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PERRY, George. Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for William Miller, [1810-] 1811.
2° (443 x 295mm). Letterpress half-title, title, introduction (4pp.), index (1p.), 61 hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Clarke after the author, each with accompanying leaf of description. (Some light spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco (rebacked and with two corners replaced).
FIRST EDITION of one of the classic English works on conchology, and the only book on shells to be illustrated with aquatints. The work led to a rift between Perry and his fellow conchologist G. B. Sowerby, who accused him of dreaming up extraordinary shells and questioned his naming of certain species. Nissen ZBI 3134.
2° (443 x 295mm). Letterpress half-title, title, introduction (4pp.), index (1p.), 61 hand-coloured aquatint plates by John Clarke after the author, each with accompanying leaf of description. (Some light spotting.) Contemporary red half morocco (rebacked and with two corners replaced).
FIRST EDITION of one of the classic English works on conchology, and the only book on shells to be illustrated with aquatints. The work led to a rift between Perry and his fellow conchologist G. B. Sowerby, who accused him of dreaming up extraordinary shells and questioned his naming of certain species. Nissen ZBI 3134.