Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Plate 2 [Lobsters]

Seder, A. · 1896

€460.00 ($507.01 | £383.77 | ¥80,937)

Wien, Gerlach & Schenk, 1896. Large oblong folio (43 x 57 cm) stunning chromolithographed plate in a fantastic Art Nouveau style. = A very rare plate from Anton Johann Nepomuk Seder's Das Thier [l'Animal - The Animal], with the finest and most stunning plates of Art Nouveau bo...

Paradise lost. Eve at the Fountain. Large(st) mezzotint plate from the large-size edition.

Martin, J. [and J. Milton] · 1824

€750.00 ($826.65 | £625.71 | ¥131,963)

London, Septimus Prowett, [1824]-1827. Oblong folio (36.6 x 52.4 cm). Mezzotint plate (printed surface 25.8 x 35.5 cm). = A magnificent proof-plate from the very rare folio edition with much larger sheets than those in the "usual" quarto editions (of which the largest was ca. ...

A bibliography of American Natural History. The Pioneer Century, 1769-1865. Volumes I-III. [The complete first edition].

Meisel, M. · 1924

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Brooklyn, NY, The Premier Publishing, 1924-1929. Three volumes in three. 8vo (22.9 x 15.5 cm). 1758 pp. [I: 244; II: xii, 741; III: xii, 749]. Uniform blindstamped burgundy cloth with gilt title on the spine. = A rare complete set of the first edition of this important America...

Documents decoratifs. Planche 60. [Stag beetles, turtles, fish, and females]

Mucha, A. M. · 1901

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

Paris, Librairie Central des Beaux Arts, 1901. Folio (46 x 33 cm). Original monochrome print. = A fine print from Alphonse Mucha's quintessential Art Nouveau book, Documents décoratifs. Alfons ‘Alphonse’ Maria Mucha (1860-1939) was a Czech decorative artist who wanted to bring...

Nouvelles compositions florales.

Pilters, J. · 1900

€850.00 ($936.87 | £709.13 | ¥149,558)

Paris, Calavas, ca. 1900. Elephant folio (55.4 x 42.5 cm). Title page; 24 tinted plates, numbered, and with the publisher's name printed in the lower margin. Original portfolio, half linen over pictorial boards. = A rarity, and of exceptional size. Designed by the German artis...

[Portrait of Christofel Colonus]

Columbus, Christopher · 1671

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

London, John Ogilby, 1671. Broadsheet, printed on laid paper (31.4 x 19.9 cm), printed surface 28.5 x 17.2 cm. = A seldom-seen image showing the great explorer Christopher Columbus in a cartouche formed by two fish, and a seashell, the seafarer holding a Jacob's staff, with an...

A large, printed sheet with additional gouache painting.

Papier dominoté [Colour-printed paper] · 1760

€850.00 ($936.87 | £709.13 | ¥149,558)

[Bassano del Grappa, Remondini, ca. 1760-1790]. Large, folio sheet of died paper, oblong, (over 36.0 x 44.0 cm). Loose, as issued. = A very special coloured sheet of printed and painted paper, or papier dominoté (French) or Buntpapier (German), probably meant as wallpaper, not...

An unumeration of the Dipterocarpaceae, based chiefly upon the specimens preserved at the Royal Herbarium and Museum, Kew, and the British Museum; with remarks on the genera and species.

Brandis, D. · 1895

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green,and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1895. 8vo (22.0 x 14.3 cm). 148 pp.; three lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = Written by the German-British botanist Dietrich Brandis (1824-1907). Dipterocarpaceae "is a family of 16 gen...

Notes on the classification, history, and geographical distribution of Compositae.

Bentham, G. · 1873

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, Williams and Norgate, 1873. 8vo (22.0 x 14.3 cm). 213 pp. [numbered 365-577]; four lithographed plates [numbered 8-11]. Original printed front wrapper. = An important work by the British botanist George Bentham (18...

On a collection of plants from Upper Burma and the Shan States.

Collett H. and W. B. Hemsley · 1890

€275.00 ($303.10 | £229.43 | ¥48,387)

London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1890. 8vo (22.0 x 14.3 cm). 150 pp.; one very large, multi-folded map of the region, 22 lithographed plates (one double-sized). Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen work on the botany of the nort...

[Burma - Myanmar] A pair of late nineteenth to early twentieth century Burmese costume studies.

