Antiquariaat Schierenberg

[Original engraved "Wunderkammer" print].

Ruysch, F. · 1701

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Amsterdam, Johannes Wolters, 1701. Single leaf (22.8 x 17.4 cm). = This wonderful, spectacular, finely engraved "Wunderkammer" plate depicts items from the collection of natural history objects by the Dutch medical doctor and zoologist Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731). Published in...

Alle de ontleed- genees- en heelkundige werken van Fredrik Ruysch. In zijn ed. leven vermaard geneesheer en hoog-leeraar in d'ontleed- en kruydkunde tot Amsterdam; als mede lid der Keyserlyke, Londensche en Parysse genootschappen. Met veele koperen plaaten. Eerste - Tweede - Derde deel. [Complete].

Ruysch, F. · 1739

€8,000.00 ($8,817.46 | £6,674.13 | ¥1,408,034)

Amsterdam, Janssoons van Waesberge, [1739]-1744. Three volumes in three. 4to (27.1 x 22.2 cm). Engraved allegorical "Wunderkammer" frontispiece and engraved portrait of Ruysch. Three half-titles, three titles in red and black, additional title in black; 1575 pp. (104; 483 [of ...

Dissertatio gradualis, sistens problema philologicum de Serpente paradisiaco, ex Gen. III.

Ross, I. [and J. A. Gummerus] · 1762

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Aboa [Turku], Johann Christoph Frenckell, 1762. 4to (22.0 x 19.5 cm). Title page, [iii], 25 pp. No wrappers issued. = A rare and curious thesis, written by the theologist, and professor of Greek and Hebrew, Isaac Ross (1706-1783), and defended by his pupil, Johannes A Gummerus...

Encyclopédie méthodique. Chirurgie. [Complete text].

Roche, D. de la and P. Petit-Radel · 1790

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Panckoucke, 1790-1792. Two parts in two. 4to (25.7 x 20.3 cm). Two title pages to the Encyclopédie, two title pages to the Chirurgie parts. Contemporary uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines, gilt-stippled arabesques, and title. Marbled endpapers....

Encyclopédie méthodique. Chirurgie [AND] Recueil des planches du dictionnaire de chirurgie.

Roche, D. de la and P. Petit-Radel · 1790

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

Paris, Panckoucke, H. Agasse, 1790-1798. Three parts in three. 4to (25.7 x 20.3 cm; text volumes), and folio (32.0 x 23.5 cm; atlas). Two title pages to the Encyclopédie, three title pages to the Chirurgie parts, half-title to the Explication des Planches; 1466 pp. [I: 44, 712...

Recherches sur l'organisation vertébrale des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes. Orné d'une planche représentant plusieurs figures pour servir a l'intelligence du texte.

Robineau-Desvoidy, [A.] J. B. · 1828

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Compère Jeune, 1828. 8vo (21.3 x 13.1 cm). lxxviii, 228 pp.; one folding table of the "Ordre naturel des crustacés, arachnides et insectes", another one titled "Tableaux synoptiques des animaux articulés", and an engraved plate. 20th-century half cloth over marbled boar...

Tabulae regni animalis, omnes VI classes animalium comprehendentes. Tabula Regni animalis. Tabula V classis IV Amphibia Reptilia.

Riedel, G. F. and F. Kirschner · 1786

€3,800.00 ($4,188.29 | £3,170.21 | ¥668,816)

Augsburg, Kaiserlich Franzische Akademische Handlung [1786]. Oblong folio (38.5 x 55 cm). Eight, uncut, copper engravings. All finely, and accurately hand-coloured. Loose, as issued, housed in a modern portfolio for protection. = This is the complete herpetological section of ...

Deutschlands Flora mit höchst naturgetreuen charakteristischen Abbildungen aller ihrer Pflanzenarten in natürlicher Grösse. Band II. Famile der Kreuzbluether oder Viermaechtigen.

Reichenbach, H. · 1837

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Leipzig, F. Hofmeister, 1837-1828 [??]. Royal 8vo. 102 partly hand-coloured lithographed or engraved plates. Contemporary portfolio. = Nissen BBI, 1604; Stafleu and Cowan, 8885.

Venomous snakes of Southwest Asia.

Regner, J. C. et al. · 1990

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Forest Park, IL, 424th Military Intelligence Detachment (Strategic), [ND, but ca. 1990]. Folio (28.0 x 21.5 cm). 314 pp.; several illustrations. Blind grey wrappers. = A very rare and probably unpublished work. It describes and illustrates 47 different snake species, their dis...

Anatomische Untersuchungen über die Edentaten. Zweite verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage.

