Dixon & Watson - A descriptive manual of British Land and
Arare booklet on British land and fresh-water shells and snails, with 8 hand-coloured Plates with 141 figures of bivalved shells, gastropods and shell-less snails. The book contains a 2-page Preface, a 6-page Introduction, 74 pages of descriptions of each figured species, a Glossary of Conchological terms, and an Index of all figured species on the 8 plates. The final chapter on pages is titled: "A few remarks on the collecting of shells for our younger readers." The original embossed binding shows signs of wear, see picture. Some foxing on plates, sometimes only light, sometimes a bit more (see picture of Plate VII). Plate VIII is bound in the front as frontispice, opposite the title page. Read More