Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Historia fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Botanica. Parte descriptiva. Plantae vasculares. [AND] Plantas celulares.

Richard, A. [in R. de la Sagra] · 1855

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

Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1855. Folio (40.7 x 27.5 cm). 116 pp.; 50 engraved plates [1-23, 25-39, 41-50, "56" (recte 60), 12bis]; [AND] 152 pp.; two originally hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco over red grained boards. Spine with gilt lines and gilt title....

Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.

Milne-Edwards, A. · 1872

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Paris, Theodore Morgand, 1872. Large 4to (32.5 x 25.2 cm). 67 pp.; five lithographed plates of which two finely hand-coloured. Later wrappers with printed paper label pasted on front wrapper. = Important contribution, with many new species, to the crabs of the southwestern Pac...

The fly-fisher's entomology, with coloured representations of the natural and artificial insects and a few observations and introductions on trout and grayling fishing. 9th edition.

Ronalds, A. · 1883

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1883. 8vo. xvi, 132 pp.; hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (of trout, tissue guarded) and 19 nice hand-coloured engraved plates. Publisher's (?) blind-embossed full cloth with gilt title on front board. = The engravings depict various "real" ...

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir. C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Zoology. Volume IV. Report on the anatomy of the petrels (Tubinares) collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, in the years 1873-1876.

Forbes, W. A. · 1882

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1882. Large 4to. 64 pp.; 33 wood-engravings in the text, seven lithographed plates (three in chromolithography) with explanatory text leaves. Disbound. = From the famous series, The zoology of the Challenger Expedition, volume IV, part ...

Le néocomien de Sably en Crimée.

Trautschold, H. · 1886

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Moscou, Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1886. 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm). 26 pp.; five lithographed plates after Schtschogeleft. Original printed wrappers. = The work deals with "polypiers" and includes new species of corals. Old stamps on front wrapper, plate versos a...

Über die im zoologischen Museum der Universität Breslau befindlichen Wirtelschleichen (Pseudosaura), Krüppelfüssler (Brachypoda), und einige andere, denselben verwandte Reptilien aus den Zünften der Schleigen und Dickzüngler.

Gravenhorst, J. L. C. [C.] · 1847

€680.00 ($749.50 | £567.31 | ¥119,647)

Breslau, Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae, 1847. 4to (29.6 x 22.6 cm). Title page, 102 pp.; 19 engraved plates. Later blind green cloth boards, printed paper label on the spine. = Rare publication with the detailed description and illustration of many new and little-kno...

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. The Herpetological papers. 1922-1960.

[Various authors] · 1922

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Ann Arbor, MI, The University of Michigan, 1922-1960. 19 papers in three volumes. Large 8vo (24.4 x 16.7 cm). ca. 1,000 pp.; many text illustrations and plates. Uniform printed cloth. = The Miscellaneous Publications consist of monographic studies on different zoological subje...

Lepidopterologische Rundschau. Volumes 1-2.

Hoffmann, A. (ed.) · 1927

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Wien, Adolf Hoffmann, 1927-1928. Two volumes in two. 8vo (22.3 x 14.7 cm). I (1927): 196 pp. [(iv), 192], numerous text illustrations; II (1928): 235 pp. [(iv), 224, (14-20)]; 34 text figures; one plate. Uniform, near contemporary pebbled linen. Spines with gilt title. = The f...

Entomologie forestière, ou histoire naturelle des insectes nuisibles et utiles aux forêts.

Rue, A. De la · 1838

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Paris, Madame Huzard; Nancy, George-Grimblot, Thomas et Raybois, 1838. 8vo (20.9 x 12.8 cm). iv, 154 pp., six engraved plates. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Edges marbled. = Uncommon "practical" entomological book with good illustrations o...

Notes upon oxystomatous Crustacea.

Miers, E. J. · 1878

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.74 | ¥14,076)

London, The Linnean Society, 1878. Large 4to (30.3 x 23.2 cm). 16 pp.; three lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = Deals with the taxonomy, morphology, and systematics of the crab family Leucosiidae, and includes a review of the species of the genus Matuta (now in ...

Correspondance de Victor Jacquemont avec sa famille et plusieurs de ses amis, pendant son voyage dans l'Indie (1828-1832). Tome premier - tome deuxième. [complete].

