214 PRINCIPAL ICONOGRAPHIC WORKS. 



Haldeman. Monog. of Fresh-water Univalve Mollusca of the 

 U, S., with Continuation by Try on. 



Tiyon. Monograph of Strepomatidse. Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, Washington, D. C, 1813. 



Prime. Monograph of American Corbiculadse. Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington, D. C. 



Lea, Observations on the Genus Unio. 13 vols., 4to, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Cooper. The Origin of Californian Land Shells. Am. Jour. 

 Conch. 



Principal Iconographic Works on General Conchology. 



Reeve. Conchologia Iconica. 20 vols., 4to. London, 1843- 

 1878. This magnificent work contains over 2600 beautifully 

 colored plates, carefully drawn from nature by Mr. Sowerby. 

 The importation cost of a copy is about one thousand dollars. 

 It has great value as the exponent of the British Museum and 

 Cumingian collections (ante,]). 150) ; but there is no attempt 

 at completeness : only those species are described and figured 

 which were readily accessible to the artist, and even these are 

 presented without arrangement corresponding with their 

 natural alliances. The genera included are all very incom- 

 plete : many genera are omitted. 



Sowerby, Gr. B. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Figures and 

 Descriptions of Recent Shells. 8vo. London, 1847-1882. 

 38 parts published, containing 121 genera, illustrated by 444 

 colored plates, drawn by Mr. Sowerby. Importation cost, 

 about three hundred dollars. The figures are generally reduced 

 in size, so that many of them can be crowded on a plate. The 

 Thesaurus is a much cheaper work than Reeve's Iconica in 

 proportion to the number of species illustrated ; but it has the 

 same faults of want of arrangement and incompleteness. 



Kiener, L. C. Coquilles Vivantes. 165 parts, 8vo. Paris (no 

 date. The familj^ Trochidse, left unfinished by Kiener, has 

 recently been completed by Dr. Paul Fischer ; all the other 

 monographs were published many j-ears since, when compara- 

 tively few species were known. There are about 900 beautifully 

 colored plates. A copy can be imported for about two hundred 

 and twenty-five dollars. Kiener's work is fragmentary only, 

 and the species are frequently wrongly named. 



Kiister. Sj^steniatischen Conchj-lien Cabinet. 320 parts, 4to. 

 This grand work, in course of publication for nearly fifty years, 

 approaches completion. It contains over 1800 beautifully 

 executed colored plates. The more recent monographs are 

 carefully prepared by such specialists as Kobelt, Weinkauff, 

 Pfeiffer, Philippi, Dunker, Romer, Clessin, Brot and von Mar- 

 tens. Importation cost, about six hundred and fifty dollars. 



