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4378Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1852 1853 1857. First edition. Some browning to the endpapers of part I the text and hand-colored plates of all parts is bright and clean; overall a very good copy. Pp. 150; 258; 140 with 50 full page hand-colored plates folding charts of algae lists at back of Part III. Publisher's original gilt-decorated and blind-stamped Smithsonian-issue dark green cloth spine is lettered in gilt sm folio. Each volume is in a different style of the original Smithsonian cloth part III has the original Smithsonian cloth boards but a new dark green cloth spine also lettered in gilt. Part III has the a circular blind-stamp of the American Museum of Natural History and a circular ink stamp of the Staten Island Institute at the top of the title page there are no other ownership marks in part III or in Parts I or II. Rarely offered in the original Smithsonian cloth but as this issue has three different binding styles it is offered at a reduced price. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1852, 1853, 1857. First edition. hardcover
5563London printed by Richard Taylor 1832. First edition. Many of the lithographed plates show scattered foxing; a tight copy in very good condition in a period-style morocco binding. Pp. 4 2-68; 8 full page monochrome lithographed plates 15 total lithographs - many are two-page. Recent green one-half straight-grain morocco leather over English marbled boards green endpapers 4to 293 x 232 mm. According to DSB X p. 261 "The attention of the scientific community was first focused on Owen in 1832 when he published Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus. which was based on a single specimen of this delicate organism that was previously known only by its shell. In this superb piece of descriptive anatomy he also modified Cuvier's Cephalopoda and proposed two orders that were considered valid until 1894." No ownership marks and few signs of use. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1832. First edition. hardcover
7948Leeds: Taylor Brothers 1894-1924. First edition. The endpapers of the first three volumes show some foxing and occasional browning the text and plates of all volumes which were printed on a much higher quality paper are bright and clean the final page of Part 24 has an old stain to internal gutter and rear wrapper this occurred before the binding was put on; overall a tight and clean set in very good condition. Pp. vi 1-454; pp. xx 1-312; pp. vii i 1-592 2 ads; pp. 1-160; 70 full page color plates of molluscs from color paintings and color distribution maps 1823 text-figures halftones line-drawings and black-and-white photographs. Publisher's original olive green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover on volumes 1-3 and with matching olive green cloth and gilt-lettering on the fourth volume entitled here as the Supplement the original printed gray wrappers are bound in at the rear for Parts 22 23 and 24 only lg 8vo 10 x 6.25 inches. This work is complete in 24 parts published separately by subscription. The first 21 parts were published at regular intervals from 1894 to 1914. Parts 22 and 23 were published in 1916 and 1917 respectively. The inside front wrapper of Part 23 has a notice to subscribers: "we regret to announce that the 'Monograph' will be suspended until the conclusion of the War as the difficulties of its production is intensified by the severity of military requisitions of men and material." Part 24 was published in 1921 after the war ended. A final 'note to our subscribers' on the Part 24 wrappers informs the subscribers of increasing expenses involved in the publication of 'Monograph.' No additional parts were ever published. A complete list of subscribers appears on pages 494-498 of Part 21 in volume 3; this list of subscribers continues on the on the inside front wrapper of Parts 22-23 and the rear wrapper of Part 24. An entire page of the gray wrappers for Part 22 23 and 24 provides opinions from 'eminent scientists' as to the value and usefulness of the 'Monograph.' Oddly most of these scientists assumed the series would continue. The set has had a single owner; there is a small signature of G. Walson on the front endpaper of each volume and on the front wrapper of the final three parts. W. Walson worked in the late 19th century on mollusks discovered on the Challenger Expedition. Leeds: Taylor Brothers, 1894-1924. First edition. hardcover
5767Leipzig: Michael Blochberger 1744. First edition. Endpapers only with some marginal light browning the text and plates are bright and clean the original half leather binding is very attractive; a tight copy in near fine condition. Pp. vi 984 lxxx Register; frontispiece portrait in fine facsimile 22 engraved plates with 157 numbered figures of shells. Original one-half brown calf leather spine with four raised bands lettered in gilt on morocco title label in one compartment over sprinkled paper boards page edges with sprinkle decorations thick 8vo 175 x 115 mm. Presents an early account of shells in art medicine commerce and their use as a currency. This volume documents the important German shell collections in the early 18th century. Over 100 collections are described including those of Negeleins Raths Sandrart and Schulenberg. The work is illustrated with fine line drawings with 157 numbered figures of shells. From the private library of South African author Morris J. Cohen with his custom color book plate on the front endpaper. See also Nissen ZBI 2459 and Dance 190. Leipzig: Michael Blochberger, 1744. First edition. hardcover
2827Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1881. First edition. The last plate has been professionally reattached at the gutter margin there is no damage to the plate image this large volume shows no signs of use; a bright and clean near fine copy. . Pp. 6 368 61 full page plates each with descriptive text leaf 11 are chromolithographs or hand-colored 50 are halftones on tan backgrounds. Early fine-weave blue cloth thick folio 14.25 x 11 inches. This work documents the horseshoe crabs and crustaceans of the coastal waters of Mexico. This monograph is the fifth volume of a 13-volume work entitled "Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale" which was the French competitor to the British "Biologia Centrali-Americana" that also documented the plant and animal life of Central America. This fifth volume is the complete work on the horseshoe crabs and crustaceans of Mexico. The fine plates are well executed works of art. This monograph is very scarce. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1881. First edition hardcover