Search Results: Titles starting with N from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, and Utrecht, François Halma, 1696. Folio (39.5 x 25.4 cm). Half title [Aardgewassen], engraved frontispiece title [Aard-Gewassen] with full page allegorical engraving Rerum Magistra by Goeree and engraved by I. Baptist; second title page with full title in red and black, and engraved vignette Cultior his vita est, half title to second part; 563 pp. [(xxxiv), 465 (with 930 numbered columns), (lxiv)]; 245 engraved plates (on 243 sheets). Chapters with beautiful large, engraved allegorical head and tail pieces. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum. Spine with seven raised bands and burgundy morocco label with intrinsic gilt borders and gilt title. Front and rear with blind-ruled borders and center arabesque. = This herbal is the magnum opus of the Dutch botanist and director of the Groningen Hortus Botanicus, Abraham Munting (1626-1683). Published posthumously. This is the only Dutch edition. In 1702 a Latin version Phytographia curiosa with a much reduced text (merely an… Read More

Leyden, C. Pecker and Van Hoogenveen, 1762. 8vo (20.6 x 12.5 cm). 325 [vi, 294, xxv] pp. Eight, mostly folded, engraved plates. Later blind red cloth. = The very rare Dutch edition, translated by L. T. Gronovius. The author is named Russel, but unlike Alfred Russel Wallace this should be Russell. The plates mostly depict people, customs, and plants and animals. Not an attractive binding but nevertheless a very good, clean and complete copy. No auction records found of this Dutch edition. Cox I, 227.

Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1883. 8vo (24.1 x 15.7 cm). 72 pp.; five lithographed plates. 20th-century blind marbled boards. = An important, well-illustrated contribution to the Tertiary malacofauna of the Malayan archipelago, written by the German-Dutch palaeontologist Johann Karl Ludwig "Karl" Martin (1851-1942). It includes the description and illustration of several new species. Offprint from the Sammlungen des geologischen Reichs-Museum in Leiden. Small private owner's stamp of Dr. Ernst Gäsche, of the natural history museum in Basel, on the blank title page verso. Text and plates clean. Scarce.

Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 1947. Large 8vo (29.5 x 19.3 cm). About 1400 pp.; 47 coloured plates, numerous b/w plates. Contemporary black buckram with gilt title on the spine. = A well-illustrated work by the Swedish zoologist, ecologist and environmentalist Kai Curry-Lindahl (1917-1990). Fairly common (in Sweden), but this is a seldom-seen dedication copy, with, on the title page, the author's many thanks and compliments to Kenneth Douglas Morrison and the National Audubon Society. Morrison (1918-2011) was the Society's Publication Director, editor of the Audubon Magazine and - later - President. Pagination is odd, as if more was to be published and inserted, but this copy is complete. Small inscription in the margin of the front free endpaper recto, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

New York, NY, printed for the publisher, 1815. 12mo (16.3 x 10.0 cm). 166 pp., wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette and ten woodcuts in the text. Original blind quarter cloth over printed boards. = A well-told largely true story by the British sailor and armourer, John Rodgers Jewitt (1783-1821). Actually Jewitt was not the only survivor as he managed to safe the live of sailmaker John Thompson, pretending that the latter was his father. With "a list of words in the Nootkian language, the most in use", and a list of names, residencies and occupations of all the crew members. The slightly earlier (same year) Middletown CT editions have fewer illustrations. Inscribed by a Mr. Abraham Karker with a nice original drawing, dated 15 May 1845, and a few other early owner's inscriptions on the endpapers. Considerable shelf wear, especially along the edges; mild but extensive foxing throughout, some thumbing and soiling, but generally good. Sabin, 36123.

Brussels, Ad. Wahlen, printer to the court, 1835. 8vo (19.4 x 12.4 cm). xxvi, 542 pp. one folded map and five smaller engraved maps (one in two colours) lithographed by Thierry frères in Paris. Contemporary blind-embossed half calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt ornamented bands and green morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpaper, marbled edges. = A very rare edition of this popular work by Sir John Ross. The first edition was issued in quarto by A. W. Webster in London, in 1835. But this 8vo edition, published in the same year, was printed and published in Brussels and made use of lithographs made in Paris. Contrary to the London edition it does not include plates - only the six maps. It includes the addenda, including a report and appendix with letters. Sabin reports it next to a French and two American octavo editions. Currently there are more than ten London copies on the internet, but not one of this Brussels edition. Spine sunned, scratch to label; first pages and… Read More

Leningrad, Academy of Sciences of the USSR Zoological Institute [AND] Academy of Sciences of the MPR, Institute of General and Experimental Biology, 1972-1990. Volumes 1-4: Large 8vo (26.0 x 17.1 cm); volumes 5-11: 8vo (21.2 x 14.5 cm). Over 7000 pp.; numerous illustrations. Uniform printed cloth. = A huge collection of entomological papers by many different authors. Includes descriptions of new species. In Russian with Latin nomenclature. Titles and indices in Russian and in English. The most important recet contribution to Mongolian entomology. A very good, clean set.

