The first work entirely devoted to the malacofauna of Berlin
      
    
                      Stein, J. P. E. F.
Die lebenden Schnecken und Muscheln der Umgegend Berlins.
                  Published
                  1850
                
                
                  Item ID
                  75361
                
                
              
                    
      €75.00
          
                              
        
Berlin, G. Reimer, 1850. 8vo (20.5 x 13.3 cm). viii, 120 pp.; three engraved plates with 73 figures. Later black half cloth over marbled boards with gilt title on spine.
A rare publication listing some 400 species from Brandenburg and adjacent areas. Dedicated to the German malacologist J. C. Albers, who wrote on Helicidae and related groups. A few spots, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Cat. BM(NH) vol. 5 p. 2009; not in Nissen.