Histoire abregee des Coquillages de Mer, de leurs Moeurs, et de leurs Amours Neat underlining on pages 43-45

Neat underlining on pages 43-45 and 69-72

Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover)

ISBN 9971-40-077-4 Limited Edition

Bateman is considered the leading expert on orchids in the 19th century

According to Edward Step

Histoire abregee des Coquillages de Mer, de leurs Moeurs, et de leurs Amours Neat underlining on pages 43-45Pp. [iv], viii, 202, engraved headpiece, 21 engraved plates printed in bistre, contemporary French marbled calf expertly rebacked, gilt title and panels on spine, marbled endpapers, 4to. This romantic conchology, specifically addressed to female readers as a subject worthy of their study. The text is a mlange of natural history observations, remarks on the use of shells in commerce and art, and moral parables drawn from the life of molluscs. The