Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Archivum Zoologicum. Redactionis curam gerentibus Dr. J. de Madarász et E. Csiki. I. 1909-1910. [All published].

Madarász, J. De and E. Csiki (eds.) · 1909

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Budapest, Laboratorio Zoologico Hungarico, 1909-1910. 4to (28.8 x 20.9 cm). [iv], 203 pp., seven plates. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled edges. = Edited by J. de Madarász and E. Csiki, this is a short-lived periodical on, mainly, ent...

Serie di Mascheroni cavati dall'antico che per la prima volta escono in luce intagliati in rame. [Engraved title page].

Giovannoli, A. · 1781

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Rome, Venanzio Monaldini, 1781. Folio leaf (35.5 x 22.7 cm). = Title page from an extremely rare collection of four etchings of grotesque masks, after original designs by the Italian artist and engraver Aloisio Giovannoli (1550-1618). This is from the only dated edition, whic...

On the Aye-aye (Chiromys, Cuvier; Chiromys madagascariensis, Desm.; Sciurus madagascariensis, Gmel. Sonnerat; Lemur psilodactylus, Schreber, Shaw).

Owen, R. · 1863

€1,500.00 ($1,653.30 | £1,251.41 | ¥263,927)

London, Taylor and Francis, 1863. Large 4to (32.5 x 25.1 cm). 72 pp.; 14 lithographed plates including two very large, double folded. Original printed wrappers. = The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is the world's largest nocturnal primate. It occurs in Madagascar and i...

The development of the Monotremata. Part VI. The later stages of cleavage and the formation of primary germ-layers.

Flynn, T. T. and J. P. Hill · 1947

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,317)

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1947. Large 4to (31.8 x 25.2 cm). 151 pp.; 27 plates. Original printed wrappers. = Part of a larger series, but this monograph is restricted to the early ontogeny of the peculiar, rare and evasive Echidna, or spiny anteaters, and Ornit...

Bird plates. House sparrow, Passer domesticus (Ray.).

Meyer, H. L. · 1835

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

London, the author, ca. 1835. Folio (37.4 x 27.4 cm). Well preserved hand-painted engraving of a bird in its natural surroundings. = This is a lovely hand-coloured plate from arguably the finest (see, e.g., Hale) and most complete atlas of portraits of British avifauna ever pu...

Genera og species af Danmarks Eleutherata at tjene som fauna for denne orden og som indledning til dens anatomie og historie. Förste Bind. Med fem og tyve kobbertavler. [All published].

Schiödte, J. S. [Schiødte] · 1841

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

Kjöbenhavn, H. C. Klein [Paa kongelig bekostning], 1841. Large, thick 8vo (25.1 x 17.0 cm). xii, 613, xxii pp.; 25 engraved plates on 24 leaves. Contemporary polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with blind embossed and gilt bands; gilt title. = A very seldom-seen mono...

The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and rodents. Mlekopitayushchiye faunii Rossii i sopredel'nykh territoriy. Zaytseobraznyye i gryzuny.

Gromov, I. M. and M. A. Erbajeva · 1993

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, 1993. 8vo (21.3 x 14.0 cm). 521 pp.; 239 (groups of) text illustrations. Dark green mock leather with gilt title on the spine and front board, and embossed vignette on the front board. = The updated edition of ...

Kitoobraznye fauny morei SSSR. [Cetaceans of the fauna of the USSR Seas].

Tomilin, A. G. · 1962

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Moskva, Academia NAUK, 1962. 8vo (26.5 x 17.5 cm). 212 pp.; frontispiece b/w photo, 71 (groups of) text illustrations. Original printed boards. = A rarely seen part of the famous series, Fauna USSR, dealing with Cetacea (whales, dolphins, etc.). Written by the Russian mammalog...

Die Schildkröten aus dem oberen Jura (Malm) der Gegend von Solothurn.

Bräm, H. · 1965

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

Basel, Birkhäuser (for the Kommission der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft), 1965. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.0 cm). 190 pp.; 37 text illustrations, eight very large, folded plates. Original printed wrappers. = A well-illustrated monograph dealing with well-preserved Me...

British grasses and their employment in agriculture. [Rare First Edition].

Armstrong, S. F. · 1917

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1917. 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm). viii, 199 pp.; 175 text illustrations, one unnumbered chart. Original green buckram with title and vignette on front board and title on spine. = A well-preserved, clean, unmarked copy of the first edition of a ...

