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Archiv für Molluskenkunde. Volume 111(4-6).
1980 Frankfurt am Main, Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Three issues in one. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With several new species including eastern Atlantic Triforis. Most important paper by Zilch, "Die Typen und Typoide... Senckenberg; 67 ... Viviparidae (Nachtrag)". A very good clean copy.
Archiv für Molluskenkunde. Volume 53(1-2,6).
1921 Frankfurt am Main, Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 8vo. Three parts in two. Printed wrappers. On land shells.
West African Seashells. Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale.
2004 318 p., 2190 coloured photographs, 1 coloured map, 4to, hardbound. In English and Italian. Very good copy, as new.
CONCHYLIOLOGIE ODER ABHANDLUNG VON DEN SCHNECKEN NEBST DER ZOOMORPHOSE.
Aus dem Franzoesischen uebersetzt und mit Anmerkungen vermehret. Mit 41 Kupfertafeln. Kraussische Buchhandlung, Wien, 1772. In-4 gr. (mm. 357x 235), 2 parti in 1 volume, mz. pelle mod. con ang., dorso a cordoni con filetti e titolo oro su tassello, piatti in cartonato coevo, pp. (2),XII,302; 82,LVIII,(14), frontespizio con titolo in rosso e nero, illustrato da 41 tavole fuori testo inc. in rame, di cui la prima con bellissima raffigurazione allegorica. Ogni tavola contiene numerose figure di tipi diversi di conchiglie (di mare, d'acqua dolce, terrestri e fossili), per un totale di 650, suddivise per specie, tutte disegnate dal vero, accompagnate da dettagliate descrizioni e note su ogni Famiglia.L'opera tratta "von den Schnekken, Muscheln und Schaalthieren, welche in der See, in suessen Wasser und auf dem Lande gefunden werden nebst der Zoomorphose, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der Thiere, welche die Gehaeuse bewohnen". In appendice: "Elenchus alphabeticus verborum abstrusiorum, tam latinorum quam e graeco idiomate desumtorum quae saepius in auctoribus occurrunt: cum eorum teutonica versione.." e gli Indici.Cfr. Nissen,ZBI,147.Il naturalista francese Antoine Joseph Dezallier D'Argenville (1680-1765) pubblicò per la prima volta, nel 1742, l'"Histoire naturelle éclairci dans deux de ses parties principales: la lithologie et la conchyliologie", famosissima opera, illustrata in modo mirabile, in cui riunì le conoscenze del tempo sulla mineralogia e la conchiliologia (l'A. fu il primo ad usare questo termine). Lo stesso Linneo si basò su queste illustrazioni per il suo "Systema naturae". Con alone margin. sulle ultime 6 carte; solo qualche lieve uniforme arross. alle pagine di testo, altrimenti esemplare ben conservato.
L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE ECLAIRCIE DANS DEUX DE SES PARTIES PRINCIPALES, LA LITHOLOGIE ET LA CONCHYLIOLOGIE, DONT L'UNE TRAITE DES PIERRES ET L'AUTRE DES COQUILLAGES.
Ouvrage dans lequel on trouve une Nouvelle méthode & une notice critique des principaux Auteurs qui ont écrit sur ces matiéres. Par M*** de la Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier. chez De Bure, Paris, 1742. In-4 p. (mm. 290x207), mz. pergamena ottocentesca con ang., fregi e tit. oro su tassello al dorso, pp. (8),230, 1 carta numer. *230 (dopo la pag. 230) di Addition, 1 c.nn., pp. da 231 a 491,(1). L'opera è molto ben illustrata da 33 tavole inc. in rame f.t., compresa la bella antiporta allegorica incisa da Chedel su disegno di Boucher: 4 raffigurano tipi diversi di rocce e 28 sono dedicate alle conchiglie (ciascuna con numerose figure); tutte portano una didascalia con il nome del personaggio che contribuì alle spese per la loro realizzazione. La seconda parte è un importante Traité général des coquillages de mer, de la rivière et de terre, dans lequel on trouvera una nouvelle méthode accompagnée de tables latines & françoises, pour distribuer ces coquillages suivant leurs caractères génériques dans les classes qui leur conviennent. Avec des remarques sur chacune de leurs familles, des figures en taille-douce des plus belles coquilles dessinées d'après nature, avec leurs explications. In appendice una Table alphabetique des mots difficiles, tant Latins que dérivés du Grec, dont se sont servis la plupart des Naturalistes, & dont la plus gande partie ne se trouve point dans les Dictionnaires. Avec leurs traduction Françoise dans le sens propre à l'Histoire Naturelle des Minéraux, des Végétaux & des Animaux.Rara "edizione originale".Splendida e famosissima opera prima del naturalista francese Antoine Joseph Dezallier D'Argenville (1680-1765), illustrata in modo mirabile, in cui riunì le conoscenze del tempo sulla mineralogia e la conchiliologia (l'A. fu il primo ad usare questo termine). Lo stesso Linneo si basò su queste illustrazioni per il suo Systema naturae'". Così Cat. Mostra "Il libro naturalistico-malacologico illustrato dal '400 al '700", Mantova, 1975, n. 49.Cfr. anche Nissen,ZBI,144 - Cat. of The British Museum (Natural History),III, p. 1203 - Caprotti,I, pp. 40-41 - Brunet,II,522.Testo con uniformi ingialliture più o meno lievi, per la qualità della carta, e con qualche piccola macchia, ma certamente un buon esemplare.
Fossili dell’Anisico superiore della Val Camonica.
