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223 items found
Belon, P.
Les observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouvees en Grece, Asie, Iudée, Egypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges, redigées en trois liures. Reueuz de nouveau & augmentez de figures. Le catalogue contenant le plus notables choses, est en la page fuyuante.
Paris, H. de Marnef & G. Cavellat, 1588. 4to (22.1 x 15.4 cm). [xiv], 468, [ii] pp.; numerous woodcuts, some page-sized. 18th-century full tree calf. Spine with five raised bands, compartments rich gilt with floral patterns. Red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. All edges red.
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Les couleurs Diamine de Leopold Cassella & Cie. Francfort sur le Mein. Leurs qualités et leur emploi en teinture et en impression.
Frankfurt am Main, Leopold Cassella & Cie., 1896. Small, thick quarto/folio (25.0 x 16.5 x 5.5 cm). Double frontispiece; title page, ix, 275, xv pp.; 38 numbered and one unnumbered sheets (three large, double-folded) with mounted coloured examples of fabric (usually 8 samples, sometimes fewer, or many more). Another 160 samples mounted in the text. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine. Patterned endpapers.
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[Leibniz] Grotefend, C. L.
Leibniz-Album aus den Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Hannover.
Hannover, Hahn, 1846. Folio (45.3 x 29.5 cm). [vi], 28 pp. With a nice engraved portrait of Leibniz and one wood-engraving of his house in Hannover. Very nice and highly unusual red velvet binding with elaborate, gilt decorated, embossed decorations and letterings.
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Cuvier, G. [L. C. F. D.]
Le Regne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures, dessinées d'après nature.
Paris, Deterville, 1817. Four volumes in four. 8vo (21.0 x 13.4 cm). 2072 pp. [I: xxxvii, 540; II: xviii, 532; III: xxix, 653; IV: viii, 255]; 15 engraved plates. Uniform contemporary full mottled calf. Spines rich gilt with floral vignettes and ornamental, straight and stippled bands; two red morocco labels with gilt title. Boards with elaborate gilt borders. Edges gilt-lined; gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges.
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Deyrolle, É. (ed.)
Le Naturaliste. Journal des échanges et des nouvelles. Volume I-III [no's 1-66].
Paris, Émile Deyrolle, 1879-1881. Three volumes in one. Folio (31.5 x 23.8 cm). 532 pp. Numerous illustrations. Contemporary quarter pebbled cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title.
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Curàtulo, G. E.
L'arte di Juno Lucina in Roma. Soria dell'ostetricia dalle sue origini fino al secolo XX con documenti inediti. [Dedication copy].
Roma, Sallustiana, 1901. 4to (28.5 x 19.2 cm). xxiii, 248 pp.; 46 text illustrations, one large, triple-folding plate. Contemporary full vellum, rich gilt. Panels with bevelled edges, elaborate gilt floral borders and gilt vignette of the Romulus and Remus and the wolf, S.P.Q.R., on the front board. Spine with gilt patterns and title. Gilt-patterned endpapers.
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Tissandier, G. (ed.)
La Nature. Revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie. Journal hebdomadaire illustré.
Paris, G. Masson, 1873-1905. 34 volumes in 34. 4to (28.4 x 19.0 cm). Numerous pages and illustrations. Uniform contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards (for 1873-1899). Gilt borders. Spines with five raised bands. Gilt ornamental compartments and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. And uniform contempory brown half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled edges (for 1899-1905).
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Binding [Rabelais, F.]
La chronique de Gargantua, premier texte du roman de Rabelais. Précédé d'une notice par M. Paul Lacroix. [Limited edition in fine binding].
Paris, Jouaust, 1868. 8vo (18.8 x 10.8 cm). Full straight-grained morocco. Boards with rich gilt ornamental borders, gilt-lined edges, and triple gilt-lined inner borders with gilt rosettes on corners. Spine with five raised bands, rich gilt-stippled compartments with central floral vignettes, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Green book ribbon. All edges gilt.
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[Japanese fabric design] Hasegawa, K.
