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100 1 _aPoe, Edgar Allan,
_d1809-1849
245 1 4 _aThe 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.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conchologist%27s_First_Book
500 _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.
500 _aRelease date is 2021-04-26
508 _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)
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMollusks
700 1 _aBrown, Thomas,
_d1785-1862
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65171
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