Thiele, J. — Revision des Systems der Chitonen. Teil I - II. [Complete].

1909-1910 132 p., 5 text illustrations, 10 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves, large 4to (30.9 x 25.6 cm). Red buckram with gilt author/title on spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. Zoologica. Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the second title. Small water-stain to the lower blank margin of the last plate; otherwise, an excellent, clean copy. An important monograph with fine illustrations of new and seldom-seen species. Several new genera were included too. Written by one of the most influential German zoologists and malacologists, Emil Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele (1860-1935). Polyplacophora (Amphineura) had his special interest. Published in two parts. With an additional, third title for being part of Zoologica. Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie.