‎Küster, H.C.‎
‎Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. In Verbindung mit Dr. Philippi, Dr. L. Pfeiffer und Dr. Dunker neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Die Gattungen Limnaeus, Amphipeplea, Chilina, Isidora und Physopsis.‎

‎1862-1863 Title page, 77 p., 12 finely hand-coloured plates, 4to (28.0 x 21.2 cm, wrappers somewhat larger), partly loose in original printed wrappers.Rare part of the largest and longest-running malacological series, started by the German malacologist Heinrich Carl Küster (1807-1876, also the author of this part) in 1837 and abandoned in 1920. According to the front wrapper, this is the Limnaeacea, or Liefung I. 17. According to the collation given in "2400 years of Malacology" (Annex 2: p. 19) this is the complete part I(17)(b). It contains the descriptions and illustrations of the then known species of Lymnaeidae, including many that were new. Many of these were attributed to other authors, but are actually manuscript names and the true validations date from this work. Small label with the handwritten text "388/Bibliothek/Prof. A. Mousson" in the lower inner corner of the front wrapper verso. Johann Rudolf Albert Mousson(1805-1890) was a French-born, Swiss malacologist. Species described by him are included in this work. Some very slight foxing in the text, but plates very clean, a good copy. Nissen ZBI, 2723.‎

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