Search Results: Titles starting with F from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

London, John van Voorst, 1855. 4to (27.5 x 18.0 cm). vii, 147 pp.; 24 chromolithographed plates (XI and XIII acting as frontispieces) with fine hand-colouring. Early 20th-century dark green half morocco over linen boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt ornithological vignettes and title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original embossed limp cloth boards with large gilt vignette and gilt on the front board, bound in the rear. = First edition. According to Schwerdt, this is "...the best English book on falconry and a very attractive publication". The fine plates were drawn and engraved by the second author, William Brodrick of Chudleigh (1814-1888). Francis Henry Salvin (1817-1904) was a writer on falconry and hawking. "Salvin was also the first to revive successfully in England the old sport of fishing with cormorants." (Wikipedia). Plates XXII-XXIV (last) show equipment used in falconry - all others show falcons and hawks. Provenance: with armorial… Read More

Vimariae [Weimar], Landes-Industrie Comptoir, 1846-1847. Five parts in four. 8vo (21.7 x 13.5 cm). Drophead title and four title pages, 999 pp. [23; xii, 152; x, 222; ix, 250; vii, 314]. Original, uniform printed wrappers. = Rarely seen publications, of taxonomical importance, by the German botanist Max Joseph Roemer (1791-1849). Preceding the first part is the prospect, which is listed by Stafleu and Cowan as a separate publication. The last part, on Ensatae, is stated to be Pars prima, but a second part was never published. Perhaps Roemer was already in poor health by then. From the collection of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, with their small label "Schloss Dyck" on the spines, but otherwise unmarked. Uncut. Wrappers chipped at most spine ends, one binding weak; first part bumped and creased at lower outer corner, otherwise very good. Pritzel, 7718; Stafleu and Cowan, 9413-9414.

Stuttgart, G. Siegle, ca. 1929. Oblong folio (25.0 x 35.0 cm). 30 plates, numbered 1-30, each with one to three interior designs printed in colour, including silver and gilt. = An apparently complete suite of colourful interior design illustrations, probably from the 1920's. Although made following the highest standard of printing, the work is not signed (not even monogrammed) anywhere, except - perhaps - for an indiscernible signature on plate 17. The illustrations are reminiscent of Rudolf Zenker's Farbiger Decken- und Wandschmuck im Geiste Fruhgermanischer Kunst; E. Reinhardt's Prakrische Vorlagenwerk für Dekorationsmaler (Scheider-Henn, 440) and the "Sammelwerk" Farbige Raumkunst (Schneider-Henn, 487). Slight fraying to the lower right corner of the first plate, one very short tear (< 2 mm) in the top margin of plate 30; a few small, weak marginal spots; otherwise in very good condition. No toning; the colouring bright and bold. We found no other copies. Not in… Read More

Buenos Aires, Museo Publico de Buenos Aires, 1866-1867. In three parts. Folio (34.2 x 26.0 cm). Introduccion (Entrego segunda, 1867) pp. 87-120; Lista de los mamiferos fosiles del terreno diluviano (Entrego tercera, 1866) pp. 121-232, plates V-VIII; ([continued in:] Entrega cuarta, 1867) pp. 233-300, plates IX-XIV, for a total of 214 pp., and ten lithographed plates. Original uniform printed wrappers. = A series of very rare papers intended to become Karl Burmeister's magnum opus, which, however, was never completed. Karl (or Carl) Hermann Konrad Burmeister (1807-1892) was a German - later Argentine - zoologist, herpetologist, mammalogist and entomologist. "He traveled to Brazil from 1850 to 1852 and Argentina from 1857 to 1860, returning to Germany with zoological collections. In 1861 he went to live in Argentina, founding the Institute at the Museo Nacional in Buenos Aires" (Wikipedia). Published in the museum's Anales, first volume, parts 2-4. It is a bit peculiar that part 3 is… Read More

Wien, C. Gerold, 1858. Large, thick 8vo (22.1 x 15.3 cm). cxxxvi, 1,017 pp.; two engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over grained boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title. = Second, much enlarged edition of a massive work on the beetle fauna of Austria and the neigbouring countries once belonging to the Austrian empire. Written by the Austrian entomologist Ludwig Redtenbacher (1814-1876), and also translated into Russian. Provenance: with in the lower margin of the title page the oval stamp of Albrecht Blumenzweig (1840-1903), writer for a German-speaking Moravian newspaper who lived in Olomouc (Czechia). Many species names underlined in red pencil - perhaps species found or seen by Blumenzweig, and a few annotations in light pencil. Boards rubbed at edges, rear inner joint weak, but hinges firm, otherwise a very good, complete copy. Horn-Schenkling, 17794.

