Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Monographia Metzgeriae. [Liverworts].

Lindberg, S. O. · 1874

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Helsingfors, Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 1874 [1877]. 8vo (23.1 x 14.5 cm). 48 pp., two engraved plates (one larger, folded). Later wrappers with printed label mounted. = Important systematical, taxonomical paper on liverworts, with new species. Published in the socie...

Studien über die Lepidopterenfauna der Balkanländer. I. Teil. Bulgarien und Ostrumelien.

Rebel, H. · 1903

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Wien, K. K. Naturhistorische Hofmuseum, 1903. 8vo (28.0 x 16.2 cm). 224 pp., one chromolithographed plate. Original pictorial wrappers. = A fine monograph with several new species and revisions of other taxa. The plate is very detailed and accurate. Published in the Annalen de...

Über zwei Schildkröten aus Kamerun.

Siebenrock, F. · 1907

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Wien, K. K. Naturhistorische Hofmuseum, 1907. 8vo (28.0 x 18.4 cm). Eight pp., one large text engraving, one lithographed plate. Original pictorial wrappers. = A morphological, anatomical and systematical work by the Viennese zoologist Friedrich Siebenrock (1853-1925) curator ...

Sul giacimento di carbon fossile antracitico di Demonte (presso Cuneo). studi geologici, tecnici, industriali.

Jervis, G. · 1875

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Milano, Industriale, 1875. 8vo (23.2 x 16.3 cm). 16 pp. Contemporary grained half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. = Rare paper (offprint) of a paper on Italian coal, written by Guglielmo Jervis, "conservatore del R. Museo Industriale in Torino". Inscribed and d...

Die Reste permischer Reptilien des paläontologischen Kabinets der Universität Kasan.

Trautschold, H. · 1884

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

Moscou, Société des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1884. Folio (30.4 x 22.5 cm). 39 pp. eight lithographed plates (two larger, folded) with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = Important study with the description and illustration of some new species by Hermann Traut...

Modification de la troisième demonstration donnée par Gauss de la loi de reprocité de legendre.

Lerch, M. · 1886

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

[Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, 1886]. 8vo (21.9 x 14.3 cm). 10 pp., contemporary (probably original) blind blue wrappers. = Important paper by the Czech mathematician Matyas Lerch (1860-1922), one of the country's greatest mathematicians and the first professor of mathemat...

Contribution à l'étude de l'oeil pariétal de l'épiphyse et de la paraphyse chez les lacertiliens.

Francotte, P. · 1896

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Bruxelles, [F.] Hayez, 1896. Large 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm). 43 pp., two photographic plates (one larger, folded), original printed wrappers. = Important paper on the parietal eye of the lizards. This is the original offprint with its own wrapper, title page and pagination, and no...

Remarques sur la théorie des moindres carrés.

Catalan, E. [C.] · 1878

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Bruxelles, Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1878. Large 4to (28.9 x 22.9 cm) 42 pp. No wrappers. = Important paper by the French-Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan (1814-1894). "He worked on continued fractions, descriptive geo...

Étude sur le satellite énigmatique de Vénus avec les textes originaux relatant les observations de cet astre.

Stroobant, P. · 1887

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Bruxelles, F. Hayez, 1887. Large 4to (29.0 x 23.0 cm). 48 pp.; three plates (two partly coloured), several text figures. Original printed front wrapper. = Science at its best: in this paper, the Belgian astronomer Paul Stroobant (1868-1936) effectively debunked the myths of a ...

Mémoire sur le reptile découvert par M. Frossard a Muse (Saone-et-Loire).

Gaudry, A. · 1867

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Paris, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 1867. Large 4to (32.1 x 25.0 cm). 20 pp., one double-sized engraved plate with five figures. Disbound. = The description of a large palaeozoic reptile, Pleuracanthus frossardi. Gaudry sent this paper to Charles Darwin, who ...

Note sur l'Elaphurus davidianus espèce nouvelle de la famille des cerfs.

