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CONCHOLOGY
1855
BEAUTIFUL RARE BOOK ON SHELLS WITH 47 PLATES
BERGE
Conchylienbuch.
44 fine handcoloured PLATES
Berge,
F.
Conchylienbuch
oder allgemeine und besondere Naturgeschichte der Muscheln und Schnecken
Stuttgart,
Krais & Hoffmann, 1855.
263 pages. Complete.
4to. 8
x 10.2 inches
With
47 (44 handcolored) lithographed plates.
Beautiful printed boards.
Reference: Nissen
ZBI, 320
The plates depict 726 species of shells and are beautifully hand colored.
Rare
and in good overall condition. Some
foxing to the text.
Very light spotting to a few plates here and there.
ITEM# BERG726
SOLD