Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Ontmoeting. [Encounter].

Escher, M. C. · 1944

€36,800.00 ($40,560.92 | £30,701.32 | ¥6,474,998)

Baarn, M. C. Escher, 1944. Lithography on oblong Van Gelder paper (45.9 x 56.7 cm; printed surface 34.1 x 46.5 cm), with watermarks VGZ and Holland; signed in pencil by the artist. = A very fine print designed and privately printed by the world-famous Dutch graphic artist Maur...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge in Verbindung mit Namhaften Fachmännern herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Adalbert Seitz. Abteilung I. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Supplement zu Band I. Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter. Supplement.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1932

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen, 1932. 4to (33.0 x 25.5 cm). Two title pages (to the series, to the part); vii, 399, (iii) pp.; 16 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's pebbled half calf over linen boards; spine rich gilt with lepidopteral vignette, gilt ornamental bands and dark gr...

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Division I: The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna. Volume IV: Supplement. The Palaearctic Geometridae.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1938

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1938-1954. 4to. (33.3 x 25.5 cm). vi, 1-248, 721-766 pp. (text volume); 53 chromolithographed plates (atlas). Unbound in marbled portfolio. = Single part (a mint copy, ready for binding) of one of the largest and most beautifully illustrated works on ...

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. A systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera in collaboration with well-known specialists. Edited by Dr. Adalbert Seitz, Professor. Division I: Fauna Palaearctica. Supplement to Vol. 3. The Palaearctic noctuid moths. Supplement.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1938

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen, 1938. 4to. (33.3 x 26.0 cm). vi, 333 pp.; (i) p.; 26 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's pebbled half calf over linen boards; spine rich gilt with lepidopteral vignette, gilt ornamental bands and blue morocco label with gilt title. Brown marbled en...

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. A systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera in collaboration with well-known specialists edited by Dr. Adalbert Seitz, Professor. Division II: Fauna Exotica. Volume XIII. The African Rhopalocera. [mint set].

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1925

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

Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann, Alfred Kernen, 1925. 4to. (33.3 x 26.0 cm). In two volumes (text and atlas). vii, 613 pp.; (v) pp.; 80 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's uniform gilt-bordered pebbled half calf over linen boards; spines rich gilt with lepidopteral vignette, gilt ...

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Division II: Fauna Exotica. Volume X. The Indo-Australian Bombyces and Sphinges. Text.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1933

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1933. 4to. (31.8 x 27.0 cm). ix, 909 pp. Publisher's half calf, spine rich gilt with vignettes and gilt morocco label. Green marbled endpapers. Edges white. = Single text part of one of the largest and most beautifully illustrated works on butterflie...

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Division I: The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna. Volume III. The noctuid moths.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1914

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen, 1914. 4to (33.3 x 25.,8 cm). iii, 511 pp.; (v), 75 chromolithographed plates. Unbound in two portfolios (text and atlas). = Single part of one of the largest and most beautifully illustrated works on butterflies and moths. Its fine plates were made us...

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

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1925

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1925. 4to. (33.0 x 25.5 cm) in two volumes (text and atlas). Four title pages (to the volume, and to the parts); vii, 613 pp. (text part); [v] pp.; 80 chromolithographed plates (atlas part). Unbound in two marbled portfolios. = Single part of one of t...

Die Wunder des Himmels und das System des Weltalls, in einem faßlichen Vortrage zur Beforderung und Erleichterung der astronomischen Kenntnisse für Jedermann. Mit 12 Tafeln. Aus dem Englischen.

[Bergk, J. A.] · 1823

€800.00 ($881.76 | £667.42 | ¥140,761)

Leipzig, Industrie Comptoir, F. F. Bohn, [1823]. 8vo (20.5 x 11.9 cm). Large, folded, lithographed frontispiece (= Plate 1); title page, viii, 104 pp. [pp. 99-104 form a publisher's catalogue]; 11 plates (numbered 2-12) on ten folded sheets. Contemporary marbled boards. Spine ...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt. Abteilung II. Exotische Fauna. Volume VI: Die Amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1940

€800.00 ($881.76 | £667.42 | ¥140,761)

Stuttgart, Kernen Verlag, 1940. 4to (33.3 x 25.0 cm). viii, 1452 pp. (text volume); [viii] pp.; 198 chromolithographed plates (atlas volume). Unbound in recent marbled portfolios. = Single volume six (a mint copy, ready for binding) of one of the largest and most beautifully ...

Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine systematische Bearbeitung der Gross-Schmetterlinge der ganzen Welt. Abteilung I. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Volume IV. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter.

Seitz, [F. J.] A. · 1915

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen, 1915. 4to (32.3 x 26.0 cm). In two volumes (text and atlas). (iii), v, 479 pp.; 25 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's uniform gilt-bordered pebbled half calf over linen boards; spines rich gilt with lepidopteral vignette, gilt ornamental bands and...

Blackheaded pheasant. Male [From: Illustrations of Indian Zoology. Chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. F.R.S.].

Gray, J. E. · 1831

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

London, Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, jun. and Richter, 1831-1832. Folio (46.5 x 33.4 cm). Fine lithographed plate with original hand-colouring. = A male blackheaded pheasant (Phasianus melanocephalus), a species newly described by the great British zoologist John Edward Gray (18...

Great battle.

[Paper Peepshow] · 1750

€2,000.00 ($2,204.40 | £1,668.55 | ¥351,902)

[Augsburg, M. Engelbrecht, ca. 1750]. A complete set of six engraved and carefully hand-coloured card-backed oblong prints (five with careful cutaways). Each 9.3 x 14.1 cm. = A wonderfully preserved, complete set of cards, with delicate cut-outs and splendid hand-colouring. Th...

Large garden concert.

[Paper Peepshow] · 1750

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

[Augsburg, M. Engelbrecht, [ca. 1750]. Seven large, oblong cardboard sheets (ca. 16.0 x 20.0 cm), with fine hand-colouring, being six cards with delicate cut-outs and one backpanel, together forming a garden concert scene. Preserved in contemporary wrappers with handwritten te...

Large garden party.

[Paper Peepshow] · 1750

€1,850.00 ($2,039.07 | £1,543.41 | ¥325,509)

[Augsburg, M. Engelbrecht, [ca. 1750]. Seven large, oblong cardboard sheets (ca. 16.0 x 20.0 cm), with fine hand-colouring, being six cards with delicate cut-outs and one backpanel, together forming a garden party scene. = A wonderfully preserved set of the rarer large-size 18...

Botanica Pharmaceutica exhibens plantas officinalis quarum nomina indispensatoris recentur, cum Iconibus… Plate 69. Urtica dioica. [Nettle].

Happe, A. · 1788

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Berolini (Berlin), 1788. Folio-size (35.8 x 22.2 cm) delicately hand-coloured loose lithograph of plants with printed caption. = The Pharmaceutica is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. This print of a common nettle, als...

Well-known raw silk producers and their trade marks - Empire of Japan - Compiled for Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904.

[Trade Catalogue - Japanese Silk] · 1904

€4,500.00 ($4,959.90 | £3,754.24 | ¥791,780)

Tokio [Tokyo], The Japan Sericultural Association, 1904. Folio (29.6 x 22.0 cm). Preliminary leaf, title page, (xiv [advertisements]), 166, 7, [ix] pp. 144 text illustrations (logos), of which 142 in colour - mostly in full colour chromolithography, a few partly printed in sil...

Monographie des Schweizerischen Deckenschotters.

Frei, R. · 1912

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Bern, A. Francke, 1912. Large 4to (31.8 x 23.3 cm). viii, 182, xiii, [xii] pp.; Four large, folded, chromolithographed maps, two large, folded, chromolithographed profiles, four text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen part of the Beiträge zur geologische...

Des Ritters Carl von Linne Königl. Schwedischen Leibarzes & c. vollständiges Natursystem des Mineralreichs nach den zwölften lateinischen Ausgabe in einer freyen und vermehrten Uebersetzung. Erster - Vierter Theil. [Complete].

Gmelin, J. F. [Linnaeus] · 1777

€3,900.00 ($4,298.58 | £3,253.67 | ¥686,209)

Nürnberg, Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, 1777-1779. Four volumes in four. 8vo (19.3 x 12.0 cm). Title pages, 2274 pp. (I [1777]: [ii], 652; II [1778]: [xiv], 496, [viii]; III [1778]: [xiv], 486; IV [1779]: lxiv, 528, [x]); 57 finely engraved plates [1-5; 1-9; 1-9, 5B, 5C, 6B, 7B; 10...

Des causes des migrations des animaux et particulièrement des oiseaux et des poissons. [First Edition].

Serres, M. de · 1842

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Haarlem, Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen, 1842. 4to (29.5 x 23.3 cm). xviii, iv, 322, [i] pp. Original blue wrappers with printed title labels on the spine. = A prize-winning standard work on animal migration, dealing in particular with birds and fish, written by th...