BELLARDI (Luigi): I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della liguria. Volume 1: Parte I, II (Torino, Stamperia reale, 1872, then Loescher, 1877) Volume 2: Parts III, IV, V (Part V in three parts). Roma and Torino, Loescher, 1882-1888. Volume 3: Parte VIII, IX, XI, XII; Torino, Clausen, 1891-1892. 22.5 by 31.5 cm. Modern fir green half-basin with corners. Binding in very good condition. Browning on part of the leaves of volume 3. Followed by : SACCO (Federico): I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della liguria. Torino, Clausen, 1895-1904. 5 volumes. Volume dated 1893: Parte XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII Volume dated 1895: Parte XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII. Volume dated 1897: Parte XXII, XXIV, XXV. Volume dated 1898 : Parte XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII. Volume dated 1901 : Parte XXIX. Volume dated 1904: Part XXX. 22,5 by 30 cm. Malachite green half-basane, 5 ribbed spine, red title page. Bindings in good condition. Browning of part of the leaves in volume 1893, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1904. In the 1904 volume, leaves sometimes damaged in the margins, old restorations, not missing. Very numerous engraved plates of molluscs. 9 volumes in total. Very rare set of Italian palaeontology. Our copy lacks parts VI, VII, X. But the work is exceedingly rare, we have not found a single complete copy that has come up for sale in over 20 years...