Paris, G. Masson, 1884. Two parts in one. Large 4to (30.9 x 24.0 cm). 250 pp. (numbered 201-284; 17-182); four lithographed plates of which three originally hand-coloured (numbered 15-18). 20th-century red buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.

An important but seldom-seen contribution to the fauna of the Canary Islands, including the description of 281 land and fresh water molluscs by the French malacologist Julius François Mabille (1831-1904). The introduction contains a review of the growth of knowledge of these interesting island faunas. Published in the Nouvelles Archives of the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. Provenance: small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the title page. Wrappers rather soiled; a few spots on the first text leaf of the second part; some light spotting to the first plate and a few text pages, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Not in Nissen ZBI.