Index testaceologicus, or, A catalogue of shells, British and foreign : arranged according to the Linnean system : with the Latin and English names, references to authors, and places where found : illustrated with 2300 figures / by W. Wood
xxii, [2], 212 pages, 38 leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 22 cm
Type:
Identification
Classification
Pictorial works
Catalogs and collections
Date:
1828
Notes:
"Lamarck's division of the Linnean genera, referred to the figures of the Index testaceologicus"--Pages [xv]-xx.
Plates are hand-colored.
Colophon: Printed by Richard Taylor.
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SCNHRB copy 1 (39088005592563) has bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.
SCNHRB copy 1 bound in black library buckram, title in gilt on spine, gilt edges.
SCNHRB copy 1 is bound with: Wood, W. Supplement of the Index testaceologicus, or, A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. London: Printed for W. Wood, 1828 (QL404 .W88 1825 copy 3). Bound together subsequent to publication or as issued?
SCNHRB copy 2 (39088013485081) has pencilled manuscript notes on front free endpaper and occasionally in text.
SCNHRB copy 2 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Sep 2 1910 [ink manuscript accession no.] 214097.
SCNHRB copy 2 bound in plain brown pebbled cloth, ink manuscript paper spine label.
SCNHRB copy 2 is bound with: Wood, W. Supplement to the Index testaceologicus, or, A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. London: Printed for W. Wood, 1828 (QL404 .W88 1825 copy 2). Bound together subsequent to publication or as issued?
