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Collection of 11 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1973-1980 Mostly on Ascoglossa/Sacoglossa. All papers with author's dedication to Dr. Malcolm Edmunds.
Tableau méthodique et descriptif des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce de l'Agenais / Malacologie terrestre et d’eau douce de la région intra-littorale de l’Aquitaine.
1849 / 1867 209, [4], 30 p., four hand-coloured engraved plates, heightened with gum arabic, and one plain lithographed plate, unbound (no covers - should be bound). With author’s dedication.One of the 19th century publications on French local faunas. This one covers the rich non-marine malacofauna north of the Pyrenees, and is much better illustrated and of more scientific importance than most. The second paper on Aquitanian land and freshwater molluscs (with one plain plate) is much more uncommon than the first.The French malacologist Jean Gassies (1816-1883) mainly studied the French continental fauna and is the author of many new species. The plates drawn by A. Laboulbène and M. Lespiault and engraved by F. Plée are beautifully handcoloured.
On the mechanism of the odontophore in certain Mollusca.
1879 5 p., 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers). Published in: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Deals with Loligo (Cephalopoda), Patella, and Buccinum. With clear descriptions and illustrations.
On the mechanism of the odontophore in certain Mollusca.
1879 5 p., 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates, roy. 4to, later blind wrappers. Published in: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Deals with Loligo (Cephalopoda), Patella, and Buccinum. With clear descriptions and illustrations.
On the mechanism of the odontophore in certain Mollusca.
1879 5 p., 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates, roy. 4to, original printed wrappers. Published in: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Deals with Loligo (Cephalopoda), Patella, and Buccinum. With clear descriptions and illustrations. From the Society's Transactions with the wrappers of the issue in which it was published. A fine clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
Overzicht van de Literatuur over Schelpen van de Rode Zee. Survey of Literature on Shells from the Red Sea.
1978-1980 58 p., 4to, quarter cloth over original printed wrappers and transparent plastic cover. Very good copyA valuable contribution to Red Sea malacology. Published in De Kreukel 46. In Dutch with English summary. This is the whole volume, with some other malacological works.
Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. Tome 8.
2025 219 p., numerous figures and plates (mostly coloured), 4to, paperbound. New copy.The main paper is on fossil decapod crustaceans from the Eocene of the Cotentin (Normandy), the remainder is filled with 10 different papers on French tertiary molluscs.
Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien. Tome 8.
2025 219 p., numerous figures and plates (mostly coloured), 4to, paperbound. New copy.The main paper is on fossil decapod crustaceans from the Eocene of the Cotentin (Normandy), the remainder is filled with 10 different papers on French tertiary molluscs.
Contributions à l'étude de la Faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928-1929). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la province de Mozambique (Afrique Orientale Portugaise).
1934 72 p., 8 figures, disbound (no covers). Mem. Est. Mus. Zool. Univ. Coimbra, ser. 1 n. 80.
Mission Zoologique de M. Paul Carie aux Iles Mascareignes. Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des Iles Mascareignes.
1921 iv, 495 p., 42 figures, 13 plates of which one chromolithographed, and 5 double-sized, quarter cloth over marbled boards (original printed front cover laid on). Red cloth label over spine foot with author/title written by hand on it. Good copy in a simple binding.This work deals with the highly endemic malacofaunas of the tropical Indian Ocean islands Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues. Published as a supplement to the Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. Includes the (semi) marine Neritidae, Neritiliidae and Ellobiidae.
Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles d'Asie-Mineure.
1936 492 p., 17 plates, new blue cloth, spine with red and silver title label. A good, bound copy.The third part (and a stand-alone work) of the malacological results of the Voyage Zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Syrie & Asie-Mineure (1908-1912). This part deals with the continental molluscs of Turkey and a few adjacent regions. Contains fine photos of even the smallest species, and includes many new taxa. Also dealing with many little-known taxa, described by, for instance, Bourguignat.
Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de Syrie. Tome premier. Introduction et Gastéropodes. Tome second. Pélécypodes.
