Wiesbaden, C. W. Kreidel, 1898. Large 4to (29.7 x 24.3 cm). viii, 104 pp.; map, 13 photographic, lithographic, or engraved plates. Contemporary black half cloth over marbled boards, typed label on spine.

Important contribution to the fresh water molluscs of Celebes (Sulawesi), Indonesia with descriptions and fine illustrations of new genera and species. Written by the Swiss explorers, geologists and zoologists Paul Benedict Sarasin (1856-1929) and his cousin Karl Friedrich "Fritz" Sarasin (1859-1942). Bookplate of the Swiss malacologist Eugen Paravicini (1889-1945) with a Buddha figure, and library stamp on front past-down; small stamps of the German malacologists Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888-1976), and Herbert Ant (1931-2010) in the top margin of the title page. Front and rear free endpaper toned; some light, mostly marginal spotting to first two plates, otherwise clean. A very good copy. Rare. Cat. BM(NH) p. 1805.