Testacea minuta rariora. A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich. Considerably augmented, all all their Figures accurately drawn, as magnified with a Microscope. By Geo. Walker, Bookseller, at Faversham.
Testacea minuta rariora. A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, lately discovered in the Sand of the Sea Shore near Sandwich. Considerably augmented, all all their Figures accurately drawn, as magnified with a Microscope. By Geo. Walker, Bookseller, at Faversham.
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- Autore
- Boys (William)
- Editori
- London: Printed by J. March, and sold by B. White. and at Faversham, by the Author, [1784.]
- Soggetto
- NATURAL HISTORY CONCHOLOGY SHELLS FAVERSHAM SANDWICH KENT
Descrizione
First edition, 4to (283 x 235 mm), [3], v, 25, [1]pp., 3 engraved plates (lightly offset) illustrating 90 specimens, later cloth-backed boards, joints torn, original printed paer label on upper cover. First edition of this most interesting book which deals largely with Foraminifera found by the surgeon and topographer, William Boys (1735-1803) of Sandwich in shell-sand from the shore of Sandwich Bay, Kent. The shells are depicted on three engraved plates after drawings by George Walker, who studied the shells under the microscope. The text-pages contain a brief description of each shell, with text in both Latin and English. The book is dedication to the Duchess of Portland and Sir Joseph Banks. Nissen, ZBI 524.
