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Thesaurus Conchyliorum or Monographs of Genera of Shells. Monograph of the genus Cancellaria. With an update of G. B. Sowerby's Monograph of the Cancellaria by A. Verhecken.

Sowerby, G.B. · 1849

€15.40 ($16.97 | £12.85 | ¥2,710)

1849 (reprint 1985) 25, 11 p., 5 full-colour plates loosely inserted in rear pocket, printed wrappers. A very good, clean copy. Reprint of the 1849 edition.

Essai sur lâÇÖévolution des cérithidés dans le Mésonummulitique du Bassin de Paris.

Boussac, J. · 1912

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1912 (reprint 1978) 93 p., 15 plates (a few double-sized), paperbound.

Geology of Russia. The Pontian Stage.

Andrussov, N. · 1917

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,357)

1917 41 p., 2 figures, 2 plates, 1 map, paperbound (original printed covers). Library stamp on title-page, paper label on verso title-page. In Russian. Rare. Written by the Dean of Russian palaeomalacology, Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov (1861âÇô1924), who was born and lived in O...

Overzicht van de Literatuur over Schelpen van de Rode Zee. Survey of Literature on Shells from the Red Sea.

Gemert, L.J. · 1978

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,904)

1978-1980 58 p., 4to, quarter cloth over original printed wrappers and transparent plastic cover. Very good copy A 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 wo...

Ontsluitingen in het Eoceen, Bekken van Parijs. I-V.

Hak, C.J.D. & C. Karnekamp · 1978

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1978-1980 26 p. [5, 8, 4, 4, 5], 19 plates [3, 6, 2, 4, 4], 4to, blind half cloth over plain boards. Published in: De Kreukel. In Dutch. Well-illustrated by Cor Karnekamp. The initial paper titled differently: Twee zeer goede ontsluitingen in het Lutetien (Eoceen) N.W. van Par...

Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae.

Hemmen, J. · 2007

€88.00 ($96.99 | £73.42 | ¥15,488)

2007 428 p., hundreds of illustrations, large 4to, hardbound. Inscribed by the author on the title page. A mint copy. Illustrating type specimens and/or type figures of almost all extant Cancellariidae.

The Living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae.

Lorenz, F. & D. Fehse · 2009

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.24 | ¥13,552)

2009 651 p., several mostly coloured text figures, 203 full colour plates showing shells & 64 full colour plates showing living animals in their habitat, large 4to, hardbound. Very good copy. A fantastic monograph, profusely illustrated.

The Marine Gram Formation at Gram, Denmark: Late Miocene geology and palaeontology Part 1.

Roth, F. & K. Hoedemakers (eds) · 2005

€57.20 ($63.04 | £47.72 | ¥10,067)

2005 190 pp., 32 text figures, 16 plates, 4to, paperbound. Very good copy, as new. A collection of six papers. By far the largest is K.I. SchnetlerâÇÖs work on the Mollusca (128 p., 6 text figs, 11 plates). This is Palaeontos 7. The plates show well-preserved shells; SEM photo...

Paleontologicheskii Spravochnik. Volume 1. Bivalves of the Paleogene and Miocene of Ukraine.

Zelinskaya, V.A. et al. · 1968

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1968 297 p., 73 plates, publisherâÇÖs cloth. In Russian. A very good copy A scarce complete copy of this authoritative and well-illustrated work on Ukrainian fossil marine bivalves.

The Upper Miocene Gastropods of Northwestern France, 4. Neogastropoda.

Landau, B.M. et al. · 2019

€17.60 ($19.40 | £14.68 | ¥3,098)

2019 81 p., 62 âǜplatesâǝ (i.e., groups of figures), 4to, paperboun. Published in: Cainozoic Research 19 (2). Very good copy. Deals with Neogastropoda, in particular Cysticidae, Volutidae, Cancellariidae, Columbellidae, Fasciolariidae, Pisaniidae, Nassariidae, Costellariidae...

Seashells of Central New South Wales. A survey of the shelled marine molluscs of the Sydney Metropolitan Area and adjacent coasts.

Jansen, P. · 1995

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1995 xii, 129 p., 484 figures, 4to, printed wrappers. Very good copy. Privately published an iIllustrated by the author, the Australian malacologist Patty Jansen (b. 1963).

