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Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada.

Marshall, V.G. et al. · 1987

€52.80 ($58.20 | £44.04 | ¥9,294)

1987 vi, 418 p., 7 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). Locations of type material are mentioned. Includes a long list of references. A library stamp on the front wrapper, contents clean. A very good copy.

Süsswasseracarinen aus DÃñnemark.

Lundblad, O. · 1920

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.11 | ¥6,777)

1920 114 p., 34 figs, 12 plates, small 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). Contains the descriptions of many (sub)species including some new ones. Uncut. A very good clean copy.

Die Opilioniden der Sammlung Plate. Fauna Chilensis. Abhandlungen zur Kenntniss der Zoologie Chiles nach den Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate.

Loman, J.C.C. · 1899

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

1899 14 p., 1 lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Rare paper on Opiliones or harvestmen from Chile, with the descriptions and illustrations of some new species. Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement IV. Band 2, erstes Heft. A good clean copy.

Aus dem Leben der Spinne. Naturkundliche Bilderreihen.

Lock, F. · 1939

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.76 | ¥2,904)

1939 160 p. with numerous b/w photographic plates, original grey cloth. Schriften des Deutschen Naturkundevereins/Neue Folge. Band 10. Good copy

On the muscular and endoskeletal systems of Limulus and Scorpio.

Lankester, E.R. et al. · 1885

€66.00 ($72.75 | £55.05 | ¥11,618)

1885 with some notes on the anatomy and generic characters of scorpions; 74 p., 12 lithographed plates (mostly coloured or tinted), 4to, disbound (no covers). Important paper on the anatomy of the scorpions and horseshoe crabs. With excellent, detailed illustrations. The part ...

Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. Lieferung 12. Palpigradi und Solifugae.

Kraepelin, K. · 1901

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.23 | ¥13,554)

1901 xi, 159 p., 117 text figures, contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, paper label on spine. Edges marbled. A good, thorough monograph of these little-known arachnoid animals. Provides keys, drawings of taxonomically important parts and whole animals. Includes taxon...

Spiders of Connecticut.

Kaston, B.J. · 1948

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,260)

1948 874 p., 144 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). Lower part of the front wrapper with a crease, otherwise a fine clean copy. With fine illustrations of whole specimens and taxonomically important parts. A surprising number of species treated occur not only outsid...

Amitosis in the embryonal envelopes of the scorpion.

Johnson, H.P. · 1892

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,809)

1892 36 p., 3 lithographed (2 tinted) plates with explanatory text leaves, disbound (no covers). Published in: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 1957.

Jeekel, C.A.W. · 1970

€60.50 ($66.68 | £50.47 | ¥10,650)

1970 412 p., paperbound. Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging. Label on spine, otherwise good, clean.

Mites or the Acari.

Hughes, T.E. · 1959

€19.80 ($21.82 | £16.52 | ¥3,485)

1959 vi, 225 p., frontispiece, numerous text figures, green cloth with gilt title on spine. Excellent introduction to the systematics of the Acari. T.E. Hughes was a lecturer in zoology at the University of London. Small library mark and shallow blindstamp on title page, sta...

Spiders of the United States.

Headstrom, R. · 1973

€13.20 ($14.55 | £11.01 | ¥2,324)

1973 267 p., 305 figures, publisher's printed cloth. With library stamp, boards slightly soiled. Otherwise good. The emphasis is on identification on the basis of external anatomical characters.

Investigations on the Oribatid Fauna of New Zealand.

Hammer, M. · 1966

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.29 | ¥8,713)

1966-1968 3 parts. 264 p., 116 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). Biologiske skrifter udgivet af det kngelige videnskabernes selskab.

Remarques sur la famille des scorpions et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de la collection du Muséum.

Gervais, P. · 1844

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.76 | ¥19,363)

1844 40 p., two hand-coloured plates, roy. 4to (32 x 25 cm), later marbled wrappers with printed label pasted on front. A very rare paper on new and little known scorpions with fine illustrations. Some text pages lightly spotted, plates clean. In all a good copy. Nissen ZBI,...

Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'instruction a l'anatomie comparée. Les arachnides. Les Annelides.

Dugès, A.L. & H. Milne Edwards · 1836

€68.20 ($75.17 | £56.89 | ¥12,005)

1836 106, 54 p., very nice contemporary [publisher's?] red half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, floral gilt compartments and title. Top edge gilt. The text parts of the arachnids (by Dugès and Milne Edwards), and the annelids. The atlasses were pub...

Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar publiée par Alfred Grandidier. XXVII. Histoire naturelle des Myriapodes.

Saussure, H. de & L. Zehntner · 1902

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.58 | ¥17,427)

1902 viii, 356 p., 15 plates (some tinted). large 4to, (32.1 x 24.9 cm), paperbound (original printed covers). The whole Myriapoda section, with many new species. Published in the highly esteemed series of zoological contributions edited by Grandidier (father, and later, his...

Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar publiée par Alfred Grandidier. XXVII. Histoire naturelle des Myriapodes.

Saussure, H. de & L. Zehntner · 1902

€121.00 ($133.37 | £100.93 | ¥21,300)

1902 viii, 356 p., 15 plates (some tinted). large 4to, (32.1 x 24.9 cm), paperbound (original printed covers). The whole Myriapoda section, with many new species. Published in the highly esteemed series of zoological contributions edited by Grandidier (father, and later, his...

The spider book. A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudescorpions, whip-scorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits.

Comstock, J. · 1940

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

1940 xi, 729 p., 770 text figures (some full page), original green blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine. The "all-you-want-to-know about spiders and scorpions" book, including the tarantula, black widow and much more. Also useful for identification purposes. Stamp on ...

Notes on the biology of spiders. I-III.

Bristowe, W.S. · 1930

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,841)

1930 21 p., several text figures, disbound (no covers). The notes are on the following subjects (titles): I. The evolution of spiders' snares; II. Aquatic spiders; III. Miscellaneous. Published in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, with some unrelated papers [includ...

Faune de la Russie et des pays limitrophes fondée principalement sur les collections du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Petrograd. Arachnides (Arachnoidea). Volume I. Livraison 1.

Bialynicki-Birula, A.A. · 1917

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.58 | ¥17,427)

1917 227 p., several text figures, 3 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). Rare. Includes scorpions only and complete for this group. There are three plates, as called for in the text. Text uncut, partly unopened. Vague stamp and cancellation stamp on front wrapper, o...

Les arachnides (Scorpions, Araignées, etc.).

Berland, L. · 1932

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,809)

1932 485 p., 636 text figures, paperbound (original printed covers). This is Encyclopédie Entomologique, part XVI, but a separate work in itself, the other parts dealing with other groups. Uncut. EditorâÇÖs stamp on title page. Covers loose and paper covering of spine partly ...