“RECENT MOLLUSCA, GLASS-TOPPED BOXES, AND 
CONCHOLOGICAL WORKS. 
SOWERBY & FULTON 
(Established by G. B. Sowerby, 1860). 
THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK OF SHELLS IN THE WORLD 
Catalogues containing 12,000 Species. 
LATEST LARGE PURCHASE.—The Collection of the late 
Major-General Tripe, noted for its Fine Series of Conus, Murex, 
Mitra, Pecten, etc., etc. 
Special to Curators of Museums. 
Introductory Case of Specimens as supplied to the Western 
Australian Museum and the Bristol Museum. This series consists of sections 
and other preparations illustrating the topography, growth, structure, etc., 
of the shells of Mollusca. The specimens are mounted on wooden tablets 
and have printed descriptive labels attached. This series forms a most 
interesting and instructive introduction to a Museum Collection. Full 
particulars sent upon application. 
Specimens or Collections Named and Arranged. Messrs. 
S. & F. undertake the naming and arrangement of Mollusca; their long 
experience and extensive reference collection (about 20,000 species) enables 
them to do this work correctly and economically. 
Glass-Topped Boxes, Cardboard Trays, etc. A stock of £100 worth always in hand. 
Very moderate prices and most prompt execution of orders. Send for Price List. 
Sowerby’s xinstreved Index of British Shells. (The latest complete work.) 26 hand- 
coloured Plates (750 figures). Cloth, price 35s. (nett 30s.). 
Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Descriptions and Coloured Figures of Recent Shells. 
44 Parts, 527 Plates. Prospectus free. 
15, STATION PARADE, KEW GARDENS, near LONDON. 
H.B. PRESTON, F.Z.8. 
8, Sydney Terrace, Fulham Road, London, S8.W. 
Begs to inform Collectors and others that he will be pleased to 
forward upon application Price Lists of any Genera included in his 
LARGE AND VARIED 
STOCK OF SHELLS. 
SELECTIONS sent on Approval. MUSEUMS Supplied. 
Collections Purchased. Specimens Bought or Exchanged. 
Mr. Preston, having recently purchased a large Series of 
BRITISH MARINE SHELLS, including many of the 
rarer species, is now in a position to offer these at 
exceptionally reduced prices. 
®TEPHEN AUSTIN AND BONS, PRINTERS, HERT?PORDO, 
