| Porcelaines Mysterieuses de Nouvelle-Caledonie Mysterious Cowries of New Caledonia by R. Pierson & G.Pierson
1975, published by the authors, New Caledonia, hard cloth binding with printed dust jacket, limited printing of 5000 copies, 120 pages, about 8.5 by 11¾ inches, (about 21.5 by 30.5 inches) all species illustrated in page size color photographic plates, photos of living mollusks in their habitat, maps, etc., in French & English.
This book is the ultimate reference guide to the strangely colored and shaped Cypraea that are found in the waters off New Caledonia. As well as being a superb photographic guide to some of the most extreme shells of this type it also offers a history of these shells, a look at some of the causes of this phenomenon, and notes on collecting these shells. The authors assembled what was the foremost collection at the time of these shells and probably give us the most authoritative view of this subject that has ever appeared in print. This copy is used and the edges of the dust jacket have some wear from shelving the book. We've added a clear mylar jacket to protect it from further wear. The hinge of the front cover is slightly worn and there are a few spots of damp staining on the inside of the front cover. The name of the former owner is on an address label attached to the front end paper. The body and the plates are almost like new. This book is extremely rare. |