Hla, M. T. · 1920

€1,200.00 ($1,322.64 | £1,001.13 | ¥211,141)

Burma [Myanmar], ca. 1920. Two watercolour and gouache paintings on Whatman paper. 8vo-sized (images ca. 24.0 x 19.9 cm). Heightened with white body colour; each signed "M. T. Hla" in lower right corner, uniformly mounted. Mounts 30.5 x 24.6 cm. = A suite of two beautiful, ver...

One large, gilt-embossed sheet.

Brokatpapier [gilt-printed paper] · 1780

€680.00 ($749.50 | £567.31 | ¥119,647)

[Augsburg, probably J. C. Munck, ca. 1780]. A oblong folio sheet of orange/terracotta painted wove paper, printed in gilt. (each 35.1 x 43.1 cm; printed areas 29.7 x 34.8 cm, i.e., with ample margins). Loose, as issued. = A unique, finely printed and exceptionally well-preserv...

Das Neueste aus dem Reiche der Pflanzen oder mikroskopische Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen der geheimen Zeugungstheile der Pflanzen in ihren Blüten, und der in denselben befindlichen Insekten; nebst einigen Versuchen von dem Keim, und einem Anhang vermischter Beobachtungen, beschrieben, und mit Farben nach der Natur vorgestellet. Herausgegeben, verlegt und mit den nöhtigen in Kupfer gestochenen und illuminirten Abbildungen versehen von Johann Christoph Keller.

Gleichen Russworm, W. F. Von [Rußwurm, Rusworm] · 1763

€8,600.00 ($9,478.91 | £7,174.76 | ¥1,513,179)

Nürnberg, Christian de Launoy seel[ig] Erben, [1763]-1764-[1766]. Folio (40.2 x 25.8 cm). Title page with motto on verso, half-title with motto on verso; 159 pp. [(iv), 8, (iv), 72, 40, (vi), 26]; 51 engraved plates [numbered I-V, IIb (all showing microscopes); I-IV, A-E, V-XX...

A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part II. [Concluding].

Barnard, K. H. · 1927

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Cape Town, South African Museum, 1927. 8vo (24.4 x 16.7 cm). 647 pp. [numbered 419-1065; 20 plates [numbered XVIII-XXXVII] with explanatory text leaves, 14 (groups of) text figures [numbered 19-32]. Near contemporary green cloth with gilt title (Annals) on the spine.. = A well...

Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere: Felis. Felis jacobita.

Cornalia, E. · 1865

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Milano,Sociéta Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 1865. Folio (32.7 x 24.0 cm). 9 pp.; one lithographed plate. Original printed wrappers. = A rare paper (offprint with its own wrappers and new pagination) by Emilio Cornalia (1825-1882), professor of surgery and director of the Muni...

Burdocks. [Original watercolour and gouache painting].

Tübke, A. · 1985

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

Dalliendorf, the artist, 1985. Single sheet (visible surface 32.5 x 22.5 cm). Framed and glazed. Rounded gilt wooden frame. = A fine illustration of flowering burdocks, with a hilly landscape in the distance, made by the German artist Angelika Tübke (b. 1935), known for her fi...

Rhododendrons. [Original watercolour and gouache painting].

Tübke, A. · 1982

€950.00 ($1,047.09 | £792.56 | ¥167,153)

Dalliendorf, the artist, 1982. Single sheet (visible surface 32.5 x 22.5 cm). Framed and glazed. Wooden, gilt and rounded frame. = A delicate illustration of a flowering rhododendron, with a sky colour echoing the flower's colours, and a hilly landscape in the distance, made b...

Poppies. [Original watercolour and gouache painting].

Tübke, A. · 1984

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

Dalliendorf, the artist, 1984. Single sheet (visible surface 32.5 x 22.5 cm). Framed and glazed. Wooden, gilt and rounded frame. = A fine illustration of wonderful deep-red flowering poppies, made by the German artist Angelika Tübke (b. 1935), known for her fine portraits and ...

Reports on the scientific results of the Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies, under the joint auspices of the University of Havana and Harvard University. The echinoderms (other than holothurians).

Clark, H. L. · 1941

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Habana, Sociedad Cubana de Histioria Natural "Felipe Poey", 1941. 8vo (25.0 x 16.7 cm). 154 pp.; ten plates. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen publication with descriptions and illustrations of many new or poorly known species of sea lilies, starfish, brittle stars, a...

The Early Precambrian Geology of Eastern Hebei.

Sun, D. (ed.) · 1984

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Tianjin, Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 1984. 4to (26.1 x 18.6 cm). 274 pp.; 134 (groups of) figures. Publisher's azure buckram with gilt title, in Chinese and English, on the spine, and blind-stamped on the front board. Pictorial front endpapers. Full-colour dust jacke...