Paris, and other localities, 1862-1890. 60 papers in six bound volumes. 8vo (22.5-24.5 x 15.0 cm). Numerous pages; 59 lithographed plates [18 (one double-sized hand-coloured map and profile); 8 (and three original drawings of unknown status); 7; 4; 5: 6 (one a large, double-folded hand-coloured map); 6; 10]. Uniform black buckram with gilt title on the spines. Many original printed wrappers bound in.

A collection of papers amassed by the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020), with his stamp in the top margin of the front free endpapers and a few front wrappers. The numbers on the spines refer to Bourguignat's list of papers Oeuvres scientifiques de M. J.-R. Bourguignat, published by his acolyte, Georges Servain. This set contains the numbers 14, 19, 22-24, 30-3, 35, 39, 40, 40A, 43-45, 49, 52-53, 56-58, 61-63, 67-75, 77-78, 80-88, 91-95, 99, 101, 103, and 108. A seventh volume, with papers 50, 54-55, 59-60, 96, 106 and 113 is included, but not counted, as it contains photocopies, whereas in the six other volumes all papers are original printed copies. Included are Bourguignat's notorious Lettres malacologiques MM. Brusina d'Agram et Kobelt de Francfort (1882); his Malacologie terrestre de l'ile du Chateau d'If près Marseille (1860); Histoire des Mollusques acéphales des environs de Francfort (1882), with Bourguignat's sycophant Georges Servain stated as author, but which may well have been the work of Bourguignat, Servain's 126 pp. Histoire malacologique du lac Balaton en Hongrie (1881), with new species described by Bourguignat; Bourguignat's Histoire malacologique de la colline de Sansan (fifth version of five reported by Backhuys); his Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du pays des Çomalis (Mission G. Révoil); Mollusques terrestrestres et fluviatiles de la région du lac Tanganika (1885), etc., etc. One paper, Recensement desVivipara du système Européen (1880) with on the half title a stamp of the French botanist and malacologist Louis Brévière (1846-1912). A few wrappers with repairs, a few papers and some plates a bit spotted, but generally clean and in all a great, unique set. Backhuys, W. (1988) Bibliographical note on Bourguignat's 'Colinne de Sansan' ( Med. WTKG 25, pp. 237-242).