Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Prachtfinken aus Vögel in Käfig und Voliere. Ein Handbuch für Vogelliebhaber. Prachtfinken. Zweite, erweiterte Auflage. Erster Band: Astrilde [AND] Zweiter Band: Amadinen.

Immelmann, K. et al. [J. Steinbacher, H. E. Wolters et al. (eds.)] · 1965

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Aachen, Hans Limberg, 1965-1977. Two volumes in two. 8vo (). 23.1 x 15.8 cm). 1070 pp. [xv, 426; viii, 621]; 19 [6; 13] full colour plates; numerous maps and figures. Uniform red cloth with gilt title on the spines and gilt vignette on the front boards. Yellow edges. = These t...

Die Cultur der Georginen (Dahlien). Nach dem Englischen mit Zuziehung des Herrn Hofgärtner Fischer in Weimar und mehrerer anderer Georginenfreunde bearbeitet von Heinr. Gauss. Mit 2 der Französischen Ueberzetsung beigefügten Briefen der Herren A. v. Humboldt und A. de Jussieu.

Paxton, J. · 1839

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Weimar, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, 1839. Small 8vo (18.0 x 11.1 cm). xiv, 102, [iv] pp. Original printed wrappers. = Rare monograph on the genus Dahlia and its cultivation, based on an English work, A practical treatise on the cultivation of the Dahlia, by the horticulturist an...

Reminiscenses of a Yorkshire Naturalist. By W. C. Willamson. A fascimile edition by Joan Watson and B. A. Thomas.

Williamson, W. C. · 1985

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Manchester, Joan Watson and B. A. Thomas, 1985. 8vo. xxii, 228 pp.; one full colour portrait, mounted, several photographic plates. Full green cloth with gilt title on the front board and spine. = A very scarce reprint of a very rare autobiography by the Yorkshire geologist, p...

Europaeische Cerealien. In botanischer und landwirtschaftlicher Hinsicht.

Metzger, J. · 1824

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Heidelberg, C. F. Winter, 1824. Folio (41.1 x 28.5 cm). viii, 74 pp., 20 engravings of different cereals drawn by W. von Jenison and nicely printed by Schlicht in Mannheim. Contemporary blind half calf over marbled boards. Red edges. Original printed wrappers bound in. = Inter...

Beschreibung einiger neuen, in den Jahren 1818 und 1819 im mittelländischen Meere gefundenen Crustaceen.

Otto, A. W. · 1828

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Breslau, Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae, 1828. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). 24 pp., three hand-coloured engraved plates. Later blind half cloth over marbled boards. = With new crabs, shrimps, and smaller crustaceans, in particular from around Naples and Nice. Published in th...

Twelve contributions to the fission of uranium including Über den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans mittels Neutronen entstehenden Erdal-Kalimetalle (5 pp.); and Über die künstliche Umwandlung des Urans durch Neutronen (2 pp.); Künstliche Umwandlung des Thoriums durch Neutronen (1 p.); Weitere Bemerkungen über die künstlichen Umwandlungsprodukte beim Uran (2 pp.); Neues langlebiges Umwandlungsprodukt in den Trans-Uranreihen (1 p.); Die Entstehung von Radiumisotopen aus Uran durch Bestrahlen mit schnellen und verlangsamten Neutronen (2 pp.); Nachweis der Entstehung aktiver Bariumisotope aus Uran und Thorium durch Neutronenbestrahlung (7 pp.); Über die Bruchstücke beim Zerplatzen des Urans (2 pp.); Zur Frage nach der Existenz der Trans-Urane (3 pp.); Weitere Spaltprodukte... (6 pp.); Über einige Bruchstücke beim Zerplatzen des Thoriums (4 pp.).

Hahn, O. and L. Meitner and F. Strassmann · 1935

€550.00 ($606.20 | £458.85 | ¥96,802)

Berlin, Springer, 1935-1939. 4to (24.5 x 18 cm). 37 pp. Later marbled wrappers. = This set contains the essential papers on the discovery that uranium could be split into several lighter elements, or nuclear fission. These are the complete, original issues of Die Naturwissensc...

Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Von Dr. H. G. Bronn, fortgezetzt von A Gerstaecker. Fünfter Band. Gliederfüssler (Arthropoda). Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Arthropoda ... Fünfter Band, erste Abtheilung. Crustacea (Erste Hälfe). [AND] Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Arthropoda ... Fünfter Band. II. Abtheilung. Crustacea (Zweite Hälfte: Malacostraca).

Gerstaecker, A. and A. E. Ortmann · 1866

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

Leipzig, C. F. Winter, 1866-1901. Two volumes in four. Large 8vo (24.7 x 16.5 cm). 2,639 pp.; 178 lithographed plates (several tinted); [numbered: I-LIX, IIIa; I-CXXVIII]. Early 20th century uniform blue buckram. Spines with gilt title. Edges sprinkled red. = Rare complete sec...

Resultats Scientifiques du Voyages aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaise. Volumes 1-6(1). [Complete, in 58 issues].

