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090 $aQE801$b.S69 1812
100 1 $aSowerby, James,$d1757-1822.
245 14 $aThe mineral conchology of Great Britain;$bor, Coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth.$cBy James Sowerby.
246 3 $aColoured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth
246 1 $iBinder's title:$aSowerby's Mineral conchology$5DSI
260 $aLondon,$bPrinted by Benjamin Meredith; and sold by the author, J. Sowerby; White and Co.; Sherwood and Co.; and by all booksellers in town and country,$c1812-[1846]
300 $a7 volumes$b648 leaves of plates (some folded, some color)$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aPublished by subscription in 113 parts.
500 $aFor details about the publication history of this edition, see the article by R.J. Cleevely, "The Sowerbys, Mineral conchology, and their fossil collection" in the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, volume 6 (1974), pages 418-481; and also the article by Cleevely and C.W. Wright, "Authorship and dates of the Sowerbys' Mineral conchology of Great Britain" in the Bulletin of zoological nomenclature volume 42 (1985), pages 64-71.
500 $aVolume 7 was never completed and was published without title page or index. Plates 643-648 have no descriptions.
500 $aThe work was continued from volume 4 by James de Carle Sowerby and Charles Edward Sowerby.
500 $aImprint varies. Volume 2 has imprint: London. Printed by Arding and Merrett ... and sold by the author, J. Sowerby ...; Sherwood and Co. ... and by all booksellers in town and country, 1818; volume 3 has imprint: London. Printed by W. Arding ... and sold by the author J. Sowerby ...; Longman and Co. and Sherwood and Co., 1821; volume 4 has imprint: London. Printed by W. Arding ... and sold by J.D.C. and C.E. Sowerby ...; Longman and Co., and Sherwood and Co. ..., 1823; volume 5 and 6 have imprint: London. Printed by Richard Taylor ... and sold by J.D.C. and C.E. Sowerby ... G.B. Sowerby; Longman & Co., and Sherwood and Co., 1825[-1829].
500 $aVolumes 1-4 contain supplementary indexes and notes by J. Farey.
500 $aIncludes indexes.
500 $aMany of the specimens described were later acquired by the British Museum.
530 $aAlso available online.
541 $aE. Petit;$cpurchase;$d09/2015;$h$15,500.00.
590 $aelecresource
590 $aSCNHRB copy is imperfect: part 105 of volume 6 is wanting (including a portrait of James Sowerby, a preface to the general indexes and the systematical index to the six volumes by J. de C. Sowerby, on pages [239]-250).
590 $aSCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Katherine H. Van Winkle Palmer, with her autograph on the front free endpapers; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.
590 $aSCNHRB copy was acquired from the collection of the late malacologist, bibliographer and bookseller Richard E. Petit.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has tipped in at the back of the volume: an article reprinted from the Magazine of natural history, new series, 1839, pages 254-263[?], entitled "Strictures upon the commencement of a publication entitled 'Conchologie mineralogique de la Grande Bretagne, par James Sowerby --traduction francaise revue, corrigee, augmentee par L. Agassiz, with a reply by Prof. Agassiz, and a letter from Mr. J.D.C. Sowerby."
590 $aSCNHRB copy of volume 7 has stamp on front free endpaper: Penzance Library; with engraved bookseller's label on the front paste down endpaper: Bound by Walker & Son, Plymouth. At the time of cataloging (November 2015), some of the conjoined leaves of text were still unopened.
590 $aSCNHRB copy has later gilt-tooled half-leather bindings with marbled paper boards, endpapers, and edges; and raised bands.The binding for volume 7 is similar to the uniform binding style of volumes 1-6, but made with different marbled paper and leather.
650 0 $aMollusks, Fossil$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aPaleontology$zGreat Britain.
700 1 $aSowerby, James de Carle,$d1787-1871.
700 1 $aSowerby, Charles Edward,$d1795-1842.
700 1 $aFarey, John,$d1766-1826.
700 1 $aMeredith, Benjamin,$eprinter.
700 1 $aPalmer, Katherine V. W.$q(Katherine Van Winkle),$d1895-1982,$eformer owner.$5DSI
700 1 $aPetit, Richard E.,$eformer owner.$5DSI
700 1 $aTaylor, Richard,$d1781-1858,$eprinter.
710 2 $aArding and Merrett,$eprinter.
710 2 $aArding, W.,$dactive 1821,$eprinter.
710 2 $aLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green,$ebookseller.
710 2 $aSherwood and Co. (London),$ebookseller.
710 2 $aWhite and Co. (London),$ebookseller.
710 2 $aPenzance Library (England),$eformer owner.$5DSI
710 2 $aWalker & Son (Plymouth, England),$ebinder.$5DSI
776 08 $aSowerby, James, 1757-1822.$tMineral conchology of Great Britain.$dLondon, Printed by B. Meredith [etc.] 1812-[1846]$w(OCoLC)654369434
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSowerby, James, 1757-1822.$tMineral conchology of Great Britain.$dLondon, Printed by B. Meredith [etc.] 1812-[1846]$w(OCoLC)793995077
856 41 $uhttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14408#/summary$zDigitized copy from the Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, available via the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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