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MÃœLLER, SALOMON - (attributed).
Banded Palm Civet Cat (Viverra boiei). Watercolour on paper 25.4 x 39.1 cm - visible image size; 30.0 x 46.0 cm - actual sheet size; 63.0 x 77.3 cm - frame size. In 19th century burr walnut frame.
Titled by hand in ink 'VIVERRA BOIEI 1/2, (lower centre) and dated by hand in ink 'Freytag, Januar 26, 1849' (lower left).
EUR 2,000
CAMELS & DROMEDARIES.
4 beautifully handcoloured engraved plates (410 x 285mm) from Ridinger's 'Thierreich, Augsburg 1768'.
The following animals are shown: Camelus Bactrianus/ Bactrianisches Kamel/ Chameau Bactrien; Camelus/ Weisses Kamel/ Dromadaire blanc; Dromedarus/ ...
EUR 1,400
SONNINI, C.S.
Traité des Asclépiades, particulièrement de l'Asclépiade de Syrie; précédé de quelques observations sur la culture du coton en France.
Paris, F. Buisson, 1810. 8vo (210 x 133mm). pp. (2), 146, with 2 handcoloured folded engraved plates. Recent red half morocco, spine with gilt lett...
EUR 1,200
'The most comprehensive work on Asia published in Europe during the early colonial period' (Landwehr p. 468).
VALENTIJN, F.
Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een Naaukeurige en Uitvoerige Verhandelinge van Nederlands Mogentheyd in die Gewesten, benevens eene wydlustige Beschryvinge der Moluccos, Amboina, Banda, Timor, en Solor, Java, en alle de Eylanden onder dezelve Landbestieringen behoorende; het Nederlands Comptoir op Suratte, en de levens der Groote Mogols; Als ook een kleurlyke verhandeling van 't wezentlykste, dat men behoort te weten van Choromandel, Pegu, Arracan, Bengale, Mocha, Persien, Malacca, Sumatra, Ceylon, Malabar, Celebes of Macassar, China, Japan, Tayouan of Formosa, Tonkin, Cambodia, Siam, Borneo, Bali, Kaap der Goede Hoop en van Mauritius. Te zamen dus behelzende niet alleen eene zeer nette beschyving van alles, wat Nederlands Oost-Indiën betreft, maar ook 't voornaamste dat eenigzins tot eenige andere Europeërs, in die gewesten, betrekking heeft.
Dordrecht/ Amsterdam, J. van Braam & G. onder de Linden, 1724-1726. 5 volumes (bound in 8). Folio (340 x 215 mm). With engraved frontispiece, portr...
EUR 30,000
SWAMMERDAM, J.
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam.
Dijon, Desventes, 1758. 4to (265 x 205mm). pp. lx, 673, with 36 folded engraved plates. Recent halfcalf, gilt lettered spine.
EUR 950
The most attractive illustrated English work on mycology
SOWERBY, J.
Coloured figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms.
London, printed by J. Davis and sold by the Author, 1797-1803, (1815). 3 volumes. Folio (320 x 200mm). With 440 hand-coloured engraved plates on 43...
EUR 16,000
GIROD-CHANTRANS, J.
Recherches chimiques et microscopiques sur les Conferves, Bisses, Tremelles, etc.
Paris, Bernard, An X (1802). 4to (244 x 185 mm). pp. viii, 254, (2), iv, (4), with 36 handcolouredengraved plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt le...
EUR 700
the most important work on hyacinths published in the 18th century
(SAINT SIMON, M.H. DE).
Des Jacintes, de leur anatomie, réproduction et culture.
Amsterdam, 1768. 4to (282 x 225mm). pp. (iv), 164, (4), 15, (1), with 10 folding engraved plates [bound up with:] Discours addressé à l'Académie...
EUR 950
The 'Macer floridus' is a poem which recounts the virtues of 77 plants in 2269 hexameters.
MACER FLORIDUS.
Herbarum varias qui vis cognoscere vires: huc macer adest: quo duce doctor eris. Cum bonis ambula. Mors peccatorum pessima. Sic utere tuo: ut alieno non egeas.
Paris, Baquelier, c. 1515. Small-8vo (14 x 9,5 cm.), leaves 159, (1 blank). With large woodcut on title, 65 woodcuts in the text. Contemporary vell...
EUR 6,500
MORIS, J. & NOTARIS, DE. J.
Florula Caprariae sive enumeratio plantarum in insula Capraria vel sponte nascentium vel ad utilitatem Latius excultarum.
Torino, ex Typographia Regia, (1839). 4to (310 x 235mm). pp. 242, with 6 engraved plates. Later wrappers.
