The conchologist's first book, or, A system of testaceous malacology / arranged expressly for the use of schools ... by Edgar A. Poe ; with illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells presenting a correct type of each new genus.

Accession number

PML 79014

Creator

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.

Published

Philadelphia : Published for the author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell ..., 1839.

Credit line

Gift of William S. Glazier, 1984.

Notes

1st ed., Heartman and Canny's variant B, with uncolored plates.
Includes index.
Lithographs by P.S. Duval.
The text is a close paraphrase of Captain Thomas Brown's The conchologist's text-book, first printed in Glasgow, 1833.

Description

156 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm

Provenance

Bookplate: Newton Hall, Cambridge, with initials T.S.; William S. Glazier.

Binding

1/4 leather, original pink printed boards; in case.

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The conchologist's first book, or, A system of testaceous malacology / arranged expressly for the use of schools ... by Edgar A. Poe ; with illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells presenting a correct type of each new genus.