The Conchologist's First Book by Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Brown
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"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.)
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| Author | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 |
|---|---|
| Author | Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862 |
| LoC No. | 06014936 |
| 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. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conchologist%27s_First_Book |
| Note | 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. |
| Credits | Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 38.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QL: Science: Zoology |
| Subject | Mollusks |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 65171 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-65171-2 |
| Release Date | Apr 26, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 574 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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