Livres de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie Formant Partie de la Bibliotheque de Mr. J. G. Hidalgo

One of the very few malacologists in Spain in the 19th century, Joaquín González Hidalgo y Rodríguez (1839-1923) served as the Professor of Malacology at the University of Madrid, specializing in the mollusks of the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands, and the Philippines. SIL holds a half-dozen of his major works. He built a fine shell collection and research library, which were eventually deposited in the Museo National de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid, but neither is readily accessible. Thus it will be of interest to researchers at NMNH to be able to consult this bibliography, which identifies the books he owned and used in his work. Extremely scarce, this work is held by only one other library in the U.S. and by two universities in Madrid.