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Lot 189

SWAINSON (WILLIAM)
Exotic Conchology; or Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, or Undescribed Shells, Henry G. Bohn, 1841

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SWAINSON (WILLIAM)

Exotic Conchology; or Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, or Undescribed Shells, second edition, 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates, occasional light spotting and soiling, small section of title backed strengthened with paper strip on verso, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt in six compartments with shell devices, g.e., joints tender [cf. Nissen ZBI 4049], 4to, Henry G. Bohn, 1841

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