Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Scientific results of the World cruises of the yachts "Ara" 1928-1929, and "Alva" 1931-1932, "Alva" Mediterranean cruise 1933, and "Alva" South American cruise 1935, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Crustacea: Anomura, Macrura, Euphausiacea, Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Echinodermata: Asteroidea and Echinoidea.

Boone, [P.] L. · 1935

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Huntington, NY, Privately Published, 1935. 8vo (24.3 x 16.3 cm). 264 pp.; 96 plates. Original dark green buckram with gilt title on the spines and front boards. = "The Vanderbilt Marine Museum is the privately owned depository of the marine collections of William K. Vanderbilt...

Scientific results of the World cruises of the yachts "Ara" 1928-1929, and "Alva" 1931-1932, "Alva" Mediterranean cruise 1933, and "Alva" South American cruise 1935, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Marine algae, Coelenterata, Annelida, Echinodermata, Crustacea, Mollusca.

Boone, [P.] L. · 1938

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Huntington, NY, Privately Published, 1938. 8vo (24.3 x 16.3 cm). 372 pp.; 152 plates. Original dark green buckram with gilt title on the spine and front boards. = "The Vanderbilt Marine Museum is the privately owned depository of the marine collections of William K. Vanderbilt...

Geological results of the exploration for oil in Netherlands New Guinea (Papua).

Visser, W. A.and J. J. Hermes (eds.) · 1962

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

[Den Haag], Staatsdrukkerij en Uitgeverijbedrijf, 1962. 8vo (265 x 20.6 cm) 265 pp.; 16 'enclosures' consisting of 20 partly coloured folded maps; booklet with 26 photographic plates (= 'enclosure 17'), and stereoscopic triplet of Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya; the snow-clad ...

Syndesmologie der Vögel. Ein Glückwunsch der Königlichen Universität zu Greifswald zum 17. October 1856, dem Tage ihres vierhundertjähriges Jubiläums dargebracht von der Königliche Universität zu Breslau. Erste Abtheilung.

Barkow, H. [C. L.] · 1856

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Breslau, Robert Nischkowsky, 1856. Large folio (51.5 x 36.1 cm). 41 pp.; three large, finely lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A rarely seen work on avian ligaments and skeletons written by the German anatomist and ornithologist Hans Carl Leopold Barkow (1798-1...

Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte des In- und Auslandes. Zweyte Ausgabe. Vierter Band. Beschreibung der Amphibien. Mit 36 Abbildungen. [AND] Fünfter Band. Beschreibung der Insekten. Mit 29 Abbildungen. [AND] Sechster Band. Beschreibung der Würmer. Mit 44 Abbildungen.

Helmuth, J. H. · 1808

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Leipzig, Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern, 1808. Three parts in one. 8vo (17.2 x 12.0 cm). Three title pages, 962 pp. [vi, 196; xxx, 466; xxiv, 240]; ten large, folded, engraved plates [0; 5; 5], 36 text illustrations [36; 0; 0]. Early 19th-century half calf over patterned boards...

Investigations on the oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. I. The Argentine and Bolivia. II Peru. III. Chile. IV. Patagonia. [Complete, and with author's dedications].

Hammer, M. · 1958

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

København, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1958-1962. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (27.0 x 21.0 cm). 419 pp. [129; 157; 96; 37] pp.; 118 [34; 43; 30; 11] plates. Original uniform printed wrappers. = With numerous new species and excellent illustrations. Third volume uncut and thus a bit l...

Tab. XXXVII. Wilde Ente. [Mallard. Nest and eggs].

Wirsing, A. L. and F. C. Günther · 1770

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Nürnberg, Adam Ludwig Wirsing, [1770-]1772. Large, printed sheet (40.0 x 24.8 cm). Engraved and originally hand-coloured plate, numbered and captioned. = Two fine plates from possibly the first but certainly one of the most beautiful hand-coloured nidological works ever, and a...

Über böhmische Graptolithen.

Suess, E. · 1851

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Wien, W. Haidinger, 1851. Folio (34.6 x 25.5 cm). 50 pp.; three lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A detailed monograph, well-illustrated and including many new species, by the eminent Austrian geologist and palaeontologist Eduard Suess (1831-1914). Offprint wit...

Catalogue of the Madreporian Corals in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). II-VII.

Bernard, H. M. [AND] G. Matthai · 1895

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1895-1928. Six (of seven) volumes in six. 4to (32.0 x 24.0 cm). 1,303 pp. [xi, 212; iv, 106; vii, 192; viii, 206; vii, 303; vi, 173; v, 288]; 206 mostly tissue-guarded lithographed plates [33, 34, 14, 35, 17, 72], including collotype...

