The publishing house presents
Joachim Barrande
SYSTÊME SILURIEN DU CENTRE DE LA BOHÊME
the most extensive paleontological work ever written by a single person
2nd Edition after 150 years
Extent of the work of J. Barrande
In 1852-1883 J. Barrande published 22 volumes of his masterpiece "Systême silurien du centre de la Bohême" where he presented and described 3560 species from the Bohemian Lower Paleozoic on 6500 pages and 1160 plates.
After the death of J. Barrande in 1883, a financial amount was reserved in his testament for the completion of the partly finished work “SYSTÊME SILURIEN DU CENTRE DE LA BOHÊME”. Consequently, another 7 volumes were published containing 2035 pages and 446 plates and describing 1005 species of invertebrates.
Current presentation
The original work was reproduced using the most advanced methods, which allowed to reach absolute reprographic identity with the originals. The style of the original figures, having the character of ink-drawings, was strictly adhered to. No rasters were used (see inside page of the folder). The ink-drawings are reproduced in resolution of 3000 dpi. Defects on the originals (due to high age and quality of the paper) were removed by sensitive retouching. The original text pages are only reproduced in the original French version to prevent errors in transcription. The original pages are followed by contemporaneous English text arranged into two parts. The first part contains introductory articles about J. Barrande, description of the sampling method, method of describing, and other interesting facts related to his work. A translation of the names of Barrande’s localities into their present names and a geological map are also included. The second part provides a revision of the individual figured specimens, which follows these rules:
1-12. Cheirurus claviger Beyr. 772-D
figs 1-9. = Eccoptochile clavigera (Beyrich, 1845)
Ord., Letná F.: Veselá near Beroun (figs 1-6, 8, 9), Drabov (fig. 7)
figs 10-12. = Eccoptochile perlata (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
fig. 10. lectotype of E. perlata
Ord., Vinice F.: vicinity of Beroun (exact locality unknown, after Šnajdr 1984), Zahoøany F.: Zahoøany
The first line is a copy of the original Barrande’s text, the other lines give the determination of the specimen according to the present scientific knowledge.