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Tryon, G. W.

A monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the United States.

950,00 €

Schierenberg Bookshop Antiquariaat

(Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi)

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Tryon, G. W.

Descrizione

Philadelphia, PA., [the author], 1866. 8vo (21.7 x 13.7 cm). 203 pp. [159, xliv]; 18 lithographed plates, each in careful original hand-colouring. Contemporary gilt-bordered black pebbled morocco over grey pebbled cloth. Spine with four raised, gilt-ornamented bands, gilt lines and title. Yellow endpapers. Speckled edges. = The first major work exclusively on the land snails and slugs of North America. Written by the American malacologist George Washington Tryon (1838-1888) and with fine illustrations by E. J. Nolan. Some species from brackish environments (Ellobiidae, Truncatelldae) are included. Provenance: small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpaper recto and title. This is a rare work. We found only one auction record - in 1985 - of a medium copy. Hinges and top corners worn; otherwise a very good, clean copy. Cat. BM(NH) p. 2146. Not in Nissen ZBI.
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