Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar - Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques, Vol XXV Atlas (plates).
Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale, 1889. Wraps. 27 magnificent color aquatint plates of the mollusks of Madagascar. All the plates, with the exception of Plate 1, are bright and clean. Sold as a collection of plates. An important record of Madagascar land snails which are rapidly being driven to extinction; the country boasts about 3 times the number of native land snails than exist in the entire continental US.
The Mollusk section of this 39 volume work on Madagascar is by Hippolyte Crosse and Paul Fischer. Crosse was a French conchologist who with Paul-Henri Fischer (1835–1893) was co-editor of Journal de Conchyliologie. Madagascar, which is about the same size as Texas, has approximately 3 times the number of species of land snails
Large 4to, 27 engraved color plates. OCLC: 23396038. Very good overall. Item #25627
Price: $200.00