Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Systême Silurien du Centre de la Bohême. Première partie: recherches paléontologiques. Continuation éditée par le Musée Bohême. Vol. V. Classe des mollusques, ordre des brachiopodes. Trois chapitres de texte et planches.

Barrande, J. · 1879

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

Prague, privately published, 1879. Two parts in two. Large 4to (33.0 x 25.7 cm). Two title pages, xv, 226 pp., 153 [1-71; 72-153] lithographed plates with explanatory text-leaves. Publisher's uniform blind-tooled dark brown cloth with gilt title on spine. = Part of an enormous...

Book simulant, "Buch Atrappe" or "Faux Livre". [Cookie Jar].

[Book simulant] · 1910

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,201)

Reading, Huntley and Palmers, ca. 1910. A tin with lid, disguised as a uniform set of eight pocket-size books, bound in a "leather" strap (15.8 x 12.0 x 16.1 cm). Red painted tin. "Spines" with gilt and black bands, vignettes, and titles; front and rear "board" with black and ...

Book simulant, "Buch Atrappe" or "Faux Livre". [Tinderbox].

[Book simulant] · 1880

€280.00 ($308.61 | £233.59 | ¥49,281)

The Netherlands, ca. 1880. A silver miniature "book" (5.0 x 2.6 x 0.9 cm). = Dutch silver tinderbox in the shape of a book, made in the 19th century. The "book" has a round "spine" with four raised bands; the "panels" are vertically engraved with thin lines, and the "fore edge...

Book simulant, "Buch Atrappe" or "Faux Livre". 17th-century vellum binding.

[Book simulant] · 1592

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Geneva, Henri Estienne (the elder), 1592. Folio (33.8 x 21.6 cm). Full vellum. Half title, dedication leaf, 2 pp. Spine with six raised bands; boards blind-stamped with triple-lined border, double-lined panel with floral corner-pieces and with a central large, floral vignette....

Poster. Overzichtstentoonstelling. (Retrospective exhibition).

Escher, M. C. · 1968

€760.00 ($837.66 | £634.04 | ¥133,763)

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, 1968. Broadsheet (61.1 x 43.3 cm) Printed in full colour. = A vintage poster for a retrospective exhibition (still in his lifetime, therefore, most probably personally approved by him) of the graphic art by the world-famous Dutch graphic artist Mauri...

Poster, Tentoonstelling Grafiek van M.C. Escher. Koornmarktspoort Kampen. 11 juni tot en met 1 juli 1968.

Escher, M. C. · 1968

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Kampen, [Museum Koornmarktspoort], 1968. Broadsheet (61.5 x 43.5 cm). Full colour offset. = A large, vintage poster for an exhibition of the graphic art by the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972). The exhibition was in the city of Kampen, the Netherlands, from 11 ...

Poster, Grafiek en Tekeningen.

Escher, M. C. · 1968

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

Zwolle, Erven Tijl, 1968. Poster (46.0 x 61.5 cm). Offset print in black and green. = Vintage window poster, announcing a catalogue, Grafiek en Tekeningen, of graphic works by the world-famous Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972). This poster for bookshops states "...

Poster, Grafiek en Tekeningen.

Escher, M. C. · 1968

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Zwolle, Erven Tijl, 1968. Poster (60.0 x 37.5 cm). Offset print in black and green. = Vintage window poster, announcing a catalogue, Grafiek en Tekeningen with work from the world-famous Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972). This poster for bookshops states "Met 8...

A History of Entomology. [Signed by the author].

Essig, E. O. · 1931

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

New York, NY, MacMillan, 1931. 8vo (21.5 x 14.4 cm). ix (including half-title and title page), 1029 pp.; 263 illustrations (including many portraits). Original blind-stamped burgundy cloth with gilt title on the spine. = First edition, with the signature of the American entomo...

1901 Haupt-Katalog der Sanitas Actiengesellschaft in Hamburg. [Bathroom and toilet furniture catalogue].

[Trade-Catalogue] Sanitas Actiengesellschaft · 1901

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Hamburg, Sanitas Actiengesellschaft, 1901. Folio (28.9 x 22.7 cm). 96 pp.; numerous steel-engravings, including several printed in colour. Original Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) style printed wrappers. = A richly illustrated catalogue, mainly showing bath tubs and toilets, urinals,...

