Resultados de búsqueda: illustrated index of british shells containing de g b sowerby

Sowerby, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1887. 2nd. Rev. Enl. Ed.. pp.xvi, plus 25 fine hand-coloured copper engraved plates and supporting text. 4to. Hardback. Neat inscription dated 1906 to ffep. Minor amount of foxing and offsetting. Two tissue-guards with tears, o/w. contents in fine condition. AEG. Original red-cloth boards with gilt lettering and blind-tooled decoration in vg. condition; spine shows some darkening with age, a little wear.

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1858. First Edition. Quarto. As Sowerby noted the work contains 700 figures on 24 plates with each item hand colored each with a printed explanatory leaf, and all with original tissue guards. Orig. gilt & blind stamped red pebbled cloth. On front endpaper is seal of Sowerby's shop and bound in at rear is a leaf of advertisements for Sowerby's natural history supply business. Bound in red embossed cloth lettered in gilt, spine plain, some staining to cloth, corners bumped, contemporary owner's name. A very nice copy.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.,, 1859. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. sm 4to. xv pages, followed by 24 colored plates and related text leaves; Blind stamped cloth covers, with gilt stamped lettering; All edges gilded; Cloth covers are worn along edges and on spine covers; Lettering on top cover remains good; Many small penciled checks throughout contents and on plates, and occasional penciled marginalia; Plate I shows a couple of small chips on outside edge; Plates XI and XII show creases at upper outside corners, not affecting images; Contents and plates are otherwise in good condition, though with occasional very light smudges; Collated and complete.