Plates drawn by J.G. Prêtre and supervised by Turpin; engravers include Bessin, Massard, et al

"Le Normant fils, imprimeur" --Verso of half-title in text v

Collation: t. [1]: viii, 664 p.; t. [2]: [109] leaves of plates

Tome [1] includes 2 folded tables

Tome [2] called "Planches"; plates numbered I-LXXXVII with some duplication in numbering (see explanation of plate numbering on verso of t.p. of t. [2]). Some copies have p. [649]-664 bound with t. [2]

"Nouvelles additions et correction au genera": p. [649]-664

Includes index

"Contenant: 1. Une histoire abrégée de cette partie de la zoologie; des considérations générales sur l'anatomie, la physiologie et l'histoire naturelle des malacozoaires, avec un catalogue des principaux auteurs qui s'en sont occupés. 2. Des principes de conchyliologie, avec une histoire abrégée de cet art et un catalogue raisonne des auteurs principaux qui en traitent. 3. Un système général de malacologie tiré à la fois de l'animal et de sa coquille, dans une dépendance reciproque, avec la figure d'une espèce de chaque genre."

"Bibliographie malacologique": p. 206-222

"Bibliographie conchyliologique": p. 317-361

BM (Nat. hist.)

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration

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SCNHRB has 2 copies (formerly MOLLRB), both with some pencilled annotations and corrections. In addition, the two copies have variant states of some of the plates, when compared against each other. The plates in both SCNHRB copies are uncolored

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088008978678) has t. 1 & 2 bound together; p. [649]-664 are included as part of t. 2

SCNHRB c. 1 is imperfect: The "Table synoptique d'une disposition systématique des coquilles" (t. 1) is wanting

SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Ex libris William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library; stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Libraries, Mar. 25, 1988

SCNHRB c. 1 has burgundy buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine

SCNHRB c. 2 (t. 1, 39088008978991; t. 2, 39088008863722) has p. [649]-664 bound at the beginning of t. 2

SCNHRB c. 2 is imperfect: The "Table synoptique de la méthode conchyliologique de M. de Lamarck" (t. 1) is wanting

SCNHRB c. 2 has two stamps on front paste-down endpaper: S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California (dated in ms. ink: 2.VII.1949); Ex libris Frederick Morris Reed

SCNHRB c. 2 has armorial bookplate on verso of t.p.: Coll. Div. Pet., Acad. Cantabr.; stamped "Sold by order of the Master & Fellows."

SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Gift of Clyde Roper

SCNHRB c. 2 has old red half-leather binding with embossed red cloth-covered boards; raised bands; gilt-lettered spine; blue endpapers; top edge gilt

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