Catalogue 90 - Women in Sciences and Arts
42 items found
Bergquist, P. R.
The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part I, II, III.
Wellington, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1968-1980. Three parts in three. Large 4to (28.0 x .21.5 cm). Full colour (1) and b/w (1) frontispieces; 233 pp. [105; 85; 43]; 37 text figures [30; 3; 4], 51 plates [14; 20; 17]. Original uniform printed softcovers.
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Boone, [P.] L.
Scientific results of the World cruises of the yachts "Ara" 1928-1929, and "Alva" 1931-1932, "Alva" Mediterranean cruise 1933, and "Alva" South American cruise 1935, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Crustacea: Anomura, Macrura, Euphausiacea, Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Echinodermata: Asteroidea and Echinoidea.
Huntington, NY, Privately Published, 1935. 8vo (24.3 x 16.3 cm). 264 pp.; 96 plates. Original dark green buckram with gilt title on the spines and front boards.
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Boone, [P.] L.
Scientific results of the World cruises of the yachts "Ara" 1928-1929, and "Alva" 1931-1932, "Alva" Mediterranean cruise 1933, and "Alva" South American cruise 1935, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Marine algae, Coelenterata, Annelida, Echinodermata, Crustacea, Mollusca.
Huntington, NY, Privately Published, 1938. 8vo (24.3 x 16.3 cm). 372 pp.; 152 plates. Original dark green buckram with gilt title on the spine and front boards.
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Camus, A. A. and E. G. Camus
Notes de Botanique Publiées de 1910 à 1927, de 1912 à 1928, 1927-1934, 1924 à 1936 [Spine titles].
France, various publishers, 1910-1936. 410 papers in four thick volumes (112; 117; 73; 108). 8vo (23.5 x 15.5 cm to 25.5 x 17.5 cm). Ca. 4000 pp. in all; numerous illustrations. Contemporary half calf or half linen over marbled boards. Spines with gilt titles.
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Curie, Pierre. Marie Curie Sklodowska, a.o.
A fine collection of 41 extracts by "the Curies" all from the Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.
Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1881-1934. Various sizes. In a modern, blue box (29.6 x 23.3 x 4.2 cm) with printed label on the top board.
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Delaunay, S.
Simultané. [by Sonia Delaunay].
Bielefeld, Bielefelder Spielkarten GmbH, 1964. 16 pp. booklet, partly printed in colour (12.6 x 9.0 cm) and 110 playing cards (9.2 x 6.0 cm) [two French decks with differently coloured backs in blue, black and white, combined with, respectively, red or green, each consisting of 52 standard cards and three jokers] in original transparent plastic box (13.2 x 9.8 cm).
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Elles, G. L. and E. M. R. Wood
A Monograph of British Graptolites. [AND] A Synoptic Supplement to "A monograph of British Graptolites by Miss G. L. Elles and Miss E. M. R. Wood".
London, Palaeontographical Society, 1901-1918, 1971. In three volumes. Thick 8vo (27.1 x 21.3 cm). Text volume: Title page, 719 pp. ([e]-m, clxxi, 539); 359 text illustrations; Atlas volume: Title page, 52 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves; Supplement: Title page, 130 pp. Uniform red buckram with black title on the spines.
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Fauché, B.
Histoire naturelle, botanique.
[France, unpublished, ca. 1850]. Folio (39.8 x 28.8 cm). Title page with polychrome title and vignette, heightened with gold; 15 tissue-guarded plates with watercolour images of fungi (1) and flowering plants with explanatory text leaves in fine calligraphy. Original full embossed and pebbled black calf; gilt-stippled board edges and fine gilt inner dentelles. Iridescent endpapers. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title; front board with gilt initials "B. F." (= Berthe Fauché); rear board with gilt vignette "Maison des Oiseaux". All edges gilt.
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Fey, A.
Les peuplements sessiles de l'infralittoral rocheux de l'Archipel de Glénan: Hydraires et bryozoaires.
Paris, Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Paris, 1967. Folio (27.0 x 20.8 cm). Over 300 pp.; numerous text figures and tables. Blind quarter cloth over stiff, printed wrappers.
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Forbes, F. B. and W. B. Hemsley
Enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Formosa, Hainan, the Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy.
London, The Linnean Society, Longmans, Green and Co., Williams and Norgate, 1886-1905. Twenty issues in 20, forming three parts. 8vo (22.2 x 14.4 cm). 1812 pp. ([ii], 521; 592; 686, xi); 24 lithographed plates [14; 10; 0], the first being a large, folded, duotone map. Original, uniform printed wrappers.
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Hammer, M.
Investigations on the oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. I. The Argentine and Bolivia. II Peru. III. Chile. IV. Patagonia. [Complete].
København, Ejnar Munksgaard, 1958-1962. Large 8vo (27.0 x 21.0 cm). 419 pp. [129; 157; 96; 37] pp., 118 [34; 43; 30; 11] plates. Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Hoola van Nooten, B.
Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l'ile de Java. peints d'après nature. Ouvrage dédié à s majesté la reine de Hollande.
Bruxelles, Émile Tarlier, 1863. Large folio (55.6 x 40.8 cm). Title page, [ii] pp. (preface), dedication leaf; 41 chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand, with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary half calf over over burgundy linen boards. Spine blind-tooled with four low, wide bands, and dark brown morocco label with gilt title. Light, greyish green endpapers.
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Kan, C. M. and N. W. Posthumus (eds.)
Tijdschrift van het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, gevestigd te Amsterdam. Eerste Deel [Journal of the Geographical Society in Amsterdam, Volume 1].
Amsterdam, C. F. Stemler, 1876. 4to (28.2 x 24.0 cm). xl, 405 pp.; 11 maps, including several (very) large and/or coloured. Original brown pebbled cloth, richly embossed in gilt and black.
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Lodder, J. [AND] Diddens, H. and J. Lodder
Die Hefesammlung des "Centraal-Bureau voor Schimmelcultures". Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Hefearten. II. Teil. Die Anaskosporogenen Hefen. Erste Hälfte. Proefschrift. [AND] Zweite Hälfte. [Complete].
Amsterdam, privately publiahed [thesis], [AND] Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1934-1942. Two parts in one. Large 8vo (25.6 x 17.4 cm). 792 [xiii, 256; xii, 511] pp., 213 [114; 99] text figures. Near contemporary burgundy buckram with gilt title and vignette on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Ogilvie, M. M.
Microscopic and Systematic Study of Madreporarian Types of Corals.
London, The Royal Society, 1896. 4to (29.2 x 22.3 cm). Drophead title, 263 pp. [numbered 83-345]; 76 woodcuts in the text (several in two colours); large, double-folded chart. Contemporary polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and black calf label with gilt title. Speckled edges. Original printed front wrapper bound in.
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Pasteur-Humbert, C.
Les mollusques marins testacés du Maroc. Catalogue non critique. I. Les gastéropodes. [AND] II. Les lamellibranches et les scaphopodes. [AND] Premier supplement.
Rabat, Institut Scientifique Chérifien, 1962-1973. Three parts in three. 8vo (24.1 x 15.3 cm). 573 [245; 184; 144] pp.; 104 [42; 39; 23] plates, some text figures, one folded map; errata leaf to the third part tipped in. Near contemporary full cloth with gilt title on the spine. Original, uniform printed wrappers bound in.
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Pfaehler-Erath, I.
Sur quelques Grossouvria et Choffatia du Callovien de Chézery (Jura français).
Genève, Société Paléontologique Suisse, 1938. 4to (31.5 x 23.7 cm). 30 pp.; four fine, phototype plates, nine text figures including a page-sized graph. Later green wrappers with typed title.
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Prieser, T.
Beiträge zur Systematik und Stammesgeschichte der europäischen Peltoceraten.
Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart (Erwin Nägele), 1937. Large 4to (29.2 x 22.4 cm). 144 pp.; nine heliographic plates, seven text figures, five folding plates with line drawings. Burgundy leatherette. Spine with black morocco label with gilt title.
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Regnault, [N. F.]
Cochon d’Inde à deux corps. [ Les ecarts de la nature, ou recueil des principales monstruosités que la nature produit dans le genre animal planche 2].
[Paris], Regnault, [1775]. Single sheet (26.6 x 18.7 cm). Engraved and finely hand-coloured plate with printed caption.
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Sklodowska-Curie, M. S. [Madame P. Curie]
Die Radioaktivität von Mme P. Curie. Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von B. Finkelstein. Mit einem für die Deutsche Ausgabe verfaßten Nachtrag. 2 Bände mit 1 Porträt, 7 Tafeln und zirka 200 Figuren im Text.
Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., 1912. Two volumes in one. Thick 8vo (22.3 x 15.7 cm). 1024 pp. [xv, 420; vi, 583]; heliogravure portrait of Pierre [!] Curie (1859-1906), seven plates, numerous text figures. Half cloth over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Spine with paper label.
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Vincent, H. A.
Collection de 24 bouquets de fleurs.
Paris, Lambert, 1835. Small folio (27.0 x 20.7 cm). Hand-coloured engraved title; 24 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colour and finished by hand. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt floral ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers.
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[Women's Liberation] [André Citroën]
Application de la main-d'oeuvre féminine au travail des obus. [AND] Usines André Citroën. Vues photographiques des usines André Citroën de mars a ocobre 1915 [at] 143 quai de javel, Paris.
Paris, Citroën, [1915]-1916. In two volumes. Oblong folio (31.5 x 43.7 cm). 71 original photographs (22.0 x 28.5-35.5 cm) mounted on grey cardboard with printed captions [60; 11]. Uniform full mottled calf. Boards with double gilt-rolled ornamental borders and gilt title.
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