Malacology
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Lacaze-Duthiers, [F. J.] H. de
Three important, published works by Henri Lacaze-Duthiers, including a collection of proof copies and handwritten notes and corrections to one of them.
Paris, 1877-1885. Various sizes. 468 pp. [160, 220, 88]; 28 [8; 14; 6] lithographed plates, of which 22 hand-coloured. Preserved in a burgundy cloth covered clamshell box (30.4 x 25.2 x 9.2 cm) with printed label.
Read moreKüster, H. C.
Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. H. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J. A. Wagner. In Verbindung mit Dr. L. Pfeiffer, Dr. Philippi und Dr. Dunker neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata. In Abbildungen nach der Natur.
Nürnberg, Bauer und Raspe (Julius Merz), 1852-[1853]. 4to. Title page to the series, title page and half title to the part, 96 pp.; 14 finely hand-coloured engraved plates. Original boards with printed label pasted on the front board.
Read moreKüster, H. C.
Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt von Dr. H. C. Küster. Band I Abtheilung 15. Die Gattungen Pupa, Megaspira, Balea und Tornatellina in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen.
Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe, 1852-[1855]. 4to (27.2 x 21.9 cm). Title (to the work), half-title (to the volume), half title (to the part), 194 pp.; 21 engraved and hand-coloured plates. 19th century half calf over straight-lined coloured boards, gilt title on spine. Later endpapers, Original front wrapper bound in.
Read moreKükenthal, W. and R. Hartmeyer
Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Westindien.
Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1908-1916. Four parts (of six) in one. 8vo (23.3 x 15.9 cm). 586 pp.; one map, 28 plates and 207 text figures. Near contemporary black pebbled cloth. Gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in rear.
Read moreKoninck, L. [G.] de
Description des animaux fossiles, qui se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifère de Belgique. Supplément.
Liège, H. Dessain, 1851. 4to (29.9 x 21.8 cm). 76 pp.; five lithographed, tinted plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands; gilt ornamental bands and title. Marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
Read moreKobelt, W. et al.
Festschrift zum siebenzigsten Geburtstag von Wilhelm Kobelt am 20. Februar 1910. Mit einem Porträt, 28 Tafeln und 51 Abbildungen im Text.
Frankfurt am Main, Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 1910. Large 4to (28.8 x 22.7 cm). Frontispiece portrait; [iv], 463 pp.; 28 mostly lithographed plates (11 in chromolithography; three in b/w photography, one a coloured map), 51 text figures. Later green buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreKlein, J. T.
Tentamen methodi ostracologicae sive dispositio naturalis cochlidum et concharum in suas classes, genera et species. [AND] Lucubratiuncula de formatione, cremento et coloribus testarum, quae sunt cochlidum et concharum, [AND] Commentariolum in locum Plinii Hist. Natur. Libr. IX. Cap. XXXIII. [AND] Sciagraphia methodi ad genus Serpentium ordinate digerendum.
Leiden, G. J. Wishoff, 1753. Three works in one volume. 4to (24.7 x 19.6 cm). [3], [5], 177, [5]. [18], [4]; [6], 44; 16, (2) pp.; 12 engraved plates (to first work), and one engraved plate in the text (in second work), a few text vignettes. Contemporary mottled half calf over speckled boards, spine with five raised bands, gilt linings and gilt and black lettered morocco and vellum labels. Edges marbled.
Read moreKarrer, F.
Geologie der Kaiser Franz Josefs Hochquellen-Wasserleitung. Eine Studie in den Tertiär-Bildungen am Westrande des alpinen Theiles der Niederung von Wien.
Wien, Hölder, 1877. Large 4to (33.5 x 25.5 cm). xiii, 420 pp.; 96 text engravings, 20 folded profiles, maps and lithographed plates, mostly coloured and several very large (size up to 32 x 100 cm), seven folded charts and tables. Later half cloth with paper label on the spine.
Read moreKaempfer, E.
