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Note sur l’Infralias de la Vendée et spécialement sur un gisement situé dans la commune du Simon-la-Vineuse.
1902 41 p., two phototype plates, paperbound (original printed covers). Some wear on spine. Uncut. A good copy.Offprint from the Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 4 (2). The fine plates show Triassic gastropods, described by Cossmann (the French geologist Chartron wrote the stratigraphical part). Many are very well preserved, and new.
Collection of 5 papers mostly on French fossil molluscs.
1943-1946 Includes: Les Lamellibranches hétérodontes des Sables Astartiens de Cordebugle (Calvados). I. Astartidae, Cyprinidae, Isocardiidae (47 p., 1 plate). With author's dedications to Dr. C.O. van Regteren Altena (with his stamp).
Beiträge zur Stratigraphie und Paläontologie des Malm von Westsizilien.
1960 143 p., 12 figs, 9 plates. roy. 4to, burgundy cloth. Spine with red morocco label with gilt title (rubbed). The plates show ammonites. Published in: Schweizerische Palaeontologische Abhandlungen. Blank lower margin of title-page and page 125 cut, otherwise in good condition. Well-bound copy.
Contribution à l'étude des faunes tertiaires de l'Afghanistan.
1938 44 p., 5 plates, roy. 4to. Printed wrappers.Marie de Cizancourt described the foraminifers, Cox the Bivalvia (two plates) This is the society's Mémoires number 39. Uncut. Slight rubbing to the front wrapper (stamp erasure?), otherwise a very good, clean copy.
Contribution à l'étude des faunes tertiaires de l'Afghanistan.
1938. 44 p., 5 plates, roy. 4to. Printed wrappers.Marie de Cizancourt described the foraminifers, Cox the Bivalvia (two plates) This is the society's Mémoires number 39. Uncut. A very good, clean copy.
Collection of 14 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1969-1994 Mostly on Ascoglossa and Nudibranchs. One paper with author's dedication to Dr. Malcolm Edmunds.
Early Kimmeridgian Bivalves of southern England.
1986 55 p., 11 figs, 9 pls, 4to, wrappers. Mesozoic Research vol. 2#3.
New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea.
1962 [8], 218 p. paperbound.Edited by William Clench and Ruth Turner, it contains the large catalogue, with almost 5700 taxa, mostly molluscs, also cirripeds, of species and genera described Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957), with references, dates of authorship, etc. Pilsbry perhaps was the most prolific author in malacology, just "beating" W. H. Dall in number of described staxa. Pilsbry shared his love for cirripeds with, amongst others, Charles Darwin. Guido Poppe's copy with his autograph.
New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea.
1962 [8], 218 p., paperbound.Edited by William Clench and Ruth Turner, it contains the large catalogue, with almost 5700 taxa, mostly molluscs (but also cirripeds), of species and genera described Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957), with references, dates of authorship, etc. Pilsbry perhaps was the most prolific author in malacology, just "beating" W. H. Dall in number of described taxa. A mint copy.
On the structure and affinities of some new species of molluscs from Borneo.
1895 10 p., 4 lithographed plates. Excerpt with later wrappers. Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.The description of three new semi-slugs from Kalimantan with extensive notes and fine drawings of the anatomy and morphology. A good clean copy.
A monographic survey of South-African non-marine Mollusca.
1938 iii, 660 p., 57 figures, 19 plates, modern black half cloth with blue marbled boards, spine with author/title in gilt. A very good and nicely bound copyThe most important publication of Matthew William Kemble Connoly (1872-1947), and still one of the most valuable and useful publications on the subject.
Revision of Tornatellinidae and Achatinellidae (Gastopoda, Pulmonata).
1960 (reprint 1971) 303 p., 123 figs, hardbound.
TOILERS IN THE SEA.
Society for promoting christian knowledge / Young & Co., London / New York, 1889. In-16 gr. (mm. 183x114), bella legatura in p. vitellino blu coevo, stemma entro cornice dorata, dorso a cordoni con ricca decoraz. e tit. oro su tassello ai riquadri, tagli marmorizzati. dentelles dorate ai risguardi, pp. VIII,373, con 70 figg. nel testo e 4 tavv. f.t., ciascuna con num. figg., relative a fossili, conchiglie, spugne, coralli, etc. Chalk-makers, or Foraminifera - Lattice-workers, or Polycystina - Coral builders - Excavators, etc.. Ben conservato.
