A Conchological dictionary of the British islands.
William Harry Turton (1762-1835)
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3016778
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], v-xxvii, [3], 272, [4] p., XXVIII [28] pages of plates . ill.. . 8vo. manuscript drawing of building floorplan[?] on front pastedown;manuscript list of numbers on rear pastedown. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: JE[?] JW[crossedout] 10/-. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter buff; grey paper over boards; printed spine label: Turton's conchological dictionary of the British islands. One hundred fine cd specimens. Plain 9s. Boards. Coloured, 14s. ditto. Copies for marginal Addition with plain and color sets of the plates are printed for the use of collectors.
Makers and roles
William Harry Turton (1762-1835)