Keikazuan. [Illustrated book of fabric designs in three volumes].
Kyoto, Keika Hasegawa, 1905. In three volumes. Large 8vo size (24.1 x 16.4 cm). 60 [20; 20; 20] folded leaves, each with two (recto, verso) or more hand-coloured illustrations, several heightened with silver. Original near uniform hand-coloured pictorial soft covers.
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[Acupuncture]
Juko Jushikei Hakki.
Juko Jushikei Hakki. Three parts in one volume. Kyoto (?), Enami Jinbee, Genroku 8 (= 1685). 4to size (27.0 x 19.0 cm). Xylographically printed on 69 double leaves folded in an accordion, or oriental, style, with 16 full-page woodcut plates. Original blue paper wrappers with xylographic text vignette on front. Contained in a modern blue cloth box made in Japanese style.
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Hardouin, E. and W. L. Ritter
Java. Tooneelen uit het leven. Karakterschetsen en kleederdragten van Java's bewoners in afbeeldingen naar de natuur geteekend door E. Hardouin met tekst van W. L. Ritter en een voorwoord van H. M. Lange, gepensionneerd Luitenant Kolonel van het O. I. leger. Benevens eene kaart van Java naar de nieuwste bronnen bewerkt.
Leiden, A. W. Sythoff, 1855. Large 4to (28.7 x 20.7 cm). Title page with finely engraved vignette; xv, 242 pp.; hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and 25 other hand-coloured lithographed and tissue-guarded plates; large, triple-folded coloured double map of Java, Madoera and Bawean. Original green embossed cloth. Spine and front board rich gilt with floral patterns and ethnographical vignettes. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Veth, P. J. and A. De Grijs
Insulinde. Twaalf tafereelen uit Nederlandsch Indië, volgens teekeningen en studiën naar de natuur door A. de Grijs, geëtst door C. L. Van Kesteren met tekst van P. J. Veth, hoogleeraar te Leiden.
Amsterdam, S. Warendorf [or C. L. Van Kesteren], [1879-1882]. Folio (43.7 x 32.0 cm). Text; 12 original etchings. Original light blue pictorial cloth with gilt title on spine. Floral patterned endpapers.
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Horn, W. and S. Schenkling
Index Litteraturae Entomologicae Serie I: de Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. [Interleaved set with additions].
Berlin, Walter Horn, 1928-1929. 8vo (23.2 x 15.8 cm). Four parts in four. 1426 pp. [interleaved with blanks]; four plates with portraits. Uniform contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spines with gilt bands and title. Speckled edges.
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[Theophrastus] Stackhouse, J.
Illustrationes Theophrasti in usum botanicorum praecipue perigrinantium.
Oxonii (Oxford), Clarendon, 1811. 8vo (21.7 x 13.8 cm). viii, 92 pp.; mezzotint portrait, one engraved plate. 19th-century ruled half linen over marbled boards. Printed label on the spine.
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Vincendon-Dumoulin, [C. A.] and C. [L. F.] Desgraz
Iles Taïti. Esquisse historique et géographique précédée de considérations générales sur la colonisation française dans l'Océanie. Première Partie - Deuxième Partie. [Complete].
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1844. In two parts. 8vo (21.5 x 14.1 cm). Half-titles, title pages, 1056 pp. (pagination continuous); two large, engraved maps. Original uniform, printed wrappers.
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Tooverschijf - Magic Disc - Phenakistiscope
Iets over de Tooverschijf. [Something About the Magic Disc or Phenakistiscope].
Amsterdam, Gebroeders van Arum, 1834. 8vo (22.7 x 14.0 cm). 5 pp.; one large, triple-folded engraved plate (14.0 x 36.7 cm) in original hand-colouring. Original printed wrappers.
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Gembloux, P. De
Idiomologie des animaux. Recherches historiques, anatomiques, physiologues, philogiques, et glossologiques sur le langage des bêtes.
Paris, A la Tour de Babel, 1844. 4to (28.1 x 22.5 cm), 156 pp. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands bordered by gilt lines. Red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
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Thunberg, C. P.
