Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Tableau historique des propriétés et des phénomènes de l'air, considéré dans ses différens états et sous divers rapports.

Rouland, [U. F.] · 1784

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Paris, Gueffier, 1784. 8vo (19.5 x 12.3 cm). xvi, 637 pp. Contemporary tree-calf-resembling paper boards. Spine with gilt lines and red morocco label with gilt ornamental bands and title. Edges yellow. = A very uncommon, early work on the properties of air, written by the Fren...

Musci Austro-Americani. Enumeratio muscorum omnium Austro-Americanorum Auctori hucusque cognitorum.

Mitten, G. [= Mitten, W.] · 1869

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,956)

London, The Linnean Society of London, 1869. 8vo (22.0 x 14.0 cm). 659 pp. Contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title. Brown endpapers. Edges speckled red. = Rare original edition, with an notable provenance. The earliest know...

Caratteri e fregi moderni. Con esempi di applicazioni artistiche e industriali.

Perilla, F. · 1901

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

Milano, Antonio Vallardi, [1901]. Oblong folio (21.3 x 30.7 cm). Colour-printed pictorial front board and 20 lithographed plates, of which several tinted, or in one or more colours. = A very rare work in Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style, showing a wide variety of designs and le...

Mémoire sur l'histoire du Nil.

Toussoun, O., Le Prince · 1925

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Le Caire [Cairo], L'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1925. Three parts in three. 4to (28.2 x 22.7 cm). Three half-titles and title pages; two frontispieces, 541 pp. [1-264; 265-541; 0]. 22 plates, mostly coloured, double-sized or larger. Original, uniform printed wra...

Le projet français de conquête de l'Égypte sous le règne de Louis XVI.

Charles-Roux, F. · 1929

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Le Caire [Cairo], L'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1929. 4to (28.2 x 22.7 cm). 85 pp. Original printed wrappers. = An interesting study, discussing plans that became reality much later, under Napoleon Bonaparte. Written by the French historian and diplomat François...

The Linnaean species of carabid beetles.

Lindroth, C. H. · 1957

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, The Linnean Society of London, 1957. Large 8vo (25.4 x 17.0 cm). 16 pp.; three text figures. Original printed wrappers. = A detailed revision, based on original descriptions, type material, and further studies. Written by the Swedish entomologist Carl Hildebrand Lindro...

A monograph of the Coraciidae or family of the rollers.

Dresser, H. E. · 1893

€12,500.00 ($13,777.49 | £10,428.44 | ¥2,199,388)

Farnborough, the author, 1893. Folio (37.6 x 28.3 cm). Title page with woodcut vignette (owl) and quote in Greek; xx, 111; 27 lithographed plates, all in a most careful and beautiful original hand-colouring. Contemporary full red pebbled morocco. Spine with five raised, gilt-s...

Album d'oiseaux de Cuba réunis pendant le voyage de M. Ramon De La Sagra. Dédié à S. M. la Reine Isabelle II. Album de Aves Cubanas, reunidas durante el viage de D. Ramon De La Sagra. Dedicado a S. M. Doña Isabel II.

Sagra, R. de la · 1842

€14,500.00 ($15,981.89 | £12,096.99 | ¥2,551,290)

Paris, Maulde et/y Renou, 1842-1843. Folio (38.8 x 26.6 cm). French half-title, title page (dated 1843) with engraved vignette, pp. 5-16; idem in Spanish (title dated 1842), pp. 5-15. 33 fine hand-coloured engraved plates (I-XXXII, XIXbis). Twentieth-century half calf over clo...

A monograph of the jacamars and puff-birds, or families Galbulidae and Bucconidae.

Sclater, P. L. · 1879

€9,500.00 ($10,470.89 | £7,925.61 | ¥1,671,535)

London, the author, 1879-1882. Folio (32.3 x 25.5 cm). lii, [i], 171 pp.; 55 lithographed and finely hand-coloured plates, 13 groups of steel engravings in the text, showing taxonomically important parts, including heads, bills, etc. Contemporary red half morocco over gilt-bor...

Marie Jules-César Savigny. Sa vie et son oeuvre. Première partie. La vie de Savigny. [AND] Deuxième partie. l'Oeuvre de Savigny. [AND] Troisième partie. Documents. [Complete].

Pallary, P. · 1931

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Le Caire [Cairo], L'Institut d'Égypte, 1931-1934. Three parts in three. 4to (28.0 x 21.5 cm). 449 pp. [viii, 111; viii, 112; vii, 203]; six plates including frontispiece portrait, and two unnumbered facsimiles. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = An excellent monograph and b...

Revision du nummulitique Égyptien. [AND] Nouvelle contribution à la paléontologie du nummulitique Égyptien. [AND] Étude complémentaire sur la paléontologie du nummulitique Égyptien. [Complete].

Cuvillier, J. · 1930

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Le Caire, Institut d'Egypte, 1930-1935. Three parts in three. 4to (27.5 x 22.0 cm). 530 pp. [371; 76; 83]; 37 plates [24; 8; 5], one folded map. Original, uniform printed front wrappers. = A well-illustrated monograph, chiefly showing molluscs. The state of preservation is mos...

Importance de la nature et du role des discontinuites au sein des ophiolites lors du developpement d'un orogenese.

Ohnenstetter, M. · 1982

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Nancy, Université de Nancy, 1982. 4to (29.3 x 20.8 cm). [iv], 590 pp.; numerous illustrations. Blind quarter cloth over printed wrappers. = Thesis of Maryse Ohnenstetter, dealing with sections of the oceanic crust and underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted and exposed ...

On the movements and habits of climbing plants.

Darwin, C. · 1842

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Henry Colburn 1842 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). 118 pp. Full mock leather. Spine with gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural history by Charles Darwin. A very good, clean copy.

The descent of man and selection in relation to sex. In two volumes.

Darwin, C. · 1871

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Henry Colburn 1871 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). 898 [viii, 423; viii, 475] pp. Full mock leather. Spines with red labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural history a...

The structure and distribution of coral reefs.

Darwin, C. · 1842

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Henry Colburn 1842 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). xii, 214 pp.; three large folded maps (two partly coloured). Full mock leather. Spine with black labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major con...

The formation of vegetable mould.

Darwin, C. · 1881

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Henry Colburn 1881 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). vii, 326 pp. Full mock leather. Spine with black labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural history and ecology by Cha...

The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species.

Darwin, C. · 1877

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Henry Colburn 1877 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). viii, 352 pp. Full mock leather. Spine with black labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural history by Charles Darwin...

The variation of animals and plants under domestications. In two volumes.

Darwin, C. · 1868

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

London, Henry Colburn 1868 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). 897 pp. [viii, 411; viii, 486]. Full mock leather. Spines with black labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural histo...

Insectivorous plants.

Darwin, C. · 1875

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, Henry Colburn 1875 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22.5 x 15.0 cm). x, 462 pp. Full mock leather. Spine with black labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural history, in particular botan...

The power of movements in plants.

Darwin, C. · 1880

€80.00 ($88.18 | £66.74 | ¥14,076)

London, Henry Colburn 1880 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969]. 8vo (22,5 x 15,0 cm). x, 592 pp. Full mock leather. Spine with black labels and gilt title. = A fine, carefully made reprint of one of the major contributions to natural history, in partricular bota...