Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland
Subtitle: with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water
By: drawn from nature by Captain Thomas Brown
Contributors: Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859
Edition: 2nd ed., greatly enl.
Series: Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project
Publisher: Ainsworth & Sons; Maclachlan & Stewart
Published: 1837
Place of publication: Manchester; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Mollusks; Pictorial works
Notes: As issued in parts, with original grey printed wrappers, carrying variant imprints and variant extent of publication. Earlier wrappers carry the Ainsworth publisher and projected publication of 16 parts and 58 plates. The later parts are projected for 15 part completion with 58 plates and carry the imprint: London : Smith, Elder & Co. [and 2 others] ; Edinburgh : Maclachlan & Stewart ...

Printed in double columns.

Plates are hand colored, and there are two different plates which bear the number XXVII. Plates are signed: "Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh."

British Museum Cat. calls for 59 plates.

Includes index.

Brit. Mus. Cat. (Nat. Hist.), v. 6, p. 147