Cerca libri

Anthozoa Polyactinia. Octactinia [precious or red coral]. Tab. 10.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1903 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€800.00 ($881.77 | £667.32 | ¥140,823)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, [1903]. 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 precious or red coral (in th…

Paradise lost. Adam hearing the voice of God. Large(st) mezzotint plate from the large-size edition.

Martin, J. [and J. Milton] · 1824 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

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

London, Septimus Prowett, [1824]-1827. Oblong folio (36.7 x 52.5 cm). Mezzotint plate (printed surface ca. 25 x 35 cm). = A magnificent proof-plate from the very rare folio edition with much larger sheets than those in the "usual" quarto editions (of which the largest was ca. 27…

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

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.90 | ¥14,962)

Calcutta, The Government of India, 1865. Large 8vo. 154 pp.; frontispiece map and eight lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. = An important, early - perhaps first - paper on the rich faunas of the Spiti fo…

Original watercolour drawing of the bird, tinamon isabelle (Tinamus rufescens Temminck), the red-wingen tinamou or guazu.

Prêtre, J. G. · 1825 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€4,800.00 ($5,290.59 | £4,003.90 | ¥844,940)

[Paris], Prêtre, 1825. Folio (43.8 x 33.8 cm). Single leaf with original water colour. Framed. = A very rare original watercolour by the great Swiss-born French natural history artist Jean Gabriel Prêtre (1768-1849), arguably one of the best French natural history illustrators o…

Sparrowhawk.

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

€1,000.00 ($1,102.21 | £834.14 | ¥176,029)

Norwich, T. E. Gunn, pre-1923. Taxidermy cased (40 x 30 x 15 cm) in naturalistic setting. Black wooden case with glass front; interior painted light blue. Printed label on rear board. = A fine, wonderfully preserved taxidermy cased specimen of the Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter…

Ophidia. Tropidonotus natrix. [Grass snake]. Tab. 18.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1910 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,200.00 ($1,322.65 | £1,000.97 | ¥211,235)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, ca. 1910. 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 snake, Tropidonotis (now Nat…

Araneia. Epeira [spider]. Tab. 25.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1910 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, ca. 1910. 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 aspider, Epeira, now synonymized…

Amphibia. Anura. Rana I [AND] Rana II. [Frog]. Tab. 26-27.

Pfurtscheller, P. · 1912 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, ca. 1912. Two charts in two. Very large broadsides (140 x 130 cm each). Each single sheet lithographed on two half-sheets, combined into one. Printed in chromolithography on one side. = Two very rare pictorial wall charts depicting the live history …

Photographic panorama of Mount Etna.

Berthier, P. [M.] · 1865 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€8,500.00 ($9,368.76 | £7,090.23 | ¥1,496,249)

Paris, Paul Berthier, 1865. Very large board (93.0 x 45.0 cm), with original mounted albumen silver prints (panorama, in two parts of 25.0 x 36.2 cm and 25.0 x 35.0 cm, for a continuous image with a total width of 71.2 cm). Paul Berthier printed studio label pasted on verso. = P…

Sur la Figure de la Terre, et sur les moyens que l'astronomie & la géographie fournissent pour la d'eterminer.

Maupertuis, P.L. Moreau de · 1735 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

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

Paris, l'Académie Royale des Sciences, 1735. 4to (25.6 x 19.8 cm). pp. 153-164, with three text engravings, in: Histoire de l' Académie royale des Sciences, année MDCCXXXIII. Avec les mémoires de mathématique & de physique, pour la même année. Contemporary full calf. Spine with …

G. G. Leibnitii Responsio ad Dn. Nic. Fatii Duillerii imputationes. Accessit nova Artis Analyticae promotio specimine indicata, dum designatione per numeros assumtitios loco literarum, Algebra ex Combinatoria Arte lucem capit. (Pages 198-208, in: Acta Eruditorum).

Leibniz, G. W. · 1700 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Lipsiae, J. Grossius, 1700. Small 4to (19.6 x 15.8 cm). pp. 198-208, in the complete volume for the year 1700, containing a total of 586 pp. and ten plates. Contemporary vellum binding with leather title label and gilt lettering. = Leibniz' reaction to Nicolas Fatio de Duillier,…

The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed... To which are added, their names, class, order, generic and specific characters, according to the celebrated Linnaeus; their places of growth, and times of flowering: together with the most approved methods of culture. A work intended for the use of such ladies, gentlemen, and gardeners, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the plants they cultivate. Volumes 1-53 and index.

Curtis, W. · 1787 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€18,500.00 ($20,390.83 | £15,431.68 | ¥3,256,541)

London, for the author, [1787]-1793-1826. 4to (24.5 x 15.5 cm). With 2709 hand-coloured engraved plates (over 150 of these folding, and a few uncoloured). A complete set of the first and second series. Bound in contemporary, uniform green half calf with gilt lettering and marble…

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir. C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Zoology. Volume XXIX. Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876.

