Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Praktisch-geologiske undersøgelser af Nordlands amt. I. Salten og Ranen, med saerligt hensyn til de viftigste jernmalm- og svovlkis-kobberkis-forekomster samt marmorlag.

Vogt, J. H. L. · 1890

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,956)

Christiania , A. W. Brøggers, 1890. 8vo. 231 pp.; six folding maps and profiles. Later pebbled burgundy half cloth over marbled boards/ Gilt title on the spine. = Deals with the geology of the area around Bodø, in northern Norway, and renowned for its marble and other minerals...

Icthyologiske bidrag til den grönlandske fauna. [AND] Tillaeg til det förste bidrag til den grönlandske fauna.

Reinhardt, J. C. H. · 1838

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Kjöbenhavn (Copenhagen), Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs, 1838. 4to (26.7 x 21.0 cm). 110, 8 pp.; eight engraved plates. Contemporary (original?) boards. = Rare and early contributions to the fish (and bird) fauna of Greenland, dealing with the taxonomy and zoogeo...

Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erste Abtheilung: Käfer. Zweite Abtheilung: Heuschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen. Dritte Abtheilung: Rhynchoten. [Complete].

Heer, O. · 1847

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.28 | ¥114,368)

Zürich, Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 1847-1853. Three parts in two. 4to (25.5 x 20.7 cm). Title pages, 642 pp. [239; 264; 139]; 40 lithographed plates [8; 17; 15]. Later half cloth with printed paper label on the spine (parts 1 and 2 combined), and original bli...

[Portrait by Ambroise Tardieu]

Cuvier, Georges · 1815

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Paris, ca. 1815. Single sheet (21.2 x 14.5 cm) of thick paper. An oval, engraved portrait. Engraved surface ca 15 x 10 cm. = Portrait by the famous French engraver and cartographer Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841). "Today, he is best remembered for the over 800 engraved portraits ...

[Portrait of Linnaeus in Lapland costume]

Linnaeus, Carolus · 1833

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, 1833. 8vo-size (16.5 x 10.5 cm). Engraved by Lizars. Disbound. = This engraving, made for William Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library', shows Linnaeus when he was 25 years old, dressed in his Lapland costume. Beneath the portrait is a facsimile of Linnaeus...

[Portrait by J. G. Auerbach and J. E. Haid].

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von · 1781

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Augsburg, J. E. Haid, 1781. Single sheet (22.0 x 13.4 cm), printed on one side. = A fine portrait of the mathematician, physicist and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716). After a drawing by the Austrian painter Johann Gottfried Auerbach 1697-1753), made in 17...

[Portrait by James Caldwall].

Bonnet, Charles · 1802

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

London, Dr. Thornton, 1802. Large single sheet (44.2 x 31.7 cm). The oval printed surface measures about 30 x 19 cm, with additional printing in the bottom margin. = A fine engraving of the famous Swiss-French botanist, entomologist, and naturalist Charles Bonnet (1720-1793) f...

Verslag eener botanische dienstreis voor de Minahasa, tevens eerste overzicht der flora van N.O. Celebes uit een wetenschappelijk en praktisch oogpunt.

Koorders, S. · 1898

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,956)

Batavia, Kolff en Co., 1898. Three parts in one. 8vo. 730 pp.; 13 mostly folded maps and two lithographed plates. Contemporary half sheep over marbled boards. = The parts 2 and 3 are the most important being a description of plants, mostly phanerogams, of the north-eastern pa...

Illustrations and dissections of the genera of British mosses.

Unwin, W. C. · 1878

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

Lewes, privately published, 1878. 4to (27.2 x 21.2 cm). v, 31 pp.; 23 lithographed plates. Original half calf over iridescent cloth boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title. = A well-illustrated work that faced much difficulty in being published, as ackn...

Über die Reproduktionskraft der Gewächse insbesondere der Holzpflanzen. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie mit Anwendung auf Forst- und Landwirtschaft und auf Gartenbaukunst.

Wächter, J. K. · 1840

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,317)

Hannover, Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, 1840. 8vo (22.0 x 13.0 cm). v, 202 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Interesting and seldom seen monograph on the reproduction capacity of woody plants. Uncut. Spine taped, old institute's label on front wrapper recto, stamps on front wrapper...

A supplement to the Plantae Eboracenses.