Van Straelen, V. (ed.) · 1933

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Bruxelles, Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 1933-1939. Large 4to (33.0 x 25.0 cm). In 58 issues. Numerous pages, plates, and text figures. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = The complete results of this expedition. A massive set. Volume 1. Introduction (1933), ...

Beitrag zur Paläontologie des Thüringer Waldes. Erster Theil, Zweiter Theil. Schiefer- und Sandsteinflora.

Richter, R. and F. Unger · 1856

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Wien, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1856. 4to (29.2 x 23.0 cm). 100 pp.; 16 lithographed plates (several partly coloured or tinted). Later half cloth over marbvled boards. Spine with gilt title. = This work by Reinhard Richter (erster Theil, on the general geology a...

Recherches pour servir à l'histoire des systèmes nerveux, musculaire et glandulaire de l'ecrevisse.

Lemoine, V. · 1868

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Paris, E. Martinet, 1868. 4to (26.7 x 21.2 cm). 233, [i] pp.; six engraved plates. Contemporary red polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with intricate gilt ornaments at head and foot, gilt-lined compartments and gilt title. Marbled endpapers, red-sprinkled edges. = R...

Esquisse géologique et paléontologique des dépôts pliocènes des environs d'Anvers. [Author's copy - interleaved, with handwritten additions and emendations].

Broeck, [J.] E. van den [vanden Broeck] · 1876

€740.00 ($815.61 | £617.36 | ¥130,243)

Bruxelles, G. Mayolez, 1876-[1878]. 8vo (25.0 x16.3 cm). 296 pp. (printed), 296 pp. (ruled, partly annotated); folded and coloured topographical map of Antwerp and surroundings and one folding table. Original printed boards. = Rare and perhaps unique interleaved copy with nume...

A revision of the Genus Silene, Linn.

Williams, F. N. · 1896

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

London, The Linnean Society of London, 1896. 8vo (22.3 x 14.3 cm). 196 pp. Disbound. = An important monograph. "Members of this genus have been the subject of research by preeminent plant ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and geneticists, including Charles Darwin, Gregor Me...

Revision of Indian fossil plants. Part I. Coniferales (a. Impressions and incrustations). [AND] Part II (b. Petrifactions).

Sahni, B. · 1928

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Calcutta, The Geological Survey of India, 1928-1931. Two Parts in two. Folio (36.7 x 25.0 cm). 124 pp.; 21 text figures, 15 photographic plates. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = An important contribution to the knowledge of the fossil plants of India, with the description...

Himalayan Fossils. Permian fossils of the productus Shales of Kumaon and Guhrwal.

Diener, C. · 1897

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

Calcutta, Geological Survey Office, 1897. Very large 4to (36.5 x 26.2 cm). 54 pp.; five lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom seen work on well-preserved Brachiopoda, and some bivalves (Pecten). Published in the Survey's Memoirs, Series XV, as Volume 1(4)....

Machines à percer, couper et abattre les roches emploi dela nitroglycerine.

Javal, E. and J. Garnier. · 1868

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Paris, Société de l'Industrie Minérale, 1868. 8vo. 94 pp.; 11 folded lithographed plates. Later plain wrappers and original printed wrappers. = A well-illustrated work on various mining machinery using nitroglycerine (invented in 1847), written just after the invention of dyn...

Geologische und mikropaläontologische Untersuchungen im Neogen der Insel Kreta.

Christodoulou, G. · 1963

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Athenai, Institute for Geology and Subsurface Research, 1963. 8vo (24.3 x 17.2 cm). 157 pp.; 15 plates, four large, folded tables. Original printed wrappers. = A well-illustrated micropalaeontological work, with fine photographs of Neogene foraminifers. In Greek with Latin nom...

Verslag der Tapanahoni-Expeditie.

Franssen-Herderschee, A. · 1905

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Leiden, E. J. Brill [for the Koninklijk nederlandsch aardrijkskundig Genootschap], 1905. 8vo. 260 pp.; 37 text figures, 17 photographic plates, three double-sized collotype plates, one large folded map. Original printed wrappers. = Well-told and richly illustrated narrative of...

Verslag van de Saramacca-Expeditie.

Stockum, A. J. van · 1904

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1904. 8vo (24.8 x 16.3 cm). 291 pp.; six photographic plates, four maps (one folded). Original printed wrappers. = Interesting ethnological and petrographical expedition to the interior of Dutch Guyana or Suriname. "Van Stockumberg is a mountain in Surinam...

Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres.

Schmidt [E.] O. · 1862

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1862. Folio (36.2 x 27.3 cm). vii, 88 pp., seven engraved plates of which five partly hand-coloured. Original printed boards. = The original work, which includes the description and illustration of many new species of sponges. Eduard Oscar Schmidt (...

Travels on the continent, Sicily and the Lipari Islands. Second edition.

Duppa, R. · 1829

€900.00 ($991.96 | £750.84 | ¥158,404)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co., 1829. Large 8vo (26.8 x 17.2 cm). x, 494, [ii] pp.; 21 fine engraved plates, and 34 text engravings. Contemporary grained half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, stipple-gilted bands; compartments with gilt vignettes and ...