Memoir On the Pearly Nautilus

London: Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition. 1832 RICHARD OWEN'S FIRST DETAILED ANATOMIC STUDY BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS OF THE PEARLY NAUTILUS. 11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, mauve cloth binding, gilt black leather title label to spine, bookplates of Drs. Noble S. M. Maluf and Robert L. Chevalier to front paste-down, [2], 68 pp, 15 fine engravings, 7 in duplicate, separated… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Printed by Richard Taylor ... Sold by W. Wood, 1832. 4to. (11 1/8 x 9 inches). 68pp. 8 plates (of which 1-7 are in two states). Original cloth, gilt titling to spine. Provenance: Marie V. Lebour (bookplate) First edition. Sir Richard Owen was a prominent biologist and paleontologist who was widely regarded as one of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition.. Many of the lithographed plates show scattered foxing; a tight copy in very good condition in a period-style morocco binding.. Pp. (4), 2-68; 8 full page monochrome lithographed plates (15 total lithographs - many are two-page). Recent green one-half straight-grain morocco leather over English marbled boards, green endpapers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Printed by Richard Taylor, Sold by W. Wood. London. 1832. 4to.. pp. (ii), 68. 8 plates, of which 7 are double [outline and full], engraved by ZEITTER after Owen's drawings. Original cloth now much faded, rebacked saving the paper label, all the plates damp-marked along the lower margins, the text clean, presentation inscription with the stamped signature… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.