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Topography and geology of the eastern desert of Egypt, Central portion.

Barron, T. and W. F. Hume · 1902

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Cairo, Survey Department Public Works Ministery, 1902. Large 8vo. x, 331 pp., several plates, seven folded full colour geological maps, four folded coloured panoramas and 10 folded geological profiles [numbered I, III-XI]. Contemporary green buckram. Spine with red morocco lab...

Contributions Towards a Flora of South America and the Islands of the Pacific.

Hooker, W. J. · 1831

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

London, John Murray, 1831. Two parts in one. 8vo (25.2 x 16.0 cm). 135 pp. [numbered 129-212; 302-352], including a list of 584 species. Late 20th-century marbled boards. Printed label on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = Early contribution to the botany of the ...

Das Matterhorn. Vorwort von E. de Amicis with geologische Erläuterungen by V. Novarese.

Rey, G. · 1905

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Stuttgart and Leipzig, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1905. 4to (29.2 x 21.0 cm). xi, 258 pp.; 35 plates of which 14 are nicely tinted photographic plates after water-colours, mounted on black paper, all by Edoardo Rubino and 11 photographs (most by Vittorio Sella and a few by G. R...

Mammoth - Mammut - Elephas primigenius Blum.

Pfizenmayer, E. · 1929

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1929. Broadsheet (107.0 x 89.5 cm). Chromolithograph, printed on one side. = A great chromolithographed poster of a "Rekonstruktion von E. Pfizenmayer unter Zugrundelegung der 1901 an der Beresowka-Kolyma und 1908 am Sangajuvachfluss in N.O. Siberien ...

Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica, being outlines of the geographical distribution of plants in Ireland.

Moore, D. and A. G. More · 1866

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Dublin, Hodges, Smith, 1866. 8vo (20.3 x 12.5 cm) lvi,. 399, [ii] pp. Original embossed pictorial blue cloth. Gilt title on the spine; gilt floral border and vignette on the front board. Olive endpapers. = Rather rare Irish Flora, with an emphasis on phytogeography and habitat...

Essai monographique sur les Hieracium et quelques genres voisins.

Monnier, A. · 1829

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Nancy, C. J. Hissette, 1829. 8vo (20.8 x 12.8 cm). 92 pp., five engraved plates (one larger, folded). Contemporary red paper covered boards. Gilt lines and small red morocco label with gilt title on the spine. = Rare monograph on hawkweeds (Asteraceae) and related taxa, e.g. t...

Die zweite deutsche Nordpolfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey. I. Botanik.

Buchenau, F. (ed.) · 1873

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, [1873]. 8vo (23.7 x 16.0 cm). 137 pp.; tinted, lithographed plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with three raised bands, gilt floral vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. = A rare publication, being part of the s...

In geographicam plantarum intra Sveciam distributionem adnotata. [Dedication copy, signed by the author].

Lindblom, A. E. · 1835

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Lundae, C. W. K. Gleerup, 1835. 8vo (21.3 x 12.5 cm). 101 pp.; five folded tables. Contemporary boards with gilt title on the spine. = Rare work by the Swedish botanist Alexis Eduard Lindblom (1807-1853). According to Worldcat it is present in 11 libraries only. Signed by the ...

Beitrag zur Kenntniss der natürlichen Familie der Amarantaceen.

Martius, [C. F. P.] Von · 1825

€800.00 ($881.75 | £667.41 | ¥140,803)

Halle, Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 1825. 4to (28.2 x 21.6 cm). 114 pp.; two folded tinted engraved maps, "Amarantacearum per Orbem distributio". Contemporary marbled, faux tree-calf boards. Label with gilt title on the spine. = This is the rare...

Durch König Tschulalongkorns Reich. Eine deutsche Siam-Expedition.

Hosséus, C. C. · 1912

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,320)

Stuttgart, Strecker & Schröder, 1912. 4to (29.0 x 22.5 cm). xii, 219 pp.; 124 photographs and one map on 32 unnumbered plates. Original red, pictorial cloth. Spine with title in black; front board with title vignette in white and black. Bevelled edges. = Well-illustrated repor...

Die Culturpflanzen Norwegens. Mit einem Anhange über die altnorwegische Landwirthschaft. Mit einem Vorwort von Chr. Boeck. Mit Karte, Tabellen und Planchen.

