DAUDIN, François Marie.
Recueil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes.
Paris, Fuchs, Treuttel and Wurtz, 1800. 8vo. With 4 engraved plates showing 22 figures. Contemporary green marbled boards. XVIII, [1], 20-50 pp.
€ 650
First edition of a brief work on molluscs, worms and zoophytes, by the French zoologist François Marie Daudin (1774-1803). He describes several molluscs, including four new species of worms (worm snails), giving a brief physical description in Latin, and a physical and habitat description in French. All the species are depicted on the engraved plates. Other sections contain comments on several mollusc families and the classification of molluscs.
Only a few small spots. Binding rubbed, slightly worn along the extremities. Overall in very good condition. BMC NH, p. 425; Junk, Thes. libr. conchyliorum 86.
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