Leningrad, NAUKA, 1973. 8vo. 320 pp.; 417 text illustrations. Publisher's black buckram with bluish-white title on the spine and front board. = A seldom-seen work. It includes the descriptions and illustrations of many new and poorly known parasitic wasps. This is Fauna SSSR New Series, volume 106. Stamp on title, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Melbourne, Government Printers, 1890. 4to (27.0 x 18.1 cm). Two title pages; [ii], 47 [numbered 329-375], (xxxiv [indexes]) pp.; ten chromolithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = Part of one of the most richly illustrated faunal descriptions of Australia; especially interesting because of the many thoroughly observed and carefully described reptiles, fishes, molluscs, bryozoans, and other animals. Many of these Australian animals are pictured and described for the first time. In total 20 decades were published, each with a mix of species from various phyla. This is the complete twentieth and last decade, with fine illustrations of, for instance, lizards, fish, starfish, and butterflies. It also includes the title page to the Part, and to the complete second Volume, as well as the alphabetical, systematical and plate indexes. Very rare. The author, Frederick McCoy, was born in Dublin, either in 1817, 1821 or 1823 (see Adler, p. 87), moved to Australia in 1854 and died there in 1899. The… Read More

New York, NY, D. Appleton, 1842. 4to (29.3 x 25.8 cm). 188; xv, 146 pp.; 2; 33 lithographed plates of which 28 in fine, original hand-colouring. Original black, embossed cloth. Spine with gilt vignette and title, front board with gilt vignette. Yellow endpapers. = The rare hand-coloured edition of this beautifully illustrated work. Plain copies are fairly common inside the U.S.A., but coloured copies, such as this one, are seldom seen anywhere. We found no auction records. 29 plates are coloured; the four osteological plates are never coloured, neither are the two plates which belong to the general introduction. This is the complete mammals part of the Zoology section of a larger series on the natural history of New York by James Ellsworth De Kay (1792-1851). Spine ends rubbed. As usual some scattered, marginal foxing in the text; the general title more affected; Most plates clean. A very good copy. Nissen ZBI, 1064. Sabin, 53782-53783.

New York, NY, The American Museum of Natural History, 1931. Large 4to (27.5 x 21.0 cm) 698 pp.; 35 plates, 72 text figures. Original yellow black lettered cloth with original orange printed dust jacket. = Rather scarce contribution to the Permian fauna of Mongolia, including the important bibliography of 30 pp. and the large index. Mainly on Brachiopoda and Bivalvia, but also including gastropods. The dust jacket a bit soiled and with a few, short tears at the top end. The book itself unmarked, very good, clean. Not in Nissen.

New York, NY, The American Museum of Natural History, 1931. Large 4to (27.5 x 21.0 cm) 698 pp.; 35 plates, 72 text figures. Original yellow black lettered cloth with original orange printed dust jacket. = Rather scarce contribution to the Permian fauna of Mongolia, including the important bibliography of 30 pp. and the large index. Mainly on Brachiopoda and Bivalvia, but also including gastropods. The dust jacket is much soiled, and split along the rear spine fold. The book itself unmarked, very good, clean. Not in Nissen.

Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1980. Large 8vo (25.0 x 17.0 cm). xii, 719 pp. Laminated hardcover. = Includes, for instance, Y. Sawai "Srudies on snakebites in the Asian areas", F. E. Russell "Crotalid venom shock: mechanism and treatment", V. Sitprija "Renal diseases in snakebite", and K. Stocker "Snake venom proteases affecting blood coagulation and fibrinolysis" Ex-library copy with stamps on front free endpaper recto, half title and title. Slight crease to top margin of half title, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Melbourne, Government Printers, 1885. 4to (27.0 x 18.1 cm). 45, [iv (contents of the first ten decades)] pp.; ten chromolithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = One of the most richly illustrated faunal descriptions of Australia; especially interesting because of the many thoroughly observed and carefully described reptiles, fishes, bryozoans, and other animals. Many of these Australian animals are pictured and described for the first time. In total 20 decades were published, each with a mix of species from various phyla. This is the complete eleventh decade, first of the second volume, but including a plate index to the first volume; and with fine illustrations of, for instance, a turtle, two reptiles, a shark, several bryozoans and grasshoppers. Very rare. Binding perished, wrappers detached, edges brittle; stamps on front wrapper and title page; some staining in the inner margin due to rusty staples; otherwise very good. Nissen ZBI, 2828.