De beschryving van Japan, behelsende een verhaal van den ouden en tegenwoordigen staat en regeering van dat Ryk.
The Hague, P. Gosse and J. Neaulme; Amsterdam, Balthasar Lakeman, 1729. Folio (37.5 x 25.0 cm). 500 pp. Half-title, title page explanation, frontispiece (engraved title) by I. C. Philips, letterpress title in red and black; 48 double-sized maps and plates (I-XVII, XXX-XLV, XXIV*, A-BXXVIII, A-BXXIX). Contemporary full mottled calf; spine with six raised bands; compartments rich gilt with fine, elaborate floral ornaments, and red morocco label with gilt title; boards with double gilt roll stamped border, gilt floral corner pieces and central vignettes. Mottled edges.
Read moreJeffreys, J. G.
A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. In a letter addressed to L. W. Dillwyn. [AND] A supplement to the 'Synopsis of testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain'.
London, The Linnean Society, [1830-] 1833. 4to (25.8 x 20.2 cm). 89 pp. [numbered 323-392; 505-523]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt ornaments and title. Red edges.
Read moreHochstetter, [C. G.] F. [Ritter] von
Reise der oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Geologischer Theil. Erster Band: Erste Abtheilung, Geologie von Neu-Seeland [AND] Zweite Abtheilung, Paläontologie von Neu-Seeland.
Wien, Karl Gerold's Sohn, 1864-1865. In two volumes. 4to (31.0 x 24.2 cm). Volume 1 (1864): Half-title and title page; tissue-guarded frontispiece; xlvii, 274 pp.; two unnumbered chromolithographed plates (tissue-guarded); six large, folded, full-colour tissue-guarded maps [Tafeln 1-6]; five plates with engraved or tinted views [Tafeln 7-11]; numerous text engravings; volume 2 (1865): half-title and title page, sectional titles; pp. v-vii, 1-318; 26 lithographed plates [numbered I-XXVI], of which several tinted, and each with explanatory text leaves. Original uniform, printed wrappers.
Read moreHidalgo, J. G. et al.
Moluscos del viaje al Pacífico verificado de 1862 a 1865 por una comision de naturalistas enviada por el gobernierno español. Parta primera. Univalvos terrestres. Parte segunda. Bivalvos marinos. Parte tercera. Univalvos marinos. [AND] Náyades del Viaje al Pacífico verificado de 1862 a 1865 por una comision de naturalistas enviada por el gobernierno español. [All Published].
Madrid, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, [1869]-1870-1916. Four parts in one. 4to (30.0 x 22.0 cm) and 8vo (23.1 x 16.1 cm). 441 pp. ([vi], 5-152; 80; 144; 63); 17 plates (8; [7]; 0; 2) of which the first seven originally hand-coloured, and the last two with printed overlays. Mid-20th century burgundy buckram with gilt lines and title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreHessling, [K.] T. von
Die Perlmuscheln und ihre Perlen naturwissenschaftlich und geschichtlich mit Berücksichtigung der Perlengewässer Bayerns.
Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1859. 8vo (25.0 x 18.0 cm). viii, 376 pp.; hand-coloured frontispiece and seven (partly) hand-coloured plates, two large, folded, tables, one large, folded, coloured map. 19th-century polished and grained half calf over marbled boards. Black morocco label with gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreHelmuth, J. H.
Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte des In- und Auslandes. Zweyte Ausgabe. Vierter Band. Beschreibung der Amphibien. Mit 36 Abbildungen. [AND] Fünfter Band. Beschreibung der Insekten. Mit 29 Abbildungen. [AND] Sechster Band. Beschreibung der Würmer. Mit 44 Abbildungen.
Leipzig, Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern, 1808. Three parts in one. 8vo (17.2 x 12.0 cm). Three title pages, 962 pp. [vi, 196; xxx, 466; xxiv, 240]; ten large, folded, engraved plates [0; 5; 5], 36 text illustrations [36; 0; 0]. Early 19th-century half calf over patterned boards. Spine with gilt ornaments and title.
