Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Aluminium-Papiere. Glatt, beklebt und gepägt. [Aluminium papers. Smooth, laminated, and embossed].

[Trade Catalogue - Aluminium foil] · 1936

€580.00 ($639.27 | £483.87 | ¥102,082)

Erkrath, Rheinische Buntpapier-Fabrik, 1936. One oblong folio catalogue (9.1 x 23.0 cm). Partly removable "title" page (i.e., price list and address; 41 aluminium foil leaves. Each 5 mm larger than the previous one, and backed with original blank paper, except the first 7, whi...

Christendoms Saga Hliodande um þad hvornenn Christen Tru kom fyrst a Island, at forlage þess haloflega Herra. Olafs Tryggvason ar Noregs Kongs.

Thorgilsson, A. (attr.) · 1688

€2,800.00 ($3,086.11 | £2,335.94 | ¥492,812)

Skalhollti, Hendrik Kruse, 1688. 8vo (18.0 x 14.7 cm). Title page, frontispiece on verso; [ii] (dedication leaf), 26, [ii] (index) pp. frontispiece portrait of King Olaf; several woodcut initials, and two endpieces. Contemporary (?) limp vellum. All edges red. = History of the...

The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay. Volumes 7 - 8.

The honorary secretary (ed.) · 1904

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Bombay, [Mumbai], The Anthropological Society of Bombay, [1904-1910] Two volumes in two. 8vo (20.8 x 13.8 cm). 1259 pp. [iv, 655; ii, 598]; 16 [1; 15] plates, of which two printed in red. Printed errata leaf bound in. Contemporary uniform full blue buckram. Spines with gilt ti...

Scientific results of the Elder Exploring Expedition. II. [AND] III (last).

Tate, R. (ed.) · 1893

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Adelaide, W. C. Rigby (for the Royal Society of South Australia), 1893-1896. Two volumes (of three) in two. 8vo (21.3 x 14.0 cm). 317 pp. [numbered 69-386]; 38 plates (numbered II-XXXIX), of which seven in chromolithography, and three larger, folded. Very large, partly coloure...

Genera Insectorum, no. 210.

Strohecker, H.F. · 1953

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

1953. 140 pp., figs, 5 plates. Original wrappers. In mint condition. = Edited by the famous P. Wytsman.

Dissertatio Inauguralis Medica, de Curis Viperinis.

Storr, G. C. C. [or T. C. C.] · 1768

€160.00 ($176.35 | £133.48 | ¥28,161)

Tubingae [Tübingen], Johann Adolph Sigmund, 1768. Small 4to (19.0 x 15.5 cm). Title page (verso blank), pp. 3-27. Contemporary brokat paper strip covering the spine. Edges marbled red. No wrappers issued. = A seldom-seen if not rare thesis, written by the German medical doctor...

Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des östlichen Mittelmeeres Berichte der Kommission für ozeanographische Forschungen. [INCLUDING] Forschungen im roten Meere. Nördliche und südliche Hälfte 1895/96 - 1897/98. Expedition S.M. Schiff "Pola"

Steindachner, F. et al. · 1892

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

Wien, Akademie der Wissenschaften (Alfred Hölder), 1892-1931. Eleven volumes in 11. Large 4to (31.5 x 24.5 cm). About 2500 pp.; 61 maps (many tinted or coloured) and 195 plates (many lithographed). = Important contribution, published in the academy's Denkschriften, to the mari...

Några Anmärkningar, rörande en Skyldpadda, som i nio månader lefde i Götheborg. [AND] Viverra Vengreniana, Beskrifven.

Staaf, M. · 1788

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

[Göteborg, 1788]. 8vo (20.9 x 15.0 cm). 4; 3 pp. Marbled paper spine cover. No wrappers issued. = Two rare works, originally published in Det Götheborska Wetenskaps och Witter- hets Samhälles handlingar IV (1788), pp. 65-68; the first on a turtle kept in captivity, written by...

Coluber ferruginosus: en aldeles ny Hugg-Orm, funnen i Södermanland och beskrifven. [AND] En grönflåckad Groda, funnen i Carlscrona och beskrifven.

Sparrman, A. · 1795

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Stockholm, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, 1795. 8vo (21.0 x 13.5 cm). 7 pp. [numbered 180-186]; one large, folded plate showing a new snake and a toad. Marbled paper spine cover. = This is the description of a new snake, discovered in Södermansland, a province just south of the...

Monographia do Tabaco.

