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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 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

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 mono…

Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the geological survey of India. Vol. III. The Pelecypoda, with a review of all known genera of this class, fossil and recent.

Stoliczka, F. · 1871 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

Calcutta, Geological Survey Office, 1871. Folio (37.0 x 25.1 cm). Title page, xxii, 538 pp.; 50 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Near-contemporary half calf with blind-tooled borders over pebbled boards. Spine with gilt lines, and two red morocco labels with gil…

Geological sections across the Himalayan Mountains, from Wangtu-bridge on the river Sutlej to Sungdo on the Indus: with an account of the formations in Spiti, accompanied by a revision of all the known fossils from that district.

Stoliczka, F. · 1865 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)

Calcutta, The Government of India, 1865. Large 8vo. 154 pp.; frontispiece map and eight lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = An important, early - perhaps first - paper on the rich faunas of the Spiti formations which, subsequently, wher…

Are you famous? La Grande Parade in het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Elsken, E. van der · 1985 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

Amsterdam, Landshoff, 1985. Small 8vo (15.1 x 10.6 cm). 92 pp.; numerous black-and-white photos. Original laminated pictorial paperbound. = An archetypal work by the Dutch photographer and cinematographer Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990). Signed and illustrated in ink on the title …

Kestrel.

[Taxidermy] Gunn, T. E. · 1923 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)

Norwich, T. E. Gunn, pre 1923. Taxidermy cased (41 x 31 x 17 cm) in naturalistic setting. Black wooden case with glass front; interior painted light blue. = A fine, wonderfully preserved, stuffed and cased specimen of a female common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus. [German:…

D'une erreur de raisonnement très-fréquente dans les sciences du ressort de la philosophie naturelle qui concernent le concret, expliquée par les derniers écrits de M. E. Chevreul. [AND] Études des procédés de l'esprit humain dans la recherche de l'inconnu à l'aide de l'observation et de l'expérience, et du moyen de savoir s'il a trouvé l'erreur ou la verité, composé de trois mémoires. Premier mémoire. - La science devant la grammaire. Deuxième mémoire. - L'enseignement devant l'étude de la vision, avec deux planches. Troisième mémoire. - Explication de nombreux phénomènes qui sont une conséquence de la veillesse. [AND] Résumé d'une histoire de la matière depuis des philosophes grecs jusq'à Loivoisier inclusivement, avec quatorze planches, accompagnées de légendes.

Chevreul, [M.] E. · 1878 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

Paris, Firmin-Didot [For the Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France], 1878. Large 4to (28.2 x 22.5 cm). 802 pp. [3-102; 1-327; 321-702]; 16 plates of which several coloured. Original blue printed boards. = Most important philosophical work of the French chemist and winner…

De Bandjermasinsche Krijg van 1859-1863. Nader toegelicht.

Rees, W. A. Van · 1867 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

Arnhem, D. A. Thieme, 1867. 8vo (21.9 x 13.5 cm). Very large, triple-folded chromolithographed plate (as frontispiece); engraved, folded map; and very large, quadruple-folded engraved plate of a Kotta Mara (wooden warship), Title page, 139 pp. Contemporary pebbled half cloth ove…

Descrizione anatomica degli organi della circolazione delle larve delle salamandre acquitiche.

Rusconi, M. · 1817 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,600.00 ($1,763.53 | £1,334.63 | ¥281,647)

Pavia, Galeazzi, 1817. Large 4to (21.0 x 26.5 cm). 49 pp. (including title page), one hand-coloured engraved plate. Period-style blue half morocco over blue-marbled boards. Gilt title and ornaments on the spine. Endpapers renewed. = The first and rarest work on salamanders by th…

Euphorbia peplus [from the Herbier de la France]

Bulliard, P. · 1781 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.12 | ¥26,404)

Paris, published by the author/artist, 1781. 4to-sized (29.6 x 20.4 cm). Single leaf, early colour printing. Printed surface 22.8 x 16.9 cm. = This fine illustration of the petty spurge, radium weed, cancer weed, or milkweed, Euphorbia peplus, or, in French, the "Reveil Matin",…

Anthozoa Polyactinia. Astroides calycularis [stony cup coral polyps]. Tab. 1.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1902 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€900.00 ($991.99 | £750.73 | ¥158,426)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, 1902. Very large (140 x 130 cm) broadsheet. Lithographed on two half-sheets, combined into one. Printed in chromolithography on one side. = A very rare pictorial teaching chart depicting the morphology and anatomy of a stony coral, showing the anato…

Thoracostraca. Astacus fluv. I. [Crayfish]. Tab. 15.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1905 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€900.00 ($991.99 | £750.73 | ¥158,426)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, 1905. Very large (140 x 130 cm) broadsheet. Lithographed on two half-sheets, combined into one. Printed in chromolithography on one side. = A very rare pictorial wall chart depicting the morphology and anatomy of the edible European crayfish, Astacu…

Hirudinei Hirudo medicinalis. [Leech]. Tab. 16.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1905 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, 1905. Very large (140 x 130 cm) broadsheet. Lithographed on two half-sheets, combined into one. Printed in chromolithography on one side. = A very rare pictorial wall chart depicting the morphology and anatomy of the leech, used for medical purposes…

Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. II. Monographie: Fierasfer.

