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BeitrÃñge zur Kenntnis der Familie der Eryciniden und Carditiden [from: Fauna Chilensis aliarumque regionum neotropicarum. Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie Chiles und anderer neotropischer Gebiete nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate].

Kaspar, J. · 1913

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1913. 81 pp., 31 text figures, paperbound (back taped, no covers). Rare paper on the anatomy of these bivalves, with detailed drawings. Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher, Supplement XIII, Heft 1. With the small stamp of Herbert Ant on the first page and the hand-written ...

Overzicht van de literatuur op de oester en haar cultuur betrekking hebbende.

Hoek, P.P.C. · 1881

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1881 103 p., printed boards. A bibliography of the edible oyster (Ostrea edulis). Spine perished, boards detached. Tape marks on spine, stamp on front board. Internally clean, good. Scarce.

Bibliographia Atlantica.

Hemmen, J. & K. Groh · 1989

€52.80 ($58.20 | £44.05 | ¥9,293)

1989. 74 p., half calf with gilt title on front board, original stiff wrappers bound in. Includes nearly 1,500 titles (although numbered up to 3,009) and dedicated by the author to the Portuguese malacologist Antonio Nora. An exceptionally nice bound copy.

De mosselteelt in de Waddenzee.

Havinga, B. · 1960

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

1960 39 p., 8 plates (mostly large maps, folded), 4to, paperbound (stiff, printed covers). This is a "Rapport aangeboden aan het College van Gedeputeerde Staten van de provincie Friesland". Spine a bit fraye, faint stamp on front cover, otherwise very good. Scarce.

Shells of Peitaiho. Second edition. Revised and enlarged with 14 text-figures and numerous photographs of shells.

Grabau, A.W. & S.G. King · 1928

€176.00 ($193.98 | £146.83 | ¥30,977)

1928 (2nd ed.). vi, 281 p., 14 text figures, 11 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). This is the expanded edition of the (also 1928) first edition. In contrast to the latter, this new edition has photos of many shells. A considerable number of new species are introduc...

On the mechanism of the odontophore in certain Mollusca.

Geddes, P. · 1879

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,259)

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 Transact...

On the mechanism of the odontophore in certain Mollusca.

Geddes, P. · 1879

€19.80 ($21.82 | £16.52 | ¥3,485)

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.

Geddes, P. · 1879

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,904)

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.

Onderzoek naar den Toestand van Oester- en Mosselkweek en bewaarplaatsen in Zeeland. Tweede Deel. 1-6.

Fokker, A.J.F. ed. · 1905

€198.00 ($218.23 | £165.18 | ¥34,849)

1905-1914 In six parts. Incl. numerous maps (many folded and coloured) and plates, folio. Original printed wrappers. May be the largest monograph ever published on the Dutch, and especially the Zealand, mussels and oysters. Wrappers partly chipped and split, otherwise good.

Letter by Eduard Fischer-Piette, to Max Desjardin regarding a publication in the Journal de Conchyliologie.

Fischer-Piette, E. [M. Desjardin] · 1949

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1949 Single sheet (27 x 21 cm) with printed title. A hand-written and signed letter on the Muséum's stationery, dated "2 mai 1949". There is no addressee, but it was found accompanied with offprints of Max Desjardin's "Les Rissoina de l'Ile de Cuba" (16 p., 2 pls, printed wrap...

Geology of New York. Part II. Comprising the survey of the second geological district.

Emmons, E. · 1842

€165.00 ($181.86 | £137.65 | ¥29,041)

1842 x, 437 p. many text engravings, 17 plates (ten larger, folded, nine hand-coloured), 4to. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt vignette on the front board and gilt title on the spine. First geological, palaeontological and topographical research of the "second geologica...

Etude géologique et hydrogéologique des formations sédimentaires du Guebla Mauritanien et de la Vallée du Senegal.

Elouard, P. · 1959

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1959 274 p., 8 plates, numerous figures and maps, small 4to, paperbound. Thesis. Describes and illustrates an African Eocene fauna (5 plates depict molluscs). But does include new species. A very good, clean copy.

