INITIAMENTA CONCHOLOGICA OR ELEMENTS OF CONCHOLOGY, COMPRISING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL HISTORY OF SHELLS AND THEIR MOLLUSCOUS INHABITANTS, THEIR STRUCTURE, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, HABITS, CHARACTERS, AFFINITIES, ARRANGEMENT, AND ENUMERATION OF SPECIES
London, England: Reeve, Brothers, King William Street, Strand, 1846. Reeve, Miller, Sowerby, Adams. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. Red half-morocco, with the red cloth in a design resembling topographic water patterns. Goatskin spine and corners bordered in gilt chain. Four raised bands to spine with elaborate patterns to each band, lettered..... More