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The conchologist's first book: or, A system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science. By Edgar A. Poe. With illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells ...
- Title
- The conchologist's first book: or, A system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science. By Edgar A. Poe. With illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells ...
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, Published for the author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KL 73-364 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862.
- Description
- 156 p. 12 col. plates.; 18 cm.
- Subject
- Mollusks
- Note
- Heartman: Poe, 1943, p. 41 // Robertson: Poe, I, 42; II, 181 /
- In original boards, quarter bound in leather, with printed and illustrated front cover.
- Lithographs (colored in the stone?) by P. S. Duval, Philadelphia.
- The text is a close paraphrase of Captain Thomas Brown's The conchologist's text-book, first printed in Glasgow, 1833.
- Presentation copy from Reginald Pelham Bolton to the Poe Cottage Committee, New York.
- Call Number
- *KL 73-364
- OCLC
- 920473
- NYPG744644712-B
- Author
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
- Title
- The conchologist's first book: or, A system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science. By Edgar A. Poe. With illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells ...
- Imprint
- Philadelphia, Published for the author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839.
- Local Note
- With autograph of J. W. Williams.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862. Conchologist's text-book.
- Research Call Number
- *KL 73-364