Auction 001 Part 3
By Flints
Jun 6, 2024
Flints Auctions Ltd, Rivermead, Thatcham, UK
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LOT 1242:

Sowerby, James, The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, Sowerby, James, The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain or ...

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£ 1,600
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£2,000 - £4,000
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Auction took place on Jun 6, 2024 at Flints
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Sowerby, James, The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, Sowerby, James, The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells which Have Been Preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. London: printed by Benjamin Meradith, Silver Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, Sold by the Author, 1812-1829, 7 volumes, 1st Ed. 8vo, half morocco gilt, spines with raised bands, gilt edges, Vol7, Supplement without title page, all vols with recent owners bookplate, a good complete set (if you include the manuscript pages), with the very rare unfinished seventh volume. there are 648 hand-coloured engraved plates including several folding Note: An Unusual Copy of this rare Book, all the volumes have period pen corrections and additions. Many of the printed specimen titles have been crossed out and corrected. There are additions to some of the text and all page numbers have been altered. There are handwritten index lists throughout, in Vol.IV page 39 & 40 are completely handwritten. All in the same hand writing with other hand written pages and corrections throughout. The later Supplement has no alterations.