Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Bericht über meine Reise durch verschiedene Theile Südeuropa's, Nordafrika's und Westasiens, vom 27. September 1872 bis zum 18. Mai 1873.

Stehres, P. · 1875

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Luxemburg, Peter Brüd, 1875. 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm). 236 pp. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen if not rare travalogue by the Luxemburger priest, historian, translator, and school director Pierre, or Peter, Stehres (1804-1883). "Pierre Stehres graduated from the Athenaeu...

Literaturberichte zur Flora oder allgemeinen botanischen Zeitung. Volumes 1-4.

Hoppe, D. H. and A. E. Fürnrohr (eds.) · 1831

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Regensburg, Königlich bayerische botanische Gesellschaft zu Regensburg, 1831-1834. Four volumes in four. 8vo (19.1 x 12.1 cm). Six title-pages, 1131 pp. [Vol. 1 (1831): vi, vi, 324; Vol. 2 (1832) viii, vii, 288; Vol. 3 (1833) xii, 240; Vol. 4 (1834): viii, 232]. Contemporary (...

Lethaea Erratica oder Aufzählung und Beschreibung der in der norddeutschen Ebene vorkommenden Diluvial-Geschiebe nordischer Sedimentär-Gesteine.

Roemer, [C.] F. [von] · 1885

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1885. Large 4to (30.2 x 23.6 cm). Title page, 173, xii pp; 11 lithographed plates with accompanying explanatory text leaves. Original limp blind boards, with stamp. = Important contribution to the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Quaternary palaeontology of nort...

Die Fauna der baltischen Cenoman-Geschiebe.

Noetling, F. · 1885

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1885. Large 4to (30.2 x 23.6 cm). Title page, 52 pp; eight lithographed plates with accompanying explanatory text leaves. Original limp blind boards, with stamp. = A well-illustrated monograph dealing with fossils from the lowermost (oldest) Late Cretaceo...

Encyclopédie Méthodique. Insectes. IX. [The complete "Pap.", or, the text part on butterflies].

Latreille, P. A. · 1819

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Mme. Veuve Agasse, 1819. 4to (27.6 x 21.3 cm). Title to the Encyclopédie, title to the Insectes volumes. ii, 328 pp. Original plain boards with printed abel on the spine. = A rare, late, and uncut part of the Ultimate Encyclopaedia and the largest of all great Encyclopa...

Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée. Execute par ordre du roi pendant les annees 1837-1838-1839-1840. Botanique Tome premier. Plantes cellulaires [AND] Tome second. Plantes vasculaires [AND] Prodromus generum specierumque phycearum novarum, in itinere ad Polum Antarcticum regis Ludovici Philippi Jussu ab illustri Dumont d'Urville peracto, collectarum, notis diagnosticis tantùm huc evulgatarum, descriptionibus verò fusioribus nec non iconibus analyticis jam jamque iullustrandarum.

Dumont D'Urville, J. S. C. (ed.) · 1852

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Gide, 1852-1853. Three parts in one. 8vo (22.7 x 14.7 cm). 469 pp. [I (1845): Title page, half-title, xiv, 349; Prodromus (1842): title page (verso blank), pp. 3-16; II (1853): half-title, title page, second title, 7-96]. Early 20th-century burgundy half-morocco over ma...

Essai sur les insectes Hémiptères, Rhyngotes, ou Hétéroptères.

Spinola, M. · 1840

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1840. 8vo (21.5 x 13.8 cm). 383 pp.; five large, folding tables. Early 20th-century red buckram. Gilt title on the spine. Original front wrapper bound in rear. = A seldom-seen bound copy of this important work on true bugs, written by the French-Italian...

Velours.

[Trade Catalogue - Velvet paper] · 1950

€380.00 ($418.83 | £317.02 | ¥66,882)

Lyon, Société des Papiers Keller-Dorian, ca 1950-1960. Oblong folio (9.5 x 15.5 cm). 34 samples in different colours, several embossed in various patterns, in wrappers of the same material. = A fine example of a velvet paper sample booklet, showing the work of the Keller-Doria...

Quelques Fleurs de nos prés et de nos bois. Album à colorier. 1me Série.

