Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Contribution à l'étude du Sahélien de Tunisie.

Stchepinsky, V. [A.] · 1938

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Paris, Sociéte Géologique de France, 1938. 4to (32.8 x 25.3 cm). Half-title, title page, 121 pp.; eight fine, photographic plates. Original printed wrappers. = A little-known work, chiefly on late Miocene (Tortonian) marine molluscs from Tunisia, including several that are des...

Notes on Gramineae.

Bentham, G. · 1881

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

London, The Linnean Society of London, 1881. 8vo (22.1 x 14.2 cm). 121 pp. [numbered 14-134]. = An important contribution to the knowledge of grasses, written by the British botanist George Bentham (1800-1884). "Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but h...

On the action of sea-water on the germination of seeds.

Darwin, C. · 1857

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

London, The Linnean Society, 1857. 8vo (22.1 x 14.1 cm). 11 pp. [numbered 130-140]. Contemporary ruled half calf over marbled boards. Edges speckled red. = A rarely seen contribution by Charles Darwin to studies of the germination of seeds, and in particular the effect of thei...

Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar. Part I. Polypetalae. Part II. Monopetalae. Part III. Incompletae, Monocotyledones, and Filices. [All published under this title].

Baker, J. G. · 1883

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

London, Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer [for the Linnean Society of London], 1883. Three parts in three. 8vo (22.2 x 14.1 cm). 218 pp. [numbered: 87-158; 159-236; 237-304]; six lithographed plates [numbered: 22-23; 24-27; none in the third part]. Original, uniform printed wrap...

Zoological record. Volumes 100-106, Sect. 16, 1963-1969. Reptilia.

Various editors · 1965

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1965-1971. Seven volumes in seven. Large 8vo (24.7 x 18.5 cm). 663 pp. [107; 87; 96; 79; 108; 74; 112]. Original, near uniform printed wrappers. = Covers the years 1963-1969, and some items from earlier years not listed previously. Var...

Zoological record. Volumes 96-98, Sect. 16, 1959-1961. Reptilia.

Various editors · 1955

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1955-1961. Three volumes in three. Large 8vo (24.7 x 18.5 cm). 345 pp. [56; 70 ; 79]. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = Covers the years 1959-1961, and some items from earlier years not listed previously. Various editors were invol...

Zoological record. Volumes 90-95, Sect. 16, 1953-1958. Reptilia.

Battersby, J. C. and W. E. Swinton · 1955

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1955-1961. Six volumes in six. 8vo (21.6 x 14.0 cm). 583 pp. [88; 85; 101; 122; 94; 93]. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = Covers the years 1948-1952, and some items from earlier years not listed previously. The Recent taxa were co...

Zoological record. Volumes 85-89, Sect. 16, 1948-1952. Amphibia and Reptilia.

Battersby, J. C. and W. E. Swinton · 1950

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1950-1954. Five volumes in five. 8vo (21.6 x 14.0 cm). 597 pp. [88; 117; 115; 138; 139]. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = Covers the years 1948-1952, and some items from earlier years not listed previously. The Recent taxa were co...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt. Abteilung II. Exotische Fauna. Volume X: Die Indo-Australischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Tafel-Band. [Atlas].

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1934

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1934. 4to. (32.0 x 27,0 cm). 104 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's gilt-bordered pebbled half calf over linen boards; spines rich gilt with lepidopteral vignette, gilt ornamental bands and green morocco label with gilt title. Brownish marbled end...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Abteilung I. Die Groß-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band I-IV. [AND] Supplement I-IV [Complete palaearctic part].

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1906

€2,400.00 ($2,645.28 | £2,002.26 | ¥422,282)

Stuttgart, A. Kernen, 1906-1913, 1929-1954. Four volumes and four supplements in 13 (text and atlases). Large 4to (31.4 x 24.0 cm). Text volumes with title pages to the volumes and to the parts; 3699 pp. (I: 379, [vi]; II: vii, 479; III: iii, 511; IV: v, 479. Supplements: I: v...

Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l'ile de Java. peints d'après nature. Ouvrage dédié à s majesté la reine de Hollande.

Hoola van Nooten, B. · 1863

€18,500.00 ($20,390.68 | £15,434.09 | ¥3,255,094)

Bruxelles, Émile Tarlier, 1863. Large folio (55.6 x 40.8 cm). Title page, [ii] pp. (preface), dedication leaf; 41 chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over over burgundy linen boards. Spine blind-tooled with fou...

Voyage de Madagascar, connu aussi sous le nom de l'isle de St Laurent. Par M. de De V.... Commissaire provincial de l'artillerie de France. Dedié à S. A. S. M. Le Prince de Contry.

Carpeau du Saussay (ed.) · 1722

€2,750.00 ($3,031.05 | £2,294.26 | ¥483,865)

Paris, Jean-Luc Nyon, 1722. 12mo (15.4 x 9.1 cm). Engraved title "Nouveau Voiage de Madagascard", letterpress title, [xviii], 304 pp.; six engraved plates; large, multi-folding map. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine rich gilt, with five gilt-rolled raised bands; compartmen...

Uncommon and new mitriform gastropods from the Indo-Pacific. Part I.

Turner, H. a.o. · 1989

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, 1989. 4to (29.3 x 20.9 cm). 36 pp.; eight full colour plates. Original printed soft cover. = A rarely-seen paper with many fine illustrations, including many type specimens. A single, printed leaf wi...

Een nieuw soort van stralen.

Röntgen, W. K. · 1896

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Amsterdam, A.M. van den Broecke, 1896. 8vo (23.7 x 16.0 cm). 21 pp.; frontispiece illustration of the first Röntgen photo. Original pink, printed wrappers. = Extremely rare first Dutch edition. The photo shows a hand with a ring. Wilhelm Konrad (or Conrad) Röntgen (1845-1923) ...

A selection of bird paintings and sketches.

Rickman, P. · 1979

€2,800.00 ($3,086.16 | £2,335.97 | ¥492,663)

[London], Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979. Folio (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Original watercolour by Rickman, mounted in passepartout, acting as frontispiece. Title in black and red, [vi] pp.; Portrait of Rickman; 31 full-colour plates, tipped in and each tissue-guarded and ...

A selection of bird paintings and sketches.

Rickman, P. · 1979

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

[London], Curpotten for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979. Folio (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Title in black and red., [vi] pp.; portrait of Rickman; 31 full-colour plates, tipped in and each tissue-guarded and with an explanatory text leaf; two black-and-white plates (at the back), and 34 b...

Coloured Illustrations of Sea Shore Animals of Japan.

Utinomi, H. · 1956

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Tokio, Hoikusha, 1956. 8vo (21.0 x 15.0 cm). 167 pp.; 64 full-colour plates of animals and 12 b/w plates mainly showing habitats; a few text illustrations. Publisher's dark blue cloth with silver title on the spine, and silver title and mounted full colour vignette (showing a ...

Die Niederschläge in de norddeutschen Stromgebieten.

Hellmann, G. · 1906

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Berlin, Dietrich Reimer, 1906. Two volumes in three. 4to. 2138 pp. [v, 386, 139; vii, 722; vii, 872]; three folded tables, large folded coloured map in rear pocket, several text figures. Original uniform printed wrappers. = A massive work on the precipitation in North Germany ...

Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. 3. Famille Conidae.

Dautzenberg, P. · 1937

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Bruxelles, Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 1937. Large 4to (32.0 x 23.6 cm). 284 pp.; 3 full colour plates. Burgundy grained cloth with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = A well-illustrated work. This copy inscribed in the top margin o...

[Okinawa's nature. World of shellfish. Color Encyclopaedia Series 10]. [Title in Japanese].

Shirai, S. · 2003

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Okinawa, Nova Tosho, 2003. 4to (25.7 x 18.3 cm). 128 pp.; numerous full colour photographs of shells, shell culture, artefacts, pearls, etc. Full colour pictorial softcover. = A seldom-seen work on the shells of one of the southernmost Japanese islands, with some more general ...