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OS, G.J.J. VAN.
Still life with a variety of flowers.
Watercolour, 315 x 250mm., signed 'G.J.J. Van Os f ', in ink in left lower corner, framed.
EUR 3,600
MÜLLER, O.F.
Hydrachnae, quas in aquis Daniae palustribus detexit, descripsit...
Lipsiae, S.L. Crusius, 1781. 4to (255 x 200mm). pp. lxxxviii, with engraved title-vignette and 11 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary boards...
EUR 800
one of the early scientific works making use of original photographs
BUCQUOY, E., DAUTZENBERG, PH. & DOLLFUS, G.
Les Mollusques Marins du Roussillon.
Paris, J.B. Baillière & Fils, et chez les auteurs, 1882-1892. 2 volumes. Royal-8vo. With 165 plates. Contemporary green half morocco, gilt lettere...
EUR 1,800
REICHENBACH, H.G.L.
Deutschlands Flora mit höchst naturgetreuen, charakteristischen Abbildungen aller ihrer Pflanzen=Arten in natürlicher Grösse und mit Analysen auf Kupfertafeln, als Beleg für die Flora Germanica excursoria und zur Aufnahme und Verbreitung der neuesten Entdeckungen innerhalb Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Länder: ... (Band II:) FAMILIE DER KREUZBLUETHLER ODER VIERMAECHTIGEN: CRUCIFERA S. TETRADYNAMAE CUM RESEDEIS.
Leipzig, F. Hofmeister, 1837-1838. 4to. pp. iv, 121, (1), with 102 partly handcoloured engraved plates. Unbound in contemporary blind half cloth po...
EUR 250
THOMSON, J.
Arcana Naturae ou Receuil d'Histoire Naturelle.
Paris, chez J.B. Baillière et Fils, 1859. Folio (448 x 320mm). pp. 132, with a beautifully engravedfrontispiece and 13 plates of which 11 finely c...
EUR 1,200
CHENU, J.C.
Leçons élémentaires d'histoire naturelle comprenant un aperçu sur toute la zoologie et un traité de Conchyliologie.
Paris, Dauvin et Fontaines/ J.J. Dubochet, le Chevalier, 1847. Royal-8vo. pp. lxxxvii, 284, with 863 figures in the text and 12 handcoloured engrav...
EUR 250
A classic description of the anatomy of the elephant
CAMPER, P.
Description anatomique d'un éléphant mâle.
Publiée par son fils, A.G. Camper. Paris, H.J. Jansen, 1802. Folio (530 x 350mm). pp. xii, 108, with engraved portrait (of P. Camper) and 20 engra...
EUR 1,500
The genus 'Turtonia' was named in his honour
TURTON, W.
Conchylia Insularum Britanicarum.
The Shells of the British Islands, systematically arranged. London, M.A. Nattali, (1822). 4to. pp. xlvii, (1), 279, (1), with 20 handcoloured engra...
EUR 1,000
BERCHEM, N.
Animalia ad vivum dilineata, et aqua forti aeri impressa. Studio et Arte.
A suite of 6 charming engravings (120 x 145mm). The first engraving shows a shepherd with a dog, the others show goats, mostly 2 to a plate. [no da...
EUR 950
Siebold was the first western scientist to fully explore the fauna of Japan
SIEBOLD, P.F. VON.
Fauna Japonica: TEMMINCK, C.J. Aperçu générale et spécifique sur les Mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les iles qui en dépendent (bound up with:) Les Mammifères Marins.
Lugduni Batavorum, Arnz, (1842-1844). Folio (415 x 305mm). pp. (4), 1-41 (of 59); 26, with 30 (23 finely hand-coloured) lithographed plates. Disbou...
EUR 6,500
FISCHER, P. & GOSSE, H.
Études sur les Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatamala.
Paris (1870-) 1902. 4to. Only 28 (of 46) plates of which 22 beautifully handcoloured. Recent blue half calf, richly decorated spine.
EUR 450
REICHENBACH, L.
Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae simul Pedemontanae, ... Volumen V-VI.
Lipsiae, F. Hofmeister, 1841-1844. 2 volumes (bound in 1). 4to. pp. (4), 1-38; (4), 39-84, with 227engraved plates (numbered 129-198, 198B, 199-230...
EUR 450
The fine plates show marine animals of the Adriatic sea such as shells and crustacean
PLANCUS, J.
De Conchis minus notis liber cui accessit specimen aestus reciproci maris superi ad littus portumque Arimini.
Venetiis, Typis Joannis Baptistae Pasquali, 1739. 4to (260 x 190mm). pp. 88, with woodcut title vignette and 5 engraved folded plates (Together wit...
EUR 3,900
WOOD, W. & HANLEY, S.
Index Testaceologicus, an illustrated catalogue of British and foreign shells, containing about 2800 figures accurately coloured after nature. A new and entirely revised edition, with ancient and modern appellations, synonyms, localities, etc. by Sylvanus Hanley.
London, Willis and Sotheran, 1856. Royal-8vo (245 x 155mm). pp. xx, 234, with 46 fine handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary green half morocco...
EUR 450
YARKAND MISSION- SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE SECOND YARKAND MISSION;
based upon the collections and notes of the late F. Stoliczka. COLEOPTERA.
Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1890. Folio (360 x 255mm). pp. 79, with 2 lithographed plates. Publisher's printed w...
EUR 150