Stebbing, T. R. R. · 1888 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.24 | ¥52,809)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1888. One volume in three (two text parts and atlas). Large 4to (31.8 x 25.1 cm). 1,776 pp. [xxiv, 1-872; [ii], 873-1,737; xiii]; 212 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves, 23 wood-engravings in the text, one folded map. Origi…

Diagnoses algarum novarum. Post sylloges editionem descriptarum. I (Centuriae I-XI) [AND] II (Centuria I). [All published].

Toni, J. de [= G. de Toni] · 1937 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

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

Brixia [Brescia], privately published by the author (and heirs?), 1937-1955. 12 parts in 12 (17.7 x 13.6 cm). 1200 pages. (Near) contemporary uniform brown cloth with gilt title on the spines. = An essential work on algae. Very rare, and complete as it was privately printed "sum…

Juicio Imparcial Sobre Las Principales Causas de la Revolucion de la América Española, Y Acerca de Las Poderosas Razones Que Tiene la Metropoli Para Reconocer Su Absoluta Independencia

Presas, José · 1828 · Kaaterskill Books

$625.00 (€567.04 | £473.00 | ¥99,816)

Burdeos, Imprenta de Don Pedro Beaume, 1828. First edition. Original green paper-covered boards, manuscript title on spine, marbled endpapers. [4], vi, 182 pp. 8vo. An important source for understanding the political and economic causes of the revolutions in America, European at…

[Photograph] Souvenir of World Famous Mt. Lowe: America's Greatest Scenic Trip

[Lawrence, Charles, photographer] · 1899 · Kaaterskill Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

[Mt. Lowe, CA], 1899. Ruled card mount. Image: 4 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches mounted on 7 x 10 inch multi-ruled mount. Silver gelatin print taken at the top of the Great Incline on Echo mountain with a large group of travelers at the side and in the elegant opera-box cars known as the Wh…

El Doctor Don Martín Gil Y Garces, Dean de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Michoacán: Manifiesta Los Hechos é Irrefragables Constancias Que Evidenciaron la Escandalosa Arbitrariedad Con Que Su Cabildo Sede-Vacante Lo Ha Despojado Del Beneficio Que Canonicamente Obtiene; Y Combatiendo El Especioso é Infundo Dictámen de Los Letrados, á Quienes Estudiosamente Se Consulto Al Efecto, Se Somete Al Juicio de Los Sabios, Y Al de Los Imparciales Y Sensatos, a Quienes, Como á Todo El Respetable Público, Prot

Gil y Garcés, Martín · 1831 · Kaaterskill Books

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

Mexico, Impr. del ciudadano A. Valdés, 1831. First edition. Three quarter red morocco over blue cloth boards. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. A conservative catholic who long opposed Iturbide and had been a staunch supporter of the Spanish crown, Martín Gil y Garces, Dean of Church…

El Supremo Director de Las Provincias Unides Del Rio de la Plata. El Rigor de la Justicia Que Es El Ultimo de Los Recursos de Un Gobierno Bien Constituido, Viene à Hacerse Necesario Quando Apuradas Ya Las Consideraciones de la Moderacion Y la Prudencia,... [Decreto Del Director Posadas, Declarando á Don José Artigas, Traidor á la Patria Y Fuera de la Ley]

Posadas, Gervasio Antonio · 1814 · Kaaterskill Books

$800.00 (€725.82 | £605.44 | ¥127,765)

[Buenos Aires], La Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos, 1814. First edition. Modern quarter morocco portfolio over marbled boards, gilt title and decoration. 2 pp. on one sheet. 12 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 19.5 x 31.5 cm. Posadas, who was the first Supreme Director of the United Provinc…

Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects, the Property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K.T... . Saturday, June 17, and Monday, June 19, 1882, and the Following Day [Five Portions Complete]

[Annan, James Craig]. Duke of Hamilton. Christie, Manson & Woods · 1882 · Kaaterskill Books

$325.00 (€294.86 | £245.96 | ¥51,905)

London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1882. First edition. Half red morocco over cloth boards, four raised bands. 234 pp. + plates. Illus. with 77 monochrome carbon print photographic plates. 8vo. Two versions of this catalogue were produced, one without plates, and this, the illust…

Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Passed by the General Court, at Their Session, Which Commenced on Wednesday, the Fifth of January, and Ended on Saturday, the Twenty-Sixth of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five

Massachusetts · 1825 · Kaaterskill Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Boston, Printed by True and Greene, 1825. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. [473-664], xii pp. Sm. 4to. Items include: Newton Chemical Co.; Hamilton Manufacturing Co.; City of Boston; Plympton Iron Co.; Frauds upon Banks; Security of Owners of Land; Hingham Umbrella Manufa…