Conchology.- Lister (Martin) Historiae sive synopsis methodicae Conchyliorum et tabularum anatomicarum, 4 parts and appendix in 1, second edition, 439 engraved plates (depicting 1,083 figures), a few double-page, text bound at end, occasional foxing, faint offsetting, handsome contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, g.e., [ESTC T154196; Nissen ZBI 2529], folio, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1770.

⁂ A superbly bound large paper copy of the scarce second edition of the first great English work on Conchology.

"There is no actual text but the section headings and frugal descriptions are engraved on the plates with the figures. The complete first edition was published between 1685 and 1692. The engravings, some of which are very fine indeed, were mostly executed by Lister's daughter Susanna and his wife Anna, who worked them up from their original water-colour drawings; many of these still exist at Oxford. The species illustrated are recognisable more often than not and none is reversed - a remarkable achievement in itself considering that gastropod shells had to be engraved in mirror image to ensure correct reproduction" (Dance pp.23-24).