A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system; together with descriptions of new or rare species, contained in the collection of John C. Jay ; illustrated by several plates

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"D. Fanshaw, printer ... New York" --Verso of t.p "Index of the books referred to in this catalogue": p. [105]-108 extracted picklist SCNHRB copy 39088008863714 has uncolored plates; the paper used for the plates is heavily speckled (from foxing?) SCNHRB copy is imperfect: plate VIII has been torn and repaired SCNHRB copy has stamps of former owners on front free endpaper and t.p.: S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California; Richard I. Johnson; and J.C. McGuire, Washington, D.C SCNHRB copy is extensively annotated in pencil and ink SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Gift of Clyde Roper SCNHRB copy has a later gilt-tooled red morocco leather binding with yellow paste-paper endpapers and sprinkled edges. Approximately 40 leaves of paper (lined white sheets and brown) are inserted at the end of the volume as filler
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