Wonderful and seldom-seen malacological print
Crosse, J. C. H. and P. H. Fischer
Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, published by Grandidier: Mollusques. Plate 1, Helix Goudotiana.
Published
1889
Item ID
70952
€45.00
Paris, Grandidier, [no date, but 1889]. 4to-sized (32.0 x 24.5 cm). Well preserved hand-painted engraving of shells.
A fine plate containing wonderfully exact illustrations and the first valid introduction of new species of shells from a rich and stunningly diverse fauna. This print in very good condition with some soiling. Otherwise clean. No creases, dents or tears present. Responsible for publication were the renowned French malacologists Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse (1826-1898) and Paul Henri Fischer (1835-1893). Cat. BM(NH) pp. 403, 705; Nissen ZBI, 1676.
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