Antiquariaat Schierenberg

The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, northern Shan states, Burma.

Buckman, S. S. · 1917

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Calcutta, The Geological Survey of India, 1917. Folio (35.5 x 25.4 cm). 254 pp.; 21 plates. Original printed wrappers. = Massive, important monograph on the fossil Brachiopoda of the Burma Jurassic and, perhaps, early Cretaceous, with many new taxa. Well-illustrated. Written b...

Recherches sur la faune des eaux douces des Açores.

Barrois, T. [C.] · 1896

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Lille, Socoété des Sciences de l'Agriculture, 1896. 8vo. 172 pp.; three tinted folded lithographed maps. Original printed wrappers. = A thorough research of the many lakes, ponds and springs, providing their locality, altitude, temperature, and animals (invertebrates and proto...

Oeuvres complètes de Buffon avec la nomenclature Linnéenne et la classification de Cuvier. Revues sur l'édition in 4to de l'Imprimerie Royale et annotées par M. Flourens.

Buffon, [G. L. L. Comte de] · 1853

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

Paris, Garnier frères, 1853-1855. In 12 volumes. Very large 8vo (26.7 x 17.8 cm). Text with one engraved frontispiece, one hand-coloured frontispiece, one engraved portrait of Buffon, and 160 hand-coloured engraved plates and maps, for a total of 163 plates outside the text. C...

Ueber einige neue Pseudomorphosen; [AND] Der rothe Glaskopf, eine Pseudomorphose nach braunem; nebst Bemerkungen über das Vorkommen der wichtigsten eisenhaltigen Mineralspecies in der Natur; [AND] Über die Pseudomorphosen und ihre anogene und katogene Bildung; [AND] Über den Pleochroismus der Krystalle; [AND] Über den durchsichtigen Andalusit von Minas novas in Brasilien und den Diaspor von Schemnitz, vorzüglich in Beziehung auf einige ihrer merkwúdrigsten optischen Eigenschaften; [AND] Ueber den Cordierit; [AND] Über die Krystallform des Lazuliths; [AND] Über den Hauerit, eine neue Mineralspecies aus der Ordnung der Blenden ... nebst der chemischen Analyse des Hauerits von Adolph Patera.

Haidinger, W. [K. Freiherr von] · 1841

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Prag, Gottlieb Haase Söhne, and Wien, Braumüller und Seidel, 1841-1847. 4to. Title pages, 130 pp. [8; 20; 29; 19; 13 (numbered 33-45); 21; 10; 10], three lithographed plates of which one larger, folded, several text figures. Contemporary dark marbled boards. Paper label with s...

Reports and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Route near the thirthy-fifth parallel, explored by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, Topographical Engineers, in 1853 and 1854. Reports on the botany of the expedition. [in: Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of Match 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume IV].

Bigelow, J. M., G. Engelmann, J. Torrey, and S. Sullivant · 1856

€130.00 ($143.28 | £108.45 | ¥22,881)

Washington, DC, B. Tucker [for the Ministry of War], 1856. Large 4to (29.0 x 22.2 cm). vii, 193 pp., 59 lithographed plates [numbered Cactaceae I-XXIV; Botany I-XXV; Mosses & Liverworts I-X] and a very large, folded coloured map of a botanical profile from Fort Smith to San P...

Vilda Växter i Norden. Mossor lavar svampar alger. [With handwritten dedication, signed and dated, by the first author].

Nannfeldt, J. A. and G. E. Du Rietz · 1945

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Stockholm, Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, 1945. Thick 8vo (23.0 x 15.6 cm). xlviii, 443 pp.; 361 text illustrations, 212 coloured photographic plates. Coontemporary gilt-bordered half morocco over patterned boards. Gilt bands, floral vignette and title on the spine. Marbled end...

Goldminen in Deutschland. Vorschläge zu neuen, gewinnreichen Unternehmungen, nachgewiesen für Capitalisten zur vortheilhaftesten Anlegung ihrer Fonds und für Solche, die auf bisher noch unbetretenen Wegen Geld verdienen und zu Wohlhabenheit gelangen wollen. Erste - Zweite Lieferung. [All published].

Löbe, W., H. Jäger, C. Hartmann a.o. · 1852

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Weimar, B. Fr. Voigt, 1852. Two volumes in two. 8vo (22.0 x 14.3 cm). Volume I: 246 pp.; Volume 2 (1852) iv, 271 pp.; seven engraved plates. Original uniform wrappers printed in red, black, and blue. = Curious publications not literally dealing with goldmining, but rather on h...

Historia physiologica ascaridum, cum figuris aeneïs.

Van Phelsum, M. · 1762

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Leovardiae (Leeuwarden), Wigerum Wigeri, 1762. 8vo (19.1 x 12.0 cm). xxxviii, 135 pp., three folded engraved plates. Contemporary paper-covered boards. Spine with gilt lines and gilt title on brown morocco label. = This is the rare first, Latin, edition of the work on intestin...

Die Kraterpflanzen Javas in physiologisch-ökologischer Beziehung.

Faber, F. C. Von · 1927

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Buitenzorg, 's Lands Plantentuin - Botanischer Garten, 1927. Large 8vo (24.1 x 17.0 cm). iv, 119 pp.; 12 text illustrations, 18 fine photographic plates. A unique pattered batik-cloth binding with gilt title on the spine and front board. Original printed front wrapper bound in...

