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English: 22.86 x 15.24 cm [9 x 6 inches]

Colored sketches of land and fresh-water shells, which were collected by Robert Swinhoe in Takow, Tamsui, and the mountains near Tamsui, all in Formosa.

Plate XXXIII (facing p. 316).
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Adams, Henry. "Descriptions of fifteen new species of land and freshwater shells from Formosa, collected by Robert Swinhoe, Esq., Consul at Taiwan in that island." Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London (1866): 316-319.

Zoological Society, London, United Kingdom [publication location]; 1866 [University of Iowa Main Library]
Author Sowerby, G. B. [English lithographer, 1812-1884] (Illustrator); Hanhart, M. and N. [English lithographers and publishers, active ca. 1839-1882] (Engraver)

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