Read moreHanley, S. [C. T.] and W. Theobald
Conchologia Indica: illustrations of the land and freshwater shells of British India.
London, L. Reeve, [1870]-1876. 4to (27.2 x 20.8 cm). xviii, 65 pp.; 160 hand-coloured, lithographed plates. 20th-century dark green buckram. Gilt title on the spine.
Read moreGregorio, A., De
Monographie de la faune Éocénique de l'Alabama et surtout de celle de Claiborne de l'étage Parisien (horizon à Venericardia planicosta Lamk.). Avec 46 pl. (contenant 1480 figures de 751 espèces et mutations).
Palermo, Librairie International L. Pedone Lauriel (Charles Clausen), 1890. Folio (33.2 x 24.0 cm). 316 pp.; 46 fine lithographed plates. Original printed boards.
Read moreGraves, G.
The naturalist's pocket-book, or tourist's companion, being a brief introduction to the different branches of natural history, with approved methods for collecting and preserving the various productions of nature.
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 8vo (22.5 x 14.0 cm). [iv], viii, [ii], 335 pp. Eight engraved plates of which five zoological plates in original hand-colouring (as intended). Original pink boards with original printed label on the spine.
Read moreGassies, J. B.
Tableau méthodique et descriptif des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de l'Agenais.
Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1849. 8vo (23.0 x 15.3 cm). 209 [iv (index)] pp.; four tissue-guarded hand-coloured lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic. Contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt four raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreGabb, W. M.
Description of a collection of fossils, made by Doctor Antonio Raimondi in Peru.
Philadelphia, PA, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, "1877" [1881]. Large 4to (33.1 x 25.5 cm). Drophead title; 74 pp. [numbered 263-336]; nine lithographed plates [numbered 35-43]. Later black buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreFérussac, J. B. L. dAudebard, Baron de and A. É. J. P. J. F. dAudebard, Baron de
Essai d'une méthode conchyliologique. Appliquée aux mollusques fluviatiles et terrestres d'après la considération de l'animal et de son test, par M. Daudebard de Férussac. Nouvelle édition. Augmentée d'une synonymie des espèces les plus remarquables, d'une table de concordance systématique de celles qui ont été décrites par Géoffroy, Poiret et Drapsrnaud, avec Müller et Linné, et terminée par un catalogue d'espèces observées en divers lieux de France, par J. Daudebard fils.
Paris, Delance, 1807. 8vo (19.8 x 11.8 cm). xvi, 142 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over plain boards. Spine with gilt lines and vignettes, and red morocco label with gilt title. Yellow edges.
Read moreFritsch, A.
Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Böhmens. Band I-IV. [Complete].
Prag, Selbstverlag and F. Řivnáč, 1879-1899 [1901?]. Four volumes in four. Folio (34.0 x 25.5 cm). 459 pp., lavishly illustrated with 167 mostly chromolithographed plates (several double-sized or larger, folded), and over 400 text engravings, of which some plate-sized. Volume I (1883): 182 pp., 48 plates (some larger, folded, a few plain), 160 text engravings; volume II (1889): 114 pp., 44 plates (several larger, folded; numbered 49-90, 80b, 81b), 79 text figures (numbered 117-188); vol. III (1895): 132 pp., 42 plates [several (much) larger; numbered 91-132], 122 text engravings (numbered 189-310); vol. IV (1901): 101 pp., full colour frontispiece, of a landscape with "Miriopoden"; 33 plates (numbered 133-165), 64 text engravings (numbered 311-394, and including phototypes of fossil animals and tracks, freshwater bivalves, and, e.g. the author at work). Original uniform brown cloth sumptuously embossed with black floral borders, and gilt vignettes depicting Permian amphibians, reptiles and fish. Marbled edges.
