Title: [Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquiles connues, vivantes et fossiles, classes suivant le systeme de Lamarck] Author: Chenu, Jean Charles Place: [Paris] Publisher: Date: [1845-1853?] Description: 4 volumes. 188 (of 193) text pages, no title-pages. 482 lithograph plates, of which 337 are hand-colored. (folio) 19¼x13¼, later buckram. First Edition. Very rare work, issued in 85 livraisons and never finished. All of the plates are present and have been arranged with the text in alphabetical order of genera. No table of contents or indices were issued for this work. The missing text pages are Clavagella, p.5 and Sigaretus, p.9-12. There is a printed front wrapper (backed and remargined) in the first volume serving as a title-page. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor bumps to buckram; occasional mild foxing and a very few plates with pale browning or some dampstain; near fine. Item number: 159550
Title: [Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquiles connues, vivantes et fossiles, classes suivant le systeme de Lamarck] Author: Chenu, Jean Charles Place: [Paris] Publisher: Date: [1845-1853?] Description: 4 volumes. 188 (of 193) text pages, no title-pages. 482 lithograph plates, of which 337 are hand-colored. (folio) 19¼x13¼, later buckram. First Edition. Very rare work, issued in 85 livraisons and never finished. All of the plates are present and have been arranged with the text in alphabetical order of genera. No table of contents or indices were issued for this work. The missing text pages are Clavagella, p.5 and Sigaretus, p.9-12. There is a printed front wrapper (backed and remargined) in the first volume serving as a title-page. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor bumps to buckram; occasional mild foxing and a very few plates with pale browning or some dampstain; near fine. Item number: 159550
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