Antiquariaat Schierenberg

American frog and American lizard [Plate 76 of Seba's Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio Volume I].

Seba, A. · 1734

€325.00 ($358.21 | £271.14 | ¥57,184)

Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberg, J. Wetsteen and William Smith, 1734. Large folio (55.9 x 49.5 cm). Double-sized engraved plate. = A fine herpetological plate from one of the largest and most splendid natural history works from the mid-18th century, fully titled: Locupletissimi re...

Seps tridactylus. Dissertatio inauguralis quam consensu gratiosi medicorum ordinis praeside Guilielmo Ludov. Rapp.

Sicherer, P. F. · 1825

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Tubingae [Tübingen], Richter, 1825. 4to (23.8 x 19.7 cm). 16 pp.; one large, folded lithographed plate. Without wrappers (as issued). = A rare work, the first dealing exclusively with an almost snake-like lizard, with peculiar, rudimentary legs, each bearing three toes, hence ...

Monographie du genre Morchella. Traité au point de vue historique, botanique et chimique.

Leuba, [F.] · 1875

€4,800.00 ($5,290.56 | £4,004.52 | ¥844,565)

[Switzerland], unpublished, 1875. Folio (31.2 x 24.0 cm). Script title page with watercolour vignette, handwritten preface by the author, dated 15 Août 1875 (verso blank), 16 pp. of handwritten descriptive text; nine watercolour plates with script captions. Later half morocco ...

Report on the birds collected and observed during the British Museum Expedition to Tunisia in 1925.

Bannerman, D. A. · 1927

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

London, British Ornithologists' Union, 1927. 8vo (22.6 x 14.5 cm). 213 pp.; eight plates (numbered I-VIII) and one larger, folded, full colour map (numbered IX). Slightly later full cloth. Gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = Hachisuka's copy. This is...

Report on the birds collected and observed during the British Museum Expedition to Tunisia in 1925.

Bannerman, D. A. · 1927

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,798)

London, British Ornithologists' Union, 1927. 8vo (22.6 x 14.5 cm). 213 pp., eight plates (numbered I-VIII) and one larger, folded, full colour map (numbered IX). Later pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. = This is the Supplementary Number to the 12...

Paläontologische Novitäten vom Nordwestlichen Harze. I. Iberger Kalk und Kohlengebirge von Grund.

Trenkner, [F.] W. [T.] · 1867

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Halle, H. W. Schmidt, 1867. 4to (28.1 x 22.3 cm). 60 pp.; four lithographed plates showing molluscs and other invertebrates; one large, folded plate with profiles. Patterned quarter cloth over marbled boards. Green diamond-shaped label with gilt title mounted on the front boar...

The Ibis. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Volume 85.

1943

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,317)

London, British Ornithological Union, 1943. 8vo (21.2 x 14.0 cm). xlvi, 582 pp.; 15 plates. Original red embossed cloth with gilt title on the spine, and gilt vignette on the front board. = A volume from one of the longest running and most influential ornithological magazines...

Fungi austriaci delectu singulari iconibus XL observationibusque illustrati. Editio nova. Oesterreichs Schwämme in einer Auswahl durch vierzig Abbildungen und Beobachtungen beleuchtet. Neue Ausgabe.

Trattinnick, L. · 1830

€2,250.00 ($2,479.95 | £1,877.12 | ¥395,890)

Wien, Carl Gerold, 1830. 4to (24.9 x 20.8 cm). Title page, dedication leaf, 210 pp.; 20 engraved plates, containing 40 illustrations in fine, original hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers. = Written by the Father of Austrian mycology, Leopold Trattinnick (1764-1849) and w...

Die essbaren, verdächtigen & giftigen Schwaemme der Schweiz.

Trog, J. G. · 1843

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

Bern, [privately published], [1843-1850 or 1866]. Folio (38.3 x 28.5 cm). Title (mounted), 46, [ii] pp.; 36 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates. Contemporary dark green grained paper boards. Gilt lines on the spine. = A very rare work (Volbracht: "sehr selten") by the bot...

Galerie ornithologique ou collection d'oiseaux d'Europe. Décrits par Alcide d'Orbigny, dessinés d'après nature par Thiolat & Delarue. [et E. Traviès].

Orbigny, A. D. d' · 1836

€2,600.00 ($2,865.72 | £2,169.12 | ¥457,473)

Paris, Lamy, [1836-1839]. Oblong folio (22.4 x 31.4 cm). 92 [of 124] finely lithographed and hand-coloured plates. Contemporary full diced russia. Spine with gilt ornamental cartouche and title; boards with gilt borders and gilt floral corner-pieces. Patterned endpapers. All e...

