Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Fauna Republicii Populare Romîne. Amphibia. Volumul XIV Fascicula 1.

Fuhn, I. [E.] · 1960

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Bucaresti, Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, 1960. 8vo (23.6 x 16.8 cm). 291 pp.; 207 (groups of) text figures. Original dark blue blind stamped buckram with silver title on the spine and front board. = Perhaps the last monograph on the surprisingly diverse Rumania...

Animalium historia sacra: in qua plerorumque animalium praecipuae proprietates in gratiam studiosorum theologiae, & ministrorum verbi, ad usum eikonologikon breviter accommodantur. Editia quinta.

Franz, W. · 1653

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1653-1654. 12mo (12.7 x 7.1 cm). With engraved title (dated 1654), and letterpress title (dated 1653). [xxviii], 638, [xlvi] pp. Contemporary full vellum. Script title in an old hand on the spine. = A well-preserved copy of a rare edition, in a contem...

Encyclopédie Méthodique. Chymie, pharmacie et métallurgie. I-VI. [Complete text].

Fourcroy, A. F. de and J. P. F. Guillot Duhamel · 1786

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

Paris, Panckoucke [and H. Agasse], 1786-1815. Six volumes in six. 4to (25.5 x 20.2 cm). Six titles to the Encyclopédie, six titles with wood-engraved vignette, to the Chymie volumes; 4207 pp. [viii, 774; 768; 781; 743; 771; 362]. Uniform near-contemporary tree calf. Spines wi...

Specimen historiae naturalis Volgensis.

Forster, J. R. · 1767

€380.00 ($418.83 | £317.02 | ¥66,882)

London, The Royal Society, 1767. 4to (21.9 x 16.8 cm). 46 pp. [numbered 312-357]. 20th-century dark grey buckram with silver title on the spine. = A rare work, published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions, Volume 57. Written by the German naturalist and zoologist of S...

Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, the Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy.

Forbes, F. B. and W. B. Hemsley · 1886

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

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1886-1905. Twenty issues in 20, forming three parts. 8vo (22.2 x 14.4 cm). 1812 pp. ([ii], 521; 592; 686, xi); 24 lithographed plates [14; 10; 0], the first being a large, folded, duotone map. Original...

Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy.

Forbes, F. B. and W. B. Hemsley · 1889

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1889-1902. Eight issues in one, forming the complete second Part. 8vo (21.6 x 13.8 cm). [iii], 592 pp.; ten lithographed plates. Near contemporary green pebbled cloth. Title (of the Volume) on the spin...

Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy.

Forbes, F. B. and W. B. Hemsley · 1886

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1886-1888. Six issues in one, forming the complete first part. 8vo (21.6 x 13.8 cm). [ii], 521 pp.; 14 lithographed plates, the first being a large, folded, duotone map. Near contemporary green pebbled...

Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatile. [Original full colour plates].

Férussac, A. É. J. P. J. F. d'Audebert de · 1820

€1,480.00 ($1,631.23 | £1,234.71 | ¥260,486)

Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1820-1851. Folio (40.3 x 26.0 cm). 44 (early) chromolithographed plates. = From one of the most beautiful and influential works on non-marine molluscs, largely written by the French malacologist André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François Férussac d’Aud...

Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America to January 1, 1909.

Farrington, O.C. · 1915

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Washington, D.C., The National Academy of Sciences, 1915. 4to (29.0 x 23.2 cm). Original dark red, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine. = Compiled and written by the American astronomer and geologist Oliver Cummings Farrington (1864-1934). Published in the Academy...

[Collection of five paper fans].

Fans · 1900

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Indonesia, U.S.A, and France, various manufacturers, ca. 1900-1950. All made of wood. 1. Indonesia, Soerabaya, Wassimal Brothers, Toko Bombay Moerah. Pasar Toendjoengan 36 (21.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm, 28 ribs), floral pattern on outer ribs back side; 2. Idem, however, with a 26 inste...

Études sur les étages Jurassiques inférieurs de la Normandie.

Eudes-Deslongchamps, E. · 1864

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Paris, Savy [AND] Caen, Le Blanc-Hardel, 1864. 4to (27.60 x 22.2 cm). 296 pp.; three large, folded engraved geological profiles, and 49 engraved text figures, mostly mounted. Later blue cloth with black title on the spine. = Large paper copy of an important work by Eugène Eude...

