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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm33147335
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049 $aSNI1$nosds 20151021
050 4 $aQL425.G7$bS6514
090 $aQE801$b.S6914 1837
100 1 $aSowerby, James,$d1757-1822.
240 10 $aMineral conchology of Great Britain.$lFrench
245 10 $aConchyliologie minéralogique de la Grande Bretagne /$cpar James Sowerby ; traduit de l'anglais par E. Desor ; atec [i.e., avec] un avant-propos et des notes contenant de nombreuses additions et rectifications par L. Agassiz.
260 $aSoleure :$bJent & Gassmann,$c[1837-]1845.
300 $a2 volumes :$billustrations, 403 hand-colored plates ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aTranslation of: The mineral conchology of Great Britain.
500 $aIssued in 20 parts between 1837 and 1845.
500 $a"Imprimerie de J. Gassmann, fils, a Soleure" --Verso of the half-title.
500 $aSome plates are signed: Lith. de Nicolet a Neuchatel; Sonrel in lap.
500 $aVolume 1 (texte) has [4], viii, [1], 10-682 pages; volume 2 (planches) has [4] pages, 403 leaves of plates (some folded).
500 $aPlates 13-16 are misnumbered as 9-12; plate 52 is misnumbered as 32; plate 203 is misnumbered as 202; and plates 379-403 are misnumbered as 371-395. Plates 176 & 177 are printed together on the same leaf; so are plates 198 & 199. In addition to plate 99, there are also three plates numbered 99a, 99b, and 99c. There is no plate numbered 288, which was omitted from the foliation sequence without loss of content.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $avolume 1. Texte. -- volume 2. Planches.
510 4 $aNissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration,$cv. 1, entry 3919
510 4 $aCatalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History),$cpage 1983
541 $aAntiquariaat Junk;$cpurchase;$d07/2015;$h$2040.99.
590 $aSCNHRB copy (volume 1, 39088018372755; volume 2, 39088018372797) has stamp on title page: Bibliothèque Albert Gaudry Palaeontologie Museum.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased with funds from Dr. Alan R. Kabat and the Cullman Endowment.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has contemporary green and black mottled paper boards with gilt-tooled black leather spines; raised bands; and marbled endpapers.
650 0 $aMollusks, Fossil$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aPaleontology$zGreat Britain.
700 1 $aDesor, É.$q(Édouard),$d1811-1882,$etranslator.
700 1 $aAgassiz, Louis,$d1807-1873,$ewriter of introduction.
700 1 $aNicolet, Hercule,$elithographer.
700 1 $aSonrel, Antoine,$eillustrator.
700 1 $aGaudry, Albert,$d1827-1908,$eformer owner.$5DSI
710 2 $aJent & Gassmann,$epublisher.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSowerby, James, 1757-1822.$tConchyliologie minéralogique de la Grande Bretagne.$dSoleure : Jent & Gassmann, 1845$w(OCoLC)762207998
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949 $lscnh$gscnhrb$dv. 2$i39088018372797$nlc$trare