Lot 50
Conchology.- Bucquoy (M.E.) and P.. Dautzenberg, et al. Les Mollusques Marins du Roussillon, 2 vol., Paris, 1882-92.
Hammer Price: £180
Description
Conchology.- Bucquoy (M.E.) and P.. Dautzenberg, et al.. Les Mollusques Marins du Roussillon, 2 vol., 154 plates only (of 165), lacking last 2 parts, vol.1 mounted photographs, vol.2 lithographs, vol.2 half-title detached, ink-stamp to titles, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spines lettered in gilt, 8vo, Paris, 1882-92.
⁂ This rare work was issued in 26 parts in a very limited edition and is one of the early scientific works making use of original photographs (in the first 13 parts).
"One of Europe's most outstanding collectors was Philippe Dautzenberg of Ixelles near Brussels. Heir to a fortune in the carpet industry, he could afford to spend a great deal of money on shells and conchological literature. A born collector, Dautzenberg accumulated specimens with a zeal and a discernment rarely equalled; and by 1914 it was estimated that his cabinets contained thirty thousand species... with E. Bucquoy and G.F. Dollfus (he) wrote a large work on the marine molluscs of the Roussillon South France generally recognised as the best available account of western Mediterranean molluscs." (Dance p.165).
Description
Conchology.- Bucquoy (M.E.) and P.. Dautzenberg, et al.. Les Mollusques Marins du Roussillon, 2 vol., 154 plates only (of 165), lacking last 2 parts, vol.1 mounted photographs, vol.2 lithographs, vol.2 half-title detached, ink-stamp to titles, contemporary morocco-backed boards, spines lettered in gilt, 8vo, Paris, 1882-92.
⁂ This rare work was issued in 26 parts in a very limited edition and is one of the early scientific works making use of original photographs (in the first 13 parts).
"One of Europe's most outstanding collectors was Philippe Dautzenberg of Ixelles near Brussels. Heir to a fortune in the carpet industry, he could afford to spend a great deal of money on shells and conchological literature. A born collector, Dautzenberg accumulated specimens with a zeal and a discernment rarely equalled; and by 1914 it was estimated that his cabinets contained thirty thousand species... with E. Bucquoy and G.F. Dollfus (he) wrote a large work on the marine molluscs of the Roussillon South France generally recognised as the best available account of western Mediterranean molluscs." (Dance p.165).
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