Emery, C. · 1880 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1880. Large 4to (33.5 x 27.5 cm). [ii], 76 pp.; ten text engravings, nine lithographed plates, of which one in full colour and the others partly coloured, or tinted. Original wrappers with printed text and wood engraving of the Institute's building in…

View of the source of the glaciers and the lake of Kandersteig - Vue de la glaciers et de Lac du Kandersteig.

Châtelet, [C. L.] and P. Vanlerberghe and J. Merigot · 1801 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)

London, G. & W. Nicoll, 1801. Very large broadside (80.2 x 56.3 cm). Aquatint, finished by hand. = A fine, large plate of the Kandersteig (= Kandersteg) lake (= Oeschinensee) and glaciers, in the Swiss canton of Bern..Drawn "on the spot" by Claude Louis Châtelet (1753-1795), eng…

A review of the primates. I-III. [Complete].

Elliot, D. G. · 1912 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

New York, NY, The American Museum of Natural History, "1912" [1913]. Three parts in three. 4to. 1,351 pp. [cxxvi, 317, xxxviii; xviii, 382, xxvi; xiv, 262, clxviii]; one full colour frontispiece by Fuertes, 27 full colour plates by Smit, Wolf, and Keulemans, 125 photographs most…

Description d'une nouvelle espèce de porc a large groin, ou sanglier d'Afrique; découvert depuis peu, & encore tout-à-fait inconnu, pris dans les contrées les plus reculées de l'Afrique, & apporté de-là dans la ménagerie de son altesse sérénissime, monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, stadhouder héreditaire, gouverneur, capitaine géneral et amirail des Provinces Unies des Pais-Bas, &c. &c. &c.

Vosmaer, A. · 1767 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.10 | ¥21,124)

Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1767. 4to (27.3 x 21.3 cm). 13 pp. (including title page); one finely engraved plate, one blank leaf in the rear. Disbound. = Arnout Vosmaer (1720-1799) was a Dutch naturalist and collection curator. In 1756 he became the director of a natural history c…

Experiments and observations made in Britain, in order to obtain a rule for measuring hights with the Barometer.

Roy, W. · 1777 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

London, The Royal Society, 1777. 4to (22.2 x 17.4 cm). 18 pp. (numbered 653-770); two folding plates showing barometers; thirteen folding tables and a map showing the plan of the triangles made use of for obtaining the geometrical distance and altitude of Snowdon and Moel Eilio …

Ideale Welten nach uranographischen Provinzen in Wort und Bild. Ethnologische Zeit- und Streitfragen nach Gesichtspunkten der Indischen Völkerkunde. [Complete].

Bastian, A. [P. W.] · 1892 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€125.00 ($137.78 | £104.27 | ¥22,004)

Berlin, Emil Felber, 1892. Three volumes in one. 4to (27.2 x 19.7 cm). Title to the whole work; titles to the parts; 791 pp. [289; 270; 232]; 22 plates [9; 9; 4]. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines and title. Original printed wrappers bound in. = …

Reales Ordenanzas Para la Direccion, Regimen Y Gobierno Del Importante Cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana, Y de Su Real Tribunal General. De Orden de Su Magestad

Galvez, Josef de; compiler. New Spain. Tribunal de minería · 1783 · Kaaterskill Books

$2,000.00 (€1,814.54 | £1,513.59 | ¥319,412)

Madrid, n.p. 1783. First edition. Full contemporary cat's paw vellum. [2 lvs], xlvi, 214 pp. Illus. with an engraving by Joaquin Fabregat of the Spanish arms and depicting mining implements. Folio. Signed in ink with Galvez' paraph under his printed name. First edition of this "…

[Battle of Martinique... Combat de la Dominique Reported in] the London Gazette Extraordinary. Thursday, May 25, 1780

[American Revolution] [West Indies] · 1780 · Kaaterskill Books

$600.00 (€544.36 | £454.08 | ¥95,824)

[London], Thomas Harrison, 1780. First edition. Removed. [3 pp.]. Sm. 4to. The first British report of the April 17th, 1780 naval battle near Martinique, West Indies between the British forces, including 20 ships of the line, led by Sir George Rodney and the French Squadron, wit…