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ML434711849 / 1867 209, [4], 30 p., four hand-coloured engraved plates, heightened with gum arabic, and one plain lithographed plate, unbound (no covers - should be bound). With author’s dedication.One of the 19th century publications on French local faunas. This one covers the rich non-marine malacofauna north of the Pyrenees, and is much better illustrated and of more scientific importance than most. The second paper on Aquitanian land and freshwater molluscs (with one plain plate) is much more uncommon than the first.The French malacologist Jean Gassies (1816-1883) mainly studied the French continental fauna and is the author of many new species. The plates drawn by A. Laboulbène and M. Lespiault and engraved by F. Plée are beautifully handcoloured.
1840MM36664no date (ca. 1830-1840) 20 p., large 4to (21 x 34 cm), loose in paper cover with hand written title. Neatly handwritten document on a collection of German fossils. It includes Echinoderms and Brachiopods, and Molluscs are on pages 8-20. It gives, number, species name, stratigraphic layer, locality and number of specimens.
1938ML367421938 iii, 660 p., 57 figures, 19 plates, modern black half cloth with blue marbled boards, spine with author/title in gilt. A very good and nicely bound copyThe most important publication of Matthew William Kemble Connoly (1872-1947), and still one of the most valuable and useful publications on the subject.
126381sd Editions non-renseignées - Sans date (Milieu XIXe, vers 1850) - In-4, reliure demi-chagrin, plats percalines, dos à 5 nerfs titré en doré - Ouvrage comprenant 31 planches lithographiées en N&B avec leur page d'explications
1935MM257041935-1939 Four parts in two. 208, 284, 209, 126 p., 22 (9 coloured) plates, 1 map, roy. 4to, modern grey cloth with gilt lettered leather labels on spines.Well-illustrated paper based on material collected during a scientific expedition in what is now Indonesia. Published in: Mémoires du Musée royal d'Histoire Naturelle. One plate with repaired marginal tear, else very good set with original covers bound in. Ex library Guido Poppe (with his signature).
1900MM437051900 135 p., 15 chromolithographed or heliographic, tissue-guarded plates (many plates double-paged), small folio (28 x 36 cm), paperbound (original printed paper and transparent covers). As very often the thin transparent covers with some tears. Uncut. A few heliographic plates with some marginal foxing, but the chromolithographed plates clean.A magnificent work on octopus and squid by the French cephalopod specialist Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin (1861-1935) with some spectacular illustrations. This includes the genus Grimalditeuthis, named for the Monacan royal family, and new species. The chromolithographed plates are quite beautiful.
1863ML436151863 title-page, 5 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (11 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Showing diversity in a tropical Asian land shell genus belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
1860MM259631860 118 pp., 11 lithographed plates, contemporary boards (spine missing, boards loose). A few plates with tiny, unobtrusive spots, some marginal foxing. Two stamps (Museum d’Hist. Naturelle) and ex library F.Jousseaume - Ed. Lamy. In the book were two handwritten sheets of notes and two handwritten file-cards probably by Jousseaume or Lamy.The first revision of the rissoinids with descriptions and fine illustrations, including those of new species, and fossil species. Published in: Denkschriften Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1878MM258891878-1881 Two parts in two. [iv], 263 p., 28 fine lithographed plates, folio (39.5 x 28.5 cm). Original uniform printed boards.Important contribution to the Neogene of western Flanders (North Sea basin), dealing with Mollusca mostly and including the descriptions of many new species of gastropods and bivalves. The frontispiece shows a portrait of the author, who died before the volume was published. The large plates show hundreds of usually well-preserved specimens, in life-size or highly enlarged. Some light foxing, otherwise a fine clean set in intact boards. Nissen ZBI, 2995.
1881ML436591881 175 p., 8 plates and 2 double-paged view/sections (1 hand-coloured), contemporary half morocco with marbled boards, author/title in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Original printed front cover bound in. Some slight rubbing on spine and extremities of boards, else a very good copy in a nice contemporary binding.One of only 100 copies, as with most of Bourguignat’s publications. With a handwritten dedication by Bourguignat to the French anthropologist Ernest Théodore Hamy (1842-1908). Hamy was not a malacologist but he provided the French malacologist Rochebrune with shells. Rochebrune named a cowrie species after him.
1891MM435611891-1904 283 p., 22 engraved plates with explanatory text leaves, including three large, folded, maps (one colour-printed), 8vo (23.0 x 14.6 cm), later green buckram. Spine with gilt authortitle. Original printed wrappers bound in. Right margin front cover taped. Some pencil annotations in the text. From the library of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020), however, without his stamp. A good copy of this scarce publication.The complete bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod section (and the brachiopods) of one of the most important zoological dredging operations along the tropical coasts of the Gulf of California, Central and South America. Massive numbers of, often spectacular, new molluscs and other marine invertebrates were collected. Nearly all species are new.
1881ML257921881 ix, 101, 187 p., 15 lithographed plates, of which 4 are chromolithographs, contemporary half cloth with gilt title on spine, original printed front cover bound in. Rare and well-illustrated paper containing several new taxa, including Amalia (now Tandonia) budapestensis. Most plates show shells, others show radulae, living snails or both. Originally published in parts in the Malakozoologische Blätter, this being an "Extra-Abdruck". Dated inscription on front wrapper, by the author, with his autograph, to P. Hesse. Small stamp of Herbert Ant and autograph of P. Hesse on front flyleaf. Plates with some foxing, mostly in the margins, otherwise a good copy of this rare and important work.