Birds Men and Books. A Literary History of Ornithology. [Signed by the author].

Tate, P. · 1986

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

London, Henry Sotheran, 1986. 8vo (22.7 x 15.0 cm). Half-title, title page, [v], 193 pp.; 12 b/w plates. Green full cloth with gilt title on the spine. In original red, printed dust jacket. = An excellent ornithological bio-bibliography, chiefly of British ornithologists, from...

A bibliography of works relating to mummification in Egypt with excerpts, epitomes, critical and biographical notes.

Dawson, W. R. · 1929

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Le Caire [Cairo], Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1929. Large 4to (28.2 x 22.7 cm). Frontispiece portrait. 49, [i] pp. Original printed wrappers. = The complete work, including an addenda leaf, with three additional titles published during or after editing and print...

Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar publiée par A. et G. Grandidier. Volume III. Météorologie de Madagascar.

Poisson, C. · 1930

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Paris, Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1930. 4to (32.8 x 25.1 cm). vii, 376 pp.; 62 text figures. Original printed wrappers. = The meteorology part of the largest series on the (natural) history of Madagascar. A detailed study by the astronomer and m...

Die Wärmelehre des Innern unsers Erdkörpers ein Inbegriff aller mit der Wärme in Beziehung stehenden Erscheinungen in und auf der Erde. Nach physikalischen, chemischen und geologischen Untersuchungen. Umgearbeitete und weiter ausgeführte Ausgabe einer gekrönten Preisschrift.

Bischof, [K.] G. · 1837

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Leipzig, Joh. Ambros. Barth, 1837. 8vo (20.3 x 12.3 cm). xxiv, 512 pp., several tables. Original marbled boards. Red morocco label with gilt title on the spine. Edges red. = Classic work on the internal heat of the earth and its manifestations on the earth's surface, including...

Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842-1848 ausgeführt. Saügetiere. Plates XL, XLIV.

Peters, W. C. H. · 1852

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1852. Two chromolithograhed plates with additional, original hand-colouring. Oblong (25.2 x 33.6 cm). = Rare plates of the zoological results of an expedition to the then little explored southeastern coasts of Africa, opposite Madagascar, now known as Moç...

Portrait of Darwin - Rare Russian carte de visite.

[Darwin, Charles Robert] · 1874

€950.00 ($1,047.07 | £792.55 | ¥167,204)

Saint Peterburg, Wesenberg [Down and London, Elliott & Fry], [1874]. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard with a red ink border (10.3 x 6.1 cm). With the printed name Darwin in Cyrillic and printed Cyrillic text on recto and verso. Name of Darwin stamped in cyrillic on verso. P...

Réproduction des Hirudinées.

Brumpt, É. · 1900

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Paris, Société Zoologique de France, 1900. 8vo (24.2 x 15.8 cm). 145 pp. (numbered 286-430); three finely lithographed plates, of which two double-sized and one in chromolithography. Disbound. = A rarely seen and attractively illustrated work on leeches and their internal and ...

[Poster] Hornbill.

Lindenberg [Artis Zoo, Amsterdam] · 1935

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

Amsterdam, Natura Artis Magistra [Zoo], ca. 1935. Large broadsheet (81.5 x 54.5 cm). Chromolithograph mounted on linen. = A stunning, large poster announcing a reduced lower entrance fee to the Amsterdam public zoo (founded 1838), named after a Latin inscription above the entr...

Genera et Species Plantarum Argentinarum. I-V. [A complete set].

Descole, H. · 1943

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

Buenos Aires, Guillermo Kraft, 1943-1956. Folio (49.3 x 34.3 cm), five volumes in seven. With, in total, 1936 pages of text and 811 fine plates [149, 175, 133, 221, 133], of which 141 [20, 26, 54, 22, 19] printed in full colour and tissue-guarded. Original uniform decorated gr...

Berajah, Zoographia infinita. Strix Flammea.

Kleinschmidt, O. · 1906

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,201)

Leipzig, Erwin Nägele, 1906. Large 4to (29.4 x 22.4 cm). 20 pp.; ten photographic and lithographed plates of which several with additional colouring and heightened with gum arabic; one double-sized chart. Original printed portfolio. = Part of a long (infinite) zoological serie...