EUR 800
SUTER, J.R.
Flora Helvetica exhibens plantas Helvetiae Phanerogamas/ Helvetiens Flora enthaltend die phanerogamischen Gewächse Helvetiens.
Vermehrt herausgegeben von J. Hegetschweiler. Zürich, Orell, Füssli & Co., 1822. 2 volumes. Small-8vo. pp. cxxii, 408; (4), 504. Contemporary cal...
EUR 550
on y trouve la plupart des champignons d'Europe
BARLA, J.B.
Flore Mycologique Illustrée.
Les Champignons des Alpes Maritimes. Avec l'indication de leurs propriétés utiles ou nuisibles. Nice, A. Giletta, 1888 (-1892). 7 parts bound in ...
EUR 2,100
The work of father Gumilla is one of the most curious and interesting hitherto published upon the country of the Orinoco
GUMILLA. J.
El Orinoco ilustrado, y defendido, historia natural, civil, y geographica de este gran rio, y de sus caudalosas vertientes; govierno, usos, y costumbres de los Indios sus habitadores, con nuevas, y utiles noticias de animales, arboles, frutos, aceytes, resinas, yervas, y raices medicinales... Secunda impression, revista, y aumentada por su mismo autor, y dividida en dos partes.
Madrid, Manuel Fernandez, 1745. 2 vols. 4to (220 x 150mm). pp. (48), 403, (5); pp. (8), 412, (16), with 1 large engraved folding map of the Orinoco...
EUR 5,500
the first comprehensive world summary of amphibians and reptiles and contains still-useful historical information
LACEPEDE, (B.G.E.).
Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens.
Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1788-1789. 2 volumes. 4to (255 x 190mm). pp. 17, (1), 651, with 2 large folded tables and 41 engraved plates; pp. 8, 19, (1)...
EUR 2,100
LUCAS, H.
Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères d'Europe, ouvrage orné de près de 400 figures, peintes d'après nature par A. Noel.
Paris, Paquet/ L. Debure, 1834. 8vo (225 x 135mm). pp. (4), 216, with 80 fine hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf (joints splitti...
EUR 700
LAMBERT, A. B.
An illustration of the genus Cinchona; comprising descriptions of all the officinal Peruvian barks, including several new species. Baron de Humboldt's account of the Cinchonaforests in South America: and Laubert's memoir on the different species of Quinquina. To which are added, several dissertations of Don Hippolito Ruiz, on various medical plants of South America. And a short account of the Spikenard of the ancients.
London, John Searle, 1821. 4to (290 x 235mm). pp. ix, (1, errate), 181 with 5 folded engraved plates. Recent black half calf, red gilt lettered lab...
EUR 1,500
one of the finest examples of French colour-printing by Langlois
FÉRUSSAC, A. DE. & DESHAYES, G.P.
Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles ...
Paris, J.B. Baillière, 1820-1851. 4 volumes. Folio (420 x 275mm). With 248 engraved plates, almost all printed in colours and finished by hand. Re...
EUR 15,500
is concerned chiefly with the author's observations of life and conditions in Nagasaki
MEIJLAN, G.F.
Japan. Voorgesteld in schetsen over de zeden en gebruiken van dat rijk, bijzonder over de ingezetenen der stad Nagasaky, door C.F. Meijlan Opperhoofd aldaar. Uitgegeven door Mr. J.H. Tobias.
Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1830. 8vo (210 x 125mm). pp. (14), 190, with charming handcolouredtitle-vignette heightened with gold and 2 folded...
EUR 3,500
The work describes the rodents of Russia and Siberia
PALLAS, P.S.
Novae Species Quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium.
Erlangen, Walther, 1778. 4to (245 x 200mm). pp. (2), viii, 388 with 39 (3 folding anatomical) engraved plates. Recent half calf, gilt lettered spine.
EUR 1,800
a great number of woodcuts of trees
GALLAND, P. (editor).
De Agrorum conditionibus, & constitutionibus limitum. Siculi Flacci lib. I, Iulii Frontini lib. I, Aggeni Urbici lib. II, Hygeni Gromatici lib. II, Variorum Auctorum ... De generibus lineamentorum. De mensuris & ponderibus. Omnia figuris illustrata.
Parisiis, apud Turnebum., 1554. 4to (220 x 170mm). pp. (4), 256, (12), 20, with numerous woodcuts in the text. Contemporary limp vellum.
EUR 1,500
LINDENIA, ICONOGRAPHY OF ORCHIDS.
Conducted by J. Linden, Lucien Linden, Em. Rodigas and R. A. Rolfe.
