Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Methodi naturalis Avium disponendarum tentamen. Pars Prior [AND] Pars posterior. [Complete].

Sundevall, C. · 1872

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,320)

Stockholm, Samson and Wallin, 1872-1873. 8vo (225 x 14.6 cm). Title page, 272 pp. [c-f, i-xlviii, 1-72; xlix-lxix, 73-187, 1*-12*]; one lithographed plate. Original near uniform printed wrappers. = Numerous new genera and one new species are described. Written by the Swedish o...

Index Bryologicus sive enumeratio Muscorum ad diem ultimam anni 1900 cognitarum adjunctis synonymia distributioneque geographica locupletissimis. Editio secunda. [Second, enlarged edition].

Paris, E. G. · 1904

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Paris, A. Hermann, 1904-1906. Five volumes in three. Thick 8vo (23.7 x 15.6 cm). 1687 pp. [I: 384; II: 375; III: 400; IV: 368; V: 160]; 15 double tables, onle large, coloured, folded map. Slightly later uniform green buckram with gilt title on the spines. = The very uncommon e...

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

Berthold, G. · 1882

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1882. Large 4to (32.0 x 26.3 cm). Title pages, iv-[vi], 28 pp.; one fine, large, tinted lithographed plate, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt-lettered morocco label on the spine. = Important and rare mon...

The alga-flora of Yorkshire. A complete account of the known freshwater Algae of the county, with many notes on their affinities and distribution.

West, W. and G. S. West · 1900

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Leeds, The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, 1900-1901. 8vo. 239 pp. Contemporary green, blindstamped cloth with gilt title on the spine and gilt vignette on the front board. Black endpapers. All original printed wrappers bound in. = An excellent monograph on a local fauna, yet i...

Notes on an examination of Lamarck's species of fossil terebratulae. [AND] On the genus Waltonia.

Davidson, T. · 1850

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

London, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1850. 8vo (22.3 x 14.5 cm). 22 pp., three engraved plates. Contemporary (original?) blind wrappers. = First review of Lamarck's species, which lie at the heart of brachiopod taxonomy, followed by a second paper including new ...

Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des hyménomycètes.

Patouillard, N. [T.] · 1900

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Lons-le-Saunier, Lucien Declume, 1900. 8vo (24.2 x 15.8 cm). 184 pp.; 74 text figures. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled flyleaves. Original printed front wrapper bound in. = A fine and rare monograph by the French chemist and mycologis...

Traité des arts céramiques ou des poteries, considérées dans leur histoire, leur pratique et leur théorie.

Brongniart, A. · 1844

€480.00 ($529.05 | £400.45 | ¥84,482)

Paris, Béchet Jeune et Mathias, 1844. In three parts. 8vo (two text volumes, 20.7 x 13.5 cm), oblong 4to (atlas, 27.2 x 21.0 cm). xxvii, 592, 706 pp.; one engraved map, one engraved vignette facing preface, 109 woodcuts and oblong atlas with nine tables (three folded, pp. 1-29...

Birds of Porto Rico.

Wetmore, [F.] A. · 1916

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Río Piedras, PR, Government of Porto Rico Board of Commissioners of Agriculture Insular Experiment Station, 1916. 8vo (22.5 x 14.3 cm). 140 pp.; nine plates of which one in full colour, and one folded map. Later dark red cloth with gilt title on the spine. Original printed fro...

Die jüngste Katastrophe des Erdballs. Ein geologischer Versuch. [BOUND WITH] Das Mangelhafte der Newton'schen Gravitations-Theorie zur Erklärung der Bewegungen und andere Erscheinungen im Sonnensystem und Zurückführung derselben auf ein anderes und neues Princip.

Vortisch, L. [C. H. gen. Burnet] · 1852

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1852. 8vo. xiii, 172 pp. Original printed wrappers. [AND] Rostock, Stiller (GHermann Schmidt), 1866. 8vo. 55 pp.; two lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. Bound together in contemporary (1867) grained half calf over pebbled c...

Eléments de cristallographie.

Rose, G. · 1834

€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)

Paris, Hachette et Firmin Didot, 1834. 8vo (19.9 x 12.7 cm). 270 pp.; title page (to IIe partie - planches), 12 pp.; 10 double-sized engraved plates with 121 figures, numbered 1-108 (plates I-IX), and 1-13 (plate X). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ...

Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der bisher bekannten Schmetterlinge aus allen Welttheilen mit ihren Synonymen. [Band I-II] (Complete).

