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EDWARD DONOVAN (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Shells. London: for the author and F. & C.Rivington, 1799-1803. 5 voumes in three, 8 (227 x 133mm). 180 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Plates numbered 74, 75, 119, 120, 157 and 158 spotted.) 19th-century green half morocco gilt, g.e. (lightly scuffed extremities), all within a single modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Troy [?N.Y.] Young Men's Association (labels); Troy Public Library (stamps on three titles).
FIRST EDITION. The titles are somewhat erratically bound to fit in with the new arrangement of the work in three volumes. Cf. Nissen ZBI 1147 (dated [1799-]1804). (3)
The Natural History of British Shells. London: for the author and F. & C.Rivington, 1799-1803. 5 voumes in three, 8 (227 x 133mm). 180 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Plates numbered 74, 75, 119, 120, 157 and 158 spotted.) 19th-century green half morocco gilt, g.e. (lightly scuffed extremities), all within a single modern cloth slipcase. Provenance: Troy [?N.Y.] Young Men's Association (labels); Troy Public Library (stamps on three titles).
FIRST EDITION. The titles are somewhat erratically bound to fit in with the new arrangement of the work in three volumes. Cf. Nissen ZBI 1147 (dated [1799-]1804). (3)