Purpura anglicana
Subtitle: being a discovery of a shell=fish found on the shores of the Severn in which there is a vein containing a juice giving the delicate and durable tincture of the antient, rich, Tyrian purple, of which it is an undoubted species, the knowledge of which hath been lost for many ages : with experimental observations upon it and figures of the shells
By: by W.C.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1567:3.
Publisher: Printed by Joseph Streater
Published: 1689
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Thais (Mollusks); Muricidae.
Notes: "First printed at Oxford, in the year 1686, in a large Philosophical transaction, no. 178, now re-printed alone at the desire and for the conveniency of many who are not disposed to buy the book."

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Wing C5044

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1567:3)