Jaillon, E. · 1900

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

Sèvres, Editions Artistiques Modernes, ca. 1900. Oblong folio (24.6 x 32.6 cm). Six leaves, printed on both sides; with six illustrations, each present twice, one in fine, colourful pochoir printing, the other deliberately plain. Original wrappers, with a large, pochoir vignet...

Fabrication mécanique de papiers de fantaisie.

[Trade Catalogue - Patterned Paper] · 1968

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Paris, Bénard et Cie, [ca. 1968]. Oblong folio (11.3 x 16.3 cm). Title page, 102 paper samples. Stiff, patterned wrappers. Front wrapper with red and gilt label (with Bénard logo), mounted. = An unusual catalogue, of "Exclusive Designs", containing glossy paper samples (design...

Aluminium-Folien.

[Trade Catalogue - Aluminium foil] · 1938

€320.00 ($352.70 | £266.97 | ¥56,321)

Munich, Metallpapier- Bronzefarben- Blattmetallwerke Aktiengesellschaft München, 1938. Three oblong booklets (8.0 x 14.6 cm; 9.1 x 16.4 cm, and 9.9 x 14.0 cm). Each with a title leaf and in total 39 aluminium foil leaves, each either in silver or gold, one with a different emb...

Emerald bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor). Male and female. From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plates 4 and 5. Le Petit Oiseau de Paradis Emeraude].

Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant] · 1801

€3,400.00 ($3,747.42 | £2,836.50 | ¥598,414)

Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. A matching pair of sheets. Very large folio (each 51.4 x 37.5 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand. = Two fine, copper-engraved plates, in superior condition, of one of the world's most spectacularly feather...

The yellow-ridged toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 5. Le grand Toucan à gorge orange].

Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant] · 1801

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand. = A fine, copper-engraved plate, in very good condition, of one of the world's most spectacular birds, the yellow-ridged touc...

The yellow-throated toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 9. Le Tocard].

Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant] · 1801

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand. = A fine, copper-engraved plate, in very good condition, of one of the world's most spectacular birds, the yellow-throated To...

The channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 7. Le Pignancoin].

Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant] · 1801

€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)

Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand. = A fine, copper-engraved plate, in very good condition, of one of the world's most spectacular birds, the channel-billed Tou...

Philosophia entomologica, sistens scientiae fundamenta adiectis definitionibus, exemplis, observationibus ad umbrationibus.

Fabricius, J. C. · 1778

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Hamburg and Kiel, E. Bohn, 1778. Small 8vo (19.1 x 11.7 cm). Title page with large engraved vignette; x, 178 pp. Four vignettes in the text. Disbound. = Scarce work of this famous Danish entomologist Johann Christian Fabricius (1745-1808) in which he laid the foundation of hi...

Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium Capensium continens tribus tabulis adjunctis.

Smuts, J. · 1832

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Leidae [Leiden], J. C. Cyfveer, 1832. Large 4to (26.6 x 21.2 cm). Half-title, title page, [iv], vi, 108, [i] pp.; three finely lithographed plates of which two in original hand-colouring. Original printed boards. = Rare thesis by the Dutch, later South African zoologist Johann...

The Salton Sea. A study of the geography, the geology, the floristics, and the ecology of a desert basin.

MacDougal, D. T. · 1914

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Washington, DC, Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1914. Large 4to (30.0 x 23.7 cm). x, 182 pp.; 32 plates, of which four coloured, including a large full colour map. Original printed limp boards. = The rare original edition. Far superior to all modern reprints, which cannot ma...

Musée Teyler. Catalogue systématique de la collection paléontologique. I-VI.

Winkler, T. C. · 1863

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Haarlem, Les héritiers Loosjes, 1863. Six parts in one. 4to (26.0 x 17.3 cm). viii, iv, 697 pp. Contemporary pebbled half-morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-rolled bands. Compartments with gilt central vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edg...

Observations générales sur l'organogénie et la physiologie des végétaux.

Turpin, P. J. F. · 1834

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1834. 4to (27.0 x 20.1 cm). 50 pp., one folding splendidly hand-coloured engraved plate. Later marbled boards. Printed label pasted on the front board. = An important, early work on the organogenesis and physiology of plants. The fine plate, also ...