Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land and Fresh-Water, London: J. White 1803-1808. 3 volumes. 4to (262 x 209 mm). 2 hand-colored engraved titles, 30 hand-colored engraved plates. Modern light brown cloth. Some offsetting, scattered browning. FIRST EDITION. Better known for his Ornithological Dictionary, Montagu was a British Army officer and amateur naturalist. Married to the daughter of the Earl of Bute, he left her in 1798 and began a relationship Elizabeth Dorville, who helped him illustrate his works. He died of tetanus after stepping on a nail, and most of the birds in his collection were left to the British Museum.
Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land and Fresh-Water, London: J. White 1803-1808. 3 volumes. 4to (262 x 209 mm). 2 hand-colored engraved titles, 30 hand-colored engraved plates. Modern light brown cloth. Some offsetting, scattered browning. FIRST EDITION. Better known for his Ornithological Dictionary, Montagu was a British Army officer and amateur naturalist. Married to the daughter of the Earl of Bute, he left her in 1798 and began a relationship Elizabeth Dorville, who helped him illustrate his works. He died of tetanus after stepping on a nail, and most of the birds in his collection were left to the British Museum.
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