Read moreFischer, P. [H.] and [J. C.] H. Crosse
Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale, ouvrage publié par ordre de S. M. l'Empereur et par les soins du Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Recherches zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la faune d'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique publiées sous la direction de M. Milne Edwards. Septième Partie. Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala.
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1870-1902. Two parts in three. Large 4to and matching folio (35.1 x 26.7 cm). Title pages to the zoology part, the volume, the text, and the atlas; 702; 731 [1-376, 377-731] pp.; 72 lithographed plates of which 46 finely and accurately hand-coloured. Uniform dark blue buckram with gilt title on the spines. All 17 original printed wrappers bound in. The wrappers list the year of publication, and the included plates and feuilles by number.
Read moreFischer, P. and A. C. Bernardi (eds.)
Journal de Conchyliologie. Volumes 1-10 (1st series; 2nd series; AND 3rd series, Volumes 1-2).
Paris, Petit de la Saussaye (first four volumes), Crosse, Fischer, and Bernardi, 1850-1862. Ten volumes in ten. 8vo (22.5 x 14.0 cm). Text and 145 plates of which 66 finely hand-coloured. 20th-century uniform black buckram with gilt title on the spines.
Read moreFischer, P.
Faune conchyliologique marine du Département de la Gironde et des cotes du sud-ouest de la France. [AND] Supplément. [AND] 2e Supplément.
Bordeaux, Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 1865-1874. Three papers in one. 8vo (22.7 x 15.5 cm). Later red buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreEilenburg, C. H.
Kurzer Entwurf der königlichen Naturalienkammer zu Dresden.
Dresden and Leipzig, Walther, 1755. Folio (27.8 x 20.9 cm). Title page with engraved armorial vignette; 102 pp.; two very large, multi-folded engraved plans; several engraved pictorial headpieces and woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary full calf. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title in gilt, ornamental border; boards with ruled borders. Colour-stamped floral endpapers. Edges marbled blue.
Read moreDunker, W. [B. R. H.]
Novitates conchologicae. Abbildung und Beschreibung neuer Conchylien. II. Abtheilung: Meeres-Conchylien.
Cassel, Theodor Fischer, 1858-1878. 4to (29.1 x 22.0 cm). [i], 144 pp.; 45 originally hand-coloured lithographed plates. Red buckram with gilt title on the spine.
Read moreDunker, G. [= W. (B. R. H.)]
Index molluscorum maris japonici. Conscriptus et tabulis iconum xvi illustratus.
Casselis Cattorum [Kassel], Theodor Fischer, 1882. 4to (27.3 x 22.1 cm). vii, 301 pp.; 16 exquise lithographed plates of which 13 superbly hand-coloured. Near contemporary grained blue half cloth over grained burgundy cloth. Script title on the spine.
Read moreDunker, G. [= W. (B. R. H.)]
Mollusca Japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum illustrata.
Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart, 1861. Large 4to (32.0 x 25.5 cm) [Board size 32.5 x 26.0 cm] 36 pp.; three finely hand-coloured lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed boards.
Read moreDufrenoy, [O. P. A.] and [J. B. A. L. L.] Élie de Beaumont
Explication de la carte géologique de la France. Volumes I-IV (text and atlas), and two maps. [Complete].
