A Manual of Conchology, According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck: With the Late Improvements by De Blainville, Exemplified and Arranged for the Use of Students (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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The brightest and richest colour known by the ancients, and used by them for the celebrated Tyrian purple die, is produced by animals at this time known by the name of Purpura.

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