Giant lizard [Plate 82 of Seba's Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio I].

Seba, A. · 1734

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberg, J. Wetsteen and William Smith, 1734. Large folio (49.5 x 34.0 cm). Engraved plate. = A fine herpetological plate - dealing exclusively with chameleons - from one of the most splendid and largest natural history works from the mid-18th century, full...

Generatio paradoxos in Rana. Conspicua et. sub praesidio Friderici. Menzii disputata a Casparo. Bosio. Die IV. Mart. MDCCXXIV.

Bose, C. and [J.] H. Menz · 1724

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

Lipsiae, Immanuel Titius, 1724. 4to (19.0 x 16.4 cm). Title page, dedication leaf, index and corollaria.; 24 pp.; engraved plate. Without wrappers, as published. = A seldom-seen early work on frogs and their anatomy, defended as a thesis by the German botanist and zoologist Ca...

Index of genera and species referred to, and an index to the plates, in 'The Ibis' (first, second, and third series) 1859-1876.

Salvin, O. (ed.) · 1879

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

London, John van Voorst, 1879. 8vo (22.7 x 15.0 cm). iv, 431 pp. Original red embossed cloth with gilt title on the spine, and gilt vignette on the front board. Yellow endpapers. = The index of the rare start and early series of one of the longest running and most influential ...

Giant snake [Plate 101 of Seba's Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio Volume II].

Seba, A. · 1735

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Amsterdam, Jansson-Waesberg, J. Wetsteen and William Smith, 1735. Large oblong folio (49.5 x 55.9 cm). Double-sized engraved plate. = A very rare, fine herpetological plate from one of the most splendid and largest natural history works from the mid-18th century, fully titled:...

Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida.

Bauer, G. and K. Wächtler (eds.) · 2001

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Berlin, Springer 2001. 8vo (24.0 x 16.0 cm ). xxii, 394 pp.; 156 text illustrations; 39 tables. Publisher' pictorial buckram. Title on front board and spine. = Deals with systematics and distribution (e.g., the Hyriidae of Australia; the Recent Margaritiferidae), population ge...

The discovery of rare gases. [Dedication copy, signed by the author].

Travers, M. W. · 1928

€180.00 ($198.40 | £150.17 | ¥31,671)

London, Edward Arnold, 1928. Large 4to (28.0 x 22.2 cm). Frontispiece photo; vii, 128 pp.; 21 text illustrations. Original black linen over dark blue boards. Front board with black label with gilt title. Spine with gilt title. In original printed dust jacket. = A seldom-seen c...

Unterhaltende Mineralogie.

Fersmann, A. · 1931

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Leningrad, Wremia, 1931. 8vo (19.3 x 13.6 cm). 294 pp.; text figures. Original printed boards. Patterned endpapers. = Rare, attractively bound German translation of a clear, concise, and therefore popular mineralogical work by an eminent Russian mineralogist, Alexander Evgenye...

Das Delta des Nil. Geologischer un geographischer Aufbau des Deltas.

Jankó, J. · 1890

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Budapest, Königliche Ungarische Geologische Anstalt, 1890. 8vo (). 132 pp.; four large, folded, coloured maps. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. = A rarely- seen,well-illustrated and detailed study, in particular dealing with the surroundings of Alexandria and Rosett...

Die neuern Fortschritte im Gebiete der gesammten Hüttenkunde in Nachträgen zum Grundrisse der allgemeinen Hüttenkunde.

Lampadius, W. A. · 1839

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Freiberg, J. G. Engelhardt, 1839. 8vo (21.0 x 13.3 cm). xiv, 290 pp. Contemporary blue boards with later script title on the front board. = Wilhelm August Lampadius (1772-1842) was one of the founders of modern German mining. Dedicated to the Professor of Chemistry, E. Mitsche...

Raupenkalender oder Verzeichnis aller Monate in welchen die von Rösel und Kleemann beschriebene und abgebildete Raupen nebst ihrem Futter zu finden sind.

Mader, J. · 1785

€380.00 ($418.84 | £317.02 | ¥66,861)

Nürnberg, Raspe (C. J. C. Kleemann), 1785. 8vo (18.8 x 11.7 cm). 120 pp., including title. Contemporary tree calf. Spine with four raised bands; compartments with blind-tooled floral vignettes and red morocco label with title. Floral patterned pastedowns. Red edges. = A detail...