The Conchologist

Boston : Russell, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834. Small quarto, quarter roan over papered boards (worn), typed paper title label pasted on spine, owner’s name to endpaper, lithographed frontispiece, pp. [vi]; 204, sixteen lithographed plates, scattered foxing and toning, pp. 3 – 6 loosening and nearly detached, some pencil annotations, a good copy.

The first American guide to conchology, written by an Englishman who sold shells to the American market in Boston. The Conchologist includes a classification of species, with examples sourced from all across the globe, including the South Seas, New Zealand, New South Wales and New Holland.

No copy traced in Australian collections.