Schübeler, F. C. · 1862

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Christiania, Brøgger and Christie, 1862. 4to. vi, 197 pp.; one coloured map, 12 tabless, 12 fine woodcut plates, mostly depicting trees. Somewhat later pebbled half calf over marbled boards. Spine with three raised bands, gilt floral vignettes and gilt title. Marbled endpapers...

De vegetatione et climate in Helvetia Septentrionali inter flumina Rhenum et Arolam observatis et cum summi septentrionis comparatis tentamen.

Wahlenberg, G. · 1813

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Turici Helvetorum (Zürich), Fuessli, 1813. 8vo (21.7 x 12.8 cm)). xcviii, 200 pp., one folding table, three folded engraved plates. 19th century half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Reddish-brown speckled edges. = Göran "Georg" Wahlenberg (1780-1851) was a Sw...

Animal life in Palestine. An introduction to the problems of animal ecology and zoogeography.

Bodenheimer, F. · 1935

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Jerusalem 1935. Large 8vo. 507 pp., 70 plates. Original printed cloth. = Very well-illustrated. Includes a large index. Signed by the author (dedication in French) and dated 27.8.1950.

l'Herbier Dominique Villars. Témoin de la flore du Dauphiné. Inventaire des collections du Muséum de Grenoble.

[Villars, D.] V. Poncet · 1999

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,840)

Grenoble, GRM, 1999. Square 4to (24.0 x 21.0 cm). 200 pp., full colour portrait, 19 full colour plates, several coloured and uncoloured text illustrations. Full colour pictorial softcover. = Dominique Villars (1745-1815) was the first to publish a regional flora of the French ...

Zoologie géographique. Premier article. L'Homme.

Zimmermann, E. A. G. · 1784

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Cassel, Imprimerie Française de Cassel, 1784. 8vo (20.4 x 12.2 cm). xx, 258 pp. Original blind wrappers. = A French translation of the first part of the author's Geographische Geschichte der Menschen und der allgemein verbreitenen vierfüssigen Thiere published in three volumes...

The Amphibia of southern Africa. A faunal study.

Poynton, J. C. · 1964

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Pietermaritzburg, Natal Museum, 1964. Large 8vo (24.8 x 18.2 cm). 334 pp., 73 maps, 123 text figures. Original printed wrappers. = Important monograph - reshuffling many species. With very good photos of the species and with many distribution maps. Deals with Anura only. Publi...

A treatise on diamonds and pearls, in which their importance is considered and plain rules are exhibited for ascertaining the value of both and the true method of manufactoring diamonds. 3rd enlarged edition.

Jeffries, D. · 1800

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

London, R. Lea, 1800. Small 8vo (18.0 x 10.7 cm). xvi, 118 pp., ten engraved plates and 20 engraved tables. Slightly later half calf. Spine with five raised, gilt-bordered bands and title. Marbled endpapers. = According to Sinkansas "the first book in English to describe how d...

On Cyrtandreae. From Horsfield's Plantae Javanicae rariores. [Preprint or "preissue"].

Brown, R. · 1839

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

London, R. and J. Taylor, 1839. Folio (38.0 x 27.6 cm). Title page, 22 pp. (numbered 1-3, [4 blank) 105-122]; two fine, tissue-guarded engraved plates. Contemporary quarter cloth over blind boards. = Precedes the book parts in which these sections appeared by at least four mon...

Katalog der Batrachier-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main [AND] Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). [AND] Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). [Complete].

Boettger, O. · 1892

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Frankfurt am Main, Gebrüder Knauer, 1892-1898. Three parts in three. 8vo (24.0 x 15.5 cm). 402 [x, 73; x, 140; ix, 160] pp. Original uniform printed wrappers. = This is the complete coverage of the herpetological collection of the Senckenberg Museum, which survived WWII. Oscar...

Memoir of the distinguished Mohawk Indian chief, sachem and warrior. Compiled from the most reliable and authentic records. Including a brief history of the principal events of his life, with an appendix. And portrait. [Of Thayendanegea, or Joseph Brant].

Palmer, W. [E.] · 1872

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Brantford Ontario, C. E. Stewart, 1872. 8vo (17.6 x 11.6 cm). 89 pp.; woodcut portrait frontispiece. Original blind, green, laminated wrappers. = Rare work on the influential Mohawk chief Joseph Brant (1742-1807) a major player in the history of New York and Ontario: "Thayenda...