Aquila Natural History Books /Aquila Antiquariaat

Die Diatomeen von Schweden und Finnland. [Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 4. Serie, Bd. 2, No. 1 / Bd. 4 No. 1 / Bd. 4 No. 5 / Bd. 5 No. 4 / Bd. 3 No. 3.]

CLEVE-EULER, Astrid (1875-1968).: · 1951

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Stockholm: Almquist & Wiksell, 1951-1955. Five volumes, 4to, 30cm. Vol. 1: pp. 163, very numerous figures on 50 plates, several microphotos on 6 plates, bibliography, index. Vol. II: pp. 158, 36 plates, index. Vol. III: pp.265, 41 plates, index. Vol. IV: pp. 232, 50 plates, ...

L'Argot au XXe Siècle. Dictionnaire Français-Argot. Deuxième édition augementée d'un Supplément.

Bruant, Aristide.: · 1905

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,715)

Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1905. 8vo, 21.8cm. Pp. [iv],468,[2] pp. printed in double columns, vignette on title-page (reproducing medal portrait of B.), decorated initials. Modern boards lined with green vergé paper, printed title label on backstrip, orig. printed decorated w...

Monographie der Gattung Carabus L. [Bestimmings-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. 104.-110. Heft.]

BREUNING, Sterphan [von] (1894-19183).: · 1932

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Troppsau: Edmund Reitter, 1932[-1937]. 8vo, 22.3cm. Pp. 1610, 41 distributions maps, index. Seven parts bound in one volume, half morocco, linen boards, backstrips with 4 raised bands and gilt title lettering. Excellent copy. - Still a basic work on ground beetles. The autho...

Der Winterschlaf nach seinen Erscheinungen im Thierreich dargestellt.

BARKOW, Hans Carl Leopold (1798-1873).: · 1846

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Berlin: Auiguust Hirschwald, 1846. 8vo, 21.5cm. Pp. x,525, many small figures on 4 lithographed plates. Old marbled boards, gsmall discard stamp to title-page, very good otherwise. - Rare early study on animal hibernation, the author was a German anatomist and physiologist a...

Mémoire historique sur la vie et les écits de Monsieur Abraham Trembley.

[ TREMBLEY, Jean (1749-1811) ]: · 1787

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Neuchâtel: Samuel Fauche; Genéve: François Dufart, 1787. 8vo, 18cm. Pp. 88. small woodcut vignette to title-page, woodcut head-piece to first text page. Contemporary flexible plain boards. Tiny clear waterstain to outer margin of first few text leaves, some discolouring to p...

The Natural History of Bees. Containing an Account of the Products, their Oeconomy, the manner of their making Wax and Honey, and the best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation of them. Translated from the French.

[ REAUMUR, René-Antoine Ferchault de (1683-1757) ].: · 1744

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

London: J. and P. Knapton [...] and P. Vailant[...], 1744. 8vo, 18.8cm. Pp. [xiv],452,[16], several figures on 12 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, backstrip with 5 raised bands and gilt-lettered label, gilt double fillet to boards. Age rubbing to binding, hinges weak...

Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Niederländisch Ost-Indien..

WEBER, Max [Carl Wilhelm] (1852-1937), editor.: · 1890

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1890-1907. 4 volumes, 4to, 26cm. Vol. I: pp. xii,480, 25 lithographed plates, 2 (of 3) small maps. Vol. II: pp. 571, 30 lithographed plates, 21 figures in text. Vol. III: pp. [vi],476, 22 lithographed plates. Vol. .IV:: pp. [vi],453, 16 lithographed plete...

Wagler's six ornithological memoirs from the 'Isis'. Edited by P.L. Sclater.

WAGLER, Johann Georg (1800-1832).: · 1884

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London: The Willughby Society / [Taylor and Francis] 1884. 8vo, 25cm. Pp. iv,[2],137,[3]. Contemporary pebbled boards, gilt title to backstrip. Foxing to endpapers, very good otherwise. - With short preface by Sclater. - [phd.277]

Mémoires, pour servir à l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce.à bras en forme de cornes.

TREMBLEY, Abraham (1710-1784).: · 1744

€900.00 ($991.98 | £750.85 | ¥158,356)

Leiden: Jean & Herman Verbeek, 1744. 4to, 25cm. Pp. xvi,324, 129 figures on 13 folding plates engraved by Jacob van der Schley after drawings by Pierre Lyonet, 4 large nice headpiece vignettes engraved by Van der Schley after historiated drawings "ad vivum" by Cornelis Pronk...

Ueber die geologische Geschichte der Insel Celebes auf Grund der Thierverbreituing. [Materialien zu einer Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. Dritter Band.]

SARASIN, Paul [Benedict] (1856-1929) & SARASIN, Fritz (1859-1952).: · 1901

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Wiesbaden: C.W. Kreidel's Verkag, 1901. 4to, large 4to, 31.5cm. Pp. vi,169,[31], 15 lithographed plates of distribution maps, bibliography of 216 references. Original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened, in original protective printed boards portfolio with linen spine and t...

Entwurf einer geographisch-geologischen Beschreibung der Insel Celebes. [Materialien zu einer Naturgeschichte der Isel Celebes. Vierter Band.]

