Adams, Henry and Arthur. The Genera of Recent Mollusca; Arranged according to their Organization. 1st. Ed. Pub. John van Voorst. 1858
Three volume set with 138 copper-engraved plates, 128 of which feature hand-colouring as published. Large 8vo. Hardback. Ex. Academic lib. the only indications of this being a stamp to each title-page and ffep, plus paper label to spine. Three pages a little clumsily opened, occ. minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, marked in places and a little shelf rubbed to extremities, o/w. thor. vg. Vol. III has benefited from sympathetic relaying of spine.
Preferred variant with hand-colouring to the soft tissue parts of the molluscs. Originally issued in Parts, this work has the text-leaf which indicates when each Part was published.
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