Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse (1826-1898)

2, contact network and selected correspondence from France, Germany and Spain

Breure A.S.H., Audibert C., Ablett J.D. (eds) • Boek • hardback

• Samenvatting
  THE FRENCHMAN JOSEPH CHARLES HIPPOLYTE CROSSE was educated as a lawyer but dedicated his whole life to malacology. He joined the editorial board of the Journal de Conchyliologie in 1861, and was managing director of the journal until his death in 1898. He was thus one of the spiders in the web of late 19th century malacology and had a core position to make a great contribution to this discipline. We have reconstructed his legacy with the help of archival sources and found his type material in the historical collections of several museums.
  The resulting monograph includes three volumes, of which this is the second. This volume is made up of four parts.
  In the first part we give, after a brief sketch of the context of French malacology in the 19th century, an overview of the network in which Crosse operated. The inventory of the ‘Crosse archive’ is updated with some new data and portraits. We provide evidence for the relation between his contact network and the use of eponyms in the taxa newly introduced, and use the same social network analysis to explore the relationship between the Nouvelle École and the authors that regularly published in the Journal de Conchyliologie. This part is concluded with the correspondence from Paul Fischer to his co-editor, which sheds a new light on their relationship.
  In the second part the correspondents from France are treated, highlighting the letters of Bourguignat, Drouët, and Marie.
  The third part deals with the German correspondents, presenting transcriptions and translations of letters from Heynemann, Kobelt, Lischke, von Maltzan, von Martens, L. Pfeiffer, Schmeltz, and Weinkauff.
  The last part, on correspondents from Spain, highlights some selected malacologists, viz. Arango, Hidalgo, and Paz y Miembiela.
• Productinformatie
  Binding : Hardback
  Distributievorm : Boek (print, druk)
  Formaat : 210mm x 297mm
  Aantal pagina's : 432
  Uitgeverij : Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  ISBN : 9789073242616
  Datum publicatie : 11-2023
  
• Inhoudsopgave
  Abstract/résumé
  Introduction
  
  Part III
  Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, his contact network
  4 French malacology in the second half of the 19th century and the contact network of Crosse
  5 ‘Mon cher Directeur’: an inventory of the correspondence addressed to Hippolyte Crosse during his years as director of the Journal de Conchyliologie
  6 Reconstructing historical egocentric social networks in malacology: is there a link between eponyms and contacts of an author?
  7 The role of the Société malacologique de France for the ‘Nouvelle École’ of Bourguignat: a historical network analysis
  8 ‘Mon cher ami’: the correspondence between Paul Fischer and Hippolyte Crosse, with notes on their contribution to the Mission au Mexique
  
  Part IV
  Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, correspondents from France
  9 The ‘Crosse archive’: selected correspondents from France
  10 ‘Une petite histoire malacologique’: two letters from Bourguignat to Crosse, or a story of friction between malacologists
  11 The friction continues: another nasty letter from J.-R. Bourguignat
  12 The correspondence of Henri Drouët to HippolyteCrosse
  13 The letters from Édouard Marie to Hippolyte Crosse
  
  Part V
  Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, correspondents from Germany
  14 The ‘Crosse archive’: correspondents in Germany
  
  Part VI
  Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, correspondents from Spain
  15 The ‘Crosse archive’: Spanish correspondents, with special emphasis on the Hidalgo letters
  
  Index of taxa
  Index of personal names
  Acknowledgements
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  21-12-2023
  Excellent work on a very interesting character
  The book is the second volume of a series dedicated to J.C. Hippolyte Crosse . As in volume 1, the themes are dealt with comprehensively and accompanied by an excellent iconographic apparatus. The whole series is useful for those who look after the collections of Natural History Museums because they will find numerous figures from the European natural science scene at the end of the 19th century mentioned in detail.
  
  

  
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