Descriptions of species in French and Latin "Chaque exemplaire doit être signé par l'auteur"--Verso of t.p Colophon: A Soissons, de l'Imprimerie de V. Courtois Signatures: piA- E¹² extracted picklist SCNHRB copy (39088013486139) stamped on front free endpapers and t.p.: Purchased by Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd. May 1954 SCNHRB copy stamped on 2nd front endpapers: Conchological Society [and] Division of Mollusks Sectional Library SCNHRB copy inscribed in ink on recto of 2nd front free endpaper: Alexandre Poiret [and on verso]: Donné par l'auteur à Alexandre Poiret SCNHRB copy stamped on 3rd front endpaper: Ex libris L. Brevière SCNHRB copy stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Library Nov 5 1954 [acc. no.] 350976 SCNHRB copy bound in mottled sheepskin, gilt-decorated spine, red edges and marbled endpapers; housed in an archival cardboard box