A history of British Mollusca and their shells
By: by Edward Forbes and Sylvanus Hanley
Contributors: Hanley, Sylvanus Charles Thorp, 1819-1899; Henderson, J. B. (John Brooks), 1870-1923, former owner; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner; Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873, former owner
Publisher: John Van Voorst
Published: 1853
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Other titles: British Mollusca
Notes: Issued in parts, 1848-1853.

"London: Printed by Samuel Bentley and Co."--Verso of t.p.

Pagination: v. 1: lxxx, 486 p., [64] leaves of plates; v. 2: viii, 557 p.; v. 3: x, 616 p.; v. 4: vi, 301 p., 133 leaves of plates.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX

SCNHRB has two copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 imperfect: lacking 19 plates, no. CXV-CXXXIII.

SCNHRB c. 1 was bookplates of John Brooks Henderson; inscribed in ink on 1st front free endpapers: J.B. Henderson, Washington.

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplates of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on front free endpapers and t.p.'s: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.

SCNHRB c. 1 stamped on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Libraries May 13 1988.

SCNHRB c. 1 inscribed in ink on 2nd front free endpapers: Albany Hancock.

SCNHRB c. 1, v. 1-3 bound in original green publisher's cloth binding, title in gilt on spine, red sprinkled edges, yellow endpapers; v. 4 bound in green library buckram.

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplates of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.

SCNHRB c. 2 stamped on verso of t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jun 17 [in ms.] 1904 [acc. no.] 189060.

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in blue library buckram, title in gilt on spine.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Including the Tunicata, and the families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidæ; title: v. 2. Including the remaining families of bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as far as Ianthinidæ; title: v. 3. Including the families of Gasteropoda from Neritidæ to Elysiadæ; title: v. 4. Pulmonifera and Cephalopoda.