05041cam a2200757Ia 4500 20080820110831.0 760709m18431878enkaf b 001 0 eng 50044613 (OCoLC)ocm02304849 DLC FGM YAM OCL GZM SMI SNI1 osds 20080820; recat/transf. QL403.R4X v. 1-3, 5-12, 14-20 MOLLMAIN (no bc's on vols.) QL403 .R4X 1843 Reeve, Lovell, 1814-1865. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals / by Lovell Augustus Reeve. Conchologia iconica Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals London : Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. 20 v. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Issued in parts. Imprint varies. G.B. Sowerby took over the project after Reeve's death, beginning with the monograph of the genus Pyramidella (in v. 15). See BM (Nat. hist.) online catalog record for this ed., and the prefatory letter by Reeve's widow inserted at the front of v. 20, for details. Sowerby was also the illustrator and, in some cases, the lithographer, for this publication. The individual monographs which make up this set have special half-titles. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf of letterpress description giving the month and year of issue. Printers of the text include John Edward Taylor; Savill, Edwards and Co.; and Spottiswoode and Co. Printers of the plates include Vincent Brooks; Frederic Reeve; Reeve & Nichols; Reeve, Benham & Reeve; and Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. v. 1. Conus ... -- v. 2. Corbula ... -- v. 3. Murex ... -- v. 4. Chama ... -- v. 5. Bulimus ... -- v. 6. Voluta ... -- v. 7. Helix -- v. 8. Pecten ... -- v. 9. Spondylus ... -- v. 10. Ampullaria ... -- v. 11. Pinna ... -- v. 12. Argonauta ... -- v. 13. Tenebratula ... -- v. 14. Halia ... -- v. 15. Solarium ... -- v. 16. Unio ... -- v. 17. Anodon ... -- v. 18. Philine ... -- v. 19. Helicina ... -- v. 20. Solemya .... extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX SCNHRB has v. 1-3, 5-12, and 14-20, only. SCNHRB copy has bookplates: 1. Ex libris William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library; 2. Ex libris John Brooks Henderson (with his numbering on each bookplate). SCNHRB copy of v. 1 has a mostly blank ruled-paper booklet (24 cm.) laid in, with a ms. ink alphabetical index of species and their corresponding volume numbers written on nineteen pages in the booklet. SCNHRB copy of v. 15 has a photocopied excerpt of a review article taped on the front free endpaper: "Reeve, L.A. and G.B. Sowerby, Conchologia iconica (1843-78): the original pattern set" by Richard I. Johnson. J. Soc. Biblphy. nat. hist. (1970) 5 (4) 288. SCNHRB copy has later brown cloth library bindings with gilt-lettered spines. Vols. 10 and 11 have each leaf and plate individually laminated with tissue as a preservation measure. Vol. 12 has been interleaved with blank tissue guard-sheets. Several of the volumes have the plates and leaves tipped-in on tabs. Some of the more brittle plates and leaves have broken off at the gutter and are laid in the volumes. Mollusks. Shells. Mollusks Pictorial works. Shells Pictorial works. Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884. Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884, ill. Taylor, John Edward, fl. 1840-1855, printer. Brooks, Vincent, 1815?-1885, printer of plates. Reeve, Frederic, printer of plates. Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927, former owner. DSI Henderson, J. B. (John Brooks), 1870-1923, former owner. DSI Savill, Edwards and Co., printer. Spottiswoode & Co., printer. Reeve Benham & Reeve, printer of plates. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, printer of plates. osds 8/20/2008 transfer from MOLLMAIN scnh scnhrb v. 1 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 2 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 3 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 5 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 6 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 7 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 8 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 9 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 10 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 11 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 12 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 14 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 15 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 16 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 17 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 18 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 19 lc rare scnh scnhrb v. 20 lc rare