An overview is given of the malacological papers published by the Frenchman Jules-René Bourguignat (29.viii.1829 – 3.iv.1892). Because of the Principle of Priority, special attention is given to publication dates, as Bourguignat in­troduced > 2500 taxa in the ‘Golden Age’, a period in mal­acology in which many new species were discovered. Five portraits of Bourguignat are reproduced, and reproduc­tions are provided of the rare plates 13-15 of the 1880 fasci­cule of his Matériaux sur les Acéphales. Publication dates are given for the three journals published by the Société Malacologique de France.