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SOWERBY, G.B. (George Brettingham). A Conchological Manual.
London: Mr. G.B. Sowerby..., 1839. First edition. Tall 8vo., original brown cloth with gilt decoration on the spine, covers in blind, (vi), x, (1)-130, 142 adverts. With 24 handcoloured engraved plates. (with several figures on each plate). Lacking the front free endpaper otherwise a fine copy with attractive plates .
The copy in the British Museum Catalogue of Natural History notes 1 colour plate only; Lowndes notes 24 cooper plates but does not note colour plates. However, Lowndes notes for the second edition of 1842 states that copies were available with both coloured or uncoloured plates; we assume that the same option existed for the first edition.