Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Outlines of mineralogy and geology, intended for the use of those who may desire to become acquainted with the elements of those sciences; especially of young persons. Illustrated by four plates. Second edition, revised and corrected.

Phillips, W. · 1816

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

London, William Phillips, 1816. 8vo (18.5 x 11.0 cm). Title page, 238 pp. (x, 226, [2]); five engraved plates, first acting as frontispiece, of which three originally hand-coloured, and one - a geological map of England - larger, folded. Contemporary gilt-bordered polished cal...

Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842-1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie III. Amphibien. [Atlas with the highest number of coloured plates].

Peters, W. C. H. · 1882

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1882. Large 4to (34.0 x 25.0 cm). Title page, [v]-xv, 191 pp.; 33 lithographed plates [numbered I-XXVI, III.A, III.B, IV.A, IX.A, XIII.A, XIV.A, XIX.A] of which 28 originally hand-coloured. Contemporary quarter cloth over plain boards. original printed la...

Zur kenntniss der Wirbelthiere aus den Miocänschichten von Eibiswald in Steiermark. III. Rhinoceros, Anchitherium.

Peters, K. F. · 1870

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1870. 4to (30.0 x 23.5 cm). 21 pp.; three fine, lithographic plates (with explanatory text leaves). Disbound. = The third and rarest part. With a new species of Rhinoceros. Published in the Denkschriften der mathematisch-naturwis...

Vorlesungen über die Arbeit der Grosshirnhemisphären. Autorisierte Übersetzung aus dem Russischen von Prof. Dr. G. Volborth.

Pawlow, I. [P.] [Pavlov, I. P.] · 1932

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Leningrad, Medizinischer Staatsverlag d. R. S. F. S. R., 1932. 8vo ( 21.9 x 14.7 cm). viii, 480 pp.; some figures and tables. Original blue cloth with gilt title on the front board and spine. Original printed dustjacket, in transparent protective sleeve. = Rare first German ed...

Papers on Experimental Zoology and Toxic Animals.

Pavlovsky, E. N. · 1963

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,201)

Moskva, Akademii NAUK SSSR, 1963. Large 8vo (26.0 x 17.1 cm). 208 pp.; numerous text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth. Front board blind-stamped, and with gilt title; spine with gilt title. Printed errata slip bound in. = A rare treatise on toxic animals, including snake...

Note sur la Tétartoédrie non superposable.

Pasteur, L. · 1857

€180.00 ($198.39 | £150.17 | ¥31,681)

1½p. (=178-179). Paris, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, serie 3 vol. 50, 1857. New cloth with marbled boards. = We offer the complete vol. 50.

Large sheet of pink paper with yellow and green patterns.

Papier dominoté [Colour-printed paper] · 1830

€340.00 ($374.74 | £283.65 | ¥59,841)

[Germany? Ca. 1830]. Pink-painted wove paper with repetitive patterns in yellow and green (46.5 x 38.7 cm). = A peculiar pattern of green rectangles with yellow scattered spots, and yellow and green rosettes with green scattered spots. Probably meant as endpapers for a bound b...

A large sheet of pictorial, colour-printed paper. [Ten repeated bands; each with flowers, separated by blue, whit-dotted lines].

Papier dominoté [Colour-printed paper] · 1800

€180.00 ($198.39 | £150.17 | ¥31,681)

[Bassano del Grappa, Remondini?, ca. 1800]. Folio sheet of wove paper measuring over 35 x 44 cm. Loose, as issued. = A finely coloured sheet of painted paper, or papier dominoté (French) or Buntpapier (German), probably meant as endpapers for folio-sized books, as it contains ...

Canal view.

[Paper Peepshow] · 1750

€480.00 ($529.05 | £400.45 | ¥84,482)

Augsburg, M. Engelbrecht, ca. 1750. A complete set of six engraved and carefully hand-coloured card-backed oblong prints (five with careful cutaways). Each ca. 7.5 x 9.6 cm. = A wonderfully preserved, complete set of cards, with delicate cut-outs and hand-colouring. This peeps...

Madame Mademoiselle. Feine Papierservietten. [Sample book].

[Paper Napkins] · 1960

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Austria, ca. 1960. Square 4to-size (21.0 x 20.5 cm). 30 folded napkins, printed in various colours, and mostly with specific firm names. Printed front wrapper. = A rare, ephemeral collection of printed napkins, each with a small catalogue-number mounted. The firm names represe...

Imitation. Papier à la cuve pour livres et impressions de luxe.

