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1584 - Zoology – Conchology
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Zoology – Conchology Dupuy, Dominique Essay on terrestrial and freshwater molluscs and their living and fossil shells in the department of Gers. With a lithographed plate and a table. Paris, P.-J. Loss, 1843. XXXVI, 140 pp., contemporary half-leather binding with gilt edging. From the library of Jacques Labarère. – A monograph on the land and freshwater snails and mussels of the Gers department in south-western France. The work systematically describes the species found in the region, covering both living and fossil forms, and thus documents the local biodiversity and the fossil occurrence of these groups in exceptional detail. Dupuy provides morphological descriptions, details on distribution and habitats, and links the living malacofauna with the corresponding shells found in the region’s deposits, which also lends the book geological and palaeontological significance. The *Essai* also forms the basis for Dupuy’s later, more extensive work on French malacology and is regarded as one of the early, meticulously compiled standard works on the terrestrial and freshwater mollusc fauna of France. - Abbé Dominique Dupuy (1812–1885) was a French clergyman, botanist and malacologist from Lectoure in the département of Gers. He served as professor of natural history at the minor seminary in Auch and had previously taught mathematics and natural history in Gimont. Dupuy was a member of several learned societies, including the Société Botanique de France and the Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse – Well preserved. A fine copy. Zoology. – Conchology. - From the library of Jacques Labarère. - A monograph on the terrestrial and freshwater snails and bivalves of the Gers department in south-western France. The work systematically describes the species found in the region, covering both living and fossil forms, and thus documents the local biodiversity and fossil record of these groups in exceptional detail. Dupuy provides morphological descriptions, information on distribution and habitats, and links the living malacofauna with the corresponding shells from the region’s deposits, which also lends the book geological and palaeontological significance. The essay also forms the basis for Dupuy’s later, more extensive work on French malacology and is regarded as one of the early, meticulously crafted standard works on the terrestrial and freshwater mollusc fauna of France. - Abbé Dominique Dupuy (1812–1885) was a French clergyman, botanist and malacologist from Lectoure in the Gers department. He served as a professor of natural history at the minor seminary in Auch and had previously taught mathematics and natural history in Gimont. Dupuy was a member of several learned societies, including the Société Botanique de France and the Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse –
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