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  • Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella) : in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen / von Dr. R.A. Philippi zu Kassel
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Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella) : in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen / von Dr. R.A. Philippi zu Kassel

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"In Verbindung mit Dr. Philippi, Dr. L. Pfeiffer und Dr. Dunker neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt von Dr. H.C. Küster."--Series t.p.
Plates numbered A, 1-19.
Also available online.
SCNHRB copy is bound with: Philippi, R.A. Die Gattungen Natica und Amaura. Nürnberg : Verlag von Bauer und Raspe (Julius Merz), 1852 -- Philippi, R.A. Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella) [T. 2]. Nürnberg : Verlag von Bauer und Raspe (Julius Merz), 1846. Bound together subsequent to publication.
SCNHRB copy has bookplate: William Healey Dall.
SCNHRB copy has a modern burgundy embossed cloth binding with gilt-lettered spine.
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Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1846
Call number
QL404 .M38 1844 Bd. 2 Abt. 1-3
QL404.M38 1844 Bd. 2 Abt. 1-3
Author
Philippi, Rodolfo Amando 1808-1904
Martini, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm 1729-1778
Chemnitz, Johann Hieronymus 1730-1800
former owner
Dall, William Healey 1845-1927 DSI
Type
Pictorial works
Physical description
[6], II, 98 pages, [20] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Topic
Mollusks
Turbinellidae
Record ID
siris_sil_398252
Usage
CC0
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