Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Ueber das Ei der Vögel und der Reptilien.

Mayer, F. J. C. · 1865

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Dresden, Der Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher, 1865. 4to. 95 pp., four partly coloured lithographed plates. Disbound. = Rather rare and well-illustrated contribution to the knowledge of the ontogenese of (eggs of) reptiles and birds, ...

Die Cyklose des Lebenssaftes in den Pflanzen.

Schultz, C. H. · 1841

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Breslau und Bonn, Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie der Naturforscher, 1841. Large 4to (29.7 x 22.8 cm). Title page (to the volume), Latin, German title pages (to the work), xii, 355 pp., 33 lithographed plates of which three tinted. Contemporary pebbled half clo...

Ein zweifelhafter Triton und eine ausgezeichnete Varietät von Euprepia villica.

Reichenbach, L. · 1865

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Dresden, Kaiserliche Leopoldino-Carolinische deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, 1865. Large 4to (29.6 x 22.6 cm). Title pages to the Verhandlungen; 15 pp., one finely hand-coloured lithographed plate. Contemporary marbled wrappers. = An interesting study on the variability ...

Zur Kenntnis der Echinodermenfauna des sibirischen Eismeeres.

Kalischewskij, M. · 1907

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

St.-Petersbourg, l'Académie Inpériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, 1907. Large 4to (33.5 x 24.5 cm). 67 pp.; three text figures, several tables, three plates (one in fine chromolithography, two with photos). Original printed wrappers. = A rare and important monograph on Ar...

Description géologique de l'île d'Ambon. [Texte].

Verbeek, R. D. M. · 1905

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Batavia, Imprimerie de l'Etat, 1905. 8vo (25.5 x 17.6 cm). xxiii, 323 pp.; nine "figures dans le texte", numbered 67-75 (actually plates, of which one a large elongate folded panorama, one plate of minerals with printed tissue-guard, one photo showing earthquake damage, two pl...

The embryology and metamorphosis of the Macroura. [Near mint copy].

Brooks, W. K. and F. H. Herrick · 1891

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1891. 4to (29.6 x 23.0 cm). 257 pp., 57 lithographed plates (mostly coloured or tinted). Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt title on the spine. = A well-illustrated work including fine full colour illustrations of juvenile, subad...

Fosilni proboscidi Hrvatske i Slavonije (De proscidibus fossilibus Croatiae et Slavoniae).

Gorjanovic-Kramberger, [D.] · 1912

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Zagreb, Knjizara Jugoslavenske akademije (Duro Trpinac), 1912. Very large 8vo (31.7 x 24.1 cm). 23 pp.; four plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed stiff wrappers. = A detailed study of (proto-)elephant teeth belonging to the genera Dinotherium, Mastodon, and El...

Elephas trogontherii Pohl. Z pravoberezhzhia serednoho Dnipra. / L'Elephas trogontherii Pohl de la rive droite du Dnipro moyen.

Zakrevska, H. · 1935

€130.00 ($143.29 | £108.46 | ¥22,874)

Kiev, Ukrainskoi Akademii Nauk, 1935. 8vo (26.2 x 17.5 cm). 139 pp.; 45 plates, each with a printed tissue guard. Printed softcover with printed transparent sleeve. = A very uncommon, if not rare, detailed account on the discovery and the skeletal remains of a fossil elephant,...

Historiya razvitiya polovjikhj zhelezj Rana esculenta.

Kuschakewitsch, S. · 1910

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

St.-Petersburg, M. M. Stasjlevicha, 1910. Small 4to (26.5 x 19.9 cm). 153 pp., 141 figures on 11 plates (mostly double-sized). Original printed wrappers. = The original edition, in Russian. The German translation, published in the same year as Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Ke...

Théorie mathématique de la chaleur [AND] Théorie mathématique de la chaleur; mémoire et notes formant un supplément a l'ouvrage publié sous ce titre. [All published].

Poisson, S. D. · 1835

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

Paris, Bachelier, 1835-1837. Two volumes in one. 4to (25.9 x 21.1 cm). Half title, title page, [ii], 532 pp., one folded engraved plate; title page, 72 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. spine with four raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title. Marbled endpaper...

