1874. 352 p., 11 fine large lithographic plates, large 4to, disbound, preserved in marbled portfolio. Published in the Nova Acta vol. 37. With many new and previously unfigured species. Includes the brackish water Rissoidae and Melampidae. Unopened copy. One page with small (repaired) tear. Some light, mostly marginal foxing.
1874 352 p., 61, 114 figures, 8, 13 plates, roy. 4to, full green cloth, spine with author/title in gilt (original printed covers bound in). Very good well bound copy.Published in the Nova Acta vol. 37. With many new and previously unfigured species. Includes the brackish water Rissoidae and Melampidae. The plates by W.A. Meyn are of superb quality.From the Library of Richard I. Johnson (1925-2020), malacologist and bibliophile, who build over a period of nearly six decades, what was perhaps the largest private library of books and journals on molluscs. With his stamp.