Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Documents Scientifiques de la Mission Saharienne, mission Foureau-Lamy, d'Alger au Congo par le Tchad. Publication de la Société de Géographie.

Foureau, F. · 1905

€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.56 | ¥105,571)

Paris, Masson, 1905. Two volumes in two. Large 4to (32.7 x 25.2 cm). 1210 pp. [1-554; 555-1210]; 428 text illustrations, 30 plates and (larger, folding, coloured) maps. Original printed wrappers. = These two volumes comprise the scientific results of an expedition through Afri...

First annual report on the geology of Vermont. 1845.

Adams, C. B. · 1845

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,114)

Burlington, VT, Chauncey Goodrich, 1845. 8vo (24.0 x 14.8 cm). 92 pp. One folding, coloured map. Original printed wrappers. = The seldom-seen first Annual Report, with detailed information on the minerals and ores of the State, and their occurrence. Written by the geologist an...

Recherches sur les Ascidies simples des Côtes de Provence. Phallusiadees.

Roule, L. · 1884

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Marseille, Cayer, 1884. 4to. 270 pp.; 13 tinted lithographs (three coloured). Original half cloth over marbled boards. = Thesis of this famous French ichthyologist, defended under presidency of Milne-Edwards. A rarely seen well-bound copy. Slight rubbing to boards and spine en...

Kükenthal, Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo. Zweiter Teil: Wissenschafliche Reiseergebnisse. Band III. Fische.

Steindachner, F. · 1901

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Frankfurt am Main, Moritz Diesterweg, 1901. Large 4to (30.0 x 23.2 cm). 54 pp. ; two lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen publication with the description and illustration of new and poorly known fish species from the Coral Triangle, and more in part...

Zur Theorie der gewöhnlichen Differentialgleichungen.

Nakano, H. · 1934

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,595)

Tokyo, Maruzen, 1934. Large 8vo (26.1 x 19.3 cm).63 pp. Original printed wrappers. = An important cntribution to mathematics by the Japaese mathematician Hidegoro Nakano (1909-1974). published in the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Wrappers a b...

University of Kansas. Paleontological contributions. Mollusca. Article 1-7.

Various authors · 1947

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Lawrence, KN, The University of Kansas, 1947-1966. Seven papers in one. Large 8vo (36.3 x 19.5 cm). 429 pp. [15;11;48;38;11;144;162]; 75 text figures [4;2;4;15;1;34;15], 89 plates [3;5;6;5;2;43;25]. Brown buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in...

Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology. I-III. [All Published].

Howe, R. H. (ed.) · 1900

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Bristol, RI, Privately published, 1900-1902. Three volumes in 12. 8vo (24.5 x 16.0 cm). Three loose, printed titles; 83 pp. [26; 28; 29]. Original uniform printed wrappers. = A rarely seen regional ornithological journal, founded, and edited by the American ornithologist, odon...

La faune Jurassique de Mazapil. Avec un appendice sur les fossiles du Crétacique Inférieur.

Burckhardt, C. · 1906

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,836)

México [City], Instituto Geológico de México, 1906. In two parts (text, atlas). Large 4to (33.2 x 23.1 cm). 216 pp., folding table; 43 heliogravure plates with explanatory text leaves. Uniform printed wrappers. = An excellent, well-illustrated monograph by the Swiss - later Me...

[POSTER] 'ABCDEF'

Delaunay, S. · 1970

€4,000.00 ($4,408.80 | £3,337.10 | ¥703,804)

[Paris], [1970]. Single leaf (65.0 x 50.0 cm). Pochoir on wove paper. Signed in pencil by the artist. = A very large copy of Sonia Delaunay's 'alphabet' design. Signed by the artist and annotated 'EA" [Épreuve d'artiste]. A similar design, on a much smaller format, was publish...

Histoire du genre Tsuga en Europe d'après l'étude des grains de pollen actuels et fossiles.

Sivak, J. · 1978

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Montpellier, Paleobiologie Continentale, 1978. Two parts (text and atlas) in two. 4to (29.3 x 21.7 cm). [iv], 226, [xxii] pp.; 159 plates with explanatory text leaves. Uniform blue wrappers with printed title on front wrappers. = An excellent monograph, indispensable for the s...

Design for three theatre costumes. [Swordmen].

Pogédaieff, G. A. de · 1930

€3,700.00 ($4,078.14 | £3,086.82 | ¥651,019)

Paris, unpublished, ca. 1930. Oblong cardboard (35.8 x 44.7 cm). Gouache, watercolour, and pencil, heightened with silver. = An original design by the great illustrator, set and costume designer, painter and poet, Georges de Pogédaieff (Grigory Anatolyevich Pozhydaev - or Poz...

