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Thunberg, C. P.
Periculum entomologicum, quo characteres generum insectorum, consensu exper. fac. med. upsal. praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, publicae censurae proponit Samuel Törner, Norcopia-Gothus. In audit. Gust. maj. d. X Jun. MDCCLXXXIX.
Upsaliae [Uppsala], Joh. Edman, 1789. Quarto (21.5 x 17.5 cm). Title page, 16 pp. Early 20th-century light blue buckram; black morocco strip with gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers.
Read moreTenore, M. AND Savi, G., AND Bivona-Bernardi, A.
Thirteen rare and important early 19th-century papers on Italian botany.
Napoli, Pisa, etc., various publishers, 1809-1828. 13 papers in one. 8vo (20.3 x 13.1 cm). 544 pp.; ten engraved plates (several larger, folded), two large engraved, multi-folded hand-coloured maps. Contemporary polished quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-ornamented bands, blind-tooled floral vignettes, and gilt title. Endpapers and edges marbled blue.
Read moreSwammerdam, J.
Historia insectorum generalis in qua verissina mutationem...duce experientia... recepta vulgo insectorum metamorphosis solide refutatur... adjicitur dilucidatio... Ex Belgica latinam fecit Henricus Christianus Henninius. Editio Secunda.
Ultrajecti [Utrecht], Ottho de Vries, 1693. 4to (19.3 x 15.6 cm). Half-title, title in red and black with woodcut vignette, 212 pp., [xvii]; 13 (mostly) folded engraved plates, one folded table. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine with gilt title on morocco label, gilt name embossed on front board.
Read moreSwagers, E.
Collection complète des oiseaux d'Europe, dessinés et coloriés d'après nature.
Amiens, [the author, 1833]. Folio (30.7 x 23.0 cm). 11 unnumbered printed text sheets; 87 (of 88) lithographed plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers. Preserved in brown cloth clambox (32.5 x 25.3 x 3.6 cm). "Spine" with red morocco label with gilt title.
Read moreSuter, J. R.
Helvetiens Flora, worinn alle in Hallerischen Werke enthaltenen und seither neuentdeckten schweizer Pflanzen nach Linné's Methode aufgestellt sind.
Zürich, Orell, Fuessli, 1802. Two volumes in two. 12mo (14.2 x 8.8 cm). lxiii, 345, [xviii]; 416 pp. Uniform, later vellum. Spines with contemporary red morocco label with gilt title. All edges gilt and embossed with floral pattern.
Read more[Sturm, J. (AND) Frauenholz, J. M.]
Original hand-coloured proof plates for Bilder für Kinder mit Hinsicht auf die von Herrn Andre und Bechstein herausgegebenen Spaziergänge, gesammelt von I. F. Frauenholz.
Nürnberg, Frauenholz, [1792]-1793-1795. Five plates. Oblong (19.5 x 22.5 cm), and near square (22.0 x 19.0 cm). Engraved and finely coloured by hand, one with handwritten captions. On loose sheets; versos blank.
Read moreSturany, R. and A. J. Wagner
Ueber schalentragende Landmollusken aus Albanien und Nachbargebieten.
Wien, Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (Alfred Hölder), 1914. Large 4to (30.4 x 23.2). 120 pp.; 18 plates, one coloured map. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on the spine. Patterned endpapers.
Read moreStoll, C.
Natuurlyke en naar 't leeven naauwkeurig gekleurde afbeeldingen en beschryvingen der cicaden, in alle vier waerelds deelen Europa, Asia, Africa en America huishoudende, by een verzameld en beschreeven. /Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des cigales, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique rassemblées et décrites [BOUND WITH] Natuurlyke en naar 't leeven naauwkeurig gekleurde afbeeldingen en beschryvingen der wantzen, in alle vier waerelds deelen Europa, Asia, Africa en America huishoudende, by een verzameld en beschreeven. /Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des punaises, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique rassemblées et décrites.
Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, [1780]-1788. Two parts in one. Large 4to (30.5 x 24.0 cm). pp. [ii], 124; hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 29 hand-coloured engraved plates. [AND] 172 pp.; hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 41 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with gilt lines and lettering.
Read moreSpagnesi, M., S. Toso and A. M. de Marinis (eds.).
Italian mammals.
[Roma], Ministero dell'Ambiente, Servizio Conservazione della Natura, and Instituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica A. Ghigi, 2000. Two parts in two. Elephant folio (Atlas), 4to (text). 204 pp.; 83 fine coloured loose plates, all by Umberto Catalano. In original cloth portfolio with gilt title and vignette (49.2 x 34.6 x 5.1 cm).
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