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A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system : together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species

by: Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854; Scharf, George, 1788-1860, lithographer; Fahey, J., lithographer; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor. DSI; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1825

Topics: Tankerville, Charles Bennet, Earl of, 1743-1822, Shells

Publisher: London : Printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby

Collection: biodiversity; americana

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English; Latin

Plates are hand-colored

Plates unsigned or signed G. Scharf or J. Fahey, printed by C. Hullmandel

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SCNHRB has three copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013486352) has occasional pencilled ms. markings throughout

SCNHRB c. 1 has [1]-leaf of publisher's advertisement bound-in at end

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry

SCNHRB c. 1 has pencilled ms. list laid-in. See library staff for access

SCNHRB c. 1 has ink ms. bibliographical note on 1st front free endpaper

SCNHRB c. 1 in brown paper boards, printed cover label, green cloth spine; housed in an archival cardboard box

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013486394) has 2 p. publisher's prospectus bound-in following appendix

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in recent maroon library buckram, title in gilt on spine

SCNHRB c. 3 (39088013486436) stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library [and] Smithsonian Libraries Aug 7 1980

SCNHRB c. 3 is uncut, bound in recent brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine; measures 25 cm

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Cullman Library (rare book)

Addeddate: 2009-12-04 20:22:47

Associated-names: Scharf, George, 1788-1860, lithographer; Fahey, J., lithographer; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner