Search Results: Authors starting with I from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Erfurt, Carl Villaret (for the Königliche Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt), 1866. 8vo (20.7 x 14.4 cm). 361 pp. Later full cloth with title on the spine. = Written by the German botanist Hugo Ilse (1835-1900). Published in the academy's Jahrbücher, being nearly the complete volume IV of the neue Folge. In total, 1151 species in 460 genera are recorded, with notes flowering periods, habitats, localities, etc. Includes a Nachträge, and index. A well-preserved copy, neatly bound.

Aachen, Hans Limberg, 1965-1977. Two volumes in two. 8vo (). 23.1 x 15.8 cm). 1070 pp. [xv, 426; viii, 621]; 19 [6; 13] full colour plates; numerous maps and figures. Uniform red cloth with gilt title on the spines and gilt vignette on the front boards. Yellow edges. = These two volumes both deal with cage birds, in particular finches. With numerous observations on their natural distribution, habitats and habits. Many German ornithologists made contributions, either as author and/or as editor of either volume - or both - and their various subjects and chapters. The first volume is fairly common, the second, however, which was publishe no less than 12 years later, is rare. Probably this is all that was published. Very good, clean copies.

Kiel und Leipzig, Lipsius & Tischer, 1904-1911. 11 parts in two. Large 4to (32.2 x 26.8 cm). 536 pp.; 35 chromolithographed and tinted plates, several text figures. Near contemporary uniform grey buckram with gilt title on the spine. Speckled edges. Original printed front wrappers mounted on front board (first volume), respectively bound in (second volume). = The rare original edition. In 1971 the work was reprinted by J. Cramer on a smaller format and with the plates not coloured. The volume combines the complete parts h 1 to h 11 of Volume III. Part L. All were written by Borgert, except the part on Castellaniidae which is by Wilhelm J. Schmidt, and the first, separately bound part on Aulacanthidae which is by Ferdinand Immermann. Pagination and plate numbering are consecutive. Bookplate on front pastedowns, otherwise a very good, clean set. Nissen ZBI, 4624.

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1908. Small 8vo. 28 pp. Printed wrappers. = Covers the year 1906, and some works not noted previously. Presentation stamp to front wrapper, wrapper soiled, internally a very good clean copy.

Washington, DC, National Museum of Natural History, 1988. 4to (27.2 x 21 cm). 75 pp. Printed wrappers. = A detailed study, including a review of the history of the herpetological research in this part of the world. Contained in the Atoll Research Bulletin, together with several unrelated papers. A very good, clean - as new - copy.

Washington, DC, National Museum of Natural History, 1988. 4to (27.2 x 21 cm). 75 pp. Printed wrappers. = A detailed study, including a review of the history of the herpetological research in this part of the world. Disbound from the Atoll Research Bulletin, but with the issue's wrappers.

Bombay, The Bombay Natural History Society, 1923. 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm). 14 pp.; one text figure, two plates. = A rare paper containing the description and illustrations of new species of Gecko. ADDED (published back-to-back): Notes on a collection of Batrachia from S. Waziristan, by C. R. Narayan Rayo (five pp., large text figure). On the frog genera Rana and Bufo. Disbound from the Society's Journal. A very good copy.

Le Caire, Société Entomologique d'Égypte, 1912. 4to (30.0 x 20.4 cm). 78 pp.; four fine, lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves. Later blind wrappers. = Rare paper by the British entomologist Walter Francis Innes (1858-1937), here named Dr. Walter Innes Bey. It contains detailed descriptions and fine illustrations of mantids and blattids (no grasshoppers), after drawings by Edgar Chakour. The wrappers, known to be thin and ephemeral, are lacking. Uncut. Very short tear in the - uncut - fore edges; otherwise an excellent, clean and unmarked copy.

Le Caire, Société Entomologique d'Égypte, 1929. 4to (29.0 x 19.8 cm). 176 pp.; seven fine, lithographed plates, of which four in chromolithography, with explanatory text leaves. Not bound, as issued. = Rare paper by the British entomologist Walter Francis Innes (1858-1937), here named Dr. Walter Innes Bey. It contains detailed descriptions and fine illustrations of grasshoppers. Published in the society's Mémoires, beingthe complete volume 3 part 2. The first part of this work, exclusively on on mantids and blattids, was published much earlier, in 1912. This copy was never bound. We do not know if it was issued with wrappers. Uncut. Very short tear and light creasing in the lower left corner of the half-title and title, otherwise an excellent, clean and unmarked copy. Not in Nissen.

Sydney, The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1928. Large 4to (27.0 x 21.1 cm). 19, 16 pp.; 1, 2 plates, some text figures. Contemporary buckram with gilt title on the spine and gilt vignette on the front board. = The Polyplacophora monograph with A. F. B. Hull as second author, the Sydney marine Mollusca paper by Iredale alone, recording unexpected tropical species. Both contain many new taxa. Contained in The Australian Zoologist, volume 5, with many other zoological/taxonomical papers. Stamp on general title, plates a bit creased, otherwise fine.

Philadelphia, PA, Carey and Lea, 1831. 8vo (21.3 x 13.5 cm). 350, [ii] pp. Contemporary full calf. Brown morocco label with gilt title on the spine. = First American edition, published in the same year as the London 1831 first edition. A good read. Library label "J. G. King Library N. J. State Lunatic Asylum" on front pastedown, and M. J. State Medical library, Trenton, N. J. on front free endpaper recto; King library also written on the endpapers. Top edge of title page clipped. Moderate age-toning and some foxing throughout. The binding is good.

New York, NY, The New York Botanical Garden, 1973. 8vo. 152 pp.; 48 distribution maps. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen monograph with detailed descriptions and keys. This is the Garden's complete Memoirs, volume 25(1). A very good, clean, unmarked copy.

Genova, R. Istituto Sordi-Muti [for the author], 1874. Large 8vo (24.8 x 16.6 cm). 126 pp.; four lithographed plates [numbered IV-VII], of which one finely hand-coloured. Reddish buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = A seldom-seen, well-illustrated work on the non-marine molluscs of Kalimantan, including many that are named, described, and illustrated here for the first time. Currently, the fauna and flora of this largest of the Indonesian islands is much under ecological pressure, and many species are endangered if not extinct. Written and privately published by the Italian malacologist Arturo Issel (1842-1922). Provenance: From the library of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020), with his stamp on the front wrapper top margin. Otherwise, a very good, clean, well-bound copy.

Sapporo, The Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 2015. Large 8vo. 119 pp., numerous full colour photos and several maps and tables. Printed wrappers. = A fine monograph with excellent illustrations. Published in the research institute's Journal, series Entomology, or Insecta Matsumurana 71, with two smaller unrelated papers in the rear. A mint copy.

Moskva, Isdatelstvo Akademii NAUK SSSR, 1951-1960. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (26.3 x 17.5 cm). 1,295 pp. [281;344;255;415]; 555 [137;127;103;188] text illustrations. Uniform publisher's quarter cloth over printed boards. = This forms the complete bird part of the famous Opredeliteli po fauna SSSR. The last two volumes were written by L. A. Portenko, who was one of the co authors of the first two parts. Well-illustrated. In Russian with Latin nomenclature. Two printed errata leaves tipped in. Slight wear to corners and spine tops; otherwise a very good, complete set.

Moskva, Isdatelstvo Akademii NAUK SSSR, 1951-1960. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (26.3 x 17.5 cm). 1,295 pp. [281;344;255;415]; 555 [137;127;103;188] text illustrations. Uniform publisher's quarter cloth over printed boards. = This forms the complete bird part of the famous Opredeliteli po fauna SSSR. The last two volumes were written by L. A. Portenko, who was one of the coauthors of the first two parts. Well-illustrated. In Russian with Latin nomenclature. From the library of the German ornithologist Wolfgang Makatsch (1906-1983) with his ornithological bookplate mounted on the front pastedowns. A very good, complete set.