Teesdale, R. · 1800

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

London, Linnean Society of London, [1800]. 4to. 60 pp. [numbered 36-95]. Near contemporary marbled boards. = A seldom-seen work by the British botanist Robert Teesdale (1740-1804), being supplemental to Teesdale's flora of Yorkshire. Early excerpt from the Sociery's Transactio...

Expédition de la Célèbes Centrale. Voyages géologiques et géographiques à travers la Célèbes Centrale (1909-1910). Volumes I-III (text), atlas. [Complete].

Abendanon, E. C. · 1916

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1916. Three text volumes in three. 8vo (27.3 x 19.1 cm). 1615 pp. [xxviii, xvi, xxii,1549]; 183 plates and maps, 140 text figures. [AND] atlas folio (55.0 x 38.0 cm). Text with eight photogravures, 138 photographs, maps, numerous figures [AND] atlas with t...

Plantae Wrightianae Texano-Neo-Mexicanae. Part I - II. (Complete).

Gray, A. · 1850

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

Washington, DC, The Smithsonian Institute, 1850-1852. Two parts in two. 4to (31.2 x 23.4 cm; first part slightly larger). 263 [146; 117] pp., 14 [1-10; 11-14] fine, lithographed plates. = Written by the leading American botanist during the 19th century, Asa Gray (1810-1888) pr...

Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Notopterus van den Indischen Archipel.

Bleeker, P. · 1852

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Breslau and Bonn, Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie der Naturforscher, "1852" [1854]. 4to (30.6 x 24.0 cm). Title page and 12 text pages [numbered (51)-62]; five chromolithographed plates (one much larger, folded) [numbered 6-10]. Contemporary blind blue wrappers...

This business of exploring.

Andrews, R. C. · 1935

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

New York, NY, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1935. 8vo (24.0 x 16.3 cm). xix, 288 pp.; 31 photographic plates. Original cloth with original flyleaves being a map of Mongolia. = A lively and entertaining narrative, mainly about the writer's explorations during the Gobi Expedition of 1928...

Die Fische der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. I. Die Fische der Antarktis und Subantarktis. II. Die Tiefseefische. III. Die Hochsee- und Küstenfische. (all published).

Pappenheim, P. [and M. Lampe] · 1912

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,715)

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1912-1914. Three parts in two. 4to. I (1912). 20 pp., ten text figures, two plates (one photographic, one in fine chromolithography); II (1914). 38 pp., ten text figures, two photographic plates; III (1914). 56 pp., seven text figures, one in lithographed...

Louisiana products, resources and attractions, with a sketch of the parishes. A hand book of reliable information concerning the State.

Harris, W. H. · 1881

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

New Orleans, LA, W. M. Harris [for the State], 1881. 8vo (23.4 x 14.9 cm). 248 pp., one large, folded, coloured map, one lithographed frontispiece portrait. Original pictorial wrappers. In protective transparent cover. = Includes detailed data, often in the form of tables, on ...

Beobachtungen zum Vogelleben von Kerguelen.

Werth, E. · 1907

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,234)

Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1907. Folio (34.1 x 25.8 cm )Deutsche Südpolar Exp., (1907). 4to. 58 pp.; 14 text illustrations (mainly after photographs), one fine chromolithographed plate by E. Werth. Disbound. = A seldom seen work by the German ornithologist and explorer Emil We...

Monographie géologique des anciens glaciers et du terrain erratique de la partie moyenne du bassin du Rhone.

Falsan, [C. A.] A. and E. Chantre · 1875

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

Lyon, Pitrat Ainé, 1875-1880. In three volumes. 4to (two text volumes, 25.4 x 16.8 cm), and folio (atlas, 44.5 x 32.0 cm). 1,222 pp. [I(1879) xxviii, 622; II(1880) 572]; numerous (i.e. >150) text engravings (only partly numbered); four folded geological profiles (two in full c...

Leibniz-Album aus den Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Hannover.

[Leibniz] Grotefend, C. L. · 1846

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

Hannover, Hahn, 1846. Folio (45.3 x 29.5 cm). [vi], 28 pp. With a nice engraved portrait of Leibniz and one wood-engraving of his house in Hannover. Very nice and highly unusual red velvet binding with elaborate, gilt decorated, embossed decorations and letterings. = Rare memo...