The Conchologist's First Book

Name: The Conchologist's First Book
Author: Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Brown

EN·~4 hours

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Description

Stated 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.

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Full title

The Conchologist's First Book A 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.

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Duration

~4 hours (245K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Richard 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)

Release date

2021-04-26

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Mollusks

About the authors

Edgar Allan Poe

1809–1849

A master of mystery and the macabre, he helped shape the modern detective story while giving classic Gothic fiction some of its darkest, most unforgettable images. His poems and tales, including "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," still feel vivid, eerie, and surprisingly modern.

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Thomas Brown

1778–1820

A Scottish philosopher, physician, and poet, he became one of the best-known lecturers on moral philosophy in early 19th-century Edinburgh. His writing blends sharp analysis with an elegant, literary style that helped keep his ideas in circulation long after his short life ended.

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