Histoire abregee des Coquillages de Mer, de leurs Moeurs, et de leurs Amours Neat underlining on pages 43-45

Neat underlining on pages 43-45 and 69-72

a few page only with old marginal damp stains

The foreword is by Sir Mortimer Wheeler

but they were never formally organized into his encyclopedia

There are no ownership marks in this set of any kind

Histoire abregee des Coquillages de Mer, de leurs Moeurs, et de leurs Amours Neat underlining on pages 43-45Pp. [iv], viii, 202, engraved headpiece, 21 engraved plates printed in bistre, contemporary French marbled calf expertly rebacked, gilt title and panels on spine, marbled endpapers, 4to. This romantic conchology, specifically addressed to female readers as a subject worthy of their study. The text is a mlange of natural history observations, remarks on the use of shells in commerce and art, and moral parables drawn from the life of molluscs. The