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, Imprimerie Nationale, 1841-1879. Four volumes in seven, and a large map in six folded sheets, each ca. 70 x 205 cm (including borders) with linen covers. Large 4to (four text volumes; ca. 27.5 x 21.0 cm); folio (two atlas volumes, 26.8 x 35.7 cm). Tome premier: Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1841. Large 4to. xxii, 825 pp., 71 text engravings (mainly profiles); Tome deuxième: Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1848. Large 4to. xii, 813 pp., 105 text engravings (mainly views and profiles), one large, folded chromolithographed geological map (finished by hand) of France (printed surface: 57 x 54 cm, and consisting of 15 smaller sections, mounted on linen and folded) bound in the rear; Tome troisième. Première partie (by Dufrénoy): Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1873. Large 4to. viii, 231 pp., 18 text engravings (mainly profiles). Printed wrappers. Tome quatrième. Seconde partie. Végétaux fossiles du terrain houiller (by Zeiller): Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1879. Large 4to. 185 pp. Printed wrappers; Tome quatrième. Atlas (in two volumes). Première partie. Fossiles principaux des terrains (by É. Bayle). Seconde partie. Végétaux fossiles du terrain houiller (by Zeiller): Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1878. Folio. Title page, half title to first part. 86 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves, numbered I-LXXXVI; 90 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves, numbered LXXXVII-CLXXVI (the last 16 on plants), for a total of 176 plates. Volumes I, II, and IV plate volumes in near uniform contemporary dark-green pebbled morocco over marbled boards. Spines with five gilt-stippled bands, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. The text volumes with top edge gilt, atlases with marbled top edges. Text volumes III and IV in original printed wrappers. The large chromolithographed map in six sheets (approximately 218 x 223 cm) is contained in a contemporary, book-like crimson box with gilt-lettered spine, with raised bands and patterned paper sides.
Read moreDucrotay de Blainville, H. M.
Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. Texte, planches. [Complete].
Paris, Strasbourg, Levrault, 1825-1827. Two parts in two [text and atlas]. 8vo (23.1 x 14.5 cm). Texte (1825): title page, viii, 664 pp.; two large, folded tables; Planches (1827) title page, 16 pp. (numbered consecutively, 649-664; i.e., double), 109 engraved, colour-printed plates, finished by hand, by Prêtre under the direction of Turpin. Original, near-uniform original printed boards.
Read moreDraparnaud, J. P. R. and A. L. G. Michaud
Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Ouvrage posthume de J. P. R. Draparnaud. Avec XIII planches. [AND] Complément de l'histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J. P. R. Draparnaud. Avec planches.
Paris, Louis Colas, an 13 [1805]; Verdun, Lippmann, 1831. Two works in one. 4to (28.8 x 23.0 cm). Half-titles and titles; viii, 164; xvi, 116, 12 pp.; 16 [13, 3] engraved plates. Brown buckram with gilt titles on the spine.
Read moreDoria, G. and R. Gestro (eds.)
Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii del Società Geografica Italiana. - Resultati zoologici.
Genova, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 1895. 8vo (25.5 x 17.0 cm). xviii, 558 pp.; five lithographed plates; one very large, folded map of the Horn of Africa. Original printed wrappers.
Read moreDillwyn, L. W.
A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells; arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. In two volumes. [Complete].
London, John and Arthur Arch, 1817. Two volumes in two. 8vo (22.3 x 14.2 cm). Two title pages, half-title. 1135 pp. (xii, 1-580; 580-1092, [xxix], [ii]). Original paper-covered boards with printed label on the spines.
Read moreDezallier d'Argenville, [A. J. D.] [Favanne de Montcervelle, (J.) de and (G.) de Favanne de Montcervelle]
La conchyliologie, ou histoire naturelle des coquilles de mer, d'eau douce, terrestres et fossiles; avec un traité de la zoomorphose, ou repésentation des animaux qui les habitent: ouvrage dans lequel on trouve une nouvelle méthode de les diviser. Par M. Desallier d'Argenville... Ouvrage considérablement augmenté de planches en taille-douce, qui représentent les figures de plus de deux milles testacées, dessinées d`après nature, accompagnées de descriptions étendues & de remarques sur chaque famille, avec plusieurs tables systématiques & des nomenclatures étrangeres. Troisième édition, dédiée au roi, par MM. De Favanne de Montcervelle pere & fils. Atlas.
Paris, De Bure, 1780. Folio (30.4 x 22.7 cm). Engraved frontispiece; 80 engraved plates. 19th-century dark green half morocco over dark green pebbled boards. Spine with four gilt-lined, raised bands; compartments with embossed borders and gilt title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges.
