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Lot 114
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$448
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. CONCHOLOGY]. A group of 14 works, including:
BROWN, Thomas (1785-1862). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., [n.d.]. -- CHENU, Jean-Charles. Manuel de Conchyliogie et de Paleontologie Conchyliologique. Paris: Librairie Victor Masson, 1859. -- JEFFREYS, John Gwyn (1809-1885). British Conchology. London: John van Voorst, 1862. 5 volumes. -- RIMMER, Richard. The Land and Freshwater Shells of the British Isles. London: David Bogue, 1880. -- SOWERBY, George Brettingham (1788-1854). A Conchological Manual. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. -- TURTON, William (1762-1835). A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands. London: Printed for John Booth, 1819.
And 8 others. Together, 14 works in 18 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, most in original bindings. Condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.