report invertebrata massachusetts second edition de gould augustus (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good+. Oversized, 524pp, plus tissue guarded chromolithograph plates, bound in green cloth with gilt seal on cover, gilt lettering on spine, beveled page edges, and top edges gilt. Covers show water stain which transfers to front preliminary pages, hinges cracked. BINDING TIGHT WITH ALL PAGES INTACT. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT.

Second - much enlarged - edition of Gould's Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts which first appeared in 1841. It was the first monograph published in the United States that attempted to describe the entire molluskan fauna of a geographical region. The book, one of the most important monuments of Gould's scientific work, greatly encouraged the study of mollusks in the United States and was illustrated with more than 200 figures drawn by Gould himself, who states "Every species described, indeed almost every species mentioned, has passed under my own eye. The descriptions of species previously known, have been written anew; partly, that they may be more minute in particulars, and party, with the hope of using language somewhat less technical than is ordinarily employed by scientific men". Binding shows very minor signs of wear, minor tear in the inner margin (near the spine) of the title-page, without affecting the title or other information on the page, pp. 517-520 loose, with ownership's entry of William Henry Waitt (1819-1878), dated 1870. Overall in very good condition.l Nissen, ZBI, 1660a. cf. Dict. of American biogr., VII (1931), pp. 446-117; Encycl. Britt., 12 (11th ed.), p. 284; J. Wyman, 'Biographical Memoir of Augustus Addison Gould' (1903), in: Biogr. Memoirs. Nat. Acad. of sciences, 5 (1905), pp. 91-113. Original publisher's green buckram over thick boards, gold-tooling on spine, with coat-of-arms in the center of both boards: gold-tooled on the front cover and blind-tooled on the back cover, dark-brown endpapers. With 12 full-page chromolithographed plates, numbered XVI-XXVII, containing figures 214-349, after the drawings by B.F. Nutting, Mary Peart, Fanny van Horn, S. Morse, J. Burckhardt, and Alex. Agassiz, all lithographed and printed by Bowen & Co., each accompanied by one leaf with explanations and paper-tissue, many steel engraved illustrations [ca. 400] in the text, mostly of shells. Pages: V, [2], 524 pp.

[5],524pp. plus twelve chromolithograph plates. Original gilt stamped cloth, t.e.g. Head of spine a bit frayed, inner hinges repaired. Internally very good and clean. "Chief amoung Gould's contributions to American science must be placed his Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts (1841), embracing descriptions, with figures, of the land, fresh water, and marine Mollusca of the New England states. The beautiful illustrations are all from Gould's pen. For many years this report was the only work available to students of American Mollusca and its value in encouraging a study of this subject is beyond estimate" - DAB.