Imprint varies Complete issue comprises 165 livraisons For details on the publishing history, see "Notes on the dates of publication of the parts of Kiener's 'Species général et iconographie," by Sherborn and Woodard in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Malacological studies, 1901, v. 4, p. 216-219 Plates are hand-colored [Vol. 1 , ptie. 1 & 2 (in 2 v.)] Famille des Purpurifères, 1835-1841 -- [v. 1, ptie. 3] Genre Pourpre, 1835 -- [v. 2, ptie. 1] Famille des Columellaires, 1838-1839 -- [v. 2, ptie. 2] Genre Vis., 1838 -- [v. 3, ptie. 1 & 3] Famille des Canalifères, 1841-1842 -- [v. 4] Famille des Ailées, 1843-1844 -- [v. 5] Famille des Enroulées, 1846-1850 SCNHRB is a made-up, incomplete set; numbers and dates are not definitive SCNHRB copy stamped on t.p.'s: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution [ms. acc. no.] 136661 SCNHRB copy with occasional pencilled ms. notes, has ink ms. indexes bound-in at end SCNHRB copy has bookplate of William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on front free endpaper & t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library SCNHRB copy bound in black library buckram, title in gilt on spine, marbled edges