Nürnberg, C. H. Zeh, [1830]-1832. 8vo (21.9 x 14.0 cm). xxviii pp., 60 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary blind boards. Spine with paper label with the title hand-written in an old hand. = The rare complete mammal-section of a rare series on the fauna of Bavaria in southern Germany. The plates are larger than the text pages, as intended. In bound copies, these plates are usually folded, but in this copy they are not folded, with the widest possible margins. Included are both the wild animals, for instance, several bats, and the domestic animals with, e.g., several dog breeds. This work should not be confused with neither the similarly titled later (1854) work by Gemminger and Fahrer, which only has 24 plates, nor by the earlier work by Paula von Schrank (1798-1803). Some scattered spotting, mainly to the text leaves, and thumbing in the margins, but otherwise clean. A very good copy. Nissen ZBI, 3356; Wood, p. 533.

Nürnberg, C. H. Zeh, [1830]-1832. 8vo (19.1 x 12.1 cm). xxviii pp.; 60 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary quarter calf over tree-calf resembling paper boards. Spine with gilt ornaments and tan morocco label with gilt title. Edges green. = The rare complete mammal-section of a rare series on the fauna of Bavaria in southern Germany. The plates are larger than the text pages, as intended, and therefore mostly folded, as usual. Included are both the wild animals, for instance, several bats, and the domestic animals with, e.g., several dog breeds. This work should not be confused with neither the similarly titled later (1854) work by Gemminger and Fahrer, which only has 24 plates, nor by the earlier work by Paula von Schrank (1798-1803). Inscribed by a former private owner, dated 1912, on the front free endpaper recto. Some scattered spotting, mainly to the text leaves, otherwise clean. A very good copy. Nissen ZBI, 3356; Wood, p. 533.

Rio de Janeiro, Papelaria Macedo (for the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro), 1912. Large 4to. (29.8 x 22.0 cm). 504, [viii] pp.; 144 text illustrations, 54 plates; folded table. Later half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt (Volume) title on the spine. = A well-illustrated and detailed monograph on freshwater ray-finned fishes, including catfishes, of Amazonia and other regions. Includes a historical survey, and extensive synonymies. Published in the museum's Archivos, Volume 16. The author, Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874-1939) was an important Brazilian ichthyologist and herpetologist. "During his career he explored the Amazon region many times, and under the direction of Candido Rondon (1865-1958), he took part in installing the first telegraph through the Amazon and Mato Grosso. In 1911, after visiting museums and fishery programs in Europe and the United States, he founded a fisheries inspectorate in Brazil, the first official services on fisheries in the nation. In 1911 he published… Read More

Sofia, Academia Scientiarum Bulgarica, 1978. Large 8vo (23.7 x 16.8 cm). 179 pp.; 37 (groups of) text figures. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = A rarely seen monograph of the sawflies (Hymenoptera) of Bulgaria (Europe, Balkan), written by the Bulgarian entomologist Ilko Boncev Vassilev. With excellent ilustrations of taxonomically important parts, as well as 27 figures of complete animals. A very good, unmarked copy.

Sofia, Academia Scientiarum Bulgarica, 1978. Large 8vo (23.7 x 16.8 cm). 233 pp.; 169 (groups of) text figures. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = A seldom-seen part of Pavel Atanasov Angelov's monograph of the Bulgarian Curculionidae. Well-illustrated, showing complete animals and taxonomically important anatomical parts. Published by the Bulgarian academy of sciences in the series, Fauna Bulgarica; being volume 7 (1978). An excellent, clean copy.

Sofia, Academia Scientiarum Bulgarica, 1988. Large 8vo (23.7 x 16.8 cm). 353 pp.; 168 (groups of) text figures. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = A seldom-seen monograph of the Bulgarian caddisflies. Well-illustrated, showing taxonomically important anatomical parts. Includes distribution maps. Published by the Bulgarian academy of sciences in the series, Fauna Bulgarica; being Volume 19. Printed errata sheet loosely inserted. An excellent, clean copy.

Sofia, Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, 1994. 8vo (23.7 x 15.2 cm). 372 pp.; 174 (groups of) text illustrations. Publisher's full cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = A very detailed monograph of the dragonflies of the Balkan, with synonymies, Bulgarian distribution maps, and illustrations of taxonomically important parts, showing juvenile and adult stages. An excellent, clean copy.

Sofia, Academia Scientiarum Bulgarica, 1979. Large 8vo (23.7 x 16.8 cm). 261 pp.; 186 (groups of) text figures. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = A seldom-seen set of Pavel Atanasov Angelov's monograph of the Bulgarian Curculionidae. Well-illustrated, showing complete animals and taxonomically important anatomical parts. Published by the Bulgarian academy of sciences in the series, Fauna Bulgarica; being the volume 9 (1979). An excellent, clean copy.

Sofia, Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, 1988. 8vo (23.7 x 15.2 cm). 383 pp.; 146 (groups of) text illustrations. Publisher's full cloth with gilt title on the spine and front board. = A seldom-seen, very detailed monograph of the copepod crustaceans of the Balkan, with synonymies and illustrations of taxonomically important parts, showing juvenile and adult stages. An excellent, clean copy.

Praha, Academia, 1992. Large 8vo (23.5 x 16.5 cm). 222 pp.; 32 text figures; eight b/w plates with 15 photographic illustrations. White cloth with grey titles, in full colour pictorial dust jacket. = An excellent review with numerous excellent illustrations of the reptiles of Czechia and Slovakia. The photos show living animals. Written in Czech and published as part of the series Fauna CSFR. Very uncommon; probably published in small numbers. A very good, clean copy.

Praha, Academia, 1967. Large 8vo (23.8 x 17.2 cm). 223 pp.; 46 [43; 3] (groups of) text figures. Publisher's brown cloth with black tile on spine and front board, in original printed dust jacket. = A very uncommon but excellent, well-illustrated monograph on Tardigrada and Pentastomida, with numerous fine illustrations. Written in Czech, with short summaries in German and Russian. Provenance: with the pictorial (entomologcal) bookplate of the Slovak invertebrate biologist Ilja Okali mounted on the front pastedown, and his small stamp on the title page. Some wear to dust jacket edges, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Praha, Academia, 1992. Large 8vo (23.5 x 16.5 cm). 338 pp.; 59 text figures; 12 b/w plates with 18 photographic illustrations. White cloth with grey titles, in full colour pictorial dust jacket. = An excellent review with numerous excellent illustrations of the amphibians of Czechia and Slovakia. The photos show living animals. Written in Czech and published as part of the series Fauna CSFR. A very good, clean copy

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1913. 8vo. 144 pp.; seven double-sized plates; 17 text figures. Original printed wrappers. = Three rare anatomical and phylogenetic studies, the one on Crucibulum, by Scheidig, with for instance, Übersicht der Literatur und Einteilung der Familie der Calyptraeiden. These three papers belong to the Abhandlungen zur Kenntnis der Zoologie Chiles und anderer neotropischer Gebiete nach Sammlungen von Dr. L. Plate. Uncut. A very good, clean copy. Rare.

Aboae [Turku], Frenckell, 1819. 8vo (20.7 x 12.5 cm). Printed title, 68 pp. ([ii], 52, [xiv]). Without wrappers (as published). = A seldom-seen work on Finnish vertebrates, including the complete herpetological and ichthyological section. Written by the professor of zoology Pehr Ulrik Ferdinand Karlsson Sadelin (1788-1848), and Joseph Joachim Alcenius (1798-1853) who defended this work as his thesis. The preliminary pages contain ten propositions, the last 14 pages contain an index and errata list. Sandwiched between pp. 46 and 47 is a title to Partem Tertiam, which has Gustaf Henrik Ingman as second author, and is in fact the list of Addenda et corrigenda in prima Faunae nostrae Fennicae parte on the unnumbered leaves in the rear The first part - not included - was published in 1810 and dealt with Finnish mammals and birds. Uncut; fore and bottom edges, therefore, a bit uneven and frayed; otherwise a very good, clean and unmarked copy. Cat. BM(NH) p. 1779.

Neuchatel, Allgemeine Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1837. 4to (24.6 x 20.4 cm). Title to the Denkschriften, title to the Verzeichniss, title to the Wirbelthiere; 168 pp., one hand-coloured lithographed plate. Contemporary ruled half cloth over marbled boards, gilt title on spine. = This is the first part of the Fauna Helvetica. The second part, on molluscs, is not included. The lithograph shows a bird, Anas purpureo-viridis, and a shrew, Sorex alpinus, both described by Schinz. Published in the Neue Denkschriften - or Nouveau Mémoires - Band (volume) I. Rear joint split, scattered light foxing to the text. Gilt on spine faded. Rare. Not in Nissen ZBI.