Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil Reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum.

Owen, R. · 1876

€1,250.00 ($1,377.75 | £1,042.84 | ¥219,939)

London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1876. Folio (32.5 x 25.2 cm). xii, 88 pp.; 70 fine lithographed plates, several larger, and folded. Original green pebbled and blind-tooled cloth. Gilt title on the spine. = One of the rarer of Richard Owen's works. Important monogra...

Les orchidées. Histoire iconographique. Organographie, classification, géographie, collections, commerce, emploi, culture. Avec une revue descriptive des espèces cultivées en Europe. Ouvrage orné de 244 vignettes et de 50 chromolithographies dessinées d'après nature.

Puydt, E. de · 1880

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.28 | ¥114,368)

Paris, Rothschild, 1880. Royal 8vo (27.6 x 18.0 cm). viii, 348 pp.; 50 fine chromolithographed plates, finished by hand, and 244 figures in the text. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = A much better tha...

Helvetiens Flora, worinn alle in Hallerischen Werke enthaltenen und seither neuentdeckten schweizer Pflanzen nach Linné's Methode aufgestellt sind.

Suter, J. R. · 1802

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Zürich, Orell, Fuessli, 1802. Two volumes in two. 12mo (14.2 x 8.8 cm). lxiii, 345, [xviii]; 416 pp. Uniform, later vellum. Spines with contemporary red morocco label with gilt title. All edges gilt and embossed with floral pattern. = A rare complete, and very handsomely bound...

Historia naturalis et medica latorum lumbricorum, intra hominem & alia animalia, nascentium ex variis auctoribus & propriis observationibus. Accessit, horum occasione, de ceteris quoque hominum vermibus, tum de omnium origine, tandemque de remediis quibus pelli possint, Disquisitio. Cum variis figuris.

Leclerc, D. · 1715

€280.00 ($308.62 | £233.60 | ¥49,266)

Geneva, Fratres de Tournes, 1715. Small 4to (22.1 x 16.3 cm). 16, 456 pp.; 14 folded engraved plates. Contemporary full calf with five raised bands, rich floral gilt compartments and red morocco label with gilt title on spine, marbled flyleaves, all edges red. = One of the fir...

The plankton of Japanese coastal waters. Enlarged and revised edition.

Yamaji, I. · 1962

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Osaka, Hoikusha, 1962. Large 8vo (25.5 x 17.9 cm). 238 pp.; eight full-colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Original pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. In original transparent dust-jacket and original pictorial slipcase (27.0 x 19.2 x 3.0 cm). = A surprisingly rare, ...

A flora de Portugal (Plantas vasculares). Disposta em chaves dichotomicas.

Pereira Coutinho, A. X. · 1913

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Paris, Aillaud Alves, 1913. 8vo (25.0 x 16.3 cm). Title page and half title, 766 pp. Contemporary full marbled calf. Spine rich gilt with four raised, gilt-rolled bands and two black morocco labels with gilt title. Boards with gilt-rolled floral borders; front board with addit...

De calido innato sive igne animali. Liber unus.

Conringius, H. · 1647

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Helmstadt, Martin Richter, 1647. Small 4to (19.1 x 15.4 cm). Title page with engraved vignette, [vi], 263 pp., and [xiv] pp. of addenda. Period style half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and black morocco label with gilt title. Later endpapers. = This ra...

Nagra Svenska Faglar. [Author's dedication copy]

Curry-Lindahl, K. · 1947

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 1947. Large 8vo (29.5 x 19.3 cm). About 1400 pp.; 47 coloured plates, numerous b/w plates. Contemporary black buckram with gilt title on the spine. = A well-illustrated work by the Swedish zoologist, ecologist and environmentalist Kai Curry-Lindahl...

I fossili Quaternari del Bacino Diatomitico di Riano presso Roma e nelle Collezione del Museo Civico di Scienze Nat. "G. Doria" in Genova.

Mastrorilli, V. I. · 1965

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,956)

Genova, Istituto di Geologia della Università di Genova, 1965. 8vo (24.5 x 17.4 cm). 245 pp.; 36 plates, several folding tabels. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen well-illustrated, mostly palaeobotanical work, with, however, a chapter on mammals with photos of Elephas...

Topographie et géodésie élémentaire. Manuel à l'usage des officiers de l'Armée.

