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The History of Ancient Europe.
1793 (1st ed.) With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman; viii, [1], 491, [4] 492 p., full contemporary calf with red label (joints weak). Front and back cover with gilded stamp of the ''Society of Writers to the Signet''. The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet is the oldest legal society in the world. It is a private society of Scottish solicitors. The Society dates back to 1594.The only two volumes that were published by Russell before his death.
Etudes sur la moule commune (Mytilus edulis). Première partie (all published).
1877 129, [1] p., 9 lithographed pls, 4to, paperbound (printed covers). Unopened copy. Top right corner of front cover repaired. With author's dedication to Prof. Joly. Published as a separate book but originally published in: Mémoires de l"Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier. Rare.Armand Sabatier was professor in zoology and comparative anatomy at the Université of Montpellier, and in this work elucidated many unknown features of the circulatory system of the common mussel.
Atti del Simposio: Sistematica dei Prosobranchi del Mediterraneo, Bologna, 24-26 settembre 1982.
1984 [= 1985] 239 p., numerous figures & photographs, paperbound. Lavori della Societa Italiane di Malacologia. Volume 21. Several annotations in the text and inserted notes by J.J. van Aartsen.Treated are the following groups: Triphoridae, Cyclostrematidae, Mitroidea, Hydrobiidae, Architectonicidae, Emarginula.
Catalogo annotato dei molluschi marini del Mediterraneo. Annotated check-list of Mediterranean marine mollusks. Vol. 1.
1990 348 p., paperbound. No. 488 of 1000 printed copies. This volume contains the actual systematic list of Mediterranean marine molluscs.
Catalogo annotato dei molluschi marini del Mediterraneo. Annotated check-list of Mediterranean marine mollusks. Vol. 1-3.
1990-1992 Three volumes (complete). 781 p., paperbound (covers plastified). Respectively nos 244, 14 & 25 of 1000 printed copies. With author’s dedication. Includes numerous interesting annotation and inserted notes by J.J. van Aartsen.
FAUNA MALACOLOGICA DELLE ALLUVIONI PLIOCENICHE DEL PIEMONTE.
Memoria. Loescher, Torino, 1885. In-4 (mm. 313x223), brossura (mancanze al piatto), pp. 35 con 2 tavole in litografia fuori testo. In buono stato (good copy).
Coquillages de Polynésie.
1975 392 p., numerous full colour photos, large 4to, cloth (full colour pictorial dust jacket). A review loosely inserted. A near mint copy.
Coquillages de Polynésie.
1975 392 p., numerous full colour photos, large 4to, cloth (full colour pictorial dust jacket). A very good copy.
Coquillages de Tahiti.
1984 159 p., 40 colour plates, hardbound. Previous owner’s name on first free endpaper, else a good copy.
Accrescimenti. Stadi di Accrescimento dei Molluschi Marini del Mediterraneo. Stages of Growth of Marine Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea.. Volume III.
1988 184 p., 135 full-colour plates, hardbound. Spine slightly discoloured, else a very good copy.Part of a very useful series of, currently, ten volumes (this being the third), describing and illustrating juvenile gastropods, whose identification can be quite a challenge, especially when they resemble the adults of other, smaller species, or look entirely different from the adults of their own species (e.g., Triviidae). In all instances, both the juvenile and adult form are shown.
Die Spermarozoen von Murex brandaris.
1875 6 p., 1 lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Unopened copy. Published in: Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Five papers on marine molluscs (mostly from Indonesia). Includes Notes on Trochidae / Description of a new species of Nerita / Description of a new species of Drilia / Two supposed new species of Pentadactylus / On three eastern Molluscs.
1889-1905 4, 2, 2, 2, 3 p., 2, 2 figures, 1, 1 plates, disbound (no covers). Published in: Notes from the Leyden Museum.
Kritisches Verzeichnis der rezenten und fossilen Cypraeen.
1924 192 p., paperbound. Library stamps. Abhandlungen des Archiv für Molluskenkunde. Ex library Dr. T. van Benthem Jutting (with her signature).
Fauna USSR: Molluscs. Terrestrial molluscs of the Suborder Pupillina of the Fauna USSR (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Geophila].
1984 399 p., 279 (groups of) text figures. Publisher’s black cloth, with gilt title on front board and spine. In Russian. A very good, clean copy.Includes many new species. Well-illustrated.
