Index Testaceologicus; Or A Catalogue Of Shells, British And Foreign, Arranged According To The Linnean System; Including Supplement
by W. Wood
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
W. Wood, 1828. Hardback. Very Good. Second edition, two volumes-bound-as-one hardback , corrected and revised, 1828, in the original full green leather binding with gilt decoration to boards, the spine with five bands, gilt decoration and gilt titles. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - spine a touch tanned with light rubbing to edges. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small bookplate to front pastedown and two names very neat to front endpaper; gilt page-ends retain lustre, text and copious illustrations (2,300 in the Index and an additional 480 in the Supplement) bright and clear throughout. A particularly handsome copy. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230609
- Title
- Index Testaceologicus; Or A Catalogue Of Shells, British And Foreign, Arranged According To The Linnean System; Including Supplement
- Author
- W. Wood
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Wood
- Date Published
- 1828
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History and Ecology;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Hall of Books
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Oswestry, Shropshire
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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