02253cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000330012624503160015926400510047530000470052633600260057333700260059933800360062550000980066150001930075950000310095250801760098352006250115953400450178465300130182970000300184285600430187265171UtSlPG20260610134514.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a06014936  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aQL1 aPoe, Edgar Allan,d1809-184914aThe Conchologist's First Book :bA System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science. 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conchologist%27s_First_Book  aStated by R.W. Griswold, in the International monthly magazine, Oct. 1850, to be a copy nearly verbatim, of the text-book of conchology by Captain Thomas Brown, printed in Glasgow in 1833.  aRelease date is 2021-04-26  aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The Conchologist's First Book" by Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Brown is an illustrated textbook published in 1839. Originally printed under Poe's name alone, this concise guide to shell classification was created to provide students an affordable alternative to expensive scientific texts. Poe contributed more than his famous name—he wrote the preface, translated French passages, and reorganized the material. The book's success sparked plagiarism accusations that would haunt Poe, yet scholars recognize his role in making complex science accessible to American readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aMollusks1 aBrown, Thomas,d1785-186240uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65171