London, The Royal Society, 1781. 4to (26.0 x 19.2 cm). 6 pp.; one large, double-folded engraved plate. Disbound. = A rare paper by the German naturalist and zoologist of Scottish descent, Johann "John" Reinhold Forster (1729-1798), describing and illustrating a new species of cat, Felis capensis, observed by Forster at the Cape of Good Hope, during his voyage, as official naturalist - replacing Joseph Banks - on the Resolution with Captain Cook (second Pacific voyage). Five years earlier, and apparently unknown to Forster, Schreber described the same species as Felis serval. It is still known as serval, but it has become extinct in the Cape Province and the coastal region east of the Cape. Published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions. Uncut. edges a bit uneven, lightly frayed; light offsetting to the plate; otherwise in excellent condition.

New York, NY, D. Appleton, 1842. 4to (29.3 x 25.8 cm). 188; xv, 146 pp.; 2; 33 lithographed plates. Original brown, embossed cloth. Spine with gilt vignette and title, front board with gilt vignette. Yellow endpapers. = This is the complete mammals part of the zoology section of a larger series on the natural history of New York by James Ellsworth De Kay (1792-1851). Pictorial bookplate of Marie Russell "He serves all who dared be true", dated 1905, on the front pastedown. Spine ends partly chipped. As usual some foxing on the text, and more so to the general title; plates generally cleaner, one plate partly toned, otherwise a very good copy. A heavy, well-illustrated book, rarely seen outside the U.S.A. Nissen ZBI, 1064.

Melbourne, Government Printers, 1878. 4to (27.1 x 18.2 cm). Four chromolithographed plates with accompagnying text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = One of the most richly illustrated faunal descriptions of Australia; especially interesting because of the many thoroughly observed and carefully described reptiles, amphibians, fishes, molluscs and insects. Many of these Australian animals are pictured and described for the first time. In total 20 decades were published, each with a mix of species from various phyla. This is the complete herpetology (and ophiology) of the second decade, which inludes the snakes Hoplocephalus flagellum McCoy, H. coronoides (Günther), Acanthophis antarctica (Shaw) "the death adder", and Morella variegata (Gray), each description including much information on the Victoria populations and their variability. Also included is the preface to the second decade, with some additional herpetological information by McCoy. Wrapper a bit soiled, spine split, last… Read More

Boston, MA, Allen and Ticknor, 1833. Two parts in one. 8vo (16.6 x 10.9 cm). vii, 399 pp. with a nice woodcut on the title page and numerous engravings of fish species in the text. Original full cloth with printed paper label on the spine. = This work is regarded as the first American work on angling. The writer, Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith (1800-1879) was an influential physician and politician. "Dr. J.V.C. Smith, as he was known, was the fifth Port Physician in Boston but the second under the city council form of government. Born July 20, 1800 in Conway, New Hampshire, he took the post at the young age of 26 and was apparently happy to take up residence on Rainsford Island in the summer of 1826. He carved his name and date of becoming the port physician into a rock outcropping on Rainsford Island in the summer of 1826 and this carving still remains visible today. He was a rare individual who combined eminent skills in medicine with considerable literary abilities which he demonstrated as the… Read More

Melbourne, Government Printers, 1884. 4to (27.0 x 18.1 cm). 34, [iii] pp.; ten chromolithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = One of the most richly illustrated faunal descriptions of Australia; especially interesting because of the many thoroughly observed and carefully described reptiles, fishes, bryozoans, and other animals. Many of these Australian animals are pictured and described for the first time. In total 20 decades were published, each with a mix of species from various phyla. This is the complete ninth decade, with fine illustrations of, for instance, two turtles, a lizard, three sharks, several other fish, several bryozoans. Very rare. Stamps on front wrapper, first blank verso and one text page margin; otherwise very good. Nissen ZBI, 2828.

Melbourne, Government Printers, 1878. 4to (27.1 x 18.4 cm). Three chromolithographed plates with accompanying text leaves. Disbound. = From the start of one of the most richly illustrated faunal descriptions of Australia. This is the first section on fish, with fine illustrations of Chrysophrys australis (Günther), Lepidotrigla vanessa (Richardson), and Trigla kumu (Cuvier), each with new observations. ADDED from the fourth decade (1879) are two more fish plates and descriptions, viz. of Sebastes percoides (Solander sp.), the banded red gurnet-perch; and Rhina squatina (Lin[n]. sp.), the angler-fish. Disbound, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Dean II, p. 79; Nissen ZBI, 2828.