Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt. Abteilung II. Exotische Fauna. Volume V: Die Amerikanischen Tagfalter.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1907

€550.00 ($606.21 | £458.85 | ¥96,773)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1907-1924. 4to. (30.5 x 24.1 cm) in two volumes. viii, vi, 1141 pp.; 203 chromolithographed plates (1-194; 100B-102B, 110B, 113B, 120B, 102C, 120C, 120D). Slightly later uniform blind half buckram over marbled boards. Pictorial title mounted. = Single...

Paleontological Atlas of Central and South China. 3. Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

Various authors · 1977

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Beijing, Geological Press, 1977. 4to (25.8 x 18.2 cm). x, 332 pp.; 107 plates, four (large) folding charts. Publisher's green half buckram over printed boards. Spine with gilt title. = First (only?) edition of a well-illustrated work. Written by several experts connected to th...

Paleontological Atlas of Central and South China. 2. Late Paleozoic.

Various authors · 1977

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Beijing, Geological Press, 1977. 4to (25.8 x 18.2 cm). xii, 856 pp.; 253 plates, three folding charts. Publisher's green half buckram over printed boards. Spine with gilt title. = First (only?) edition of a massive work. Written by several experts connected to the Hubei Instit...

Difficulties in the Newtonian Theory of Light, considered and removed.

Horsley, S. · 1771

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

London, The Royal Society, 1771. Small 4to (23.1 x 17.5 cm). 24 pp. [numbered 417-440]; two text illustrations. Spine covered with marbled paper. = Interesting paper, based upon some questions raised by Benjamin Franklin, read before the Society on 20 December, 1770, by the Re...

Roitelet à triple bandeau, Regulus ignicapilla. [Original watercolour].

Barruel, P. [L. E. A.] · 1970

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

[Unpublished], [ca. 1970]. Single, oblong sheet (17.5 x 24.2 cm). Original watercolour drawing with pencilled caption, and ink signature. Mounted on a larger sheet of greyish-brown paper (25.0 x 32.5 cm). = A beautiful original illustration by the French engineer, ornithologis...

Mésange azurée, Cyanistes cyanus. [Original watercolour].

Barruel, P. [L. E. A.] · 1970

€1,400.00 ($1,543.08 | £1,167.98 | ¥246,331)

[Unpublished], [ca. 1970]. Single sheet (24.9 x 18.2 cm). Original watercolour drawing with ink signature. Mounted on a larger sheet of dark blue paper (32.5 x 25.0 cm). = A beautiful original illustration by the French engineer, ornithologist and natural history painter Paul ...

Mésange sultane ou Melanochlora sultanea. [Original watercolour].

Barruel, P. [L. E. A.] · 1901

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

[Unpublished], [19]43. Single sheet (24.1 x 17.8 cm). Original watercolour drawing with pencilled caption, and ink signature. Mounted on a larger sheet of brown paper (32.8 x 25.1 cm). = A beautiful original illustration by the French engineer, ornithologist, and natural histo...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Haüy, René Just [l'abbé] · 1820

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1820. Engraved, tinted broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French mineralogist and chemist René Just Haüy (1743-1822), commonly known as Abbé Haüy after he became a Roman Catholic priest and was made an honorary canon of Notre Da...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Poisson, Siméon Denis · 1821

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1821. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840). Poisson '...worked on statistics, complex analysis, partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, analytical ...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly].

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine Demonet [le chevalier] de · 1821

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1821. Engraved, tinted broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the great French naturalist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet (or Demonet) de Lamarck (1744-1829). "Often known simply as Lamarck, he was an early proponent of the idea t...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Latreille, Pierre André · 1821

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1821. Engraved, tinted broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French zoologist (principally entomologist) Pierre André Latreille (1762- 1833). "Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was im...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Mathieu, Claude Louis · 1822

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1822. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French physicist and mathematician Claude-Louis Mathieu (1783-1875). He "...began his career as an engineer. He worked with the Bureau des Longitudes and tried to determine the d...

County Durham [Map].

Brayley, E. W. and J. Britton · 1805

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

London, Vernon and Wood, Poultry, 1805. broadsheet (26.8 x 21.2 cm). Engraved, originally hand-coloured map. = A fine, detailed map of County Durham (and Tyne and Wear), including the towns of Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, North and South Shields, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockt...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Magendie, François · 1822

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, [1822]. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French anatomist and physiologist François Magendie (1783-1855). He was "considered a pioneer of experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie. Th...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Ampère, André Marie · 1822

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, [1822]. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836). He '...was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electro...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

La Place, Pierre Simon le marquis de · 1822

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1822. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French polymath (chiefly physicist, astronomer, and mathematician) Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace). His works were "...important to the development of engineering, mathematics,...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Vauquelin, Nicolas Louis · 1820

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1820. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French chemist and pharmacist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin FRS (1763-1829). He was the discoverer of two elements: chromium and beryllium. The artist, Julien-Léopold Boilly (1796-1874...

[Portrait by Jules Boilly]

Dulong, Pierre Louis · 1823

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Paris, J. [L.] Boilly, 1823. Engraved broadsheet (36.3 x 27.3 cm). = A rarely-seen portrait of the French physicist and chemist Pierre Louis Dulong FRS (1785-1838). "He is remembered today largely for the law of Dulong and Petit, although he was much-lauded by his contemporari...

Mille et un livres botaniques de la collection Arpad Plesch. [Limited series copy, with handwritten dedication by the author].

Plesch, A. · 1973

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Bruxelles, Arcade, 1973. Large, square 4to (29.5 x 26.5 cm). 517, [i] pp.; mounted full-colour portrait of Plesch; mounted full-colour photograph of part of his library; several text illustrations, and 32 full-colour facsimiles of quintessential botanical illustrations. Origin...

Bryoflora of Xizang. [Tibet].

Li, X. J. et al. (eds.) · 1985

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Beijing, Science Publishing (Chinese Academy of Sciences), 1985. Large 8vo (26.0 x 18.6 cm). x, 581 pp.; 238 mostly page-sized plates. Original pictorial softcover. = The complete and only contribution to bryology from the series, Science Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plate...