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1853 History of British Mollusca and Their Shells : Forbes & Hanley (4 Volumes)
1853 History of British Mollusca and Their Shells : Forbes & Hanley (4 Volumes)
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A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOLLUSCA, AND THEIR SHELLS
By Professor Edward Forbes and Sylvanus Hanley
Published by John Van Voorst, London, 1853. First Edition. Complete in four volumes. Recently rebound in full leather-like cloth with gilt titles to spines. [lxxx], 486, [viii]; 557; [x], 616; [vi], 301, [1]pp. With 203 lithographic plates by G.B. Sowerby and James Decarle Sowerby.
Volume I: including the Tunicata, and the families of Lamelli-Branchiata as far as yprinidae.
Volume II: including the remaining families of Bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as far as Ianthinidae.
Volume III: including the families of Gasteropoda from Neritidae to Elysiadae.
Volume IV: Pulmonifera and Cephalopoda.
CONDITION
A good complete set. The bindings are very good. All contents present to all 4 volumes and pages good and clean throughout. Overall a very good first edition.
Edward Forbes was a malacologist and one of the pioneers of marine studies, laying the foundation of what would come to be known as the field of oceanography. Born on the Isle of Man, the young Forbes was interested in collecting insects, shells, minerals, fossils, and plants from an early age. Though he initially aspired to be an artist, he changed his course of study to medicine at the University of Edinburgh and continued pursuing independent scientific research in natural history while there. After several years,
Forbes abandoned his medical studies to travel and publish works on marine biology, botany, and conchology. Throughout the 1830s and '40s, he travelled to Norway, Algiers, present-day Austria and Slovenia, Paris, and the Mediterranean region to conduct research. Facing financial troubles, Forbes accepted a position as curator of the museum of the Geological Society of London in 1842, left two years later to became palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and later returned to the Society in 1853, when he became president. He was also appointed professor of natural history at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held for less than a year before his death in 1854. This is one of Forbes' most famous works, the other being History of British Starfishes and other Animals ofthe Class Echinodermata .
By Professor Edward Forbes and Sylvanus Hanley
Published by John Van Voorst, London, 1853. First Edition. Complete in four volumes. Recently rebound in full leather-like cloth with gilt titles to spines. [lxxx], 486, [viii]; 557; [x], 616; [vi], 301, [1]pp. With 203 lithographic plates by G.B. Sowerby and James Decarle Sowerby.
Volume I: including the Tunicata, and the families of Lamelli-Branchiata as far as yprinidae.
Volume II: including the remaining families of Bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as far as Ianthinidae.
Volume III: including the families of Gasteropoda from Neritidae to Elysiadae.
Volume IV: Pulmonifera and Cephalopoda.
CONDITION
A good complete set. The bindings are very good. All contents present to all 4 volumes and pages good and clean throughout. Overall a very good first edition.
Edward Forbes was a malacologist and one of the pioneers of marine studies, laying the foundation of what would come to be known as the field of oceanography. Born on the Isle of Man, the young Forbes was interested in collecting insects, shells, minerals, fossils, and plants from an early age. Though he initially aspired to be an artist, he changed his course of study to medicine at the University of Edinburgh and continued pursuing independent scientific research in natural history while there. After several years,
Forbes abandoned his medical studies to travel and publish works on marine biology, botany, and conchology. Throughout the 1830s and '40s, he travelled to Norway, Algiers, present-day Austria and Slovenia, Paris, and the Mediterranean region to conduct research. Facing financial troubles, Forbes accepted a position as curator of the museum of the Geological Society of London in 1842, left two years later to became palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and later returned to the Society in 1853, when he became president. He was also appointed professor of natural history at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held for less than a year before his death in 1854. This is one of Forbes' most famous works, the other being History of British Starfishes and other Animals ofthe Class Echinodermata .
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