Rapp, W. · 1852

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Tübingen, Ludwig Friedrich Fues, 1852. Large 4to (28.0 x 22.1 cm). [ii], 108 pp.; ten lithographed plates of which three finely hand-coloured and tissue-guarded, and one double-sized [numbered I-VIII, IIb, IVb]. Original printed wrappers. = A rarely seen, well-illustrated mono...

Report upon United States Geographical Surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, in charge of Capt. Geo. M. Wheeler. Volume VII. Archaeology. Reports upon archaeological and ethnological collection from vicinity of Santa Barbara, California, and from ruined pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico and certain interior tribes. With an appendix of Indian vocabularies, revised and prepared by Albert S. Gatschet.

Putnam, F. W. [in: G. M. Wheeler (ed.)] · 1879

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1879. Large 4to (29.5 x 23.1 cm). xx, 497 pp., chromolithographed frontispiece, 20 photographic and lithographed plates of which four in full colour, one tinted map, 135 text engravings. Original blindstamped cloth. Gilt title and vi...

[Print] De Haven van Amsterdam. Le Port d'Amsterdam.

Probst, G. B. · 1770

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Augsburg, Georg Balhasar Probst, ca. 1770. Oblong broadsheet (34.0 x 49.1 cm). Engraved plate, hand-coloured. = This is a fine panoramic view, engraved by the German artist, printer and publisher Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801). This is view of the IJ looking towards the Am...

The Turtles of Venezuela. Color paintings by Giorgio Voltolina.

Pritchard P. C. H. and Trebbau P. · 1984

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

[Lawrence, KN], Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1984. Large 4to (27.3 x 21.0 cm). Two volumes (text, and plates). viii, 401 pp.; 47 full colour plates, 16 distribution maps. Uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt bands and title. In original ...

Samples of specialities in cover papers.

[Printed paper samples] Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons · 1900

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

Boston, MA, Griffith-Stillings Press [for Henry Lindenmeyr & Sons], ca. 1900. Oblong folio (17.0 x 25.5 cm). 38 paper samples, each named and illustrated with an appropriate vignette, of which several printed in two or more colours. Colour-printed soft cover, with large Art No...

Printed paper napkins dispenser.

[Printed Matter] · 1950

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

[Copenhagen], Stender, ca. 1950. Gilt-printed cardboard box (13.6 x 6.9 x 3.1 cm) containing 18 printed napkins, of which one folded, and displayed as a fan. = A wonderful and peculiar object, being a napkin dispenser consisting of a clamshell box, which, upon opening, surpris...

Cardboard label dispenser "Columbus".

[Printed Matter] · 1930

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

Sorau [Zary], Rauert & Pittius, ca. 1930. A round cardboard label-dispenser (diameter 9.0 cm), printed on both sides, containing a string of rectangular pink, printed labels, gummed, and perforated. = A beautifully preserved cardboard dispenser for gummed labels for bottles co...

Report of the commissioners, appointed to explore the country between the St. Maurice and the Ottawa, in the year 1830. [AND] Report des commissaires, nommés pour l'exploration du pays entre les rivieres St. Maurice et Outaouais dans l'année 1830.

Pothier, T. (ed.) · 1831

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

[Quebec], The Assembly, 1831. 8vo (21.4 x 13.0 cm). 117 [56; 61] pp. Contemporary boards with hand-written title and blind cloth spine cover. = The bilingual report (English, followed by French) of an exploration expedition by Toussaint Pothier (1771-1845) in the eastern Canad...

Théorie mathématique de la chaleur [AND] Théorie mathématique de la chaleur; mémoire et notes formant un supplément a l'ouvrage publié sous ce titre. [All published].

Poisson, S. D. · 1835

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

Paris, Bachelier, 1835-1837. Two volumes in two. 4to (27.6 x 22.0 cm). Half title, title page, [ii], 532 pp.; one folded engraved plate; half-title, title page, 72 pp. Original uniform marbled wrappers. first part with printed label on the spine, both with the titles written i...

Fauna et Anatomia Ceylanica. Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Ceylon-Reise ausgeführt mit Unterstützung der Ritter-Stiftung 1913/14. Band I-IV. [Complete].

Plate, L. [H.] (ed.) · 1922

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1922-1931. Four volumes in four. 8vo (23.5 x 15.2 cm). 2,360 pp.; 106 lithographed plates (some tinted). Original uniform printed wrappers. = All on animals of Sri-Lanka and a basic zoological monograph on this island based on collection made by the Germa...

Photos of China, Thailand and Myanmar.

[Photography] Album: China and adjacent countries · 1888

€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)

China, Thailand, Myanmar, ca. 1888. Oblong folio (32.1 x 40.1 cm). 86 stiff cardboard leaves, each with a large, original photo mounted. Average photo size about 21.5 x 27.0 cm)Most photos oblong landscapes, three are very wide panoramas. Contemporary full morocco binding. Sp...