Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Histoire naturelle des reptiles, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Nouvelle édition. Tomes premier - quatrième. [Complete].

Sonnini, C. S. and P. A. Latreille · 1830

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Paris, Roret, 1830. Four parts in four. 12mo (15.0 x 9.5 cm). 1,374 pp. [1: xxi, 280; 2: 332; 3: 335; 4. 406 pp.]; 54 engraved plates. One large, folded chart. Original blind blue wrappers. = Rare edition of the Suites à Buffon, first published in the early 19th century and he...

Naturgeschichte des Niederdeutschlands und anderer Gegenden. I-II (plates)

Hüpsch, J. W. K. A. Freiherr Von · 1781

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

Nürnberg, Raspe, [1781-]1805. Small folio (28.2 x 22.0 cm). Volume I(I-VII), II(VIII-XV). In new protective wrapper with original wrapper text printed in facsimile. = A very rare work by Johann Wilhelm Karl Adolph Freiherr von Hüpsch (ca. 1730-1805). As far as we know these ar...

Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten, vertoonende de beroemste lantschappen en steden, ook de byzondere dragten, beesten, gewassen en planten, die door gevonden worden: voor al derzelver oudheden, en wel voornamentlyk heel uitvoerig, die van het heerlijke en van oudts de geheele werrelt door befaemde hof van Persepolis, by den Persianen Tchilminar genaemt. Alles door den Autheur zelf met groote naeukeurigheit na 't leven afgetekent, en nooit voor dezen in 't ligt gebragt.

Bruin, C., De [De Bruyn or Bruijn] · 1714

€4,800.00 ($5,290.56 | £4,004.52 | ¥844,565)

Amsterdam, R. and G. Wetstein, J. Oosterwyk and H. van de Gaete, 1714. Folio (33.3 x 21.1 cm). Allegorical frontispiece (by Picart, dated 1711), title page (in red and black); engraved portrait of de Bruyn (by G. Kneller), [vi], 472, [xii] pp.; 260 numbered engraved plates (ma...

Ophiures recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profondes [AND] Ophiures recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien II. Les ophiures littorales.

Koehler, [J. B. F.] R. · 1899

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Calcutta [Kolkata], The Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1899-1900. Folio (31.4 x 25.0 cm). [74; (ii), 4] pp., 22 [I-XIV; XV-XXII] lithographed plates (one folded). Contemporary, dark blue morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-lined bands. and gilt title. Or...

Morskie lilii hipokrinidyi. [on sealilies, Hypocriniden]

Arendt, Y. A. · 1970

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Moskva, NAUKA, 1970. 8vo (26.0 x 16.7 cm). 220 pp.; 67 text figures, folding chart, 16 plates. Original printed wrappers. = A phylogenetic and zoogeographical monograph with descriptions of new and little known species and the introduction of severa higher taxa. In Russian. Wi...

Fossil and Recent echinoderm researches. (Problems in the study of fossil and modern echinoderms).

Kalyo, D. L. (ed.) · 1989

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Tallinn, Academy iof Sciences of the Estonian SSR, 1989. Large 8vo (26.0 x 16.8 cm). 224 pp.; numerous text figures. Publisher's grey boards with gilt title on front board. = A collection of 46 papers on various groups of echinoderms. Some include the descriptions of new taxa ...

Fossil pentacrinid crinoids and their occurence in the USSR.

Klikushin, V. G. · 1992

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,956)

Sanct-Peterburg, Leningrad Paleontological Laboratory, 1992. 8vo (24.0 x 16.6 cm). 358 pp., 152 text figures, 22 plates. Publisher's printed boards. = A detailed study with fine illustrations. The work provides an overview of the group (some 500 species) with a long list of re...

British fossil Brachiopoda. Volume I. [Including] Part I. A monograph of the British Tertiary Brachiopoda. [AND] Part II. A monograph of the British Cretaceous Brachiopoda. [AND] Part. III. A monograph of the British Oolitic and Liassic Brachiopoda [AND] Appendices, index.

Davidson, T. · 1851

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

London, The Palaeontographical Society, 1851-1854. 4to. 409 [136, 23, 117, 100, 30, (iii)] pp. (including the index); 68 [56, 1, 8, 0, 3, 0] text figures, 42 [9, 2, 12, 19 (numbered A, I-XVIII), 0] lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with fiv...

A monograph of the fossil chelonian reptiles of the Wealden clays and Purbeck limestones.

