Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Flora Fukien. Tomus 1-2, Pteridophyta-Spermatophyta.

1982

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Beijing, 1982-1985. In two volumes 4to. 1048 pp., numerous figs. Similar green cloth and wrappers. = Rarely-seen. Well-illustrated. Clean copies. A very good set.

Les amandes et l'huile de palme. Préparation, commerce, industrie. l'Enquête du Comité Anglais des graines oléagineuses.

Bailland, E. and A. Stieltjes. · 1920

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.74 | ¥14,076)

Marseille, Institut Colonial, 1920. 8vo. 370 pp., Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. = A very good copy. Rare.

Flore illustree du Nord de la Chine. Hopei (Chihli) et ses provinces voisines. Fascicule 1 - Fascicule 2.

Liou, T. N. and Y. Long · 1931

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Peiping [Beijing], Academie Nationale de Peiping, 1931, 1933. Two volumes in two. Large 4to (25.5 x 35 cm). 122 pp.; 47 plates. Original uniform printed wrappers. = The first two of perhaps five volumes (four are recorded by Stafleu and Cowan; the last two by other authors). A...

The Oligochaeta.

Stephenson, J. · 1930

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,956)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press 1930. Thick 8vo (25.1 x 16.1 cm). xvi, 978 pp., 242 text figures. Original blue cloth with gilt title on the spine. = An excellent general introduction to the morphology, anatomy, zoology, and systematics of this glarge and diverse group of annelid ...

Die Kalkbrüche von Mjatschkowa, eine Monographie des oberen Bergkalks (Schluss).

Trautschold, H. · 1879

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Moscou, Société Impériale des Naturalistes, 1879. Large 4to (30.7 x 23.4 cm). 82 pp.; seven fine lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = Rare work on Russian Upper Carboniferous fossils, containing descriptions and illustrations of new and poorly known sea-lillies, s...

Der Jura der Umgegend von Elatma.

Nikitin, S. · 1881

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Moscou, Société Impériale des Naturalistes, 1881. In two parts. Large 4to (31.0 x 23.8 cm). 71 pp. [85-133; 43-66]; 11 fine lithographed plates. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Contains the descriptions and fine illustrations of belemnites and ammonites. The second part i...

Essai sur la Flore de la Guinée Française. Produits forestiers, agricoles et industriels.

Pobéguin, H. · 1906

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Paris, Augustin Challamel, 1906. 8vo (25.1 x 16.3 cm). 392 pp.; 80 phototype plates, one folding map. Red blind wrappers. = Seldom-seen. Uncut. A very good copy. Stafleu & Cowan, 8072.

The forest pruner or timber owner's assistant. A treatise on the training or management of British timber trees, whether intended for use, ornament or shelter, including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means of prevention, and remedies, where practicable; also, an examination of the properties of English fir timber; with remarks on the old, and outlines of a new system for management of oak woods. The fourth Edition.

Pontey, W. · 1826

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Leeds, T. Inchbold, 1826. 8vo (23.2 x 14.2 cm). xxiii, 248, vii, [iv] pp.; nine engraved plates. Original blind boards. Spine with original printed label. = A seldom-seen presentation copy, to P. Wormald (?) Esq., signed by the author with inscription on title, dated 1827. Fir...

Dissertation sur les feuilles vertes et coloriées, envisagées spécialement au point de vue des rapports de la chlorophylle et de l'étythrophylle.

Morren, É. · 1858

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Gand, C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1858. 8vo (22.1 x 14.6 cm). 220 pp.; two hand-coloured lithographed plates. Contemporary diced half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental lines and title. Edges speckled blue. = A thorough treatise on chlorophyll, its chemical specific...

Three important, published works by Henri Lacaze-Duthiers, including a collection of proof copies and handwritten notes and corrections to one of them.

Lacaze-Duthiers, [F. J.] H. de · 1877

€2,400.00 ($2,645.28 | £2,002.26 | ¥422,282)

Paris, 1877-1885. Various sizes. 468 pp. [160, 220, 88]; 28 [8; 14; 6] lithographed plates, of which 22 hand-coloured. Preserved in a clamshell box covered in burgundy cloth (30.4 x 25.2 x 9.2 cm) with printed label. = Unique collection of three important works, including manu...

Essai sur la géographie minéralogique des environs de Paris. Proof copy of the introductions, with corrections by Brogniart.