Das Elbthalgebirgein Sachsen. Erster Theil. Der untere Quader. VII. Gastropoden.

Geinitz, H.B. · 1874

€198.00 ($218.23 | £165.18 | ¥34,849)

1874 Title page, 38 p., 8 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves and captions, royal 4to, modern red cloth with original printed front cover laid on. Uncut. Very good. Rare. A beautifully illustrated monograph by the German palaeontologist and malacologist Hanns Brun...

Révision des Scaphopodes, Gastropodes et Céphalopodes du Montien de Belgique. Première partie.

Cossmann, M. · 1913

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,421)

1913-1915 71 p., 4 plates with explanatory text leaves, royal 4to, paperbound (original uniform printed covers, back cover missing). Uncut. Short (repaired) tear in front wrapper top margin. Part of a work published over a long period in the Mémoires du Musée Royal dâÇÖHisto...

Pélécypodes du Montien de Belgique. [AND] Révision des Scaphopodes, Gastropodes et Céphalopodes du Montien de Belgique. Première partie [AND] Révision des Scaphopodes, Gastropodes et Céphalopodes du Montien de Belgique (Deuxième partie).

Cossmann, M. · 1908

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,424)

1908-1924 Three parts. 182 p. [76, 71, 35], 14 [8, 4, 2] plates with explanatory text leaves, royal 4to, paperbound (original uniform printed covers). Uncut. A very good set. A scarce complete set. Published over a long period in the Mémoires du Musée Royal dâÇÖHistoire Natu...

Notes Complémentaires sur la Faune Eocenique dâÇÖAlabama.

Cossmann, M. · 1893

€198.00 ($218.23 | £165.18 | ¥34,849)

1893 52 p., 2 plates, royal 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). With a lengthy, signed dedication in ink by Cossmann on the front wrapper. Rare. Alexandre Ãëdouard Maurice Cossmann (1850-1924) [he never used his first two names] was the leading expert on Tertiary malaco...

Gastropodes du Miocene Moyen Bassin de la Loire. Première partie.

Glibert, M. · 1949

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1949 240 p., 12 tissue-guarded plates, royal 4to, quarter cloth over marbled boards (original printed covers bound in), author/title written on spine. Bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on the front pastedown. A good copy. A well-illustrated work by the Belgian malacologist and palaeo...

Mollusques Tertiaires de Portugal. Planches de céphalopodes, gastéropodes et pélécipodes laissées par F. A. Pereira da Costa accompagnées dâÇÖune explication sommaire et une esquisse géologique.

Dollfus, G.F. et al. [F.A. Pereira da Costa] · 1903

€275.00 ($303.10 | £229.42 | ¥48,401)

1903-1904 [8], 46, viii p., 28 lithographed plates, portrait, royal 4to (24 x 31.5 cm), quarter cloth over boards (original front cover laid on, original back cover with lower corner missing), author/title written on spine. Rare. Includes a Notice biographique of the Portugues...

Malacofauna Pleistocenica di Grammichele (Sicilia).

Malatesta, A. · 1960

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.77 | ¥19,360)

1960-1962 391 p., 20 text figures, 19 plates, royal 4to (25 x 34 cm), attractive half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with two morocco labels (red and black), with gilt author/title and ornamental bands. Nice copy of this scarce title. Inscribed by author to the American pala...

Malacofauna Pliocenica Umbra.

Malatesta, A. · 1974

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1974 xi, 498 p., 40 text figures, 32 plates, royal 4to (25 x 32.5 cm), full cloth, spine with leather label with gilt author/title. A well bound copy of this profusely illustrated work. Due to its size and weight, a hard binding such as this one is essential. Text illustratio...

Mollusques ̑oc̩niques de la Loire Inf̩rieure. Fascicule II.

Cossmann, M. · 1952

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,357)

1952 68 pp. [numbered 43-110]; 6 phototype plates [numbered IV-IX]. Original pictorial wrappers. With a printed âǜHommage de lâÇÖauteur avec demande dâÇÖéchangeâǝ label. And a stamp of a Thomas Frisch, about whom nothing else was found, as well as a later stamp of a geologi...