‎Locard, A.‎
‎Conchyliologie française. Les coquilles marines des cotes de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces / Les coquilles des eaux douces et saumatres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces / Les coquilles terrestres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces / Les coquilles marines au large des côtes de France. Faune pélagique et faune abyssale. Description des familles, genres et espèces / Les coquilles marines des cotes de Corse (co-authored by É. Caziot).‎

‎1992-1900 1576 p. (384, 327, 370, 297, 198), 1165 text figures, large 8vo (25.5 x 16.7 cm, uniform dark blue cloth with gilt author/title on the spines. Speckled edges.A rare uniformly bound set of this important contribution to the malacofauna of France. Written by the French malacologist and 'Nouvelle École' adept, Étienne Alexandre Arnould Locard (1841-1904). Many new species are included. The first three volumes (1892, 1893, 1894) are richly illustrated. The last two volumes, published much later (1899, 1900), seem to be the rarest. The freshwater and deep-water volumes have the original printed wrappers bound in. From the library of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) with his stamp on the top margin of the front free endpapers, front wrappers and half-titles. A few spots only, a great set.‎

Reference : MG43578

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