[Paper] · 1900

€420.00 ($462.92 | £350.39 | ¥73,922)

France, AC, ca. 1900. Oblong folio (20.2 x 30.0 cm), with pink cord. Title page, 14 different paper leaves, each with a small logo and number, and one large, folded leaf in rear pocket, with the printed text "Cet échantillon démontre le bord imit. à la cuve" and "Ces papiers s...

Kritische Revision der Insektenfaune Deutschlands nach dem System bearbeitet. I-XCVI. Heft. I. Baendschen.

Panzer, G. W. F. · 1805

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Nürnberg, Felssecker, 1805. Small 8vo (17.3 x 10.6 cm). Title page, half title, [xii], 144 pp. Contemporary blind boards. = A seldom-seen work on beetles, of nomenclatorial importance. Written by the eminent German entomologist Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755-1829). In 1806,...

Faunae insectorum Germanicae initia, oder Deutschlands Insecten. Part 112 (Volume 37).

Panzer, G. W. F. · 1829

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Nürnberg, Felschecker, [1829]. Small oblong 8vo (9.6 x 12.6 cm). 24 hand-coloured, engraved plates with explanatory text leaves. Early 20th-century green half calf over brown paper boards. Spine with three raised bands and gilt title. Original front cover with index bound in. ...

Annotazioni zootomico-fisiologiche sopra i rettili.

Panizza, B. · 1847

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Milano, Bernardoni, 1847. 8vo (21.5 x 14.2 cm). 19 pp.; one lithographed plate. Contemporary (?original) blind wrappers. = A rare work, principally dealing with Italian lizards, written by the Italian medical doctor, anatomist, and herpetologist Bartolomeo Panizza (1785-1867),...

Memoir on the Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage). [Presentation copy].

Owen, R. · 1865

€16,000.00 ($17,634.91 | £13,348.26 | ¥2,816,068)

London, Taylor and Francis, 1865. Large 4to (31.4 x 24.6 cm). Title page, 58 pp.; 13 lithographed plates, of which two finely hand-coloured, and one larger, folded. Original full grained cloth with gilt title on the spine. Edges speckled red. = Written by the greatest comparat...

Études de lépidopterologie comparée. Fascicule XIbis. Contribution a l'étude des grands lépidoptères d'Australie (genres Coscinocera et Xyleutes).

Oberthür, C., C. Houlbert, and F. P. Dodd · 1916

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Rennes, Oberthür, 1916. 4to (28.0 x 23.0 cm). 121 pp.; fig. A, plate A (map), pls I-XLI, text figs. 1-36 (some are page-sized maps) (all b/w). Original printed boards. = A rare part of the author's famous Études, and the only one specifically dealing with the Australian lepido...

Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven. Ardea Nycticorax.

Nozeman, C., M. Houttuyn and J. C. Sepp · 1770

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1770. Single sheet, large folio (52.3 x 35.8 cm). Printed surface 44.2 x 30.0 cm. Hand-coloured copper-engraved plate of Nycticorax nycticorax (L.) and its egg. = This plate shows the black growned night heron. It is an uncommon, elusive night b...

Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven. Corvus frugilegus.

Nozeman, C., M. Houttuyn and J. C. Sepp · 1770

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1770. Single sheet, large folio (54.5 x 37.8 cm). Printed surface 40.3 x 37.1 cm. Hand-coloured copper-engraved plate of Corvus frugilegus (L.) and its egg. = This plate shows a rook. A locally common bird in Europe and parts of Asia. Cornelius ...

Presmykaiushchisi i zemnovodnyia Kavkaza (Herpetologia caucasica).

Nikolski, A. M. [Nikolsky, Nikolskii] · 1913

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

Tiflis [Tbilisi], Tipografiia kantseliarii Namiestrika E.I.V. na Kavkazie, 1913. 8vo (23.1 x 16.0 cm). 272 pp.; four (groups of) text figures, three lithographed plates of which one in chromolithography. Near contemporary blind half cloth over marbled boards. = Important contr...

The Swedes amd the Swedish settlements in North America. I. Text. II. Atlas. [Complete].

Nelson, H. · 1943

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,840)

Lund, C. W. K. Gleerup, 1943. In two volumes. Large 4to (28.3 x 22.3 cm). xiv, 441 pp.; xii pp. 129 text illustrations (maps and photographs); 73 maps (some in colour) of which two larger, folded. Uniform publisher's quarter cloth over printed boards. Speckled edges. = Publish...