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COSTA (EMANUEL MENDES DA) Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or The British Conchology; Containing the Description and Other Particulars of Natural History of the Shells of Great Britain and Ireland
8 June 2010, 14:00 BST
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Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or The British Conchology; Containing the Description and Other Particulars of Natural History of the Shells of Great Britain and Ireland, parallel text in English and French, 17 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few ink annotations, contemporary quarter calf, vellum corners, worn [Nissen IVB 2785], 4to, for the Author, 1778





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