Fauna USSR. Terrestrial molluscs of the superfamily Helicoidea.
1978 384 p., 467 (groups of) text figures, 21 photographic plates, publisher's black, embossed cloth. White title on spine and front board. In Russian. A very good, clean copy.A very well-illustrated monograph, containing quite a number of new taxa (on all levels) and reclassifications. This part on Helicoidea – almost exclusively – contains the families Helicodontidae, Bradybaenidae, Hygromiidae, and Helicidae; as well as Polygyroidea.
Kleine Mitteilungen I-X.
1927-1934 153 p., 14 plates (two larger, folded], 6 maps, original, original printed wrappers.In 1927, Hans Schlesch published five papers which were included, back-to-back, in the Archiv für Molluskenkunde. The fifth was titled "Kleine Mitteilungen". This was followed in 1928 by a paper titled "Kleine Mitteilungen II" (small contributions II), implicating that a series had started. Indeed, another nine parts were published, all but the last in the small format of the Archiv. This set contains all these "small" contributions. Each in its original offprint-wrappers, and the first and fourth ones signed by the author. Subjects vary, but most contributions are on Scandinavian and Baltic marine, brackish water, fresh water and terrestrial molluscs. Ex libraries Bernhard Rensch and Charles Pettitt (with their small stamps or signatures). A very good set.
Collection of 24 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1965-1994 Mostly on Mediterranean Nudibranchs and morphology. Many with author's dedication to Dr. Malcolm Edmunds.
Bemerkungen zur Schalenstruktur von Neopilina galatheae.
1959 6 p., two plates. Original printed wrappers. Important study on the then recently discovered deep-sea "living fossil", the monoplacophoran Neopilina. Offprint from Galathea Report 3. Author's dedication to Caesar Boettger, with the latter's stamp and that of Herbert Ant. Scarce.
Anatomie von Helcioniscus ardosiaeus H. et J. sive Patella clathratula Reeve.
1913 102 p., 87 text figures, 1 folded chromolithographed plate, paperbound (original printed covers).Rare paper on the patelliform gastropod Nacella ardosiaeus (Hombron Jacquinot) from Chile, with fine descriptions and illustrations. Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement Band 4, drittes Heft, with the wrappers of the issue (detached). A good clean copy.
Über die Familie der Rissoiden und insbesondere die Gattung Rissoina.
1860 118 p., 11 lithographed pls, roy. 4to (24 x 31 cm), new hcloth. Plates with some slight foxing. Published in: Denkschriften Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Rare.Gustav Schwartz von Mohrenstern (1809-1890) wrote two works on molluscs, of which this is the most important.
Über die Familie der Rissoiden und insbesondere die Gattung Rissoina.
1860 118 pp., 11 lithographed plates, contemporary boards (spine missing, boards loose). A few plates with tiny, unobtrusive spots, some marginal foxing. Two stamps (Museum d’Hist. Naturelle) and ex library F.Jousseaume - Ed. Lamy. In the book were two handwritten sheets of notes and two handwritten file-cards probably by Jousseaume or Lamy.The first revision of the rissoinids with descriptions and fine illustrations, including those of new species, and fossil species. Published in: Denkschriften Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Die türkische Landschnecken 1758-2000. 3., vollständig revidierte und erweiterte Auflage.
2001 (3rd ed.) 549 p., numerous figures, hardbound. Ex library W.J.M. Maassen (with his ex libris).All species are illustrated but the quality of the images is uneven.
Landschnecken der Türkei. 2., vollständig revidierte und erweiterte Auflage.
1996 (2nd ed.) 497 p., stiff pictorial wrappers.All species are illustrated but the quality of the images is uneven. Small stamp of Herbert Ant on title page. Otherwise a good copy.
A beautiful watercolour painting of Ranella olearium.
1903 On a sheet measuring 9.7 x 14.2 cm, handwritten caption reads: Paul de Septenville fecit 2 Dec. 1903. Paul de Septenville (1836-1912) was a French malacologist and shell collector.
Observations sur les grandes Huitres fossiles des terrains tertiaires des bords de la Méditerranée.
1843 27 p., 2 lithographed pls, disbound (no covers, but journal's original title-page added). Published in: Annales des Sciences Naturelles.