Owen, R. · 1853

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

London, The Palaeontographical Society, 1853. 4to (28.5 x 22.1 cm). 12 pp. nine plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary stiff wrapper. = A fine early contribution to the Cretaceous turtles by the famous (and in Darwinian circles notorious) Richard Owen (1804-1892). P...

Rapport sur l'éruption épigénésique (1928) du volcan de Santorin.

Georgalas, G. C. and N. Liatsikas · 1930

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Athènes, Commission Géodésique Hellénique, 1930. 4to (30.5 x 23.5 cm). 12 pp., two plates, one large folded map. Disbound. = Interesting account of the eruption at the Greek island, Santorini (Thira) in 1928. "The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in...

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 the late 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. Report on the Tunicata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part II.

Herdman, W. A. · 1886

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1886. 4to (32.0 x 25.2 cm). 429 pp.; 49 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Disbound. = From the famous series, The zoology of the Challenger Expedition, volume XIV part XXXVIII. Contains descriptions and illustrations of ...

Die richtung der Haare am menschlichen Körper.

Voigt, C. A. · 1857

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1857. 4to (29.8 x 23.5 cm). 50 pp., two large, folded plates. Disbound. = The large plates show the hair patterns on an infant. Published in the academy's Denkschriften. Plates slightly foxed, otherwise a very good, clean copy. R...

Mémoire sur les Granits de France, Comparés a Ceux d'Égypte. [AND] Mémoire sur Quelques Corps Fossiles Peu Connus. In: Histoire de l'Academie Royale des sciences, Année MDCCLI [1751], avec les mémoires de mathématique & de physique, pour la même année. Tirés des registres de cette académie.

Guettard, J. E. · 1755

€1,000.00 ($1,102.20 | £834.28 | ¥175,951)

Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1755. 4to (25.1 x 18.9 cm). 738 [202, 536] pp.; 23 mostly large, folded plates. Contemporary full tree-calf. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title and gilt vignettes. Marbled endpapers. Red edges. = A complete volume, with text and plates, contai...

Über die Ophiurenlarven des Adriatischen Meeres.

Müller, J. [P.] · 1852

€160.00 ($176.35 | £133.48 | ¥28,152)

Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1852. 4to. 29 pp., eight engraved plates (five partly tinted). Original blind wrappers. = Separately paginated offprint with wide margins. An important and nicely illustrated work by the eminent zoologist and anatomist Johannes ...

Über zwei verschiedene Typen in dem Bau der erectilen männlichen Geschlechts-Organe bei den straufsartigen Vögeln und über die Entwicklungsformen dieser Organe unter den Wirbelthieren überhaupt.

Müller, J. [P.] · 1838

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1838. Folio (38.0 x 26.9 cm). 41 pp., three engraved plates. Original blind wrappers. = An important work by the eminent zoologist and anatomist Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858), the father of modern physiology (see also DSB). ...

Über den allgemeinen Plan in der Entwicklung der Echinodermen.

Müller, J. [P.] · 1853

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1853. 4to (27.5 x 23.1 cm). 41 pp.; eight engraved plates. Original blind wrappers. = An important work by the eminent zoologist and anatomist Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858), the father of modern physiology (see also DSB). De...

Über die Larven und die Metamorphose der Echinodermen. Vierte Abhandlung.

Müller, J. [P.] · 1852

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1852. 4to (27.3 x 22.9 cm). 50 pp.; nine engraved plates. Original blind wrappers. = Separately paginated offprint with wide margins. The title given above is as printed on the title page, the first text page has the drop head t...

Über die Larven und die Metamorphose der Echinodermen. Zweite Abhandlung.

Müller, J. [P.] · 1849

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1849. 4to (29.0 x 23.3 cm). 37 pp.; five engraved plates. Original blind wrappers. = An important work by the eminent zoologist and anatomist Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858), the father of modern physiology (see also DSB). Ded...

American Silurian crinoids.

Springer, F. · 1926

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,317)

Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1926. Folio. 239 pp.; 33 plates, one portrait. Original printed wrappers. = A major contribution by the American geologist and echinodermologist Frank Springer (1848-1927) with his portrait, biography and bibliography (as Springer belie...

Ueber die Geologie des südlichen Norwegens.

Kjerulf, T. and T. Dahll · 1857

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.28 | ¥114,368)

Christiania, Johan Dahl, 1857. 8vo (22.4 x 13.5 cm). [ii], 141 pp.; several text engravings, three hand-coloured maps, five large, folded hand-coloured profiles. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Paper label on the spine. = Rare, early contribution to the geology of...