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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
one of the finest illustrated French works on Lepidoptera
GODART, J.B. & DUPONCHEL, P.A.J.
Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France.
Paris, Crevot/Méquignon-Marvis Fils, 1821-1842. 11 volumes & 4 supplements (bound in 17). 8vo (215 x 130mm). With 546 (545 hand-coloured) engraved...
EUR 7,800
Already in 1916 Dr. W. Junk stated: 'Jetzt fast unauffindbar' and in his '5o Jahre Antiquar' he calls it a 'Rarissimum'
LINNAEUS, C.
Mantissa Plantarum altera generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II.
Holmiae, L. Salvii, 1771. pp. (6), 143-588. Contemporary half calf, gilt ornamented spine with giltlettered label.
EUR 4,000
Barlett also speaks with appreciation of the beauty of the illustrations
RENAULME, P. DE.
Specimen historiae plantarum. Plantae typis aeneis expressae.
Paris, Hadrianus Beys, 1611. 4to (120 x 176mm). pp. (6), 154, 47, (1), with 25 full page engraved plates. 18th century half vellum, marbled sides ...
EUR 2,500
beautifully illustrated work on China
NIEUHOF, J.
Het gezandtschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China: waar in de gedenkwaerdigste geschiedenissen... beneffens een naauwkeurige Beschryvinge der Sineesche Steden, Dorpen, Regeering... Gewassen, Dieren...
Amsterdam, W. Waasberge, 1693. Folio (315 x 205mm). pp. (6), 208, 258, (9), with engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of the author, 1 folding ...
EUR 4,800
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
REDI, F.
Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl'Insetti fatte da Francesco Redi Accademico della Crusca, e da lui scritte in una lettera all'illustrissimo signor Carlo Dati. Terza impressione.
Firenze, F. Onofri, 1674. 4to (235 x 162mm). pp. (4), 136, title-page with engraved vignette, 2 engravings in the text and 39 (some folded) engrave...
EUR 1,500
LAMARCK, J.B.
Receuil de planches des coquilles fossiles des environs de Paris. Avec leurs explications. On y a joint deux planches des Lymnées fossiles, et autres coquilles qui les accompagnent, des environs de Paris, par M. Brard.
Paris, G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, 1823. Large-4to (303 x 250mm). pp. (4), 30, (2), with 30 engraved plates. Recent brown boards.
EUR 800
GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, F.E.
Spécies et iconographie générique des Animaux Articulés ou représentation des genres, avec leur description et celle de toutes les espèces de cette grande division du règne animal. Ouvrage formant une série de Monographies complètes. Première Partie: INSECTES COLÉOPTÈRES.
Paris, au Bureau de la Revue Zoologique, (1843-1849). 9 parts bound in one. 8vo (215 x 135mm). With36 lithographed plates. Contemporary brown calf,...
EUR 1,500
COSTA, E.M. DA.
Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae, or, the British Conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain andIreland.
La Conchologie Britannique. London, printed for the Author..., 1778. 4to. pp. xii, (2), 254, viii, with 17 engraved plates. Recent half brown moroc...
EUR 1,400
HOFFMANN, G.F.
Plantarum Umbelliferarum Genera eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, situm, figuram...
Mosquae, typis N.S. Vsevolozskianis, 1816. 8vo (215 x 135mm). pp. (2), xxxiv, (2), 1-94, (2), (2, engraved title), 95-222, 20, with engraved hand-c...
EUR 1,500
AUDINET SERVILLE, (J.G.)
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. ORTHOPTÈRES.
Paris, Roret, 1839. 8vo (205 x 125mm.). pp. xviii, 776, (2), 4, with 14 engraved plates of which 13hand-coloured. Recent black half morocco, spine ...
EUR 450
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
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
beautifully produced work on poisonous fishes
SAVTSCHENKO, P.
Atlas des Poissons Vénéneux descriptions des ravages produits par eux sur l'organisme humain, et des contre-poisons à employer,
St. Petersburg, Balasheva, 1886. 4to (345 x 250mm). pp. (10), 53, (2), with 10 (9 coloured) lithographed plates. Contemporary green cloth, spine wi...
EUR 1,200
ILLIGER, J.K.W.
Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Entworfen von Johann Gottlieb Kugelann, Apotheker in Osterode. Ausgearbeitet von Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. Mit einer Vorrede des Professors und Pagenhofmeisters Hellwig in Braunschweig und dem angehängten Versuche einer natürlichen Ordnungs- und Gattungs- Folge der Insekten.
Halle, J. Gebauer, 1798. 8vo (202 x 120mm). pp. xlii, (2), 510, (2) with 1 folded table. Later halfcalf, gilt lettered spine.
EUR 500