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Excerpt from The Conchologist's Book of Species: Containing Descriptions of Six Hundred Species of Univalves, With Numerous Illustrations
It need only be further stated, that for the selection of the best descriptions, continual comparisons have been made of the different writers on the subject; and scarcely in a single instance have the characteristics of a shell been given without the shell itself being either in the author's possession, or before his eyes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
