Conchology mostly bound extracts (113 vols)

December 7, 2020

Lot 288

Conchology mostly bound extracts (113 vols)

Estimate: $600 - $900

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Conchology, bound extracts from more generalized periodicals. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington, D.C.: 1879-1967. Collection bound in 14 volumes (n.b. some leaves in photographic facsimile), octavo. Plates. Near-uniform red/brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Records of the Indian museum (A Journal of Indian Zoology). Calcutta: 1907-1962. Collection bound in 6 volumes (n.b. some leaves in photographic facsimile ). Plates. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: 1863-1882. Collection bound in 15 volumes (n.b. some leaves in photographic facsimile). Plates and maps, some colored, illustrations. Uniform green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. And 78 others of similar interest, most being bound extracts. (113). (RIJO-A8/113)(AL) Property From the Estate of Richard I Johnson (1925-2020), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Mr. Johnson (1925-2020) was a long time Research Associate at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, having started as a volunteer while still in high school. He published his first scientific article in 1941, at the age of 16, beginning his life as a gentleman scholar, an amateur with a worldwide scholarly reputation who produced more than 50 papers about malacology. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, before returning to Massachusetts and graduating from Harvard in 1951. Over six decades Johnson assembled perhaps the largest private collection of books and journals on molluscs, including titles seldom found even in research libraries, each volume identified with a discrete stamp of "Richard I. Johnson" to a preliminary leaf. It was one of the great collections of shell books ever assembled. The first part of his library collection was sold at Bonhams, NY in October, 2020. Litchfield Auctions is pleased to present this second session of works from the collection.

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