The conchologist's first book, or, A system of testaceous malacology /
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell,
1839.
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| Item Description: | "Arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science". Poe, with the aid of Isaac Lea and Thomas Wyatt, based this book on The conchologist's text-book by Captain Thomas Brown, Glasgow, 1833. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 156 pages, 12 plates ; 18 cm. |