Condition Report
Contact Information
Auction Specialist
Lot 79
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$576
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY]. REEVE, Lovell Augustus (1814-1865). Elements of Conchology; An Introduction to the Natural History of Shells and of The Animals Which Form Them. London: Published by the Author, 1860.
2 volumes, 8vo. 62 hand-colored plates. (Some marginal toning, pencil identifications on plate versos.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, olive morocco lettering-piece gilt in second (light wear to extremities). Provenance: Harvard University Library of the Department of Mollusks (stamp on pastedown); Richard I. Johnson (ownership stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION. Nissen ZBI 3333.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas