G. B. SO^VERBY, 



121, FULHAM ROAD, LONDON, S.W., 



FROM HIS VERY EXTENSIVE STOCK OP 



RECENT SHELLS 



Has remarkable facilities for supplying all classes of Amateurs and 

 Museums, and is always i-eady to promote and encourage the study of 

 Concholotry, and the acquisition and improvement of Collections by small 

 buyers of limited means, as well as to furnish the rich with costly treasures. 



SELECTIONS 



MAY BE MADE ON THE PREMISES OR SENT ON APPROVAL. 



RECENT ACQUISITIONS. 



New and interesting ]\Iarine Shells from the Persian Gulf, Indian 

 Ocean, Hong-Kong, etc. Fine specimens of Ci/prcea p^dchra, C. Eryth- 

 rceensis, etc. A very extensive collection of Clausilia (European and 

 exotic). Rare and interesting Land Shells from Java, Borneo, China, 

 Japan, India, Tonkin, Columbia, etc. 



A WONDERFUL SERIES OF PTEROPODA 



In sets, arranged in glass-capped boxes, with names and localities, at from 

 £1 to £4. 



PRICE LISTS. 



The constantly varying nature of the stock renders it impracticable to 

 publish a definite catalogue, but intending purchasers may have upon 

 application " graph " lists, with approximate prices of the species in hand 

 of any genera. 



COLLECTIONS 



Chiefly illustrative of generic and sub-generic forms from £l to £500. 

 British Shells : 100 species £1 10s. ; 200 species £4 ; 300 species ;£10. 



Specimens and Collections 7iamed and classified. 



COLLECTIONS PURCHASED. 



Correspondence invited with Residents in or Visitors to places where Land 

 and Marine Shells and other objects are procurable. 



Circular and rectangular glass-top boxes for specimens. 



boo:ecs 



(By G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.) 



THESAURUS CONCHYLIORUM. Parts 1 to 44, at 25s. per Part 

 (less for the whole work). Any Part or any Monograph may be had 

 separately. 



ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF BRITISH SHELLS, containing 

 Coloured Figures of all the known Recent Species, with Names and 

 other information. New Edition, 1887, with 26 Coloured Plates (750 

 figures). Imperial 8vo, cloth, price 35s. (30s. net). 



MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. A Catalogue of all the 

 Known Species (181)2), with References to Figures in various works, 

 and Figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured. 

 Imperial 8vo, cloth, price 12s. net. 



STEPHEN AU..TIN AND SONS, PKInTtM, HEHTIOHO. 



