A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville
Subtitle: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system : together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species
By: by G.B. Sowerby ; illustrated with several coloured plates
Contributors: Scharf, George, 1788-1860, lithographer; Fahey, J., lithographer; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates; Berry, S. Stillman 1887-1984, former owner; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor; Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner
Publisher: Printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby
Published: 1825
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Tankerville, Charles Bennet, Earl of, 1743-1822.; Shells -- Catalogs and collections.
Genres: Catalogs and collections.
Other titles: Sowerby's catalogue of the Earl of Tankerville's collection of shells, with descriptions of 100 new species
Notes: Plates are hand-colored.

Plates unsigned or signed G. Scharf or J. Fahey, printed by C. Hullmandel.

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SCNHRB has three copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013486352) has occasional pencilled ms. markings throughout.

SCNHRB c. 1 has [1]-leaf of publisher's advertisement bound-in at end.

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry.

SCNHRB c. 1 has pencilled ms. list laid-in. See library staff for access.

SCNHRB c. 1 has ink ms. bibliographical note on 1st front free endpaper.

SCNHRB c. 1 in brown paper boards, printed cover label, green cloth spine; housed in an archival cardboard box.

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013486394) has 2 p. publisher's prospectus bound-in following appendix.

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library.

SCNHRB c. 2 bound in recent maroon library buckram, title in gilt on spine.

SCNHRB c. 3 (39088013486436) stamped on t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library [and] Smithsonian Libraries Aug 7 1980.

SCNHRB c. 3 is uncut, bound in recent brown library buckram, title in gilt on spine; measures 25 cm.