A very rare complete set

Locard, [E. A.] A.

Conchyliologie française. Les coquilles marines des cotes de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. [AND] Les coquilles des eaux douces et saumatres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. [AND] Les coquilles terrestres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. [AND] Les coquilles marines au large des côtes de France. Faune pélagique et faune abyssale. Description des familles, genres et espèces. [AND] Les coquilles marines des cotes de Corse (co-authored by É. Caziot).

Published 1892-1899
Item ID 75270
€650.00

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Paris, J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1892-1900. Five volumes in five. Large 8vo (25.5 x 16.7 cm). 1,576 pp. (384;327;370;297;198); 1165 text figures (348; 302; 515; 0; 0). Uniform blue buckram with gilt title on the spines. Speckled edges.

A seldom-seen complete, uniformly bound set of this important contribution to the malacofauna of France. Written by the French malacologist and 'Nouvelle École' adept, Étienne Alexandre Arnould Locard (1841-1904). Many new species are included. The first three volumes (1892, 1893, 1894) are richly illustrated. The last two volumes, published much later (1899, 1900), seem to be the rarest. The freshwater and deep-water volumes have the original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpapers, front wrappers and half-titles. A few spots only, a great set.

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