Jung, C. C. · 1791

€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)

Marktbreit, Knenlein, 1791-1792. Two volumes in two. 8vo (16.6 x 10.2 cm). [viii], 338; [iv], 406 pp.; two nice woodcut vignettes in the text. Uniform contemporary half calf over greyish marbled boards; spines with five raised bands with gilt lines, two ornamental gilt-border...

Voyage à la cote septentrionale du Comté d'Antrim en Irlande, et à l'ile de Raghery, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ses productions volcaniques & plusieurs observations sur les antiquités & moeurs de ce pays... auquel on a ajouté l'essai sur l'oryctographie du Derbyshire par M. Ferber, traduit de l'Allemand.

Hamilton, W. · 1790

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

Paris, Cuchet, 1790. 8vo (19.6 x 12.5 cm). viii, 239 pp.; engraved folding plate showing several geological layers of Derbyshire. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine rich gilt with floral vignettes, small red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers, red edges. = An ...

Rashonden album.

Bylandt, H. A. Graaf van [Bijlandt] · 1904

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Deventer, A. Kluwer, [1904]. Oblong folio (23.9 x 32.0 cm). Title page, [ii] pp., 250 photographic or engraved plates. Original pictorial full colour cloth with bevelled edges. Spine with title in gilt, red, green and gilt bands. Gilt floral endpapers. = A classic Dutch pictor...

Observations on birds in North Eastern China, especially the migration at Pei-Tai-Ho Beach. I. General Part [AND] II. Special Part. [AND] Supplementary additions and corrections [AND] Foreword. [Complete].

Hemmingsen, A. M. [AND J. A. Guildal] · 1951

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Kobenhavn [Copenhagen], Hos E. Munksgaard, 1951-1968. Two parts in two. 8vo (27.9 x 17.6 and 25.0 x 17.0 cm). 553 pp. (227; 326); 57 (31; 26) (groups of) figures; one large, multi-folded table. Original printed wrappers. = An important contribution to the ornithology of a litt...

Algae aquae dulcis Indiae Orientalis. The fresh-water Algae (principally Desmidieae) of East India.

Turner, W. B. · 1892

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1892. 4to (31.5 x 24.8 cm). 187 pp., 23 lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers = A major monograph with many new species and clear illustrations, written by the British botanist and Desmidieae specialist, William Barwell Turner (1845-...

Venus Physique. Premiere partie. Contenant une dissertation sur l'origine des hommes et des animaux [AND] Seconde partie. Contenant une dissertation sur l'origine des Noirs.

[Maupertuis, P. L. M. de] · 1746

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

(Paris? No publisher mentioned), 1746. Small 8vo (14.0 x 10.0 cm). Half-title, title page, 224 pp., with two additional half-titles. Original boards. = A complete copy of the second, expanded edition of this groundbreaking work on heredity, published anonymously in two parts, ...

Die Blumenpolypen der süßen Wasser beschrieben und mit den Blumenpolypen der salzigen Wasser verglichen.

Schaeffer, J. C. · 1755

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Regensburg, Emanuel Adam Weiss, 1755. 8vo (22.7 x 18.7 cm). Title page, [iv], 54 pp.; three originally hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary marbled wrappers. = The seldom-seen first edition (second: 1764) of this beautifully illustrated work, with fine, original colouri...

Versuche zur Aufsturztheorie der Mondkrater.

Wegener, A. · 1920

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Halle, Max Niemeyer (Für die Akademie [Leopoldina]), 1920. 4to (32.2 x 24.2 cm). 9 pp.; two plates. Original printed wrappers. = Rare contribution to the "Versuche mit zähflüssigem Material und staubförmigem Material". Written by the German meteorologist and geologist Alfred ...

Zur Morphologie des Vogelskelets. Grundeinteilung der Accipitres, Falken und ihre nächsten Verwandten. [AND] Schädel von Tinnunculus.

Suschkin, P. [P.] · 1899

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Moscou, Société Impériale des Naturalistes, 1899-1905. Folio (35.5 x 27.0 cm). 410 pp. [163; 247]; ten plates (including six tinted lithographs), 56 [0; 56] text illustrations. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = An important contribution to the knowledge of birds of prey, i...

Memória Histórica do Instituto de Butantan.

Brazil, V. · 1941

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

São Paulo, Elvino Pocai, 1941. 8vo (23.4 x 16.0 cm). 170 pp.; 34 plates including an 1898 photograph of Vital Brazil and Mendonça in "their" Instituto Bacteriologico. Original printed wrappers. = The first part of ca. 100 pages deals with the history of the institute, the rem...