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<dl><dd>Includes bibliographical references and indexes</dd>
<dd>v. 1. Conus ... -- v. 2. Corbula ... -- v. 3. Murex ... -- v. 4. Chama ... -- v. 5. Bulimus ... -- v. 6. Voluta ... -- v. 7. Helix -- v. 8. Pecten ... -- v. 9. Spondylus ... -- v. 10. Ampullaria ... -- v. 11. Pinna ... -- v. 12. Argonauta ... -- v. 13. Tenebratula ... -- v. 14. Halia ... -- v. 15. Solarium ... -- v. 16. Unio ... -- v. 17. Anodon ... -- v. 18. Philine ... -- v. 19. Helicina ... -- v. 20. Solemya ...</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB has v. 1-3, 5-12, and 14-20, only</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Ex libris William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library; 2. Ex libris John Brooks Henderson (with his numbering on each bookplate)</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy of v. 1 has a mostly blank ruled-paper booklet (24 cm.) laid in, with a ms. ink alphabetical index of species and their corresponding volume numbers written on nineteen pages in the booklet</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy of v. 15 has a photocopied excerpt of a review article taped on the front free endpaper: "Reeve, L.A. and G.B. Sowerby, Conchologia iconica (1843-78): the original pattern set" by Richard I. Johnson. J. Soc. Biblphy. nat. hist. (1970) 5 (4) 288</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has later brown cloth library bindings with gilt-lettered spines. Vols. 10 and 11 have each leaf and plate individually laminated with tissue as a preservation measure. Vol. 12 has been interleaved with blank tissue guard-sheets. Several of the volumes have the plates and leaves tipped-in on tabs. Some of the more brittle plates and leaves have broken off at the gutter and are laid in the volumes</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Mollusks; Shells; Mollusks; Shells</div>
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<dl><dd>Reeve, Lovell, 1814-1865</dd>
<dd>Savill, Edwards and Co., printer</dd>
<dd>Spottiswoode &amp; Co., printer</dd>
<dd>Reeve Benham &amp; Reeve, printer of plates</dd>
<dd>Vincent Brooks, Day &amp; Son, printer of plates</dd>
<dd>Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884</dd>
<dd>Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884, ill</dd>
<dd>Taylor, John Edward, fl. 1840-1855, printer</dd>
<dd>Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885, printer of plates</dd>
<dd>Reeve, Frederic, printer of plates</dd>
<dd>Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner</dd>
<dd>Henderson, J. B. (John Brooks), 1870-1923, former owner</dd></dl></div>
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