Paetel, F. [Schaufuss, L. W. (ed.)]
Molluscorum, systema et catalogus. System und Aufzählung sämmtlicher Conchylien der Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Zur Belebung des Interesses für Malakozoologie, herausgegeben von Dr. L. Schaufuss.
Dresden, Oscar Weiske, 1869. 8vo (22.4 x 13.8 cm). xiv, 119 pp. Contemporary limp vellum with script title on the spine.
This is the first of a series of catalogues of species from one of the largest 19th-century collections. With a preface by Schaufuss. Long used as a reference to names, authors and locations. As such it is still of value today. A former owner added, in an old hand, an additional list of Patella species (tipped in on the lower margin of p. 65). Provenance: small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpaper and title page; minute pencil ticks throughout; otherwise an excellent, clean copy. Bound copies, such as this one, are rare.

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