Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 3: Palau. 5. Teilband (Schluss): Abteilung IX: Zierkunst und Kulturvergleich. Abteilung X: Baiverzeichnis.

Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.) · 1929

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,715)

Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). 171 pp. (xiii, 156, [ii]); 20 text figures, 35 (20 double-sized) plates of which two in full colour. Original printed wrappers. = An important contribution to the ethnography of Micronesia, edited by the German phy...

Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 7: Ponape. 1. Teilband: Allgemeiner Teil: Geschichte, Geographie, Sprache, Eingeborene. 2. Teilband: Gesellschaft und geistige Kultur, Wirtschaft und stoffliche Kultur. 3. Teilband: Die Ruinen. Ponapegeschichten. [Complete].

Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.) · 1932

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.42 | ¥79,178)

Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1932-1936. Three parts in three. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). 1238 pp. [xii, 376; xvii, 386; xi, 437]; 248 text figures [10; 176; 62], 44 plates [19; 10; 15] of which one in full colour. Original uniform printed wrappers. = An important contribution...

Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 8: Inseln um Ponape: Kapingamarangi, Nukuor, Ngatik, Mokil, Pingelap.

Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.) · 1934

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,791)

Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1934. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). xiv, 464 pp.; 306 text illustrations, 29 plates (of which one in full colour). Original printed wrappers. = An important, well-illustrated contribution to the ethnography of Micronesia, edited by the German physici...

De Bare'e sprekende Toradjas van Midden-Celebes. Tweede, geheel omgewerkte druk. [2nd, revised edition. Complete, in five volumes].

Adriani, N. and A. C. Kruyt · 1950

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Amsterdam, Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1950-1951. In five volumes. Text in three octavo volumes (26.0 x 18.0 cm). [AND] Deel platen; octavo (26.0 x 18.0 cm). total of 1558 pp. [xii, 478; viii, 557; viii, 484; 11]. [AND] atlas in folio portfolio (37.2 x 27.0 cm); ...

Catalogue raisonné des lépidoptères du Berry & de l'Auvergne (Cher, Indre, Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal) (France centrale).

Sand, M. · 1879

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Paris, E. Deyrolle, 1879. 8vo (22.1 x 14.6 cm). vi, 207 pp. Original printed wrappers. = A very seldom-seen catalogue, written by the French entomologist, writer, artist and son of the famous writer George Sand, Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, known as Baron Dudevant a...

Mollusques terrestres. Clausilia, Rhodea et Bulimus Sud-Americanae.

Jousseaume, [F. P.] · 1900

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Paris, Société Philomathique de Paris, 1900. 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm). 40 pp.; plate. Original pictorial wrappers and yellow protective wrappers. = A seldom-seen work, being an offprint fro the society's Bulletin. This journal itself is rare too. Many species are new; in particula...

Pfefferfresser. Tukane. [Tucans].

Bresslern-Roth, N. von · 1929

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

Wien, the artist, 1929. Single printed linocut in several colours (33.0 x 27.3 cm). Monogram N. B. Roth in lower right corner. = A quintessential Art Deco linocut by the great Austrian artist Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth (1891-1978). Carefully mounted on a printed sheet title...

Mémoire sur le terrain a nummulites (épicrétacé) des corbières de la Montagne Noire.

Leymerie, A. [F. G. A.] · 1846

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Paris, Société Géologique de France, 1846. Folio (35.0 x 25.9 cm). 39 pp.; six lithographed plates, of which one a hand-coloured map and the others showing fossils, mainly molluscs. Near contemporary blind quarter cloth over green paper-covered boards. Original blind blue wrap...

Die Süsswasserfische der Östreichischen Monarchie mit Rücksicht auf die angränzenden Länder.

Heckel, J. J. and R. Kner · 1858

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.71 | ¥70,380)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1858. 8vo (23.0 x 16.2 cm). xii, 388 pp.; 204 wood-engravings. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with black morocco label and gilt title. Speckled edges. = A rare, very detailed and well-illustrated guide to the freshwater fishes of ...

Contributions à l'histoire naturelle des bryozoaires ectoproctes marins.

Calvet, L. · 1900

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Montpellier, Firmin & Montane, 1900. 8vo (24.0 x 15.5 cm). 440 pp.; 45 text figures, 13 tinted or coloured double-sized lithographed plates. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, compartments with gilt vignettes and title. Marbled endpape...

Expediçao scientifica a Serra da Estrella em 1881: Secçao de meteorologia.

