[Mollusques
Subtitle: articles and illustrations extracted from the Magasin de zoologie and the Magasin de zoologie, d'anatomie comparâee et de palaeontologie]
Contributors: Râemond, N., printer of plates; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor; Uyterhoeven, former owner
Publisher: Lequien fils
Published: 1832
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Mollusks; Pictorial works
Other titles: Magasin de zoologie, mollusques; Magasin de zoologie.; Magasin de zoologie, d'anatomie comparâee et de palaeontologie.
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.

Contributions by Beck, Boubâee, De Joannis, Deshayes, Doumet, Duclos, Fâerussac, Kiener, Lesson, Maravigna, Michelin, Orbigny, Petit, Rang, Râecluz, St.-Ange de Boissy, and others, collected together and bound in 2 v. by an unidentified former owner.

Each volume of the Magasin de zoologie, edited by F.-E. Guâerin-Mâeneville, was divided into sections of the animal kingdom, section 5 being Mollusks.

Publisher varies: 1838-1849, Arthus Bertrand.

The plates were printed by N. Râemond; engraved by Annedouche, Forget, Giraud, Lebrun, or Sebin; and illustrated by various artists.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

SCNHRB copy (v. 1, 39088014945687; v. 2, 39088014946685) has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry; with his stamp.

SCNHRB copy is the gift of Clyde Roper. The back free endpaper of v. 1 has a ms pencil note by (or about) an apparent former owner: Bibl. Dr. Uyterhoeven[?], Juin '31.

SCNHRB copy has the title leaves for the Magasin de zoologie, d'anatomie comparâee et de palaeontologie, 2e sâer., 1e annâee (1839) and 2e sâer, 3e annâee (1841) bound in at the front of v. 1 and v. 2, respectively, but these volumes only contain articles and illustrations on mollusks extracted from various issues. Some of the plates in v. 2 have dated captions, with 1844 being the latest date.

SCNHRB copy has two plates bound out of order: plate 65 is misbound between plates 63 and 64; plate 48 is misbound between plates 45 and 46. Plate 27 is misnumbered as 28, and plate 28 is misnumbered as 27 (with the numbers corrected in ms. pencil).

SCNHRB copy has old embossed blue foil-covered paperboard binding with gilt-tooled black leather spines, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges.