A seldom-seen set with a great provenance

Nevill, G.

Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part I. Gastropoda and Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia; Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd). [all published]

Published 1878-1884
Item ID 74632
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Calcutta, The Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1878-1884. Two volumes in two. 8vo (21.2 x 13.3 cm). 669 pp. [I: xv, 338; II: x, 306]. Uniform half calf over linen boards. Spines with five raised, gilt ornamented bands and gilt title. Speckled edges.

In these two volumes, the India-born British malacologist Geoffrey Nevill (1843-1888) described the gastropods of Indian Museum, which contained a large, world-wide collection that, logically, was (and is) particularly strong in Indian Ocean and continental Indian material. Many new species and genus-level names were published in these volumes and many relate to taxa from outside India, adding to its importance to malacology in general. Both volumes with the name of a former owner, the Indian malacologist Baini Prashad (1894-1969), in gilt on the spine foot; his hand-written name (autograph) in the top margin of both title pages; the name of the British malacologist S. [Stanley] Peter Dance (b. 1932) written and dated 1950 on the front free endpaper rectos. Inner joints reinforced, Japanese paper repair to first blanks and half titles, small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the title pages. Otherwise an excellent set. Rare, especially in such a good condition.

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