Conchylia insularum Britannicarum. . The shells of the British islands, systematically arranged. By W. Turton, ... .
William Harry Turton (1762-1835)
Category
Books
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3115009
Summary
Bibliographic description
xlvii,[1],279,[1]p, 20 leaves of plates . col. ill.. . 4to.. Printed labels stuck on many plates. - Ms. note '"This volume contains the bivalves only. Dr Turton proposes to give the univalves & multivalves in two other volumes." This he never lived to do'. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)] and signed 'Gardner Wilkinson Sept 1862'. - Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'Frances Mary Richardson Currer' [(1784-1861) - cf. DNB] with newspaper cutting of her obituary pasted below. - Ms. note (by Currer?) 'Forsyth's sale. 1835 £1:5.-' [i.e. William Forsyth (1772-1835), botanist and author, whose library was sold at Sotheby's 11-20 November 1835]. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter red morocco, floral gilt-patterned paper boards, recessed cords, gilt-lettered 'Turton's British shells'.
Makers and roles
William Harry Turton (1762-1835)