Antiquariaat Schierenberg

The North American pyrenomycetes. A contribution to mycological botany. With original illustrations.

Ellis, J. B. and B. M. Everhart · 1892

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Newfield, NJ, privately published, 1892. Thick 8vo (22.5 x 15.0 cm). iii, 793 pp., 41 tinted lithographed plates with explantory text leaves. Printed errata sheet loosely inserted. Original gilt and black printed pictorial cloth. = Published by the authors and well-illustrated...

The Ficus elastica in Burma proper or a narrative of my journey in search of it.

Strettell, G. W. · 1876

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Rangoon, Government Press, 1876. 8vo. 232 pp. [3, 222, v, ii]; one lithographed plate, one large folded lithographed map with four colours showing the geographical distribution of this tree in Assam and Burma proper. Original printed wrapper. = An interesting account of trave...

Études critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Muséum de Paris.

Dollfus, R. P. · 1942

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.80 | ¥24,641)

Paris, Muséum nationale d'Histoire naturelle, 1942. Large 4to (32.7 x 25.0 cm). 466pp.; 328 text figs. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom seen, very extensive, detailed, and well-illustrated work on marine cestodes (Platyhelminthes) by the French marine biologist, ichthyolo...

Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. Prepared in conjunction with Special committees of the British and American Ornithologists' Unions. [AND] Part II. pp. 427-1048, with preface, etc., etc., pp. i-iv; issued July, 1930. [Complete].

Mathews, G. M. · 1927

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

London, British Ornithological Union, [AND] Wheldon and Wesley (1927) [AND] Taylor and Francis, 1930. Thick 8vo (21.5 x 13.6 cm). 1062 pp. [x, 426; iv, 427-1048]. Later black buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed (second) front wrapper bound in. = A seldom-see...

Contribution à l'étude des champignons inférieurs, famille des périsporiacées: le genre Meliola, anatomie, morphologie, systématique.

Gaillard, A. · 1892

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Paul Klincksieck, 1892. 8vo (24.1 x 15.6 cm). 163 pp.; 24 lithographed plates. Later cloth, title written on the spine. Original printed wrapper bound in. = A finely illustrated monograph by the French mycologist Albert Gaillard (1858-1903) with the description and illu...

Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History) volume VII. A monograph of the Recent Meandroid Astraeidae.

Matthai, G. · 1928

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1928. Large 4to. [iii], 288 pp.; 72 fine plates with explanary text leaves. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine. = Interesting most probably last published part of a huge catalogue of Madreporarian Corals. It ha...

The Bashford Dean memorial volume. Archaic fishes. Article I-VIII. [Complete].

Gudger, E. W. (ed.) · 1930

€180.00 ($198.39 | £150.17 | ¥31,681)

New York, NY, The American Museum of Natural History, 1930-1942. Eight papers in eight. Large 4to (31.1 x 24.0 cm). 770 pp., 361 text figures, portrait of Bashford Dean, 47plates (seven in full colour). Uniform original printed wrappers. = An important series of contributions...

Deutschlands Boden, sein geologischer Bau und dessen Einwirkungen auf das Leben der Menschen. In zwei Abtheilungen.

Cotta, [C.] B. [Von] · 1854

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1854. Two volumes in one. Thick 8vo. 908 [xi, 614; 283] pp, several text engravings, three folded geological profiles and one hand-coloured geological map with 13 different colours. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines and...

Betrachtung der brennbaren Mineralien, ingleichen der an verschiedenen Orten in Sachsen befindlichen Steinkohlen, nebst einer Nachricht vom Nutzen derselben und des Torfes auf den wirthschaftlichen Brennstädten und bey andern Handthierungen.

Schulzen, C. F. · 1777

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Dresden, Walther, 1777. 8vo (21.3 x 13.2 cm). 342, [iv] pp.; eight engraved folded plates depicting charcoal and fossils. Contemporary blind boards. = Rare book dealing with charcoal and minerals of Saxony and an early treatise dealing with its importance for the industry and ...

Grundzüge der ökonomisch-technischen Mineralogie. Ein Lehr- und Handbuch für Oekonomen und Gewerbsmänner, sowie für polytechnische, real-, gewerbs-, land- und forstwirthschaftliche Lehranstalten. Dritte vermehrte Auflage.