Jacquemont, V. · 1833

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Paris, H. Fournier, 1833. Two parts in two. 8vo (21.9 x 13.6 cm). 388, 374 pp., one large, folded map. Contemporary uniform quarter calf over marbled boards. Spines with four raised bands, gilt and black lines, gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = The rare first edition ("1823" li...

Die Brachyuren des Vicentinischen Tertiärgebirges.

Bittner, A. · 1875

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Wien, Kaiserlich-Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1875. Large 4to (31.0 x 23.5 cm). 45 pp., five lithographed plates. Later marbled wrappers with printed label pasted on front. = Rare paper on well-preserved Palaeogene crabs with the inclusion of many new genera and sp...

Zur Kenntniss fossiler Krabben.

Reuss, A. E. · 1859

€220.00 ($242.48 | £183.54 | ¥38,709)

Wien, Kaiserlichen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1859. Large 4to (31.3 x 24.4 cm). 90 pp. 24 fine lithographs (several partly coloured or tinted). Original printed wrappers. = Important paper with descriptions and illustrations of new and poorly known species, mainl...

Dissertatio sistens Bombycum species. Secundum oris partium diversitatem in nova genera distributas. Quam auctoritate amplissimi philosophorum ordinis pro summis in philosophia honoribus. Sectio I - II. (Complete).

Germar, E. F. · 1810

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

Halae [Halle an der Saale], Schimmelpfennig, 1810. Square 4to (19.7 x 16.7 cm). 52 pp. Contemporary marbled boards. = These are the theses of the entomologist Ernest Friderich Germar (1786-1853), dealing with the large moth genus Bombyx. According to Horn-Schenkling, "Selten",...

Kupfersammlung zu Schuberts und jeder andern Naturgeschichte brauchbar. In 12 Blättern, nach der Natur gezeichnet, gestochen und gemahlt.

Sturm, J. · 1825

€680.00 ($749.50 | £567.31 | ¥119,647)

Nürnberg, privately published, (n.d., but circa 1825). 8vo (20.1 x 12.0 cm). pp. v-viii; 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary blind grey/black mottled paper covered boards. Original printed wrappers bound in. = Nice, very rare, early 19th-century booklet with many e...

Les oiseaux de la Mission Zoologique Franco-Anglo-Américaine a Madagascar.

Delacour, J. · 1932

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Paris, Siége Social, 1932. 8vo (24.1 x 15.2 cm). 96 pp., three full colour plates. Slightly later full black roan. Gilt title on spine. Original printed front wrapper bound in. = Well-illustrated annotated catalogue of the mostly endemic birds of Madagascar. The plates are qui...

An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. II. Isopoda.

Sars, G. O. · 1900

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Christiania and Copenhagen, A. Cammermeyer, [1900]. 4to (26.0 x 18.4 cm). x, 270 pp., 104 plates [1-100, suppl. 1-4]. Contemporary green half calf over green pebbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = George Ossian Sars (1837-1927) was t...

Prodromus faunae helminthologicae Venetae adjectis disquisitionibus anatomicis et criticis.

Molin, R. · 1860

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Wien, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1860 [1861]. 4to (29.6 x 23.4 cm). 150 pp., 15 tinted lithographed plates. Disbound. = This work deals with the many "worms" found in the intestines of diverse vertebrates. Many species are new, or much redescribed. The illustrati...

Die Fossile Flora des Mährisch-Schlesischen Dachschiefers.

Ettingshausen, C. Von · 1865

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1865. 4to (29.7 x 23.3 cm). 40 pp., 15 text engravings and seven tinted lithographed plates of which two double-sized, folded. Disbound. = Constantin Freiherrn von Ettingshausen (1826-1897), professor of botany at the university ...

Observations anatomiques et physiologiques sur les appareils sanguins et respiratoires des batraciens anoures. En réponse a la question: déterminer les modifications que subissent les appareils sanguins et respiratoires dans les métamorphoses des batraciens anoures.

Lambotte, M. · 1838

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.80 | ¥24,633)

Bruxelles, Académie Royal des Sciences et Belles-Lettres, 1838. 4to (27.1 x 21.5 cm). 46 pp., three lithographed plates. Later speckled wrappers. = One of the earlier detailed studies in this field. The plates depict frogs, tadpoles and their anatomy. Published in the academy'...