Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Die Armpolypen in den süssen Wassern um Regensburg.

Schaeffer, J. C. · 1754

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Regensburg, E. Weiss, 1754. 4to (24.2 x 20.0 cm). [ii], 84 pp., three handcoloured engraved plates by B. Fridrich and Franck. Marbled spine and original printed cover. = First and perhaps only edition of rare work by the German polymath Jacob Christian Schaeffer (1718-1790). T...

De Bobus uro, arni et caffro. Commentatio zootomica.

Volborth, A. [Von] · 1825

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Berlin, privately published, 1825. 4to (25.2 x 21.1 cm). 24 pp. and three fine, very large, folded engraved plates. Original blind boards. = Rare monograph (the author's thesis), being a comparative study of the skulls of wild bovines, in particular the extinct aurochs, the w...

Entretiens sur la minéralogie d'apres la méthode du célèbre Haüy.

Tardieu, A. · 1825

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Paris, Boulland, 1825. 8vo (16.7 x 9.8 cm). viii, 528 pp.; three engraved portraits (of Haüy [frontispiece], Thénard [opposite p. 177] and Biot [opposite p. 337)], 12 folded engraved plates, several tables. Contemporary full calf. Boards with gilt ornamented borders and dentel...

Nouvelles notes sur le cambium, extraites d'un travail sur l'anatomie de la racine du Dattier.

Mirbel, C. F. B. de · 1842

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Paris, Institut Royal de France, 1842. 4to (32.0 x 24.7 cm). 79 pp.; 12 folded engraved plates. Contemporary blind brown cloth. = An important contrbution to plant cytology, in particular of tree bark, by the French botanist and politian Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (17...

Die Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Dritter Band. Amphibien und Fische.

Giebel, C. G. [A.] · 1861

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

Leipzig, Otto Wigand, 1861. 4to (26.0 x 18.3 cm). xxi, 408 pp., 423 fine woodcuts. Contemporary half calf over black marbled boards. Spine with embossed lines and label with hand-written title. Mottled edges. = First edition of a lesser-known work by the German zoologist and p...

On the Tertiary fluvio-marine formation of the Isle of Wight.

Forbes, E. · 1856

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

London, The Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1856. 8vo (23.7 x 15 cm). xviii,162 pp.; wood-engraved frontispiece, seven lithographed plates (showing fossils), one folded hand-coloured geological map of the Isle of Wight and two folded hand-coloured engraved geological profi...

Johann Hills Beschreibung der äusserlichen Theile der Pflanzen oder allgemeine Einleitung in die Botanik.

Hill, J. · 1782

€1,200.00 ($1,322.62 | £1,001.12 | ¥211,205)

Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Hilschern, 1782. 8vo (20.0 x 12.0 cm). iv, 74, [ii] pp., 49 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands bordered with gilt lines, and morocco label with gilt title. Red edges. = An exceedin...

Novitiarum florae Sueciae mantissa altera, quam vena ampliss facult. philosoph.

Fries, E. [M.] · 1828

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Upsalia, Regiae Academiae Typographii, 1828. 8vo (20.4 x 13.1 cm). 64 pp. Original blind boards. = Rare work on new plants from Sweden by this famous botanist, and defended as a thesis by Otto Pontén. Three old owner's inscriptions on the front paste-down, title page detached ...

Die Hefesammlung des "Centraal-Bureau voor Schimmelcultures". Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Hefearten. II. Teil. Die Anaskosporogenen Hefen. Erste Hälfte. Proefschrift. [AND] Zweite Hälfte. [Complete].

Lodder, J. [AND] Diddens, H. and J. Lodder · 1934

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

Amsterdam, privately publiahed [thesis], [AND] Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1934-1942. Two parts in one. Large 8vo (25.6 x 17.4 cm). 792 pp. [xiii, 256; xii, 511]; 213 [114; 99] text figures. Near contemporary burgundy buckram with gilt title and vignette on the s...

Kneipp-Blätter. Zeitschrift für Arzneilose Heilmethode und Naturgemässe Lebensweise, zugleich offizielles Organ des Kneipp-Vereines in Wörishofen. 1 - 3. [the rare start].

Kneipp, S. et al. · 1891

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Doanuwörth, L. Auer, 1891-1893. Three volumes in one. 8vo (24.0 x 17.0 cm). Three title pages, 1,284 pp. [iv, 448; iv, 412; iv, 412]; several text engravings. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. = Includes the rare first volume. Published in monthly parts. With a lot...

Manual of the mosses of North America.

Lesquereux, L. and T. P. James · 1884

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Boston, S. E. Cassino, 1884. 8vo (21.2 x 13.9 cm). iv, 447 pp., six lithographed plates. Original dark brown cloth with gilt title on the spine. Floral-patterned endpapers. = A well-illustrated work. Rare outside the U.S. Light shelf wear, note on a related paper mounted on fr...

