing The Orders Genera And Species Of Shells Arranged

by Shells John Mawe

$2,850 · Offered by Hordern House

London: printed for and sold by the author… and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Octavo, with 37 lithograph plates, the first of which is the handcoloured frontispiece; a fine and large copy, completely uncut in the original binding of brown boards with printed label; 16 pp Longmans advertisements dated April 1826 at start and 2 pp Mawe's own advertisements at the end. The shells of the world, classified as per

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