1921-1922 Two volumes. 767 p. [523, 243]; 118 text figures, 23 plates (2 in chromolithography), folding map, uniform later black cloth with gilt lines and author/title on the spines. Original printed front covers bound in. A very good set.The complete molluscan part of the results of the Voyage Zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Syrie (avril-juin 1908). Includes several new species.
Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles, in: Mission de M. Guy Babault dans les provinces centrales de l’Inde et dans la région occidentale de l’Himalaya 1914. Résultats Scientifiques.
1924 54 [9] p, 31 figures, 1 plate, 4to, paperbound (spine and front cover missing). Scarce
Paléontologie de Madagascar. IX. Mollusques Quaternaires terrestres et fluviatiles.
1921 36 p., 5 plates with explanatory text leaves, 4to, paperbound (original printed cover). Scarce.Offprint from the Annales de Paleontologie (1916-1921). Bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on verso front cover. The plates show mostly well-preserved shells, some of which described as new.
Recherches sur la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale.
1909 [4], 195 p., 59 figs, 1 double-paged plate, 1 large coloured folded map, later full green cloth, spine with author/title in gilt (original printed covers bound in). A good, tightly bound copy of Louis Germain’s thesis. Right margin of front cover reinforced with japanese paper.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.
Travaux du Laboratoire de Malacologie. Tome 1, 1936-1940. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
1936-1940 ca. 900 p., num. figs, 4 pls, contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, gilt title on spine, marbled end-papers. Some original covers bound in. Very good copy.Collection of about 50 bound papers (offprints) by the (co)workers at the national natural history museum of Paris. The vast majority of papers is on Mollusca. Contains: Les Récifs de coraux / Catalogue des Pectinidae vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / Le genre Chamostrea de Roissy / Note sur un Céphalopode géant (Architeuthis harveyi) capturé dans le Golfe de Gascogne / Faune et flore marine de la région malouine en 1935 / Oncidiella celtica Cuv. aux îles Chausey / Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale / Note sur le Cytherea Callosa Conrad (Lamellibr.) / Le Cypraea existe-t-il sur la côte occidentale de l'Afrique ? / Liste des mollusques recueillis par la mission Franco-Belge à l'île de Pâques (1934) / Notes sur les espèces lamarckiennes d'Anomalocardia (Lamellibr.) etc. etc.
Schede Malacologische del Mediterraneo.
1964-1976 Collection of 54 parts + introduction and bibliography. Numerous figs & photographs (many coloured). In loose folder-like parts as issued. Possibly not complete but difficult to collate. We added a similar venture: B. Sabelli & G. Spada, 1977-1985. Guida illustrata all'identificazione delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo (21 loose folder-like parts).
Schede Malacologische del Mediterraneo.
1964-1976 Collection of 33 parts + introduction and bibliography. Numerous figs & photographs (many coloured). In loose folder-like parts as issued. Not complete but difficult to collate.
Opera Omnia Vol. I (1869-1877).
1982 xvi, 365 p., 6 pls, paperbound. Includes 18 papers on Mediterranean marine molluscs.
Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo. Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea Shells. Vol. 2 (Caenogastropoda Parte 1: Discopoda - Heteropoda).
1997 (1st ed.) 258 p., 118 col. pls, 4to, hardbound (dust jacket).
Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo. Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea Shells. Vol. 2 (Caenogastropoda Parte 1: Discopoda - Heteropoda).
1997 (1st ed.) 258 p., 118 col. pls, 4to, hardbound (dust jacket).
The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts in the Indo-Pacific.
2006 249 p., num. figs & pls (several col.), 4to, paperbound. Thesis.
The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts in the Indo-Pacific.
2006 249 p., num. figs & pls (several col.), 4to, paperbound. Thesis.
A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia).
2005 79 p., 299 (many col.) figs, 4to, disbound (no covers). Published in: Contributions to Zoology.
A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia).
2005 79 p., 299 (many col.) figs, 4to, paperbound. Published in: Contributions to Zoology. The complete journal issue (contains a few additional papers on amphibians, crustaceans, sponges etc.).
