Dear Thomas, Conch and Mollusca list friends,

This is the reference to ORIGINAL french edition:

d´Orbigny, Alcides. 1841-1853. Mollusques. In Histoire Physique, Politique
et Naturelle de l´ile de Cuba, by Ramon de la Sagra. Paris. Vol. 1 (pp.
1-208, 1841; 209-264, 1842), Vol. 2 (pp. 1-112. 1842; 113-380, 1853?),
Atlas (pls. 1-28, 1842).

and this to spnanish edition:

d´Orbigny, Alcides. 1845. Moluscos. En Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural
de la Isla de Cuba, por Ramon de la Sagra. Vol. 5: 376pp, Paris, Madrid.

The Orbigny paper has beem one of more important work about cuban
molluscs. Unfortunately the edition in french and spanish are not in the
same date, so the priority of Orb. as author from many species was not
acepted for some time. Any way the first date correspond to frech edition.
Them the two frech volumens was united into one volumen with date 1853.
The spanish edition has the title page with date 1845 and the atlas has
1855.

regards,

David.


On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, G Thomas Watters wrote:

> At 10:14 PM 5/31/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Can anyone kindly provide me either the complete citations for the
> >following or tell me if what I have is correct:
> >
> >d'Orbigny, ?. 1842. In: Ramon de la Sagra Histoire Physique, Politique et
> >Naturelle de L'lle de Cuba 2, 47-48.
> >[original description of Puperita tristis]
>
> Orbigny, A.C.V.D. d'. 1842-1845. Mollusques. [in] Ramon de la Sagra, Histoire
> physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. 264 pp. [1842]; Atlas of
> plates [1845] [also a Spanish edition, 1845 ? called - Moluscos, [in] Historia
> física, política y natural de la Isla de Cuba, see Aguayo, 1943a].
>
> Orbigny, A.C.V.D. d'. 1853. Mollusques. [in] Ramon de la Sagra, Histoire
> physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba 1. 264 pp., 22 pls. [reissue
> of 1842-1845].
>
>
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