Antiquariaat Schierenberg

The coral reefs of the tropical Pacific. Parts I-IV. [Complete].

Agassiz, A. · 1903

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Cambridge, MA, Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 1903. Four parts in four. 4to (27.6 x 19.2 cm). xxxiii, 410 pp.; two folded diagrams, 238 plates and maps (many folded; two in full colour). Uniform contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spines. = This forms...

Contributions à l'histoire des bryozoaires des cotes de France.

Joliet, L. · 1877

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

Paris, A. Hennuyer, 1877. 8vo (24.1 x 16.0 cm). 112 pp.; eight engraved plates of which two partly hand-coloured. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen thesis, which includes descriptions and illustrations of new species, of which at least one is new. Published separately...

Histoire des crustacés podophthalmaires fossiles.

Milne-Edwards, A. · 1861

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Paris, Martinet, 1861. 4to (26.5 x 21.5 cm). 222 pp.; one folding table, 16 engraved or lithographed plates (three larger, folded). Later marbled boards with printed label on the front board. Original printed wrappers bound in. = The thesis of this famous French zoologist and ...

Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith.

Ashmead, W. H. · 1904

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Pittsburg, PA, Carnegie Museum, 1904. 4to (30.1 x 24.6 cm). ix, 326 pp., nine plates. Newish blue cloth. = Rare first volume of these famous memoirs, this one dealing with wasps (not flies). Some pencil notes in the margins of text and some plates, erased stamp on front paste-...

A monograph of the Permian fossils of England.

King, W. · 1850

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

London, Palaeontographical Society, 1850. 4to (28.5 x 22.2 cm). xxxvii, 258 pp. Text with 29 lithographed plates (several larger, folded). Contemporary (original?) blind wrappers. = A seldom-seen, classic, and well-illustrated monograph on British Permian fossil marine animals...

Estudios sobre ophidios Neotropicos XVII-XXII.

Amaral, A. Do · 1929

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

São Paulo, Instituto Butantan, 1929. 4to (26.4 x 18.3 cm). 337 pp.; with several plates and text figures. Original printed wrappers. = Seven original papers, with new taxa, on the snakes of Brazil by the Brazilian physician and herpetologist Afrãnio do Amaral (1894-1982). Incl...

Über die Larven und die Metamorphose der Ophiuren und Seeigel.

Müller, J. [P.] · 1848

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1848. 4to (28.0 x 23.4 cm). 40 pp., six engraved plates. Original blind wrappers. = An important work by the eminent zoologist and anatomist Johann Müller (1801-1851), the father of modern physiology (see also DSB). This work de...

Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers, nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben.

Grube, A. E. · 1840

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.80 | ¥24,633)

Königsberg, J. H. Bon, 1840. 4to (27.5 x 22.3 m). 92 pp., one hand-coloured lithographed plate. Original printed wrappers. = Rare, well-illustrated work by the German zoologist Adolph Eduard Grube (1812-1880) on various Mediterranean marine invertebrates with several new speci...

Planches pour les oeuvres de P. Camper, qui ont pour objet l'histoire naturelle, le physiologie et l'anatomie comparée.

Camper, P. · 1803

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.56 | ¥105,571)

Paris, Theodore Dabo, 1803. Folio (46.0 x 31.0 cm) with one fine engraved portrait by B. Roger and 34 engraved plates. Original blind wrappers. = Rare atlas to this important comparative anatomical monograph by the Dutch physician, anatomist, zoologist, and palaeontologist Pet...

Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte herausgegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. IV. Monographie: Corallina.

Solms-Laubach, H. Graf zu · 1881

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1881. Large 4to (33.1 x 27.0 cm). Title pages, [i], 64 pp.; three fine, large, tinted lithographed plates, with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = Important and rare monograph on red algae of the Mediterranean Sea. The title quote...

Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte herausgegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. VII. Monographie: Die Cystoceiren.

Valiante, R. · 1883

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1883. Large 4to (32.8 x 27.1 cm). Title pages, [ii], 30 pp.; 15 fine, large, tinted lithographed plates (a few larger, double-folded), with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = Important and rare monograph of brown algae of the Medi...

Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte herausgegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. VI. Monographie: Caprelliden.