Milne-Edwards, A. · 1866

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Paris, L. Guerin, 1866. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.5 cm). 6 pp., two engraved and finely hand-coloured plates. Later wrappers with printed label mounted. = The French missionary priest père Armand David (1826-1900) was one of the first to explore the fauna of China. He brought to li...

Description de quelques oiseaux nouveaux appartenant à la collection zoologique du Muséum.

Verreaux, J. · 1866

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Paris, L. Guerin, 1866. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.5 cm). Six pp., two engeraved and finely hand-coloured plates. Later wrappers with printed label mounted on front wrapper. = A very rare paper on some new species of colourful tropical birds, including a kingfisher, in the zoo of th...

Recherches sur l'anatomie du Troglodytes aubryi. Chimpanzé d'une espèce nouvelle.

Gratiolet, L. P. and P. H. E. Alix · 1866

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Paris, L. Guerin, 1866. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.5 cm). [ii], 264 pp.; nine finely engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. = A very rare, large paper on the external and internal anatomy of a race of chimpanzees, with fine illustrations, including those of the skull and other...

Étude sur les bryozoaires perforants de la famille des térébriporides.

Fischer, P. · 1866

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Paris, L. Guerin, 1866. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.5 cm). 21 pp., one finely engraved plate. Later wrappers with printed label mounted on the front wrapper. = A very rare monograph with the description and illustration of many new species, Recent and fossil. Published in the Muséum'...

Examen de quelques cas de monstruosités végétales, propres a éclairer la structure du pistil et l'origine des ovules.

Brongniart, A. · 1839

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Paris, Gide, 1839. Large 4to (30.7 x 23.9 cm). 21 pp., drop head title, two engraved plates. Disbound. = A well-illustrated paper on aberrant flowers and ideas about their development, and that of flowers in general. Written and illustrated by Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847),...

On the marsupial pouches, mammary glands, and mammary foetus of the Echidna hystrix.

Owen, [R.] · 1865

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, The Zoological Society, 1865. Large 4to. 16 pp., three lithographed plates. Later wrappers. = Well-illustrated paper with a large illustration of the whole animal by Joseph Wolf, and fine illustrations of the anatomy and the young animals by Richard Owen himself. This ...

Recherches sur la chaleur animale, au moyen des appareils thermo-électriques. Premier partie.

Becquerel, [A. C.] and [G.] Breschet · 1839

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Paris, Gide, 1839. Large 4to (30.7 x 23.9 cm). 21 pp. Later wrappers with mounted printed label. = Early investigations and experiments into the heat produced by animals. A clean, wide-margined copy. Rare.

Légumineuses arborescentes de l'Amérique du Sud.

Tulasne, L. R. · 1844

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

Paris, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 1844. Large 4to. (31.3 x 24.5 cm). 132 pp., five lithographed plates. Disbound. = Important paper on the beans of South America, in particular Brazil, between Rio de Janeiro and Uruguay. Includes the description and illustration of ...

Études zoologiques sur les crustacés récents de la famille des portuniens.

Milne-Edwards, A. · 1861

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Paris, Gide, 1861. Large 4to (31.8 x 24.3 cm). 122 pp.; 11 lithographed plates. Disbound. = A very rare paper with the description and illustration of many new and poorly known crab species. Written by the French crustaceologist and ornithologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1...

Lettres de M. Auguste Duméril professeur d'erpétologie et d'ichtyologie relatives au catalogue des poissons de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris et au catalogue de la ménagerie des reptiles lues devant l'assemblée de MM. les professeurs-administrateurs suivies de notes sur le ménagerie des reptiles.

Duméril, A. [H. A.] · 1861

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Paris, Gide, 1861. Large 4to (31.8 x 24.3 cm). 30 pp. Disbound. = A rare paper by the ichthyologist and herpetologist Auguste Henri André Duméril (1812-1870) with many interesting observations on the species and specimens in the Paris natural history museum and zoo, read in 18...