Brussels, Lucien Linden, 1891. Folio (365 x 280mm). Parts 1-12. With 48 fine lithographed plates (numbered 265-312). Contemporary publisher's print...
EUR 960
(GODET, C.H.).
Les Plantes Vénéneuses du Canton de Neuchatel.
Neuchatel, Montandon Frères, 1864. Royal-8vo. pp. x, 59, (1), with 26 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Contemporary half cloth.
EUR 700
This instructive book ranks with the classics on hunting
LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, (J.B.).
L' école de la chasse aux chiens courans, précédée d'une Bibliotheque historique & critique des Théreuticographes.
Rouen, Nicolas & Richard Lallemant, 1763. 2 parts bound in one. 8vo (195 x 120mm). pp. (2), viii,396, 14 of music, (2, blank); pp. ccxxvi, (2), ...
EUR 2,800
CLERCK, C. (Ed.)
Nomenclator extemporaneus rerum naturalium: Plantarum, Insectorum. Conchyliorum, secundum Systema Naturae Linnaeanum.
Stockholm, typis L.L. Grefingii, 1759. 8vo (220 x 122mm). pp. (4), 67, (13). New blue wrappers.
EUR 450
beautifully produced work describing a great variety of fungi growing around Rimini
BATTARRA, (G.A.).
Fungorum Agri Ariminensis historia ... quam sub auspiciis plurimum reverendi DD. Francisci Raynaldi Gargani... in hac secunda editione nec aucta nec diminuta publici juris fecit.
Faventiae, Typis Martinianis, 1759. 4to (280 x 200mm). pp. viii, 80, with engraved vignette on title and 40 engraved plates. Later half calf, spine...
EUR 3,000
REICHENBACH, L.
Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae simul Pedemontanae, ... Volumen XI-XII.
Lipsiae, F. Hofmeister, 1849-1850. 2 volumes (bound in 1). 4to. pp. (4), 32; (4), 34, with 211 engraved plates (numbered 521-620; 621-731). Contemp...
EUR 450
JEFFREYS, J.G.
British Conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas.
London, J. van Voorst, 1904-1869. 5 volumes. 8vo (195 x 125mm). pp. cxiv, 341; xiv, 465; 393; 486; 258, with 147 (107 handcoloured) engraved and li...
EUR 900
DISTANT, W.L.
A monograph of oriental Cicadidae. Published by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
London, King & Co/ Calcutta, Indian Museum, 1889-1892. 7 parts. Large-4to. pp. 157, (1), ix, (5), with 15 partly handcoloured lithographed plates. ...
EUR 1,300
It remained for 1800 years a most valuable and authoritative work on minerals
THEOPHRASTUS.
Traité des Pierres de Théophraste traduit du Grec; avec des notes physiques & critiques, traduites de l'Anglois de M. Hill. Auquel on a ajouté deux lettres du même auteur, l'une au Docteur Parsons, sur les couleurs du Saphir & de la Turquoise; & l'autre à M. Folkes, président de la Societé Royale de Londres, sur les effets des différens menstrues sur le cuivre.
Paris, J.T. Herissant, 1754. Small 8vo (157 x 97mm). pp. xxiv, 287. Contemporary half calf, ornamented spine with red gilt lettered label (spine sl...
EUR 1,600
The plates are meticulously hand-coloured and there are 4 plants shown on each plate
ROQUES, J.
Plantes Usuelles, Indigènes et Exotiques, dessinées et coloriées d'après nature, avec la description de leurs caractères distinctifs et de leurs propriétés médicales. Secondeédition.
Paris, chez l'auteur & Hocquart, 1809. 2 volumes. 4to (255 x 190mm). pp. (4), viii, 266; (4), 278, (1, errata) with 133 finely handcoloured engrave...
EUR 2,500
one of the most important works on flower gardens and the cultivation of flowers of Northern Italy
CLARICI, P.B.
Istoria e coltura delle piante che sono pe'l fiore più ragguardevoli , e più distinte per ornare un giardino... con un copioso trattato degli agrumi...
Venezia, presso Andrea Poletti, 1726. 4to (235 x 175mm). pp. (34), 761, (3), with an engraved portrait of Clarici holding a bouquet of flowers in h...
EUR 5,000
Famous work on pomology and fruit trees, the first monographs published with colour plates on this subject
KNOOP, J.H.
Beschrijving en afbeeldingen van de beste soorten van Appelen en Peeren ...
(together with:) Beschryving der vruchtbomen en vruchten die men in de hoven plant en onderhoud ...(together with:) Beschryving der plantagie-gewas...
EUR 2,700
The excellent woodcuts show snakes, amphibia, scorpions, fish, a dog suffering from rabies, poisonous plants etc.