Design for three theatre costumes. [Dryad and Sylvan Spirits]

Pogédaieff, G. A. de · 1930

€3,500.00 ($3,857.70 | £2,919.96 | ¥615,829)

Paris, unpublished, ca. 1930. Oblong cardboard (35.8 x 44.7 cm). Gouache, watercolour, and pencil, heightened with silver. = An original design by the great illustrator, set and costume designer, painter and poet, Georges de Pogédaieff (Grigory Anatolyevich Pozhydaev - or Poz...

Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornate. [Two counterproofs in original water colouring, of Plate 37, Falco albanella torquata, and of Plate 48, Falco vulga barletto.]

[Manetti, F. S] · 1776

€2,400.00 ($2,645.28 | £2,002.26 | ¥422,282)

[Florence, 1776]. Two single sheets (each 47.1 x 35.8 cm). Hand-coloured and captioned. = Two fine and very rare counterproof illustrations, in original hand-colouring, of falcons, commissioned by the Italian naturalist and friend of Linnaeus, Francesco Saverio Manetti (1723-1...

Prismes. 40 planches de dessins et coloris nouveaux.

Séguy, E. A. · 1931

€3,500.00 ($3,857.70 | £2,919.96 | ¥615,829)

Paris, Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, [1931]. Folio portfolio (33.5 x 25.5 cm). [iv] pp. (half-title and title page); 40 very fine full colour pochoir plates. The original publisher's full-colour pictorial portfolio. = A very rare and well-preserved, complete copy of this enig...

S. Anthonius [Saint Anthony] tormented by demons. [After Martin Schongauer and Raphaël De Mey].

[Monogrammist AT] · 1730

€2,400.00 ($2,645.28 | £2,002.26 | ¥422,282)

Central Europe, possibly Germany, ca. 1730. Printed leaf (31.1 x 22.8 cm). Mounted. = A beautiful copy of a fine rendering of the famous Temptanion of Saint Anthony, after Martin Schongauer (d. 1491), in the edition of Raphaël de Mey (d. 1630) with a monogram of Albrecht Dürer...

Observations on Polyzoa, sub-order Phylactolaemata.

Hyatt, A. · 1866

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Salem, Essex Institute, 1866-1868. 8vo (23.5 x 15.3 cm). iv, 103 pp.; nine engraved plates, tissue-guarded and with explanatory text., one double-folding table. Later green buckram with gilt title on the spine. Patterned endpapers. Original printed wrappers bound in. = A taxon...

Life histories of North American Birds. [I] [gallinaceous birds, pigeons or doves, and birds of prey] - [II]. From the parrots to the grackles, with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. [All published].

Bendire, C. [I.] · 1892

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Washington, DC, The Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1995. Two volumes in two. Large 4to (31.1 x 24.3 cm). 980 pp. [viii, 446; viii, 518]; 19 full colour, tissue-guarded plates [12; 7] with explanatory text leaves. Uniform olive green buckram. Spines with gilt title. = Classic mo...

Étude sur la famille des Cypraeidae.

Jousseaume, [F. P.] · 1884

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Paris, Société Zoologique de France, 1884. 8vo (24.5 x 16.2 cm). 20 pp. Original pictorial wrappers and yellow protective wrappers. = A seldom-seen work, being an offprint fro the society's Bulletin. This journal itself is uncommon. Jousseaume was the first to break the "cowri...

Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 12: Luangiua und Nukumanu mit Anhang über Sikayana, Nuguria, Tauu und Carteret-Inseln. Nach den Aufzeichnungen von Ernst Sarfert bearbeitet von Hans Damm. 1. Halbband: Allgemeiner Teil und Materielle Kultur. 2. Halbband: Soziale Verhältnisse und Geisteskultur. [With often lacking frontispiece].

Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.) · 1929

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929-1931. In two parts. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). One full colour frontispiece; xxviii, 506, xiv, [ii] pp.; 349 text figures [306; 43], 59 plates [41; 18]. Original uniform printed wrappers. = An important contribution to the ethnography of Mela...

Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 3. Palau. 4. Teilband: Abteilung VII: Geschichten und Gesänge. Abteilung VIII: Botanischer, zoologischer und Palauwörter-Index. Mit 6 Abbildungen im Text und 127 Zeichnungen von Eingeborenen.

Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.) · 1929

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). xiv, 376 pp.; 127 illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = An important (chiefly linguistic) contribution to the ethnography of Micronesia, edited by the German physician and anthropologist Georg Christian Thile...