Lister, M.
Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum et tabularum anatomicarum editio altera.
Oxoni [Oxford], Clarendoniano, 1770. Folio (37.3x 24.2 cm). Letterpress title, two pp. preface; seven pp. with engraved titles, introduction, systematical table, abbreviations and section review, index title, dedication leaf, 12, 77 pp.; 1056 figures (numbered 1-194, 197-922, 924-1058; 168.a) on over 400 plates (several double-sized, folded); a further 22, partly unnumbered engraved plates. 20th-century full calf. Spine with four raised bands and gilt title. Speckled edges.
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Nicklès, M. [C. D.]
Letter to R. P. Dollfus.
Martel de Janville [Passy], 1948. Single printed leaf (26.7 x 20.7 cm), folded. Hand-written, signed and dated.
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Odhner, N. [H.]
Two letters to R. P. Dollfus.
Stockholm, 1948-1950. Two printed leaves (29.2 x 22.8 cm [1948] and 29.7 x 21 cm [1950]). The first letter typed, with hand-written signature and additional handwriting; the second entirely handwritten, signed and dated.
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Barrande, J.
Systême Silurien du Centre de la Bohême. Première partie: Recherches paléontologiques. Continuation éditée par le Musée Bohême. Vol. VI. Classe des mollusques, ordre des acéphales. Texte et 361 planches. [Bivalvia].
Prague, Musée Bohême, 1881. Four parts in four. Large 4to. xxiv, 342 pp.; 361 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Original uniform blind-tooled black cloth with gilt title on the spines.
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Barrande, J.
Systême Silurien du Centre de la Bohême. Première partie: Recherches paléontologiques. Continuation éditée par le Musée Bohême. Vol. II. Classe des mollusques, ordre des céphalopodes. Texte et 544 planches.
Prague, Musée Bohême, 1867-1877. 11 parts in 11. Large 4to and folio (32.5 x 25.5). 3,583 pp.; 545 lithographed plates (including 240bis) with explanatory text leaves. Original blind-tooled cloth with gilt title on the spines.
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Perillat, M. del Carmen (a. o.)
Palaeontologia Mexicana. 1 - 50.
Mexico, D. F., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1954-1984. 48 issues in 48. 8vo (23.0 x 17.0 cm). Over 3,000 pp.; numerous plates. Original uniform stiff, printed wrappers.
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Lamouche, [L.] and C. Barrois
Fossiles caractéristiques. Préface de M. Ch. Barrois. Premier fascicule. Terrains de l'ère primaire; Deuxième fascicule. Terrains de l'ère secondaire (Trias - végétaux secondaires - lias); Troisième fascicule. Terrains de l'ère secondaire (Jurassique moyen et supérieur); Quatrième fascicule Terrains de l'ère secondaire (Crétacé); Cinquième fascicule. Terrains de l'ère tertiaire (Nummulitique); Sixième fascicule. Terrains de l'`ere tertiare (Types de végétaux tertiaires - Néogène) [AND] Terrains de l'ère quaternaire. [Complete].
Arcueil, Tortellier, 1925; Paris, Librairie Scientifique J. Hermann, 1926-1928. Six parts in six. 4to (28.5 x 20.0 cm). Title pages, 170 pp. [30; 26; 25; 31; 26; 32]; 225 [36; 33; 41; 37; 34; 44] fine (mostly lithographed) plates. In original printed wrappers.
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Bianchi, G. P. S. [J. Plancus]
De conchis minus notis liber cui accessit specimen aestus reciproci maris superi ad littus portumque Arimini.
Venetiis (Venice), J. Baptista Pasqual, 1739. 4to (29.2 x 20.0 cm). 88 pp.; wood-engraved title vignette and five folded, engraved plates. Contemporary limp boards with script title in an old hand on the spine.
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Buonanni, F.
Ricreatione dell' occhio e della mente nell' osseruation delle Chiocciole, proposta a' curiosi delle opere della natura. Con quattrocento, e cinquanta figure di testacei diuersi, sopra cui si spiegano molti curiosi problemi.
Roma, Varese, 1681. In two volumes (text and plates). 4to (23.7 x 17.2 cm). I (text). Engraved allegorical title; letterpress title, [xiv], 384, [xv] pp.; four engraved plates (opposite p. 50, 51, 59, 316), several text engravings; II (atlas). Engraved allegorical title; engraved section title to part IV; engraved title to Classe prima, six plates with figs 1-20); engraved title to Classe seconda, 23 plates with figs 1-100); and engraved title to Classe terza, followed by 77 plates with figs 1-266, 268-311, 315-314 [ recte 312-313], 314-319), for a total of 110 plates, and six engraved titles. Contemporary uniform full vellum. Spines with four raised bands and contemporary script title in ink. All edges blue.
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Dezallier 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.
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Ducrotay 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.
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Poe, E. A.
The conchologist's first book: or, a system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science. With illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells, presenting a correct type of each genus.
Philadelphia, PA, Haswell, Barrington and Haswell (for the author), 1839. 8vo (16.8 x 11.5 cm). 156 pp.; 12 lithographed plates. Original ruled, gilt-lined quarter sheep over pictorial boards. Preserved in late 20th-century pictorial, shell-themed, slipcase.
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