Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Die Venetianer Alpen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Hochgebirgte, met einen geognostischen Karte und Gebirgteprofilen in achtzehn Tafeln.

Fuchs, W. · 1844

€4,200.00 ($4,629.24 | £3,503.96 | ¥738,994)

Solothurn, Jent & Gassmann, 1844. Oblong folio (29.8 x 35.5 cm), [4], 60 pp.; 18 mostly hand-coloured engraved maps and plates. Text pages bordered with putti and goddesses. 19th century iridescent blue blind cloth. = Wilhelm Fuchs (1802-1853) was the Königliche-Kaizerliche Be...

Studien über Cyclostomen. Systematische Revision der Petromyzonten der südlichen Halbkugel. Fauna Chilensis. Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie Chiles nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate.

Plate, L. H. · 1902

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1902. 8vo (24.2 x 16.3 cm). 25 pp.; one double-folded lithographed plate. Disbound. = Rare paper on fish (not on molluscs, as the word Cyclostomen might sugggest). Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement Band 2, drittes Heft. A good clean copy....

Geologische Mittheilungen aus Mähren. Geognostische Darstellung der Umgegenden von Blansko.

Reichenbach, K. [L., Freiherr] Von · 1834

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Vienna, J.G. Heubner, 1834. 8vo (21.8 x 13.2 cm). x, 218 pp.; three folding engraved plates of which two are hand-coloured. Contemporary marbled boards, paper label with script title on the spine. = Rare early geological description with geological maps of the Moravia region, ...

Mud volcanoes of the Azerbaijan SSR. Atlas.

Jakubov, A. A. et al. (eds.) · 1971

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Baku, Publishing House of the Academy of Sceinces of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1971. Oblong folio (30.0 x 42.5 cm)256 pp.; 443 photos and maps (mostly in colour, some photos full-page). Original quarter cloth over pictorial boards. = A rarely seen, richly illustrated atlas, with gre...

The Carboniferous rugose corals of Scotland. Parts I-IV. [Complete].

Hill, D. · 1938

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

London, the Palaeontographical Society, 1938-1941. Four parts in four. 4to (28.2 x 22.0 cm). 213 pp.; 11 plates. Original, uniform blind wrappers with paper labels on front wrappers. = A complete set of this important contribution with the descriptions and illustrations of man...

Histoire naturelle, génerale et particulière des oiseaux; ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, composéee par Leclerc de Buffon, et mise dans un nouvel ordre, avec notes et des additions.

Sonnini, C. S. · 1800

€1,500.00 ($1,653.30 | £1,251.41 | ¥263,927)

Paris, Dufart, An X (1800) - XII (1802). 27 [of 28] parts in 27, 8vo, uniform full tree calf rich gilt spines, Gilt titles on two red morocco labels, marbled flyleaves, all sides marbled. = The ornithology of this famous work, which covers volumes 37-64 of the whole "Suites à ...

Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des poissons. Ouvrage faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et mis dans un nouvel ordre par C. S. Sonnini, avec des notes et des additions. Tomes 1-13. [Complete fish / ichthyology section].

Sonnini, C. S. · 1800

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

Paris, Dufart, An X-XII [1800-1802]. 13 parts in 13. 8vo (19.4 x 12.2 cm). Text; 77 engraved plates. Uniform full tree calf, rich gilt spines, gilt titles on two red morocco labels, marbled flyleaves, all sides marbled. = The complete ichthyology of this famous work, which cov...

Die Fossile Flora des Tertiär-Beckens von Bilin. I Theil. (Enthaltend die Thallophyten, Kryptogamischen Gefässpflanzen; Monokotyledonen, Coniferen, Julifloren und Oleraceen).

Ettingshausen, C., von · 1867

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1867. 4to (29.6 x 23.1 cm). 95 pp.; 30 tinted lithographed plates. Later boards, printed label mounted on front board. = A detailed study with excellent illustrations of new and little known species from the Tertiary - probably e...

Zur Kenntniss der Wirbelthiere aus den Miocänschichten von Eibiswald in Steiermark. I. Die Schildkrötenreste.

Peters, K. F. · 1869

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Wien, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1869. 4to (29.8 x 23.6 cm). 15 pp.; one text figure, three fine lithographic plates (one large, double-folded). = With excellent detailed descriptions and illustrations. Written by the Austrian geologist, mineralogist, palaeontolo...

Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Echinodermen des Vicentinischen Tertiärgebietes.

Laube, G. C. · 1869

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Wien, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1869. 4to (29.8 x 23.4 cm). 38 pp.; seven fine, lithographed plates. Disbound. = Excellent descriptions and illustrations of the members of this diverse Eocene fauna from northern Italy by the German-speaking Bohemian geologist Gu...

Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota; and incidentally of a portion of Nebraska territory. Made under instructions from the United States Treasury Department [AND] Illustrations to the geology report of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.

Owen, D. D. · 1852

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. Two parts in two. 4to (31.1 x 23.0 cm). Engraved frontispiece and title page, 639 pp. (first xxxviii in Roman numbers), numerous fine steel-engravings (text volume); title page, 27 (I-XV, IA-D, IIA-B, IIIA, VA-B, VIIIA, XIIA-B)...

Die Schädelform der Rumänen.

Weisbach, A. · 1870

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1870. 4to (29.2 x 23.6 cm). 30 pp.; two folding tables, three fine lithographic plates. Disbound. = A seldon-seen craniological paper, based on the skulls of 20-30 year old soldiers. Craniology was a 19th- and early 20th-century ...

Rigi und Molassegebiet der Mittelschweiz geologisch aufgenommen und beschrieben.

Kaufmann, F. J. · 1872

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Bern, J. Dalp, 1872. 4to (30.0 x 22.8 cm). viii, 534 pp.; six lithographed plates with maps and profiles, of which four larger, folded and hand-coloured and folded. Contemporary polished half calf ocver marbled boards. Spine with paper label. = A fine, detailed study with exce...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Arca.

Reeve, L. [A.] · 1843

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

London, Lovell Reeve, 1843-1844. 4to (28.0 x 23.0 cm). 17 finely hand-coloured lithographic plates with explanatory text leaves, and index. Later cloth with gilt title on the spine. = Early single monograph (one of the larger ones) of the rare and important Conchologia Iconica...

Die Triasfauna des Tessiner Kalkalpen. III. Placodontia. IV. Ceresiosaurus calcagnii nov. gen. nov. spec. V. Pachypleurosaurus edwardsii Corn. sp.

Peyer, B. · 1932

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

Basel, E. Birkhäuser, 1932. Large 4to (32.2 x 23.5 cm). 101 [25, 68, 18] pp., 15 [3, 7, 5] plates (all but one large, folded), several text figures. Original printed wrappers. = Three papers on Jurassic dinosaurs, with new taxa. Well illustrated. With a handwritten dedication ...

Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Sammlung Plate.

Thiele, J. · 1903

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1903. 8vo (24.1 x 16.5 cm). 90 pp.; seven fine lithographed double-sized plates. Disbound. = Rare paper on Chilean sponges with many new species. The author is perhaps better known for his molluscan studies. Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplem...

Thysanura. Fauna Chilensis. [Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie Chiles nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate]

Silvestri, F. · 1905

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1905. 8vo. 34 pp., six double-sized lithographed plates. Disbound. = Rare paper on the Chilean silverfish fauna, with several new taxa. Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement Band 6, drittes Heft. A good, clean copy.

G. G. Leibnitii Responsio ad Dn. Nic. Fatii Duillerii imputationes. Accessit nova Artis Analyticae promotio specimine indicata, dum designatione per numeros assumtitios loco literarum, Algebra ex Combinatoria Arte lucem capit. (Pages 198-208, in: Acta Eruditorum).

Leibniz, G. W. · 1700

€1,800.00 ($1,983.96 | £1,501.70 | ¥316,712)

Lipsiae, J. Grossius, 1700. Small 4to (19.6 x 15.8 cm). pp. 198-208, in the complete volume for the year 1700, containing a total of 586 pp. and ten plates. Contemporary vellum binding with leather title label and gilt lettering. = Leibniz' reaction to Nicolas Fatio de Duillie...

An essay on the mythological and symbolical history of the rose.

[Wüstemann, E. F.] · 1856

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

London, Trübner, [no date, but 1856 or 1857]. 8vo (22.1 x 14.1 cm). 35 pp. Original blind tooled boards with gilt title on front board, and gilt rose vignette on rear board. = An extremely rare scholarly publication with many references. There are no auction records of this bo...

Description d'un petit Alcyon d'Amerique, d'une beauté admirable, n'ayant presque point de queuë, pourû de deux doigts de devant, & de deux derrière; apporté de la Colonie Hollandoise, nommée Les Berbices; et qui se conserve dans le cabinet de...le prince d'Orange...

Vosmaer, A. · 1768

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1768. 4to (27.3 x 21.2). Six pp.; text vignette, one finely engraved plate. = A scarce part from the rare French edition of Aernout Vosmaer (1720-1799), Algemeene natuurkundige en historische beschryving der zeldzaamste en verwonderenswaardigste schep...