1860ML436141860-1861 title-page, 6 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (13 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Anculotus is an incorrect spelling of Anculosa Say, 1821, now known as Leptoxis Rafinesque, 1819, a very variable and colourful genus in the freshwater family Pleuroceridae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
1860MM101401860 118 p., 11 lithographed pls, roy. 4to (24 x 31 cm), new hcloth. Plates with some slight foxing. Published in: Denkschriften Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Rare.Gustav Schwartz von Mohrenstern (1809-1890) wrote two works on molluscs, of which this is the most important.
1854MM114061854 29 p., 5 beautifully handcoloured pls, loose in original printed wrappers (margins chipped). All plates accompanied by a separate page with the names of each depicted species written in a bold but elegant period handwriting.All parts of the Thesaurus Conchyliorum are quite rare and much sought after.
1908MM256961908 283 p., 22 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves, including 3 (1 col.) large, folded maps, later half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title.The complete bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod section (and the brachiopods) of one of the most important zoological dredging operations along the tropical coasts of Central and South America. Massive numbers of, often spectacular, new molluscs and other marine invertebrates were collected. Nearly all species are new. A very good clean copy. Scarce.
1939MM251731939 287 p., 15 (1 col.) pls, 4 large folded maps, 4to (28.2 x 22.5 cm), paperbound. Mémoires de l'institut d'Égypte. With authors dedication: '' à Mr Max Desjardin souvenir amical Georges Moazzo''. Rare.The opening in 1869 of the Suez Canal had important zoogeographical implications because two faunas separated for millions of years became reconnected. This is the most important of the earliest studies of the fauna of th Suez Canal. A good thorough and well illustrated study of the mollusc fauna living in the canal at that time by the Greek malacologist Georgi Polychronis Moazzo (1893-1975).
18801263781880 Lyon, Librairie Henri Georg / Paris, Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils - 1880 - Complet en 2 volumes in-8; reliure demi-chagrin; plats percalines; dos à 4 nerfs portant titre, auteur, fleurons et tomaison en doré; toutes tranches mouchetées - 5 planches hors-texte en N&B in fine du tome premier
1885PM256831885 374 p., 18 heliogravure plates (tissue-guarded), with explanatory leaves, 4to, paperbound with original printed covers. Société Géologique de France.A fine study of a well-preserved Mesozoic (mid-Jurassic) fauna, by the great French palaeo-malacologist Alexandre Édouard Maurice Cossmann (1850-1924) - he never used his first two names. Includes numerous new species. The plates are drawn by the author, and are excellent - far better than those he made in his later years. Must be rather rare as we never had it before. Spine perished and covers chipped at edges. Contents, however, very good, clean.
ML258261881 (2nd ed.). xvi, 295 p. Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, compartments rich gilt, with date and title. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. The first edition was published in 1871. This edition contains the author's view on the Eurasian zoogeographical provinces. It lists names, sources (of the original descriptions), and species' distributions, as well as several taxonomical notes. Title page with old French society stamp, small stamp of Herbert Ant and the written name and date of former owner Herbert Lutz. A very nice, bound copy. Rare.
1873ML258421873 328 p., 22 lithographed plates of which the first five are hand-coloured. Contemporary half cloth over grey marbled boards.Rather rare illustrated descriptive mollusc catalogue reporting on 106 species from around Stettin and Pommern, now in Poland. Preface by Eduard von Martens. The coloured plates of slugs are by Louise Von Martens. Uncoloured copies are more common. Joints weak, a few stamps to the title page, one on a few, scattered text pages and on the verso of the plates.
PM260071907 / 1914 120, 179 p., 5 figs, 19, 13 plates, red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Published in the Anstalt's Abhandlungen. Title page fore edge with a small, repaired tear; small piece of the top corner of the front board missing, upper end spine with some wear, and a repaired tear in the spine cover. Otherwise a very good, internally clean, copy.
1846ML435671846 82, [1], 27 p., 6 lithographed plates, 16mo (20.0 x 12.5 cm), modern green half linen over plain green boards. Author/title in gilt on spine. From the library of American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) with his stamp on the top margin of the front board and half-title. Some slight cattered foxing throughout, otherwise a very good, unique copy.One of several mid to late19th century regional catalogues of non-marine molluscs. Almost every French département had its own keen malacologist tackling the local malacofauna. This one, by Claude Joseph Albin Gras (1808-1856) deals with the malacofauna of the Alpine department of Isère, in south-eastern France. With a handwritten 8-page index combining both the main work and the supplement, and including plate references and a tally of all the figured and unfigured species. This index a bit shaved at the fore edge, with some loss.
1916ML259161916-1918 380 p., 40 lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers.Part of the last attempt to describe, in a single series, all the known Recent molluscs. Henry Pilsbry who took over from the founder of the series, George Tryon, nearly managed to do so for the land pulmonates. This part, being issues 93-96 of the series, contains the Pupillidae and in particular the notoriously diverse and conchologically difficult genus Gastrocopta and related genera including Hypselostoma and Abida (Gastrocoptinae). In four parts. Uncut, unopened. A very good clean set. Scarce.
1883ML434721883 162 p., 4 lithographed plates, 2 double-paged maps (1 coloured), new blind cloth. Ex library Dr. Hartwig Schütt (with his stamp). Rare.