Cuvier, G. and A. [T.] Brongniart · 1809

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Paris, Institut Impériale de France, [1809 or 1810]. 4to (25.0 x 20.0 cm). 33 pp. Not bound. In a 20th century blue hardcover paper drop-box (26.8 x 22.0 cm) with printed label on the top board. = A unique proof printing with several corrections by Brongniart. See DSB: "In 180...

Wiener Entomologischer Verein: Jahresberichte. Volumes 1-30. [All published].

1891

€375.00 ($413.32 | £312.85 | ¥65,982)

Wien, Wiener Entomolische Verein, 1891-1914. 30 volumes in nine. 8vo (20.8 x 14.0 cm, or somewhat larger). Numerous pages, numerous illustrations, including 21 nice chromolithographed plates, and five lithographed plates. Volumes 1, 11, 27-30 not bound, all but vol. 11 in orig...

Über die Malagassischen Lemuriden-Gattungen Microcebus, Opolemur und Chirogale.

Forsyth Major, C. I. · 1894

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Tring, Zoological Museum Tring. 1894. 4to (28.5 x 20.0 cm). 38 pp.; two plates of which one a hand-coloured lithograph. Original printed wrappers. = Rare paper, extracted from Novitates Zoologicae, Volume 1(1) with a beautiful hand-coloured lithograph by the famous 19th-centur...

Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief van Nederlands Indie. Volumes I-IV. [All published].

Godefroy, P. J. and M. J. E. Muller and P. A. Fromm and P. Bleeker (eds.) · 1844

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

Batavia, the editors, 1844-1847. Four volumes in four. 8vo (22.0 x 12.7 cm). More than 2300 pp. (Volume I: vi, [1], [8], vi, [1], [7], 638 pp; Vol. II: v, 710 [1] pp.; Vol. III: v, 616 [1] pp.; Vol. IV: 340 [2] pp.), several plates (some larger, folding), many folding tables (...

Iconographia Cormophytorum Sinicorum. Tomus I and II.

She, B. and I. Ming · 1972

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Beijing, Science Press, 1972. In two volumes. Thick 8vo (20.1 x 14.0 x 11.6 cm). 2479 [vi, 1157; iv, 1312] pp.; 3954 text figures and 27 plates. Both volumes in uniform original green hardcover cloth bindings with gilt lettering on the front boards and spines. = Profusely illu...

Contribution à l'étude de la bionomie générale et de l'exploitation de la faune du Canal de Suez.

Gruvel, A. · 1936

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Le Caire, Institut d'Egypte, 1936. 4to (28.1 x 22.7 cm). 262 pp., one folded, coloured geological map, 25 photographic plates, 60 text figures. Original printed wrappers. = Deals mostly with fishes and fisheries. The text figures show species of some economical importance; mai...

Investigations of the aquatic resources and fisheries of Porto Rico. Second Part.

Rathbun, M. J. and J. E. Benedict a.o. [B. W. Evermann (ed.)] · 1902

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Washington, DC, United States Fish Commission, 1902. 4to (26.8 x 18.7 cm). viii, 431 pp.; 72 plates (heliotypes, photographs, two fine chromolithographs of crabs), numerous text figures. Contemporary red pebbled half calf over red pebbled boards. Spine with five raised bands a...

G. A. Haggenmacher's Reise im Somali-Lande 1874.

Haggenmacher, G. · 1876

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1876. 4to (26.4 x 22.2 cm). 42 pp., one coloured map. Disbound. = Gustav Adolf Haggenmacher (1845-1875) was a Swiss explorer and spy in the service of Egypt. He travelled through the Horn of Africa from December 1873 to March 1874. These are the results ...

Tagebuch seiner Reise durch Marokko nach Tuat, 1864. 1. Abschitt: Reise von Tanger bis Uled-Sidi-Hassen, 14. März bis 9. Mai 1864 [AND] 2. Abschnitt: Reise von Uled-Sidi-Hassen bis Karsas im Ued Ssaura, 10. Mai bis 25. Juli 1864.

Rohlfs, G. · 1865

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1865. 4to (26.3 x 22.2 cm). 34 [11; 23] pp.; two coloured maps (one larger, double-folded). Later boards with printed label mounted on the front board. = On travels through Morocco, a country much less visited by foreign geographers and ethnographers tha...

Beiträge zu einer physich-geographischen Skizze des Isthmus von Panama.

Wagner, M. · 1861

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.74 | ¥14,076)

Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1861. 4to (26.3 x 22.0 cm). Title page, 25 pp., one large, folded map in black and blue. Disbound. = An intersting account, with a very detailed map, of the Panamian isthmus, the place where 50 years after this publication the Panama Canal was opened. Wa...