PERRY, George.  Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells. London: Printed for William Miller, 1811. 2° (425 x 280mm). Half title, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates (a few spots and some light offsetting of plates onto text). Contemporary straight-grained citron morocco by J. Rodwell elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, scuffed, staining to lower cover). Provenance: Nathaniel George Clayton (armorial bookplate); Jane Atkinson (early signature on title). Nissen ZBI 3134.
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PERRY, George. Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells. London: Printed for William Miller, 1811. 2° (425 x 280mm). Half title, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates (a few spots and some light offsetting of plates onto text). Contemporary straight-grained citron morocco by J. Rodwell elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, scuffed, staining to lower cover). Provenance: Nathaniel George Clayton (armorial bookplate); Jane Atkinson (early signature on title). Nissen ZBI 3134.

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PERRY, George. Conchology, or the Natural History of Shells. London: Printed for William Miller, 1811. 2° (425 x 280mm). Half title, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates (a few spots and some light offsetting of plates onto text). Contemporary straight-grained citron morocco by J. Rodwell elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, scuffed, staining to lower cover). Provenance: Nathaniel George Clayton (armorial bookplate); Jane Atkinson (early signature on title). Nissen ZBI 3134.
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