The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part I-V, VII-XV (conclusion) Appendix IV.

Arnold, G. · 1922

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Cambridge, The University Press (for the Transvaal Museum), 1922-1931. 14 parts (of 15) in 11. 8vo (25.0 x 16.3 cm). Numerous pages and text illustrations. Uniform printed wrappers. = A major monograph dealing with the family of burrowing wasps of South(ern) Africa, written by...

Plants of Tonga.

Yuncker, T. G. · 1959

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.06 | ¥10,557)

Honolulu, HI, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1959. 8vo (25.0 x 17.5 cm). 283 pp.; 17 text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen work on the botany of the island (and Kingdom) of Tonga in Polynesia (South Pacific). The flora is a mix of Pacific, endemic and int...

Campagne Arctique de 1907.

Orléans, L. P. R. Duc d' (ed.) · 1910

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

Bruxelles, Charles Bulens, 1910-1911. Eight volumes (of nine) in nine. Folio (35.0 x 27.2 cm). 798 pp.; 58 plates, seven maps. Uniform printed wrappers and one, similar, printed portfolio. = Important contributions to the northern Arctic Seas, especially to the seas around Nov...

A Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas. With descriptive notes of the nests and eggs of the birds known to breed in the State.

Goss, N. S. · 1886

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Topeka, KS, Kansas Publishing House: T. D. Thacher, 1886. 8vo (23.5 x 15.0 cm). v, 70 pp. Original brown cloth with gilt title on the front board. = A little-known catalogue of midwestern birds, written by the American ornithologist (Kansas State ornithologist) Nathaniel Stick...

The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhallfonna Formation. III. Remaining trilobites of the Valhallfonna Formation. [Complete].

Fortey, R. A. · 1974

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Oslo, Norsk Polarinstitutt, 1974-1980. Three parts in three. 8vo (26.0 x 17.8 cm). 319 pp. [81;125;113]; 35 text figures [12;15;8], 90 b/w plates [24;41;25], folded chart in rear pocket. Original uniform printed wrappers. = A well-illustrated monograph by the British zoologist...

Contributo alla conoscenza dei Chirotteri Eritrei.

Senna, A. · 1905

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Napoli, Francesco Ginannini & Figli, 1905. 8vo (25.1 x 16.4 cm). 57 pp.; four folded, lithographed (two chromolithographed) plates. Original printed wrappers. = A rarely seen monograph of Eritrean bats, including fine illustrations of new and poorly-known species. Written by t...

The zoological record 1976. Volume 113. Section 19. Mammalia.

Edwards, M. A. (ed.) · 1981

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.40 | ¥12,317)

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1981. Large 4to (29.6 x 20.8 cm). xxv, 600 pp. Original printed wrappers. = This mammal volume covers the year 1976 and includes some additions to previous years. Small chip to spine foot, cancelled stamp on title page recto; otherwise...

Catalogue of the ruminant Mammalia (Pecora, Linnaeus) in the British Museum.

Gray, J. E. · 1872

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

London, the Trustees of the British Museum, 1872. 8vo (22.1 x 13.8 cm). viii, 102 pp.; four lithographed plates. Original quarter cloth over plain blue boards. = A very seldom-seen, excellent work, with fine illustrations. With the publisher's label mounted on the front pasted...

Fortegnelse over de i Danmark levende Coleopter. [List of Coleoptera living in Denmark].

Schiødte, J. C. [Schiödte] · 1864

€1,000.00 ($1,102.20 | £834.28 | ¥175,951)

København (Copenhagen), C. A. Reitzel, [1864-1872]. In four volumes. 8vo (22.0 x 14.5 cm). 453 pp.; one tissue-guarded lithographed plate. Uniform polished half calf over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and title. Yellow endpapers, subtly marbled edges. = The ...

Étude anatomique du limbe des innovations des Aristida de l'Afrique du Nord et du Sahara.

Bourreil, P. · 1962

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Alger, Institut Recherches Sahariennes, 1962. 4to (27.0 x 21.2 cm).146 pp.; 17 plates, eight maps, several large, folded tables. Pictorial wrappers. = A seldom-seen work on North African, in particular Algerian, botany. This is an official offprint the institute's Mémoires no....