Tab. XXXIII. Trappe [AND] Tab. XLIII. Trappe. [Nest and eggs].

Wirsing, A. L. and F. C. Günther · 1770

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.14 | ¥87,976)

Nürnberg, Adam Ludwig Wirsing, [1770-]1772. Two large, printed sheets (40.0 x 24.8 cm). Engraved and originally hand-coloured plate, numbered and captioned. = Two fine plates from possibly the first but certainly one of the most beautiful hand-coloured nidological works ever, ...

Tab. XXVII. Blauschnäblichte Ente.

Wirsing, A. L. and F. C. Günther · 1770

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Nürnberg, Adam Ludwig Wirsing, [1770]-1772. Large, printed sheet (40.0 x 24.8 cm). Engraved and originally hand-coloured plate, numbered and captioned. = A fine plate from possibly the first but certainly one of the most beautiful hand-coloured nidological works ever, and almo...

Portrait of Darwin - Rare carte de visite.

[Darwin, Charles Robert] · 1874

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

Down and London, Elliott and Fry, [1874]. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard with rounded edges and a red ink border (10.0 x 6.2 cm). With the name Darwin printed in black below the photo, and red, crowned logo on verso. Preserved in transparent sleeve. = Carte de visite. Wit...

Collection complète des oiseaux d'Europe, dessinés et coloriés d'après nature.

Swagers, E. · 1833

€12,000.00 ($13,226.39 | £10,011.30 | ¥2,111,412)

Amiens, [the author, 1833]. Folio (30.7 x 23.0 cm). 11 unnumbered printed text sheets; 87 (of 88) lithographed plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers. Preserved in later brown cloth clambox (32.5 x 25.3 x 3.6 cm). "Spine" with red morocco label with...

Die Tertiärflora auf der Insel Java, nach den Entdeckungen des Herrn Fr. Junghuhn. Beschrieben und Erörtert in ihrem Verhältnisse zur Gesammtflora der Tertiärperiode.

Göppert, H. R. · 1857

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

Elberfeld, Baedeker, 1857. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.6 cm). 171 pp.; 14 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates, partly augmented with gum arabic. Original printed wrappers. = Second edition (first: 1854) of a detailed monograph with truly excellent illustrations. The author, the ...

Proceedings of the Symposium on Scombroid Fishes. Held at Mandapam Camp from Jan. 12-15, 1962. Part I - III. [Complete].

Silas, E. G. et al. (eds.) · 1964

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Mandapam Camp, Marine Biological Association of India, 1964. Three parts in two. 8vo (24.1 x 17.8 cm). 1,291 pp. (xvi, 1,236, 39); numerous plates and text figures. Contemporary uniform quarter buckram over grained boards. Spines with gilt bands and title. = A well-bound copy ...

Hillside materials and slopes of the San Francisco Bay region, California.

Ellen, S. D. and C. Wenthworth · 1973

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Washington, DC, United States Government Press, 1973. 4to (29.0 x 24.2 cm). 215 pp.; seven maps. Text volume and maps in pictorial cardboard box. = "This report describes the various bedrock and soil materials and slope gradients that constitute hillsides in the San Francisco ...

Neue Beiträge zur anatomischen Kenntniss der Hautdecke und Hautsinnesorgane der Fische.

Leydig, F. [von] · 1879

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Halle, Max Niemeyer, 1879. 4to (28.3 x 22.1 cm). 58 pp., four lithographed plates. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt titles on the spine. = Published in the Festschrift der Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle. Boards rubbed, a few vague (erased) stamps on th...

Geologie von Sibirien.

Obrutschew, W. A. · 1926

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Berlin, Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1926. 8vo (24.8 x 16.5 cm). xi, 572, [iii] pp.; 60 text figures, 11 maps (one folding). Near contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Floral endpapers. = A great classic on the geology of Siberia and its minera...

Contribution a l'étude ichthyologique de la Guyane Française: pêches et pêcheries.

Puyo, J. · 1936

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Toulouse, Les Frères Douladoure, 1936. 8vo (24.2 x 16.0 cm). 259 pp.; 46 text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = The rarely seen thesis by the French zoologist and ichthyologist Joseph Puyo, and an important early contribution to fishing and fish farming in Guyane (No...

Mémoires pour servir à l'explication de la carte géologique détaillée de la France. Le Jura. Deuxième partie. Commentaire de la carte structurale description tectonique du Jura Français.

Margerie, E. [M. P. M. J.] De · 1936

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1936. Large 4to (30.5 x 23.3 cm). Dedication leaf, pp. xix-xxxv, 645-1578; 31 maps, including several very large, folded maps of the Jura region (two in rear pocket). Original printed wrappers. = Dedication copy of volume 2 only. The first part was...