Souza da Camara, M. De · 1896

€680.00 ($749.48 | £567.30 | ¥119,683)

Lisboa, F. H. Da Costa Monteiro, 1896. Large 4to (29.0 x 22.4 cm). [vi], 320, lxxvi pp.; 64 text engravings (one on a large, folded sheet), one folded map. Slightly later half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments bordered with gilt lines, and wi...

The butterflies of South Africa. Part IV. Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae. Revised and edited by L. Vári, D.Sc., F.R.E.S.

Son, G. van · 1979

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Pretoria, Transvaal Museum, 1979. Large 4to (28.0 x 21.2 cm). [vi], 286 pp. 265 b/w illustrations on 32 "plates" (with page numbers 243-274; 76 full colour plates (numbered 1-76). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. = A seldom-seen, beautifully ill...

The butterflies of South Africa. Part III. Nymphalidae: Acraeinae.

Son, G. van · 1963

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Pretoria, Transvaal Museum, 1963. Large 4to (28.0 x 21.2 cm). [v], 286 pp. 128 text illustrations; 29 full colour plates (numbered I-XXIX). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. = A seldom-seen, beautifully illustrated contribution to the Lepidoptera...

The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II. - Sauria. [Original edition].

Smith, M. A. · 1935

€160.00 ($176.35 | £133.48 | ¥28,161)

London, Taylor & Francis, 1935. 8vo (22.6 x 15.6 cm). xiii, 440 pp., 93 text figures, one unnumbered and one numbered plate, two double-sized maps. Original red blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine. Black endpapers. = An excellent monograph discussing lizards and includ...

Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. Mammalia. Aves. Reptilia. Pisces. Invertebratae. [Complete].

Smith, A. · 1838

€12,500.00 ($13,777.28 | £10,428.32 | ¥2,200,053)

London, Smith, Elder and Co., [1838]-1849. Five volumes in five. Large 4to (31.6 x 26.6 cm). Reptilia: (ii [index], 28 [appendix] pp., errata leaf; 78 plates (75 plates hand-coloured, plates 30, 42, and 48 plain as intended); Mammalia: vii pp. (including index); 52 plates (num...

Synopsis methodica animalium invertebratorum Pedemontii fossilium (exceptis speciebus ineditis). Editio altera, accuratior et aucta.

Sismonda, E. · 1847

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Torino, Typis Regiis, 1847. 8vo. (21.5 x 14.0 cm). viii, 62 pp. Original printed wrappers. = A rare work on the Neogene fossils, mainly molluscs, from northern Italy, written by the Italian malacologist Eugenio Sismonda (1815-1870). Author's dedication to the eminent French ma...

Notizie intorno a due fossili trovati nei colli di San Stefano Roero.

Sismonda, A. · 1840

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Torino, Reale Accademia delle Scienza di Torino, 1840. Large 4to (28.8 x 22.0 cm). 6 pp.; one double-sized engraved plate. Marbled wrappers. = A rare work by the Italian geologist Angelo Sismonda (1807-1878), dealing with a new fossil turtle and a new fossil crab. Published i...

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Division II: Fauna Exotica. Volume IX. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1927

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1927. 4to. (31.8 x 27.0 cm). Plate volume: vi pp.; 177 chromolithographed plates [numbered 1-175; 146B, 150B]. Publisher's half calf. Spine rich gilt with butterfly vignette, gilt, ornamental bands, and black and green morocco labels with gilt title. ...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt. Abteilung I. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Volume III: Supplement: Die Palaearktischen Eulenartigen Nachtfalter. Mit 26 Tafeln.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1938

€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1938. 4to. (33.3 x 25.5 cm). vi, 332, [iv], [i] pp.; 26 chromolithographed plates in 14 colours. Publisher's pebbled half calf over linen boards; spine with gilt ornamental bands at head and foot; red and black morocco labels with gilt title. Green en...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt. Abteilung I. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Volume IV: Supplement: Die Spanner des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1954

€700.00 ($771.53 | £583.99 | ¥123,203)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1954. In two volumes (text and plates) 4to (31.4 x 24.8 cm). viii, 766, (viii) pp.; 53 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's uniform half calf; spines rich gilt with butterfly vignettes and gilt morocco labels. = Single volume (Supplement IV) of one ...

Les Fleurs et Leurs Applications Decoratives. Plate 25.

Séguy, E. A. · 1902

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Paris, Librairie des Arts décoratifs A. Calavas, 1902. Folio (49.8 x 47.0 cm), framed (77.7 x 58.7 cm). Pochoir print finished by hand. In passepartout and wooden frame. = A fine Art Nouveau or "Jugendstil" plate, showing cinéraires, or Cineraria, colourful plants related to s...