A contribution to the study of the effect [of] the venom of Crotalus adamanteus upon the blood of man and animals.

Mitchell, S. W. and A. H. Stewart · 1898

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1898. Large 4to (29.5 x 23.4 cm). 14 pp., six full colour plates. Original printed wrappers. = A major study upon the effect of rattlesnake venom on the bloodcells of humans, other mammals, and reptiles (including upon itself). Pub...

A synopsis of the Amphibia of California.

Storer, T. I. · 1925

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1925. Large 8vo (27.0 x 18.0 cm). [ii], 308 pp.; 18 plates. Original printed wrappers. = A very thorough synopsis, discussing 37 native and one introduced species in-depth. Published as University of California Publications in Zool...

Monographie de la famille des urticées.

Weddell, H. A. · 1856

€850.00 ($936.87 | £709.13 | ¥149,558)

Paris, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, 1856-1857. Large 4to (31.6 x 24.7 cm). Title page (to the volume), drop head title, 592 pp.; 20 engraved plates, one folded chart. 19th-century half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and gilt lines on the spine. Marbled endpapers...

Systême Silurien du Centre de la Bohême. Première partie: recherches paléontologiques. Continuation éditée par le Musée Bohême. Vol. V. Classe des mollusques, ordre des brachiopodes. Trois chapitres de texte et planches.

Barrande, J. · 1879

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Prague, privately published, 1879. Large 4to (33.0 x 25.7 cm). xv, 226 pp., 71 (of 153) lithographed plates with explanatory text-leaves. Publisher's blind-tooled dark brown cloth with gilt title on spine. = Part of an enormous series on all aspects of Bohemian Silurian fossil...

Fauna et Anatomia Ceylanica. Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Ceylon-Reise ausgeführt mit Unterstützung der Ritter-Stiftung 1913/14 von L. Plate. Band I-IV. [Complete].

Plate, L. · 1922

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1922-1931. Four volumes in four. 8vo (23.5 x 15.1 cm). 2,360 pp.; 106 lithographed plates (several tinted, some in full colour). Original uniform printed wrappers. = A major series on animals from Sri-Lanka and a basic zoological monograph on this island....

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Mangelia.

Reeve, L. A. · 1851

€475.00 ($523.54 | £396.28 | ¥83,577)

London, Lovell A. Reeve, 1851-1854. 4to (27.2 x 21.5 cm). ii pp. (index), and eight beautifully hand-coloured plates, each with an explanatory text leaf. Later boards with printed label on the front board. = Seldon seen complete copy of the Mangelia (Turridae) part of the Conc...

Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung in den Ostalpen. Band 1, 8-15. [AND] Sonderband 1-3.

Friedrich, O. M. (ed.) · 1963

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Leoben, Institut für Mineralogie und Gesteinkunde der Montanistischen Hochschule Leoben, 1963, 1968-1974. In twelve volumes. 8vo. Numerous pages and illustrations. Original printed cloth (2nd Sonderband) or printed wrappers (all others). = Later on this periodical was incorpor...

Die Seesterne Süd-Georgiens nach der Ausbeute der deutschen Polarstation in 1882 und 1883.

Fischer, J. G. · 1887

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Hamburg, Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Anstalten, 1887. Large 8vo (25.7 x 17.0 cm). Title page, 24 pp.; two fine, lithographed plates. Disbound. = A rare publication on the starfish and brittle stars of a by then hardly studied asteroid fauna of (sub) Antarctic waters. Not su...

Géologie des environs de Paris ou description des terrains et énumeration des fossiles qui s'y rencontrent, suivie d'un index géographique des localités fossilifères.

Meunier, S. · 1875

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Paris, Baillière, 1875. 8vo (21.3 x 13.6 cm). viii, 510 pp., 112 woodcuts. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title. Marbled endpapers.Edges speckled red. = A nicely bound copy of the first edition. Discusses the mainly Tertiary geology and p...

Contribução para o estudo da antropometria dos indígenas da Lunda e Songo.

Santos David, J. H. · 1955

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

Lisboa, Museo do Dundo, 1955. 4to. 244 pp., several text figures. Original pictorial wrappers. = This is the museum's Publicações Culturais 25. A very good copy. Rare.