Vergangenheit und Zukunft der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher.

Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. [D.] · 1851

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Breslau, Hamburg, Perthes-Besser und Mauke, 1851. 4to (29.5 x 22.7 cm). 74 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Interesting essay on the most important and oldest still existing scientific society in Germany. It published the famous Miscellanea Curiosa, Acta and Nova Acta Leopoldi...

Spermatogenèse chez les crustacés décapodes. [AND] De la spermatogenèse chez les sélaciens.

Sabatier, [C. P. D.] A. · 1894

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Montpellier, Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier, 1894-1900. Large 8vo (24.8 x 15.8 cm). 389 pp.; ten full colour or tinted double-sized lithographed plates, [AND] 186 pp.; nine lithographed plates of which one double-sized and two in full colour. Later half cloth ...

Die Kunst auf Steinkohlen zu bauen. Erster Theil. [All published].

Morand, [J. F. C.] · 1772

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

[Königsberg, Johann Jacob Kanter, 1772]. 4to (23.5 x 20.0 cm). 260 pp.; 11 folded engraved plates. Sympathetic contemporary style marbled boards. Black morocco label with gilt borders and title. = This is the German translation of the famous "l'Art d'exploiter les mines de Cha...

Voyage dans le sud-ouest de Madagascar. Conférence faite à la Société de Géographie le 5 janvier 1900. [AND] Pérégrinations à Madagascar.

Grandidier, G. · 1900

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

Paris, Générale Lahure, 1900. 8vo (24.1 x 16.0 cm). 27 pp.; one large folding map, four fine, unnumbered, phototype plates (one as frontispiece); [AND] Besançon, Jaquin, 1903. 54 pp. Later red cloth. Spine with red morocco label with gilt title. Patterned endpapers. Original p...

Index generum Phanerogamorum, usque ad finem anni 1887 promulgatorum in Benthami et Hookeri "Genera Plantarum" fundatus, cum numero specierum synonimus et area geographica.

Durand, T. [A.] · 1888

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

Bruxelles, sumptibus auctoris, 1888. Large 8vo. xxii, 723 pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-bordered bands and red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled edges. = Important plant name catalogue by the Belgian botanist Théofile Alexis ...

Hymenoptera. A collection of 52 offprints.

Various authors · 1866

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Various places and publishers, 1866-1949. In three volumes. 8vo (21.7 x 13.5 cm). About 750 pp., seven plates, numerous text figures. Uniform orange-brown cloth; spines with brown morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = A large collection of works on bees, wasps, ...

Bemerkungen über die geographische Vertheilung und Verbreitung der Gewäsche Grossbritanniens, besonders nach ihrer Abhängigkeit von der geographischen Breite, der Höhe und dem Klima. Von Hewett Cottrell Watson. Uebersetzt und mit Beilagen und Anmerkungen versehen von C. T. Beilschmied.

Watson, H., Watson, H. C. [C. T. Beilschmied (ed.)] · 1837

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Breslau, Jos. Max & Comp., 1837. 8vo. xv, 261, [ii] pp. Contemporary green boards. Spine with gilt lines and brown calf label with gilt title. Speckled edges. = A comprehensive translation, with additions, of Watson's seminal work on phytogeography. The translator and editor w...

Die Flötzgebirge Böhmens mit besonderer Hinsicht auf ihre Kohlenführung.

Zippe, F. X. M. · 1835

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Prag, Patriotisch-ökonomisches Gesellschaft, 1835. 8vo. 49 pp. Contemporary green boards. = A rare work on coal bearing formations in Bohemia, by the Bohemian geologist Franz Xaver Maximillian Zippe (1791-1863). Provenance: handwritten dedication by the author to the German po...

Die Steinkohlen, ihr Werth, ihre Wichtigkeit im Allgemeinen und ihre Verbreitung in Böhmen. Besonderer Abdruck.

Zippe, F. X. M. · 1842

€195.00 ($214.93 | £162.68 | ¥34,321)

Prag, Borrosh & André, 1842. 8vo. 55 pp.; one folded hand-coloured engraved map of the "Kohlenführende Gebirgsformationen in Böhmen" with nine different colours. Original green grained roan. = A rare work on coal, by the Bohemian geologist Franz Xaver Maximillian Zippe (1791-1...

De l'or et de ses composés, usités en médecine.

Chamayou, J. · 1825

€220.00 ($242.48 | £183.54 | ¥38,721)

Montpellier, Jean Martel le Jeune, 1825. 8vo (22.2 x 13.5 cm). 53 pp. Original printed wrappers. In protective transparent sleeve. = Thesis of this "Pharmacien à Montpellier" on the medical use of gold. Dedicated to "son Maître" J. Figuier, and citing, on the front wrapper, th...

Flora Altaica. Tomus I. (Classis I.-V.).

Ledebour, C. F. von · 1829

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1829. 8vo. xxiv, 440 pp. In issues. = The complete first volume, which deals with the first five "classes", viz. Monandria to Petandria. The work was edited by C. A. Meyer and A. Bunge. Uncut. First and last leaf partly toned on the outside, otherwise clean....