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  • DUNKER, WILHELM. 1809-1885. Mollusca Japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart, 1861.
    Oct. 21, 2020

    DUNKER, WILHELM. 1809-1885. Mollusca Japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart, 1861.

    Est: $300 - $500

    DUNKER, WILHELM. 1809-1885. Mollusca Japonica descripta et tabulis tribus iconum. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart, 1861. 4to (290 x 223 mm). 3 hand-colored lithographic plates. Modern cloth. Minor soiling to covers, dampstaining to top margins, a few text leaves and plate 3 torn at top margins and repaired. FIRST EDITION of the first publication to deal exclusively with the molluscs of Japan. Dunker was a mining engineer and mineralogist, but his extensive collection of shells was placed in the Natural History Museum in Berlin after his death, where it remains part of the permanent collection. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

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