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description of the catalogs was provided by Evenhuis (2007) who had access to Catalogs II–VIII (II–VI from the
Bishop Museum library and VII and VIII supplied by Dr. Aaron Bauer at Villanova University) [for copies see
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/archives.html]. The current treatment is largely based on a photocopy of all nine
catalogs held in the entomological collections of the Zoological Institut and Museum (ZIM) in Hamburg,
supplemented by information from the Bishop Museum copies when they contained pages not present in the ZIM
(pp. i–iv of Catalog II, English language parts of Catalog III). Pages in the catalogs are numbered in Roman and
Arabic numerals, usually separating introductory parts for the main listing. Other pages remained unnumbered,
accounting for differences in subsequent citations that further complicate the assessment of what comprises a
complete Catalog copy.
It should be noted that the duplicate specimens from Amalie Dietrich’s botanical collections were offered in
their own sales catalog compiled by Schmeltz (1866b) that was not a numbered part of the regular series treated
herein. The “Neuholländische Pflanzen, gesammelt von Frau Amalie Dietrich“ was supposed to become its own
series; a second plant catalog was in preparation according to an announcement that Schmeltz placed in the
Botanische Zeitung (1867: 31).
The Catalogs are a peculiar mixture of research tool (in which Schmeltz and his colleagues reflected name
changes and reidentifications for the collected lots), research publication (with formal introduction of certain new
taxa) and, of course, sales catalog from which buyers were to pick their wares. The nomenclature used in the
catalogs did not make it easy for the casual shopper: Some of the listed names had not yet been formally introduced
and Schmeltz frequently employed supposed senior synonyms unfamiliar to contemporary readers, an approach
that led Sutor (1877) to complain about the 1874 Catalog as an example of “priority fanatism“.
Museum Godeffroy Catalogs
Catalog I (1864):
Catalog I der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorischen Expeditionen der Herren Joh. Ces.
Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg [Catalog I of the duplicates offered for sale from the natural history expeditions of
Mssrs. Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & son in Hamburg]. Hamburg. 32 pp. [Junk (1930: 194) stated 41 p.].
Author: J. D. E. Schmeltz, jr. (1864)
Stated date: June 1864 (title page).
Publisher: not given.
Printer: Von der Heyde.
Content: Title page; Bemerkungen [remarks], Abkürzungen [abbreviations] (1 p.), catalog pp. 3–31 (with
Nachtrag = addendum on p. 31), errata (1 p.).
Mollusca: Molusca [sic]; pp. 17–26.
Catalog II (1865):
Catalog II der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorischen Expeditionen der Herren Joh. Ces.
Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. Mit Bemerkungen über die Lebensweise einzelner darin enthaltener Objecte
[Catalog II of the duplicates offered for sale from the natural history expeditions of Mssrs. Joh. Ces. Godeffroy &
son in Hamburg. With comments on the life history of included objects]. Hamburg. [i] + iv + 33 pp.
Author: J. D. E. Schmeltz, jr. (1865)
Stated date: March 1865 (title page); introductory remarks (p. iv) dated 24 March.
Publisher: not given.
Printer: Von der Heyde.
Content: Title page; Bemerkungen [remarks], Abkürzungen [abbreviations] (1 p.), Vorbemerkungen [preliminary
remarks] (i–iv [from Bishop Museum copy; not in Hamburg copy]), catalog pp. 1–33 (with errata on p. 33).
Mollusca: pp. 18–29.
Catalog III (1866):
Catalog III der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorischen Expeditionen der Herren Joh. Ces.
Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg [Catalog III of the duplicates offered for sale from the natural history expeditions of
Mssrs. Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & son in Hamburg]. Hamburg. [ii] + xii + 52 pp.
MOLLUSCAN TAXA OF THE MUSEUM GODEFFROY OF HAMBURG
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