Read more[Dezallier d'Argenville, A. J. D.]
l'Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, l'Oryctologie, qui traite des terres, des pierres, des métaux, des minéraux, et autres fossiles. Ouvrage dans lequel on trouve une nouvelle méthode Latine & Françoise de les diviser, & une notice critique des principaux ouvrages qui ont paru sur ces matières.
Paris, De Bure, 1755. 4to (28.6 x 21.1 cm). Engraved frontispiece, [6], xvi, 560 [1] pp.; 26 engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, richly floral gilt spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered red morocco label. Marbled endpapers, edged red.
Read moreDezallier d'Argenville, A. J. D.
l'Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, la conchyliologie, qui traite des coquillages de mer, de rivière et de terre; ouvrage dans lequel on trouve une nouvelle méthode Latine & Françoise de les diviser: augmenté de la zoomorphose, ou representation des animaux a coquilles, avec leurs explications. Nouvelle édition. Enrichie de figures dessinées d'après nature.
Paris, De Bure, 1757. 4to (28.5 x 22.8 cm). Title in red and black, with woodcut vignette, xxii, 394 pp.; half-title, second title in red and black, 84, cvii pp.; engraved frontispiece (plate 1) and another 40 [2-29, 1-3, 1-9] engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt-lined edges. Spine with five raised bands, compartments rich gilt with floral patterns and brown morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. All edges red.
Read moreDall, W. H.
Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. General conclusions from a preliminary examination of the Mollusca [AND] Report on the cephalopods [AND] Supplementary report on the Blake cephalopods (both by A. E. Verrill) [AND] Preliminary report on the Mollusca [AND] Report on the Mollusca. Part I. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda [AND] Report on the nudibranchs (by R. Bergh) [AND] Report on the Mollusca dredged by the "Blake" in 1880 (by K. J. Bush). [AND] Part II. Gastropoda and Scaphopoda.
Cambridge, MA, The Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 1880-1889. Eight parts in two. 8vo. First bound volume: 464 pp. [9;18;11;112;241;27;46]; 25 engraved plates [0;8;3;0;9;3;2]. Second volume: 492 pp., 40 engraved plates; all with explanatory text leaves. Later uniform blue buckram. Spines with gilt title. Several original, printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreCuvillier, J.
Revision du nummulitique Égyptien. [AND] Nouvelle contribution à la paléontologie du nummulitique Égyptien. [AND] Étude complémentaire sur la paléontologie du nummulitique Égyptien. [Complete].
Le Caire, Institut d'Egypte, 1930-1935. Three parts in three. 4to (27.5 x 22.0 cm). 530 pp. [371; 76; 83]; 37 plates [24; 8; 5], one folded map. Original, uniform printed front wrappers.
Read moreCuvier, G. [L. C. F. D.] and A. Brongniart
Description géologique des environs de Paris, par MM. G. Cuvier et Alex. Brongniart. Nouvelle édition, dans laquelle on a inséré la descrition d'un grand nombre de lieux de l'Allemagne, de la Suisse, de l'Italie, etc., qui présentent des terrains analogues a ceux du Bassin de Paris. Avec 2 cartes et 16 planches représentant les coupes de ces terrains et beaucoup des coquilles fossiles qu'ils renferment, et une table alphabétique de tous les lieux décrits ou seulement cités.
Paris, G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, 1822. 4to (29.3 x 22.2 cm). ix, 428 pp.; one brightly hand-coloured geological map of the surroundings of Paris, and 17 lithographed plates, including one hand-coloured geological map of the basins of London and Paris. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-ornamented bands; compartments rich gilt, and with two morocco labels (red and blue) with gilt title.
Read moreCox, J. C.
A monograph of the Australian land shells. Illustrated by XVIII plates.
Sydney, William Maddock, 1868. 8vo (23.3 x 15.8 cm). v, 111 pp.; 20 originally hand-coloured lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, tissue-guarded, and with explanatory text leaves. Later burgundy buckram with gilt title on the spine.
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