AUTHOR: Boys, William (1735-1803)
TITLE: Testacea minuta rariora, nuperrime
detecte in arena littoris Sandvicensis a Gul. Boys ...; multa addidit,
et omnium figuras ope microscopii ampliatas accurate delineavit Geo. Walker
= A collection of the minute and rare shells, lately discovered in the
sand of the sea shore near Sandwich by William Boys ...; considerably
augmented, and all their figures accurately drawn, as magnified with the
microscopy, by Geo. Walker, bookseller, at Faversham.
IMPRINT: London: printed by J. March, and sold by B.
White ... [and 4 others], [1784]
COLLATION: v, 25 p., III leaves of plates: ill.; 31
cm.
NOTES: “Date May 1, 1784, added at the end of
the introduction.” -- Errata. Errata slip laid onto verso t.p.
“William Boys, surgeon and topographer. The present book was put together
by George Walker, Boys himself being too much occupied by his profession.
It describes the tiny shells found on the seashore near Sandwich by Boys.
The 3 plates show 90 figures of shells.” — Antiquariaat Junk catalogue
no. 270
REFERENCES: Nissen ZBI, 524.
KEYWORDS: 1. Mollusks--Sandwich (England) I. Walker,
George, bookseller.
LOCATION: fQL425.G7B793 1784
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