Kurr, J. G. Von · 1851

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Leipzig, Baumgärtner, 1851. 8vo (21.8 x 13.5 cm).692 [ xxx, 662] pp.; six folded engraved plates, one multi-folded hand-coloured plate with engraved geological profiles, and views in 16 different colours. Contemporary style half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with gilt orn...

Beitrag zur Systematik und Stammesgeschichte der europäischen Peltoceraten.

Prieser, T. · 1937

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,840)

Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart (Erwin Nägele), 1937. Large 4to (29.2 x 22.4 cm). 144 pp.; nine heliographic plates, seven text figures, five folding plates with line drawings. Burgundy leatherette. Spine with black morocco label with gilt title. = A very detailed study with sever...

Monographie du Permo-carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan central).

Termier, G. et al. · 1974

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,560)

Lyon, Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, 1974. 4to (29.2 x 20.8cm). 167 pp., 38 plates. Original printed wrappers. = An important work on the geology and Palaeozoic palaeontology of Afghanistan. Mostly dealing with bivalves, and, especially, brachiopo...

Palaeontological atlas of Middle-Southern China. Volumes I-III. [Complete].

Various authors · 1977

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Beijing, Publishing House (for the Hupei Institute of Geological Science), 1977. Three volumes in three (26.5 x 19.0 cm). 1,659 pp.; 476 plates and seven folding tables. Near uniform half cloth over printed boards. Spines with gilt title. = Profusely illustrated and containing...

Observations géologiques sur les differents formations qui, dans le système des Vosges, séparent la formation Houillère de celle du Lias.

Élie de Beaumont, [J. B. A. L.] L. · 1828

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Huzard, 1828. 8vo (20.0 x 12.8 cm). vii, 199 pp.; three folded engraved geological profiles. Later pebbled green half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. = This is as far as we know the earliest work by the French geologist Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce...

Die Fauna der Schichten mit Aspidoceras acanthicum.

Neumayr, M. · 1873

€180.00 ($198.39 | £150.17 | ¥31,681)

Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller, 1873. Folio (35.8 x 24.9 cm). Engraved title page, 119 pp. [numbered (141)-(259); 13 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Burgundy leatherette with gilt title on the spine. = This paper, written by the Austrian geologist and Darwinist Mel...

Fauna Jurasicas de Symon (Zacatecas) y faunas Cretacicas de Zumpango del Rio (Guerrero).

Burckhardt, C. · 1919

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Mexico, Instituto Geologico de Mexico, 1919. Two parts in two. Tall 4to (33.0 x 22.0 cm; text volume a bit larger). 135 pp., four folding tabless, 32 fine photographic plates printed by Werner and Winter in Frankfurt. Original printed wrappers (text); later green cloth with g...

Das Széklerland mit Berücksichtigung der angrenzenden Landestheile, geologisch und palaeontologisch beschrieben.

Herbich, F. · 1878

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Budapest, Légrády Testvérek, 1878. 8vo (27.0 x 18.5 cm) 363 pp.; 32 lithograped plates. 20th-century burgundy buckram. Gilt bands and title on the spine. Marbled endpapers. = A rare work on the geology and palaeontology of a part of Romania. Offprint, with new title and page-...

Geological explorations in western Tibet. Appendices by F. Heritsch, K. Metz and H. Frebold.

Norin, E. · 1946

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

Stockholm, The Sino-Swedish Expedition, 1946. 4to (30.3 x 24.0 cm). xi, 225 pp.; some figures, maps and table in the text, 22 plates, one folded geological map and one geological profile in a pocket at the rear. Original printed stiff buff wrappers. = The plates show landscape...

Der Jura in Franken, Schwaben und der Schweiz, verglichen nach seinen palaeontologischen Horizonten.

Waagen, W. H. · 1864

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

München, H. Manz, 1864. 8vo (25.3 x 17.0 cm). iv, 234 pp.; three folded tables. Contemporary pebbled cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Original printed front cover bound in. = Rare early work on the palaeontology of the Jura (mountain chain...

Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel. Tome I. Avec planches.

Agassiz, L. et al. · 1853

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Neuchatel, Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchatel [Petitpierre et Prince], 1853. Large 4to. 199, 40 pp.; 18 fine lithographed and engraved plates of which ten hand-coloured; several tables, incuding one larger, double-folded. Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled board...