SARASIN, Paul [Benedict] (1856-1929) & SARASIN, Fritz (1859-1952).: · 1901

€225.00 ($247.99 | £187.71 | ¥39,589)

Wiesbaden: C.W. Kreidel's Verlag, 1901. Large 4to, 31.5cm. Pp. xii,344;28,[24]. 20 photos of scenery on 10 heliogravure plates, 1 other plate, few figures in text, 2 (of 3) lithographed maps. Original printed wrappers, unopened, in protective original printed boards portfoli...

Oologia Neerlandica. Eggs of birds breeding in The Netherlands.

PELT LECHNER Arnoud Anthon van (1864-1950).: · 1910

€1,250.00 ($1,377.75 | £1,042.84 | ¥219,939)

The Hague Martinus Nijhoff, 1910-1913. Two volumes, large 8vo, 24.8cm. With 191 plates containing 667 objects of which 617 printed in colours and 50 in collotype "taken from specimens in the authior's collection". In two original linen-backed printed portfolios, unbound as i...

The Titanotheres of ancient Wyoming, Dakota, and Nebraska. [Monograph 55, U.S. Geological Survey.]

OSBORN, Henry Fairfield (1857-1935).: · 1929

€295.00 ($325.15 | £246.11 | ¥51,906)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1929. Two volumes, 4to, 29.3cm. Vol. I: pp. xxiv,1-702, coloured frontispiece, many illustrations on 42 plates, 630 figures in text, bibliography. Vol. II: pp. xii,703-953, many illustrations on 194 plates, index. Original cluth, gilt ...

Geslachten der Vogelen. Uit het Latyn vertaald en met Aantekeningen vermeerderd door Cornelius Nozeman [...].

MOEHRING, Paul Heinrich Gerhard (1710-1792).: · 1758

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Amsterdam: Pieter Meijer, 1758. [Facsimile reprint] Berlin: W. Junk [pasted over:] Theodor Oswald Weigel, 1906. Small 4to, 25cm. Pp. [xxviii],97,[3], 2 double-page plates coloured by hand. Modern full cloth, gilt title to backstrip, original printed front cover bound in. Fin...

Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. [Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. No. 1.]

LYMAN III, Theodore (1833-1897).: · 1865

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Cambridge: For sale by Sever and Francis, 1865. 4to, 28.3cm. Pp. vi,[2],200, several figures on 2 fine chromolithograph plates, taxonomic index. Contemporary quarter cloth, marbled boards, gilt title to backstrip. - Rare. With short preface by Louis Agassiz, his professor in...

The origin of birds.

HEILMANN, Gerhard (1859-1946).: · 1928

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1928. Small 4to, 25cm. Pp. [viii],208, 2 coloured plates including frontispieve, 142 figures in text, bibliography at end of each chapter, index. Half morocco with cloth-lined boards, backstrip with gilt title and elegant line decoration. - With ...

La céramique hollandaise. Histoire des faiences de Delft, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Arnhem, Utrecht etc. et des porcelaines de Weesp, Loosdrecht, Amesterdam et La Haye.

HAVARD, Henry (1838-1921),: · 1909

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Àmsterdam: Compagnie Générale d'Editions "Vivat", 1909. Two volumes, large 4to, 32cm. Vol. I: pp. 238,[2], 20 plates (few coloured, incl. frontispiece), 125 figures in text. Vol. II ("notices biographiques"): pp. 324, 15 plates (some coloured), 59 figures in text, index. Ha...

Contribution à la faune malacologique des Îles Açores. [Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier [....] Fascicule I.]

DAUTZENBERG, Philippe (1949-1935).: · 1889

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1889. Folio, 36cm. Pp. [iv],116,[8], many figures on 4 lithographed plates (3 of which in colour), bibliography, index. Modern full cloth, gilt title to backstrip, uncut. Fine. - Rare, printed in a limited edition (no print run stated) on luxury...

Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora. With the assistance of W.B. Helmsley. The plates drawn by Miss Matilda Smith. Published for the Authority of the Government of New Zealand.

CHEESEMAN, Thomas Frederick (1845-1923).: · 1854

€225.00 ($247.99 | £187.71 | ¥39,589)

Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer, 1014.. Two volumes, large 4to, 30.5cm. Vol. I: pp. 8,[4],[244], 122 lithographed plates. Vol. II: pp. [vi],[258],xxxiv, 129 lithographed plates, index. Original green cloth, gilt title to backstrip, embossed plant figure to front ...

Archives inédites. Tome I. Lettres inédites de Alexandre de Humboldt. Avec préface de Henri Cordier. // Tome II. Journal de botanuque.

BONPLAND, Aimé [Jacques Alexandre] (1773-1858 & HUMBOLDT, Alexander von (1769-1859).: · 1914

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Buenos Aires: Talleres S.A. Casa Jacobo Preuser Ltda., 1914 - 1924. Two volumes, folio, 35cm. Vol. I: pp. [10], 63 tinted plates of letter facsimile. Vol. II: pp. [10], 134 pages of manuscript facsimle. Modern full cloth, gilt title to backstrips. Fine. - Forming Nrs. 31 and...