La Botanique de J. J. Rousseau, contenant tout ce qu'il a écrit sur cette science, augmentée de l'exposition de la méthode de Tournefort, de celle du système de Linné, d'un nouveau dictionnaire de botanique, et de notes hisatoriques, etc. par M. A. Deville. Seconde edition, ornée de huit planches, comprenant 38 objets.

Rousseau, J. J. [A. Deville (ed.)] · 1823

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Paris, François Louis, 1823. 8vo (17.0 x 10.8 cm). x, 340 pp.; eight stipple-engraved plates after Deville. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and title. = A pocket-sized, updated edition, not listed by Stafleu and Cowan. Perhaps the s...

Traité de la chasse aux oiseaux et de toutes les ruses dont on se sert pour les prendre, suivi d'une collection considerable de figures et de pièges nouveux propres à différentes chasses. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de la méthode pour faire les filets; de beaucoup de détails sur la chasse au gibier-plume, et ornée d'un grand nombre de figures représentant les oiseaux que l'on chasse en France.

Bulliard, P. · 1818

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Paris, Audot, 1818. 12mo (16.3 x 9.5 cm). 270 pp.; 57 engraved plates of birds and utensils to catch them. Contemporary full speckled calf. Spine with four raised bands, rich gilt compartment and brown morocco label with gilt title. Boards with thin gilt line border. Edges spe...

Geognostische Beschreibung des Königreichs Bayern. [A fine, complete set. INCLUDING the 22 often missing large maps and views].

Gümbel, C. W. von · 1861

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Gotha, Perthes an Kassel, Fischer 1861-1891 [REPRINT: München, Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 1998]. Four volumes in four. Large, thick 8vo (25.2 x 17.1 cm). 3424 pp. [1: xx, 950; 2: viii, 968; 3: viii, 698; 4: ix, 763]; 54 (12 unnumbered) full colour plates; AND 18 very large coloured ...

Onderzoekingen gedaan in het Physiologisch Laboratorium der Leidsche Hoogeschool. Parts I-III.

Heynsius, A. · 1869

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Leiden, S. C. Van Doesburgh, 1869-1874. Three parts in one. 8vo (22.3 x 14.7 cm). 629 [(v), 175; (ii), 227; (ii), 218] pp.; three fine, lithographed title vignettes (tissue guarded) showing the Leiden laboratory and six lithographed plates. Contemporary pebbled cloth over marb...

Verslag der voordrachten van leden van het Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rotterdam. Bundel I (1914-1920) [AND] Bundel II (1921-1925).

[Various authors] · 1915

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.80 | ¥24,641)

Rotterdam, Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte te Rotterdam, 1915-1925. Two volumes in two. 8vo (23.3 x 14.1 cm). 738 pp. [(iii), 445; (ii), 288], numerous plates, one portrait, one folded map. Uniform contemporary quarter cloth over printed boards. = A...

Tableaux des minéraux des roches. Résumé de leurs propriétés optiques, cristallographiques et chimiques.

Lévy, A. M. and A. Lacroix · 1889

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,800)

Paris, Baudry, 1889. Folio (32.0 x 24.2 cm). [38] pp. of mostly comparative tables. Original printed boards. = A less-common bound copy of a very useful catalogue, listing and comparing 31 different discriminating characters of hundreds of minerals. Complete with an index. Mos...

Faune ichthyologique du London Clay. [AND] Appendice: otolithes des poissons du London Clay.

Casier, E. and F. C. Stinton · 1966

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

London, The British Museum (Natural History), 1966. Two volumes (text and atlas) in two. Large 4to (30.3 x 24.1 cm). xiv, 496 pp.; 24 text figures, 68 plates. Uniform embossed buckram with gilt title on the spines. In printed dust-jackets and preserved in an original cardboard...

Album général des cryptogames. Avec la collaboration de M[ademois]elle Fernande Coupin. Algae. [Complete].

Coupin, H. [E. V.] · 1911

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Paris, E. Orlhac, [1911-1912]. 4to (27.5 x 18.6 cm). 394 plates with explanatory text leaves, title pages and indexes. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = Rare, complete atlas dealing with algae, depicti...

Mineralogy of New York. Comprising detailed descriptions of the minerals hitherto found in the State of New-York, and notices of their uses in the arts and agriculture.

Beck, L. C. · 1842

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Albany, NY, D. Appleton and Wiley & Putnam, 1842. 4to (28.8 x 23.1 cm). 561 pp. [xxiv, 537]; eight engraved plates and maps, 533 woodcuts. Original embossed cloth. Spine with gilt title. Front board with large, gilt vignette. Yellow endpapers. = A well-illustrated mineralogica...