Malacology
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The most important basic monograph on Gastropoda
Wenz, W. [A.] and A. [M.] Zilch
Handbuch der Paläozoologie Band 6, 1(1-2) - 2. Gastropoda.
Berlin, Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1938-1944 [1960-1961], [1959]-1960. Two volumes in three. Large 8vo (25.1 x 17.1 cm). 2,497 pp.; 6,726 text figures. Uniform pebbled half cloth over linen boards. Spines with six raised bands and gilt title.
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€650.00
The ultimate monograph
Williams, J. D. et al.
Freshwater mussels of Alabama & the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi & Tennessee.
Tuscaloosa, AL, The University of Alabama Press, 2008. Large, thick 4to (30.0 x 22.8 cm). xv, 908 pp.; numerous, nearly all full colour illustrations. Publisher's pictorial laminated hardcover.
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€50.00
An extraordinarily bound copy of a rare book
Wyatt, T.
A manual of conchology, according to the system laid down by Lamarck, with the late improvements by de Blainville. Exemplified and arranged for the use of students. Illustrated by thirty-six plates containing more than two hundred types, drawn from the natural shell.
New York, NY, Harper & Brothers, 1838. 8vo (23.2 x 14.4 cm). 191 pp.; 36 lithographed plates. Contemporary grapevine-patterned full cloth. Spine with gilt title.
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€800.00
A milestone in modern Chinese malacology