Mayer, P. · 1882

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1882. 4to (33.4 x 27.2 cm). Title pages, x, 201 pp.; Ten fine, large, tinted lithographed plates (of which the first double-sized), with explanatory text leaves; 39 "Zinkographien" (groups of text illustrations). Contemporary half calf over marbled ...

Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über die regelmässigen Formen der Gebirgsarten mit Hinweisung auf ihre technische Benützung und auf ihre Bedeutung für die Oeconomie der Natur.

Jaeger, G. F. [Jäger] · 1846

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart, 1846. Folio (31.5 x 25.6 cm). viii, 67 pp.; seven lithographed plates. Contemporary blind quarter cloth over marbled boards. = Rare illustrated work on geology, petrography and mineralogy of mountains, written by the German medical doctor and palae...

Zur nähern Kenntniss der Siphonophoren von Nizza. [AND] Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Medusenfauna von Nizza.

Leuckart, [K. G. F.] R. · 1854

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Berlin, Nicolai, 1854, 1856. Two papers in two. 8vo (22.6 x 14.0 cm). 129 pp.; three engraved plates. Original printed wrappers [AND] 40 pp.; two engraved plates.. = Two important works on Hydrozoa by the German zoologist and parasitologist Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart...

Vergleichend-anatomische und entwicklungsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen an Walthieren. I. Die Haut der Cetaceen. II. Die Hand der Cetaceen. III. Das Centralnervensystem der Cetaceen.

Kükenthal, W. [G.] · 1889

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1889-1893. Two volumes in one. Folio (35.3 x 26.8 cm. Serial titles, titles to the work; 458 pp. [x, 448]; 124 text illustrations [10, 114], 25 [1-13; 14-25] lithographed plates, mostly tinted (a few in several colours), a few with printed overlays. Orig...

Flora Azorica quam ex collectionibus schedisque Hochstetteri patris et filii elaboravit et tabulis XV propria manu aeri incisis illustravit.

Seubert, M. · 1844

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Bonnae, Adolphus Marcus, 1844. 4to (). vi, 50 pp.; 15 engraved plates of which one double-sized, folded. Later half cloth over printed boards. Original printed wrappers loosely inserted. = One of the earlier floras of the Azores, reporting and describing nearly 400 species. It...

La face de la terre (das Antlitz der Erde) par Ed. Suess traduit de l'Allemand, avec l'autorisation de l'auteur et annoté sous la direction de Emm. de Margerie avec une préface par Marcel Bertrand. Tome I-III (AND) Tables générales. (Complete).

Suess, E. · 1897

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Paris, Armand Colin, 1897-1918. Three Volumes and Tables in five. 8vo. 3,733 pp. [I (1897) xv, 835; II (1900) 878; III(1-2) (1902-1911) xii, 956; III(3-4) (1913-1918) xi, 957-1724; "Tables" (1918) 258 pp. 667 text figures [I: 116; II: 128; III(1): 94; 3(2): 124 (numbered 95-21...

En vinterresa i Lappland.

Taylor, [J.] B. · 1859

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Hernösand, J. A. Johansson, 1859. Small 8vo. (19.1 x 11.2 cm). 189 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Narrative of a winter voyage in Lapland, by the American poet, travel author, journalist and diplomat [James] Bayard Taylor (1825-1878). Based on a journey, by foot, in northern...

l'Horticulteur Belge, Journal des Jardiniers et Amateurs. Volumes 1-5. [All published].

Morren, C. (ed.) · 1833

€3,200.00 ($3,527.04 | £2,669.68 | ¥563,043)

Bruxelles, Bureau du Journal and Établissement Encyclographique, 1833-1837. Five volumes in five. 4to (24.2 x 15.5 cm). Numerous text engravings and 119 nicely hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary uniform half calf over marbled boards, spines with four raised, gilt-orna...

A collection of 57 offprints on Diptera [Mostly Simuliidae].

Crosskey, R. W. · 1958

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Various places and publishers, 1958-2002. 8vo (mainly). Numerous pages, numerous figures. = Important contributions by the expert on blackflies and related dipterid groups, Roger Ward Crosskey (b. 1930). A few are in quarto format. Several deal with local faunas, e.g. Saudi Ar...