Author: Morgan, J. [J. M.] de
Title: Mollusques terrestres & fluviatiles de la presqu'ile Malaise.
Description: Meulan, Société zoologique de France, 1885. 4to (26.2 x 20.2 cm). 81 pp.; five lithographed plates. Later quarter linen over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in. = An important contribution to the continental malacology of Malaysia, written by the French malacologist Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan (1857-1924), and including many new species. The illustrations are very good. Offprint, with new title and pagination ([1]-80, [81]), from Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, volume 10 (journal pagination: 353-482). Uncut. Provenance: Stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front wrapper. Uncommon, especially when bound and with the wrappers intact. Minimal spotting to a few lower plate margins, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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