Collection of 38 papers on marinel molluscs.
1957-1990 All reprints, stapled/wrappers and published in different journals. Mainly Caribbean mollusc fauna, and Conidae, Marginellidae and Cypraeidae. Some with author’s dedication. Ex library Dr. H.P. Wagner (with his signature).
The non-marine mollusca of St. Martin (Lesser Antilles).
1967 28 p., 3 figures, 1 map, stapled. Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. No. 94. Ex library Dr. H.P. Wagner (with his signature).
Atlante delle Conchiglie del Medio Adriatico. Atlas of shells from Central Adriatic Sea.
1992 120 p., 35 coloured plates depicting 417 species, 4to, hardbound. Very good copy, as new.
Atlante delle Conchiglie del Medio Adriatico. Atlas of shells from Central Adriatic Sea.
1992 120 p., 35 coloured plates depicting 417 species, 4to, hardbound. Very good copy, as new.
Contribution a la paléontologie Française des terrains Jurassiques. Gastropodes: Nérinées.
1898 (reprint 1966) 179 p., 13 plates with explanatory text leaves, large 4to, paperbound.The paper describes and illustrates this highly diverse group of extinct gastropods. Includes new taxa and an extensive list of species not found in France. This is the society's Mémoire 22 in the scarce 1966 Swets & Zeitlinger reprint. A good clean copy.
Contribution a la paléontologie Française des terrains Jurassiques. III. Cerithiacea et Loxonematacea.
1913 (reprint 1966) 263 p., 11 plates with explanatory text leaves. Printed wrappers.The paper describes and illustrates these highly diverse groups of gastropods. Many hundreds of specimens are figured. This is the society's Mémoire 46 in the scarce 1966 Swets & Zeitlinger reprint. A good clean copy.
Contribution à l'étude de la faune de l'étage Bathonien en France. (Gastropodes).
1885 374 p., 18 heliogravure plates (tissue-guarded), with explanatory leaves, 4to, paperbound with original printed covers. Société Géologique de France.A fine study of a well-preserved Mesozoic (mid-Jurassic) fauna, by the great French palaeo-malacologist Alexandre Édouard Maurice Cossmann (1850-1924) - he never used his first two names. Includes numerous new species. The plates are drawn by the author, and are excellent - far better than those he made in his later years. Must be rather rare as we never had it before. Spine perished and covers chipped at edges. Contents, however, very good, clean.
Mollusques Éocéniques de la Loire Inférieure. Tome 3e. Première, Deuxième, Troisième Fascicule [with] Supplement: Deuxième Supplement, Deuxième Supplement (fin).
1904-1906, 1921 Half-titles, 328 p. [1-208, xliv; 1-76], 8 text figures, 23 plates with explanatory transparent text leaves, uniform quarter cloth over marbled boards. Original printed front wrapper bound in. Title written on spine and on a label on front cover. Published in: Société des Sciences Naturelles de l’Ouest de la France.A well-illustrated work, with descriptions of many new species of bivalves, and, in supplement, a few gastropods and brachiopods. The first (unnumbered) supplement forms part of the 3rd fascicule; the second supplement was published separately. The plates of the supplements are irregularly numbered. Together these are the bivalve parts and all supplements to all groups.
Mollusques éocéniques de la Loire-Inférieure. Volume 1. Fascicules 3-4.
1895-1899 62, 55 p., 3 (2 folded), pls, disbound (partly loose, no covers, but added are the issue's title-pages and the page indicating the exact date of publication of each part). Rare.Two installments of this major work, comprising the second half of Tome 1. Published in: Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France.
Note sur un Gisement d’Age Charmouthien à Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondois (Vendée).
1908 21 p., 2 fine phototype plates with explanatory text leaves, new plain wrappers. Very good copy.On well-preserved Jurassic gastropods including new species. Published in the Société Géologique de Normandie. Bulletin 27.
Observations sur Quelques Coquilles Crétaciques Recueillies en France. (3e article).
1899 8 p., 2 plates, original printed wrappers. Published in: Comptes rendus l’Association Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences. Dedication to Henri Boussault, signed by Cossmann on the front wrapper.
Pélécypodes du Montien de Belgique.
1908 76 p., 8 photographic plates, roy. 4to, paperbound (original printed covers).Includes the descriptions of many new species of bivalves. Front cover with repaired tear.
