The Conchologist’s First Book
Poe, Edgar Allan, author. The Conchologist’s First Book: or, A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools. 1839. Illustrated by P. S. Duval, lithographer, Color lithograph, Library of Virginia.
The Conchologist’s First Book has recently been re-evaluated: perhaps Poe wasn’t just ripping off other texts, such as Brown’s The Conchologist’s Text-Book, as assumed previously.
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Poe, Edgar Allan. The Conchologist’s First Book. 1839