Draparnaud j p r (5 Ergebnisse)

This reproduction was made in order to make the seldom offered but important malacological book available to a wider public. As only a few specialists demand this publication copies will be made on individual order only resulting in extremely limited editions. The books are printed on valuable paper, are half-cloth-bound and provided with hand-made oil paper. The spines are embossed in gold. Paris. A. Montpellier. 116 pp., hardcover 8.…

Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (1772-1804), a French botanist and zoologist, left at his death numerous manuscripts in various stages of completion. Only this work was published, the others have been lost. Complete copies with the supplement by Michaud of this important conchological work are rare. This reproduction was made in order to make the seldom offered but important malacological book available to a wider public. As only a few specialists demand this publication copies will be made on individual order only resulting in extremely limited editions. The books are printed on valuable paper, are half-cloth-bound and provided with hand-made oil paper. The spines are embossed in gold. altogether 336 pp. + 16 b/w pls, half linen [contemporary binding] [perfect copy].…

Zustand: Please see description. Without wrappers, margins slightly foxed, still well bound together (but title page loose).

Paris, Louis Colas, an 13 [1805]; Verdun, Lippmann, 1831. Two works in one. 4to (28.8 x 23.0 cm). Half-titles and titles; 316 pp. [viii, 164; xvi, 116, 12]; 16 [13; 3] engraved plates. Brown buckram with gilt titles on the spine. = The first comprehensive work on French non-marine molluscs, written by the French malacologist Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud (1772-1804). It contains excellent illustrations, and many species were described here for the first time. The original work was published posthumously. Much later (1831), it was updated and expanded by another French malacologist, Louis André Gaspard Michaud (1795-1880). Michaud's supplement is not often found combined with Draparnaud's work. The index, by Michaud, covers both works. Plate numbering is continuous, but page numbering of Michaud's part starts anew. Provenance: stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpaper and first half-title. Some, mostly marginal light spotting but, otherwise, very good. Nissen ZBI, 1152.…

Paris. Louis Colas. 6+8+164+2 pp., 13 plates, modern leather binding 4 [25 x 32.5 cm] [pages not cut to final size] [a fine copy wit only some foxing].