1963 100 p., 33 figs, 11 pls, 1 folded table, paperbound. Il Trias in Lombardia IV.With author’s dedication. Mostly on Ammonites.
Note tassonomiche sul genere Langobardites con revisione delle specie italiane.
1966 64 p., 10 figs, 5 pls, 1 folded table, paperbound. Published in: Riv. Ital. Paleont.
Zoogeography and Taxonomy of the Land and Freshwater Molluscs of the Azores.
1975 362 p., 32 plates, 97 distribution maps, paperbound. Thesis. Very good copy.Still the most important work on the land and freshwater molluscs of this isolated archipelago in the Eastern Atlantic. The clear descriptions and fine illustrations include many endemic species. This copy comes with the additional printed thesis description, with an identical size and cover (12, iii pp.), a loosely inserted printed list of “stellingen” (propositions), and a printed invitation card.
Middle Devonian Bivalvia from the Solsville member (Marcellus formation), central New York State.
1983 133 p., 51 figs, 12 tables, paperbound.
Nearctic vitreine land snails.
1932 33 p., 8 plates, disbound (no covers).A major revision of the Nearctic Zonitidae with some new species. From the Academy's Proceedings vol. 83. A clean copy.
Zonitid snails from Pacific islands. Part 1, 3-4.
1938-1941. Three parts (of four). 267 p., 43 plates, paperbound (original, uniform printed covers).Important series of publications by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (their Bulletins 158 (part 1) and 166 (3 and 4). Lacks 165 (2). With many new species. With the small stamps of Caesar Boettger and Herbert Ant in the title page top margin, otherwise good.
Collection of 19 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1975-1990 Mainly on Spanish opistobranchs. Including Ballestros's thesis: 'Contribucion al conocimiento de los Sacoglosos y Nudibranquios. Estudio anatomico, sistematico y faunistico de las especias del Mediterraneo español'' (46 p., 84 figs).
Annotated List of the Mediterranean Mollusca of Israel and Sinai.
1982 ix, 568 p., 3 maps, 4to, paperbound (unsewn). Library stamp.
Acéphalés. Etudes locales et comparatives. Extraits du système Silurien du centre de la Bohème. Vol. VI. Acéphalés.
1881 xxxii, 536 p., 10 double-sized lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. paperbound (printed covers).The present work contains four publications, viz. I. Études sur les genres des acéphalés siluriens de la Bohême; II. Distribution verticale des genres et espèces d'acéphalés, dans le bassin silurien de la Bohême; III. Variations observées parmi les acéphalés siluriens de la Bohême; IV. Connexions spécifiques établies parmi les acéphalés, entre la Bohême et les contrées étrangères. The plates are numbered 16, 18, 22, 35, 168, 172, 184, 189, 231, and 361, yet the work is complete as intended. Uncut. Paper a bit age-toned, as usual, one wrapper detached, otherwise a very good copy. Rare.
Fossilien im Hunsrückschiefer. Dokumente des Meereslebens im Devon.
1990 232 p., 194 figs, 1 folded map, paperbound. Good copy.
The operculate land mollusks of the family Annulariidae of the Island Hispaniola and the Bahama Archipelago.
1946 264 p., 38 plates, paperbound. Important contribution to the operculum-bearing landshells of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, a centre of speciation. Many species are described as new. The illustrations are excellent. A good, clean copy.
Collection of 19 papers on terrestrial molluscs mainly from Israel.
1971-1986 All stapled and published in different journals.
The ultrastructure of five common Pennsylvanian Pleurotomarian gastropod species of eastern United States.
1972 34 p., 30 figs, stapled. Novit 2501.
Recherches sur l’appareil générateur des mollusques gastéropodes.
1863 [4], 117 p., 4 folded lithographed pls, 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). Partly loose, first plate somewhat foxed. Partly unopened. With author’s dedication to Paul Gervais (the French zoologist and palaeontologist François Louis Paul Gervais, 1816-1879). Rare.Rare treatise on the reproduction of gasteropods, with very well executed figures of the reproduction anatomy of several species, like: Helix pomatia, H. aspera, Planorbis corneus, Lymnaea stagnalis, Doris tuberculata etc.
Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida.
2001 xxii, 394 p., num. figs, 2 pls, cloth. Library stamps, else very good copy.
Los Mitilidos de Venezuela (Bivalvia).
1967 109 p., 3 figs, 21 pls, paperbound (back cover missing). Published in: Bol. Inst. Oceanog., Univ. Oriente.
Hermann Löns. Ein bedeutender westfälischer Malakologe.
1988 222 p., 32 figs, hardbound. Library stamps (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam).
On the Generic Position of the so-called Physae of Australia.
1889 7 p. 1 figure, disbound (no covers). published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
Mollusken aus dem Tertiär des Ostindischen Archipels / Beiträge zur Kenntnis der angeblich oberoligocänen Mollusken-Fauna der Insel Buton/ Brechites venustulus ein neuer Fund ausdem Mioxän der Landschaft Serawak / Note on a new species of the Venerid genus Atopodonta from Luzon / Weitere Verwantschaftbeziehungen zwischen oberolicocenen Mollusken von Buton (Celebes) / Notizen über Tatcheria, Clinura und Clinuropis / The Marine Mollusca of the Kengdeng Reds (east Java). Gastropoda part IV (Cassidae - Ficidae inclusive).
1943 38, 73, 6, 7, 9, 11, 33 p., 5 figures, 14 plate, hardbound. Front cover with perforation stamp. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen. Deel XIII (complete volume including unrelated papers).
Collection of 13 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1971-1985 Almost all published in ''Veliger''. Includes: Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Supplement I. Radula.
