"From Journ. Acad. Nat Sci., part 3, vol. II., n.s.--Read May 11th, 1852."--P. [3].

Plates signed: T. Sinclair's Lithog.

Plates are numbered 17-20.

"On some new fossil molluscs in the carboniferous slates of the anthracite seams of the Wilkesbarre coal formation [from Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. part 3, vol. ii, n.s., read May 18th, 1852]"--P. 25-28.

Includes bibliographical references.

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SCNHRB has two copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 (qQL430.7 .U6L43 1838 SCNHRB; not barcoded) is inscribed in ink on front paste-down: Isaac Lea. Stamped on t.p.: Isaac Lea Collection.

SCNHRB c. 1 is stamped: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Jan 7 1890 [ms. acc. no.] 134760. There are numerous pencil markings in the margins, possibly made by Lea.

SCNHRB c. 1 is bound in plain tan paper boards; housed in an archival cardboard drop-back box: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

SCNHRB c. 1 is bound with: Lea, Isaac. A synopsis of the family of Naiades. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1838 (c. 1) -- Lea, I. Notice of the Oolitic formation in America. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1841] -- Lea, I. Description of nineteen new species of Colimacea. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1841] -- Lea, I. Description of a new species of the genus Unio. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1836] -- Lea, I. On the fossil foot-marks in the red sandstone of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1852 -- Lea, I. On the genus Acostæa of D'Orbigny, a fresh water Lamellibranchia. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1851]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

SCNHRB c. 2 (qQE845 .D284 1856 SCNHRB; not barcoded) is inscribed in ink on the t.p.: To Mr. Roswell Field from the author.

SCNHRB c. 2 is bound with: Deane, J. On the sandstone fossils of Connecticut River. [Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1856]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

SCNHRB c. 2 is stamped: Vertebrate Paleontology, U.S. National Museum. Smithsonian Institution National Museum.

SCNHRB c. 2 has an old black half-leather binding with mottled paper boards, raised bands, and a gilt-lettered spine.