British conchology, or, An account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas
John Gwyn Jeffreys (Author), John Van Voorst (Publisher)
5 volumes : illustrations (some color) 20 cm
7599508
V. 1. Land and freshwater shells
v. 2. Marine shells, comprising the Brachiipoda, and Conchifera from the family of Anomiidæ to that of Mactridæ
v. 3. Marine shells, comprising the remaining Conchifera, the Solenoconchia, and Gasteropoda as far as Littorina
v. 4. Marine shells, in continuation of the Gastropoda as far as the Bulla family
v. 5. Marine shells, and naked mollusca to the end of the Gastropoda, the Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda; with a supplement and other matter, concluding the work
Includes 40 black and white and 107 hand-colored plates
"The Welshman, John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809-1885), author of the British Conchology and for long a leading authority on eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean molluscs, had a remarkably complete collection of shells from British and adjacent seas"-- Cf. Dance. Shell collecting, p. 217