Silva, A. C. Da · 1883

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥21,994)

Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional, 1883. 4to (32.0 x 23.8 cm). 77 pp.; ten folded maps and charts Original printed wrappers. = A rarely seen work written by the Portuguese meteorologist Augusto Carlos da Silva about whom little else is known. The Serra de Estrella is a mountainous are...

Expediçao scientifica a Serra da Estrella em 1881: Secçao de botanica.

Henriques, J. A. · 1883

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,393)

Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional, 1883. 4to (32.0 x 23.8 cm). 133 pp.; two coloured, folded plates, one being a profile, the other a map. Original printed wrappers. = Written by the Portuguese botanist and director of the botanical gardens in Coimbra, Julio Augusto Henriques (1838-19...

The black-throated groove-bill Toucan, Aulacoramphus atrogularis. By John Gould.

Gould, J. · 1851

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, the author, 1851 [REPRINT Mergus, Germany]. (64.1 x 49.5 cm). Full colour facsimile. = A stunning, gigantic plate by the famous bird painter and ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881), depicting a bird from tropical America, the black-throated groove-bill toucanet. It oc...

The yellow-billed turaco, Musophaga macrorhyncha. By John Gould.

Gould, J. · 1851

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

London, the author, 1851 [REPRINT Mergus, Germany]. (64.1 x 49.5 cm). Full colour facsimile. = A stunning, gigantic plate by the famous bird painter and ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881), depicting a bird from tropical Africa, the yellow-billed turaco. It occurs in coastal ...

Agriculture of New-York: comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks, and of the climate and agricultural productions of the state; together with descriptions of the more common and injurious species of insects.

Emmons, E. · 1854

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.86 | ¥35,190)

Albany, NY, [New York State], 1854. 4to (29.0 x 23.0 cm). viii, 272 pp., 50 lithographed plates of which 47 hand-coloured. Publisher's blind-tooled cloth with gilt vignette on the front board and gilt title on the spine. = This is part V of the "Agriculture of New York" and it...

Saggio sulla coltura e governo de boschi.

Comparetti. P. · 1798

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥43,988)

Padova, Brandolese, 1798. 8vo (22.2 x 14.8 cm). Title page with wood-engraved vignette; xii, cxxix pp.; one engraved plate. Original blind wrappers. = A seldom-seen work, complete with a 12 pp. preface, on the cultivation and management of trees and forests, written by the Ita...

Die Schmetterlinge von Zermatt. (Dem Andenken an Rudolf Püngeler Gewidment). [Rare bound copy].

Vorbrodt, C. · 1928

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,196)

Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung "Iris", 1928. 8vo (22.2 x 14.5 cm). 124 pp.; photographic plate. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Printed front wrapper mounted on front board. = A seldom-seen local Alpine lepidopterological fauna. Offprint, with separately ...

Atlas of Diatoms. Marine diatoms of the Indian Ocean region. I - VI. [Complete].

Desikachary, T. V. · 1986

€350.00 ($385.77 | £292.00 | ¥61,583)

Madras, Madras Science Foundation, 1986-1989. Six volumes in five. Folio (28.1 x 21.6 cm). (ii), 27 pp.; 809 plates with explanatory text leaves. Printed errata list loosely inserted. Uniform printed softcovers. = An important monographic atlas deals with the marine fossil and...

Les beaux arbres du Canton de Vaud. Catalogue publié par la Société Vaudoise des Forestiers sous la direction de M. H. Badoux, inspecteur forestier à Montreux.

Badoux, H. · 1912

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.28 | ¥52,785)

Vevey, Société Vaudoise des Forestiers, 1912-1925. Two parts in two. 8vo (24.0 x 16.1 cm). 379 pp. [xx, 204; xiii, 142]; numerous fine photographs (unnumbered plates with blank versos) of remarkable trees. Original, near uniform pictorial wrappers. = A seldom-seen work on Swis...

Die Cyathophylliden und Zaphrentiden des deutschen Mitteldevon, eingeleitet durch den Versuch einer Gliederung desselben. Mit 8 Tafeln und 23 Holzshitten.

Frech, F. [D.] · 1886

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,437)

Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1886. 4to (29.1 x 22.8 cm). 119 pp.; eigth lithographed plates. Contemporary pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Floral-patterned endpapers. = A well-illustrated monograph with many new species. Written by the German palaeontolo...