Vissen. [In: De Tekens van de Dierenriem - limited edition, with extra letter and invitations to exhibitions of the artwork].

Escher, M. C. · 1963

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

Amsterdam, De Grafische, 1963. Square 4to (20.4 x 20.5 cm). Title page; 36 pp., all with blank versos. Original pictorial soft cover (Lumbeck binding). Printed invitations tipped in. = A unique copy of a rare work, with 24 illustrations by 22 artists, of the 12 signs of the zo...

Relativiteit - Relativity [Fine facsimile print].

Escher, M. C. · 2008

€235.00 ($259.01 | £196.05 | ¥41,361)

Baarn, The Escher Foundation, 2008. Single, large, giclée on high quality paper, measuring 55.0 x 64.5 cm. = This is a special highest, "Museum quality" facsimile of one of the most famous lithographs, woodcuts and drawings by the graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972): Relati...

Ablefaridnieh Yascheretsky Fauny SSSR I Sopredelnih Stran. [Ablepharine Lizards of the USSR and Adjacent Countries].

Eremchenko, V. k. and N. N. Scherbak · 1986

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Fruze, Ilim, 1986. 8vo (21.5 x 14.5 cm). 171 pp.; 43 (groups of) text figures. Publisher's mustard cloth with brown title and gilt vignette on the front board. Light blue endpapers. Printed errata slip loosely inserted. = A seldom-seen if not rare, but well-illustrated work on...

An album of 14 folio-sized sheets (a few are combinations of smaller, mounted sheets), designed and printed by Martin Engelbrecht.

Engelbrecht, M. · 1740

€1,550.00 ($1,708.38 | £1,293.11 | ¥272,807)

[Augsburg, the artist and publisher, ca. 1740]. 4to (size ca. 40.0 x 25.0 cm). 16 printed and finely hand-coloured sheets. In modern, black map. = Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) and his brother Christian were successful German illustrators and engravers from the Augsburg Schoo...

Three large sheets of laid paper with engraved floral patterns for embroidery.

[Embroidery patterns] · 1800

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

[Germany, ca. 1800]. Three single, numbered sheets (44.0 x 29.0 cm) on laid paper with watermarks fleur-de-lis (2x) and letters "I W L" (1x). = These unusually large leaves show patterns for embroidery in satin stitch or tambour. It includes, e.g., floral borders, and a wreath...

A letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to the President, on the Coluber cerastes, or horned viper of Egypt.

Ellis, J. · 1766

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.85 | ¥35,201)

London, The Royal Society, 1766. 4to (22.3 x 16.9 cm). Four pp.; one large double-folded plate. Disbound. = Written by the British naturalist John Ellis (ca. 1710-1776). It contains "an exact drawing from nature, together with the best and latest systematical account of it..."...

Original photo by Gerty Simon.

Einstein, Albert [Gertie Simon] · 1935

€6,500.00 ($7,164.18 | £5,422.73 | ¥1,144,027)

Berlin, Gerty Simon [unpublished], ca. 1935. Original photograph (21.3 x 17.8 cm) on original cardboard mount (25.0 x 21.0 cm). = Gertrud "Gerty" Simon (1887-1970) was a German photographer who worked during the interwar period. "Born Gertrud Cohn in Bremen to a well-to-do Jew...

Kurzer Entwurf der königlichen Naturalienkammer zu Dresden.

Eilenburg, C. H. · 1755

€3,800.00 ($4,188.29 | £3,170.21 | ¥668,816)

Dresden and Leipzig, Walther, 1755. Folio (27.8 x 20.9 cm). Title page with engraved armorial vignette; 102 pp.; two very large, multi-folded engraved plans; several engraved pictorial headpieces and woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary full calf. Spine with five raised bands and ...

Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur.

Ehrenberg, C. G. · 1838

€6,800.00 ($7,494.84 | £5,673.01 | ¥1,196,829)

Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1838. Two volumes in two. Folio (46.3 x 33.3 cm).Two title pages; , xviii, [iv], 548 pp; 64 engraved plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Uniform contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards. Spines with five raised bands; compartments with gilt flo...