Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes

Title

Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes

Reference Number

QL402 .K54

Creator

Date

c. 1834

Format

Description

Full title: Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes : comprenant la collection de Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, la collection Lamarck, celle de prince Masséna (appartenant maintenant a M.B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs.

Baron Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert, an avid collector of shells, employed Louis Kiener as curator of his collection. Kiener embarked on a life-long quest that resulted in ten monographs that deal with marine shells organized by class. Many of the hand-painted illustrations are the earliest depictions of rare shell species. Though the scientific value of some of the illustrations was compromised by Kiener's artists for the sake of more beautiful renderings, Kiener's publication is a major contribution to the study of mollusks.

Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)

10 volumes

Is Part Of

Rare Book Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

Page Location

131