Initiamenta conchologica, or, Elements of conchology : comprising the physiological history of shells and their molluscous inhabitants : their structure, geographical distribution, habits, characters, affinities, arrangement, and enumeration of species

Title Variants

Alternative: Elements of conchology

Alternative: Initiamenta conchologica

Alternative: Reeve's Conchology

By

Reeve, Lovell, 1814-1865 , Elements of conchology.

Reeve, Lovell, 1814-1865
Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812-1884 , ill.
Adams, Arthur, 1820-1878 , ill.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed and published by Reeve, Brothers, 1846-1849

Notes

Published in 10 pts. between 1846 and 1849. The work was originally planned as a set in 2 v., but publication of pts. 11-16 was delayed until 1859. The completed set was then published under the title, Elements of conchology. For more information on dates of publication, see article by A. Reynell in Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London (March 20, 1916, v. 12:1), p. 44-46.

The plates are drawn and lithographed by H. Miller, G.B. Sowerby, or Arthur Adams; all of the plates are printed by Reeve or Reeve, Benham & Reeve. Plates are hand-colored.

The plates are in three sequences: A through N (without J); 1 through 31; and XXXII through XXXVII [but plates XXXVI and XXXVII are misnumbered as XXVI and XXVII, respectively].

BM (Nat. hist.), | v. 4, p. 1663

Nissen, C. Die zoologische Buchillustration, | 3333

Subjects

Classification , Mollusks

Call Number

QL403 .R43 1846

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16045
OCLC: 5757558