Testu, P. · 1849

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Paris, J. Dumaine, 1849. 4to (26.0 x 22.0 cm). xx, 191 pp.; 17 folded engraved plates and maps of which two hand-coloured. Contemporary ruled half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with paper label. Speckled edges. = Well illustrated treatise on topography and geodesy, with cha...

Brachiopodes de l'Ordovicien du Maroc.

Havlicek, V. · 1971

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Rabat, Éditions du Service geologiques du Maroc, 1971. 4to (27.0 x 21.0 cm). 135 pp.; 26 plates. Original printed wrappers. = A very uncommonb, well-illustrated work which inludes many new species of Palaeozoic brachiopods. Published in the services Notes et Mémoires, as numbe...

Rhynchonellidae, Terebratulidae et Zeilleriidae du Dogger marocain (Moyen Atlas septemtrional, Hauts-Plateaux, Haut-Atlas).

Rousselle, L. · 1965

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Paris, Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Paris, 1965. 4to (27.0 x 21.6 cm). [ii] 168 pp., 17 plates, three folding tabels. Original printed wrappers. = Thesis. With descriptions and illustrations of new species-level taxa. Well-illustrated. This is the original edition. ...

Contribution à l'étude des Ostracodes marins dans le Crétacé du bassin de Paris.

Damotte, R. [R.] · 1971

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,317)

Paris, Société Géologique de France, 1971. 4to (32.0 x 24.6 cm). 147 pp.; eight plates. Original printed wrappers. = A surprisingly rare monograph, with several new species. Written by the French zoologist and palaeontoloigst Renée Rivière Damotte (b. 1934), and published in t...

Recherches géologiques sur le Crétacé inférieur de l'Estramadura (Portugal).

Rey, J. · 1972

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Lisboa, Serviços geologicos de Portugal, 1972. 4to (32.5 x 23.0 cm). 477 pp.; 22 plates, numerous text figures. Original printed wrappers. = A well-illustrated monograph. Dealing in particular with Echinodermata and including descriptions and illustrations of new and poorly kn...

Étude géologique des calédonides externes dans la région du Fjell de Ringebu. (Provinces de Hedmark et d'Oppland, Norvège centrale).

Prost, A. · 1975

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Paris, l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 1975. 4to (27.1 x 21.0 cm). v, 606 pp.; six folding maps and tables. Eight plates, with 101 figures. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. = The author's thesis on the geomorphology of Scandinavia, in particular central Norway. A very go...

Paläobotanische Studien im Tertiair Siebenbürgens.

Girulescu, R. and E. Olos · 1973

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Bucarest, Geologisches Institut, 1973. 4to (29.4 x 21.0 cm). 61 pp.; 21 plates, one folded map. Printed softcover. = This work contains four separate but related papers on fossil plants, viz.: Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der fossilen Flora des Schiltals, Die fossilern Koniferen d...

The complete angler, or the contemplative man's recreation, of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. Edited by John Major. Fourth edition.

Walton, I. and C. Cotton · 1844

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

London, D. Bogue and H. Wix, 1844. Two parts in one. 8vo (17.0 x 11.3 cm). Engraved portrait, engraved half title of the original edition of 1653, 12 engraved plates and 74 woodcuts with nice angling scenes in the text. Half calf with marbled boards, elaborate blind tooled spi...

Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum including a list of the specimens received during the year. Financial report. With a report on the amphibians and reptiles of New Jersey, and a supplement to the "Fishes of New Yersey".

Fowler, H. W. · 1906

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Trenton, NJ, New Jersey State Museum, 1906. 8vo (22.0 x 14.5 cm). 408 pp., 122 plates, one frontispiece with 6 portraits, numerous text figures. Original green cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = Rare and important contribution to the Reptilia, Amphibia and f...

Presmykayushchiesya vostochnoj Gruzii [Reptiles of eastern Gruzia (Caucasus)].

Muskhelishvili, T. A. · 1970

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

Tbilisi, Metsniereba, 1970. 8vo (21.2 x 14.5 cm). 241 pp., 26 maps, 45 text figures. Publisher's half cloth with mounted full colour photo on front board. Gilt title on front board and spine. = Describes the interesting, varied herpetofauna of the Caucasus. With illustrations ...

A descriptive catalog of the reptiles of Utah.

Woodbury, A. M. · 1931

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

Salt Lake City, University of Utah, 1931. 8vo (25.0 x 17.1 cm). x, 129 pp., 58 text figures, one plate. Contemporary blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Marbled endpapers. Original printed wrapper bound in front. = Dedication copy. With excellent descriptions and clear photos...