A monograph of the Eocene Cephalopoda and univalves of England.

Edwards, F.E. & S. V. Wood · 1849

€132.00 ($145.49 | £110.12 | ¥23,233)

1849-1877 [3], 361 p., 34 engraved plates, 4to, new cloth. The Paleontographical Society. Scarce complete volume as it was published over a long period. The work contains the descriptions and illustrations of many new and little known species of Cephalopods and Gastropods. The...

Description des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris. Tome Premier. Conchifères.

Deshayes, G.P. · 1824

€385.00 ($424.34 | £321.19 | ¥67,762)

1824 392, 28 p., 65 lithographs, 4to, new red cloth, gilt title on the spine. This finely illustrated monograph contains the descriptions and illustrations of many new species of mostly Eocene bivalves. Bivalves have always been Deshayes' chief objects of study. All plates hav...

Les gastéropodes mésozoïques de la région Libanaise / Pectinidés miocènes, pliocènes et quaternaires de Syrie / Listes raisonnées des faunes du Pliocène et du Miocène de Syrie et du Liban / Les Céphalopodes crétacés des massifs côtiers Syriens. Deuxième partie.

Delpey, G. / J. Roger / F. Roman / E. Basse · 1939

€165.00 ($181.86 | £137.65 | ¥29,041)

1939-1940 4 volumes (in one). x, 291, 24, 48, 62 p., 190 text figures, 11, 2, 5, 9 plates with explanatory text leaves, 4 maps, 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). Spine weak. A volume of palaeo-malacological papers on the faunas of Syria and Lebanon, including well-p...

Mémoire sur l'anatomie et l'embryologie des vermets (Vermetus triqueter et V. semi-surrectus Phil.).

Lacaze-Duthiers, Comte F.-J. de · 1860

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1860 xiii, 88 [209-296] p., 6 lithographed plates (numbered 4-9). Unbound (loose, no covers). Rare work on Vermetidae or worm shells. Offprint from the Annales des Sciences Naturelles comprenant la Zoologie...etc., published by Audouin and Milne-Edwards (as far as the zoology ...

Contribution à l'étude des faunes tertiaires de l'Afghanistan.

Cizancourt, M. de & L. R. Cox · 1938

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

1938. 44 p., 5 plates, roy. 4to. Printed wrappers. Marie de Cizancourt described the foraminifers, Cox the Bivalvia (two plates) This is the society's Mémoires number 39. Uncut. A very good, clean copy.

Contribution à l'étude des faunes tertiaires de l'Afghanistan.

Cizancourt, M. de & L. R. Cox · 1938

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1938 44 p., 5 plates, roy. 4to. Printed wrappers. Marie de Cizancourt described the foraminifers, Cox the Bivalvia (two plates) This is the society's Mémoires number 39. Uncut. Slight rubbing to the front wrapper (stamp erasure?), otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Essai sur la constitution géognostique de la Province de Liège, en réponse à la question proposée par l'Académie Royale des Sciences....

Davreux, C. · 1833

€137.50 ($151.55 | £114.71 | ¥24,201)

1833 295 p., 9 folded lithographed plates showing fossils, 4to, original blind blue boards with paper label on spine. Important monograph on the geology of Liège (Belgium). Five plates show molluscs and brachiopods, one depicts an elephant molar. A nice clean copy. Ward and Ca...

Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises. Gastéropodes marins. Famille Terebridae, famille Mitridae, famille Conidae, Prosobranchia et Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda-Pulmonata, Scaphopoda et Bivalvia.

Dautzenberg, P., W. Adam & E. Leloup · 1935

€220.00 ($242.48 | £183.54 | ¥38,721)

1935-1939 Four parts in two. 208, 284, 209, 126 p., 22 (9 coloured) plates, 1 map, roy. 4to, modern grey cloth with gilt lettered leather labels on spines. Well-illustrated paper based on material collected during a scientific expedition in what is now Indonesia. Published in:...