GREVIN, J.
De venenis libri due. Gallice primum ab eo scripti, et à multis hactenus Latini desiderati, & nunc tandem opera & labore Hieremiae Martij Augustanae Reipublicae medici, in Latinum sermonem, summa fide & dilligentia, in rei medicae studiosorum utitlitatem atque commodum conversi. Quibus adiunctus est praetereà eiusdem auctoris de antimonio tractatus, eodem interprete, unà cum rerum memorabilium, praecipuè ad operis calcem, Indice.
Antweriae, ex officina Chistophori Plantini, 1571. 4to (223 x 155mm). pp. (20), 332, (10), with 92 woodcuts in the text. Contemporary limp vellum (...
EUR 3,800
LINDENIA, ICONOGRAPHY OF ORCHIDS.
Conducted by J. Linden, Lucien Linden, Em. Rodigas and R. A. Rolfe.
Brussels, Lucien Linden, 1892-1894. Folio (365 x 280mm). Parts XIX-XXXVI. With 72 fine chromolithographed plates. Publisher's printed wrappers.
EUR 1,440
These Chinese export watercolours were made for the western market and produced in the port cities of China of which Canton was the most important one
CHINA- TEA CULTURE AND CULTIVATION.
A collection of 12 finely executed Chinese original drawings on rice paper around 1850.
All drawings are framed and glazed. The drawings (200 x 320mm) are superbly executed and exceptionally colourful and show the various stages of pic...
EUR 5,800
The fine lithographed plates show a.o. numerous bats, orang-outangs and other mammals
TEMMINCK, C.J.
Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de Mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Ouvrage accompagné de planches d'Ostéologie, pouvant servir de suite et de complément aux Notices sur les animaux vivans, publiées par M. le baron G. Cuvier, dans ses Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles.
Paris, G. Dufour & d'Ocagne, 1827-1841. 4to (270 x 195 mm). 2 volumes, comprising 17 parts, bound in one. pp. (4), xxxii, 268, (4, publisher's cata...
EUR 2,500
LINDENIA, ICONOGRAPHY OF ORCHIDS.
Conducted by J. Linden, Lucien Linden, Em. Rodigas and R. A. Rolfe.
Brussels, Lucien Linden, 1891-1892. Folio (365 x 280mm). Volumes II & III. With 48 fine chromolithographed plates (numbered 289-336). Contemporary ...
EUR 960
STOLL, K.
Des Herrn Kaspar Stoll' natürliche und nach dem Leben gemalte Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Cikaden und anderer damit verwandten Insekten aus Europa, Asia, Afrika und Amerika.
Aus dem holländischen übersetzt und mit den nötigen Anmerkungen versehen. Nürnberg, Winterschmidt, 1792. 4to (270 x 215mm). With 20 (of 29) fin...
EUR 800
he made here an attempt to an explanation of the parts of the plants.
DODONAEUS, R.
Stirpium Historia pemptades sex, sive libri XXX ...
Antverpiae, ex Officina Plantiniana, apud B. & I. Moretos, 1616. Folio (346 x 230mm). pp. (16), 872, (66), with fine engraved title and 1341 woodcu...
EUR 5,500
A rare early work on Bryozoa
CAVOLINI, F.
Memorie per servire alla storia de' Polipi Marini.
Napoli 1785. 4to (265 x 220mm). pp. 279, with 9 engraved plates. Later half calf, gilt lettered spine.
EUR 1,500
GERVAIS, P.
Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises.
Nouvelles recherches sur les Animaux Vertébres dont on trouve les ossements enfouis dans le sol de la France et sur leur comparaison avec les espÃ...
EUR 400
early work on botanical theory, reflecting the influence of Theophrastus
COSTEO, G.
De Universali Stirpium natura libri duo...
Turin, heirs of Nicolo Bevilacqua, 1578. 4to (208 x 145mm). pp. (viii), 496, (16), with printer's device on title, small wormhole from binding just...
EUR 2,000
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
the first work dealing exclusively with birds' eggs and birds' nests
ZINANNI, G.
Delle uova e dei nidi degli uccelli libro primo del Conte Giuseppe Zinanni.
Aggiunte in fine alcune osservazioni, con una dissertazione sopra varie spezie di Cavalette. Venezia, A. Bortoli, 1737. 4to (285 x 204 mm). pp. (8)...
EUR 3,900
SCHLECHTER, R.
Orchidaceae Perrierianae. Ein Beitrag zur Orchideenkunde der Insel Madagascar.
Dahlem bei Berlin, Verlag des Repertoriums, 1925. 8vo. pp. 391. Publisher's printed wrappers.
EUR 250