American Philosophical Society
Lamarck's genera of shells, [ca. 1831]
Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke,178
Mss.594.L16
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1 volume(s)
1 volume, 111 p.
Circa 1831
This volume was copied by Philip Holbrook Nicklin, a Philadelphia author and bookseller, from portions of the "London Quarterly Journal of Science Literature and the Arts" and partly from a translation of the original, to which is prefixed a short conchological introduction, containing descriptions of the Linnean genera, & of those species, from which Lamarck has formed most of his genera.
1 volume, 111 p.
LH-MV-E-10
English .
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Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Presented by Philip Holbrook Nicklin and accessioned, 1831 (1831 12018).
General note
There is an index to Lamarck's genera in the volume.
Biographical/Historical note
Lamarck was a zoologist.
Early American History Note
This volume is a manuscript copy of of Lamarck's Genera of Shells. It was copied from various sources, including the "London Quarterly Journal of Science."
Zoology.
Natural history.
Mollusks.
Manuscript Essays
Natural history
Science and technology
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829