Horti Upsaliensis plantae cultae ab initio saeculi. Quarum partem tertiam venia exp. Facult. Med. Upsal. praeside C. P. Thunberg. [AND] d.d. Examen classis polygamiae cujus partem priorem. Venia exp. Facult. Med. Upsal. praeside C. P. Thunberg.
Upsala, Palmblad, 1826. Two papers in two. 4to (20.8 x 16.8 cm; 24.6 x 19.8 cm). Title page, dedication page, pp. 17-24, [i]; Title page, dedication on verso, 8 pp.
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Le Goux de Flaix, A. [Legoux]
Historisch-geographisch politischer Versuch über Ostindien nebst der Schilderung von dessen Handel nach Le Goux de Flaix. Mit Noten, Anmerkungen und einer Vorrede von E. A. W. v. Z[immermann].
Leipzig, Heinrich Gräff, 1810. Two volumes in two. 8vo (17.5 x 10.7 cm). 892 [I: viii, 444; II: iv, 436] pp.; one folded engraving of the Jagannath temple. Contemporary uniform tree calf resembling paper boards with ruled borders, olive and brown gilt-lettered morocco labels on spines.
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[Prévost d'Exiles, A. F.]
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection des toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusq'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connus: ... Tome dix-septième. Histoire générale des voyages, depuis le commencement du XVme siècle, dix-septième partie. Livre septième. Vies des gouverneurs généraux, avec l'abregé de l'histoire des etablissemens Hollandois aux Indes Orientales [AND] Histoire naturelle des Indes Orientales.
La Haye [Den Haag, The Hague], Pierre de Hondt, 1763. 4to (25.1 x 20.4 cm). [ii], 266, 300, 48 pp.; 56 plates (of fish, etc.). Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt title.
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Deleuze, [J. P. F.]
Histoire et description de Muséum Royal d'Histoire Naturelle, ouvrage rédigé d'après les ordres de l'administration du Muséum.
Paris, A. Royer, 1823. Two volumes in two. 8vo (21.5 x 13.8 cm). vi, 720 pp.; three folded maps, five engraved plates (all tissue-guarded) to volume I; nine tissue-guarded engraved plates to volume II, for a total of 14 plates and three maps [complete]. Uniform contemporary full tree calf. Spines with gilt lines and vignettes, two red morocco labels with gilt titles. Edges yellow.
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Andreossy, [A.] F.
Histoire du Canal du Midi, connu précédemment sous le nom de Canal de Languedoc.
Paris, F. Dufart, An VIII [1799 or 1800]. 8vo (19.6 x 12.4 cm). Half-title, title page, 415 pp. (numbered [i]-xl, 41-414,[i]); one very large, multi-folded map and five folded charts including one very large, multi-folded). 19th-century polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers.
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Lafitau, J. F.
Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dans le nouveau monde.
Paris, Saugrain & Coignard, 1733. Two parts in two. 4to (29.6 x 25.7 cm). [iv], xxiv, 616 pp.; [xxiv] 693, [xliv] pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one text-vignette, 14 engraved plates and views (of which one larger, folding), and a fine, large, multi-folded map of the world. Uniform contemporary full calf, spines with raised bands and extensive gilt floral patterns; rich gilt red morocco labels with titles. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled red.
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Lacretelle, J. C. D., De
Histoire de France, pendant le dix-huitième siècle.
Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1819-1826. 14 parts in 14. 8vo (21.5 x 13.5 cm). Frontispiece (portrait of the author), 6,136 pp.; seven additional frontispieces, 204 portraits, (four hand-coloured), 69 original letters of which many large, folded, six letters in facsimile, 12 signed printed documents, 13 original printed billets, 67 other engraved plates of which 13 tinted and two large, folded and hand-coloured. Uniform original red half morocco over red grained boards. Rich gilt spines.
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Heeres, J. E.
Het aandeel der Nederlanders in de ontdekking van Australië 1606-1765. The part borne by the Dutch in the discovery of Australia 1606-1765.
Leiden, E. J. Brill [AND] London, Luzac and Co., 1899. Large 4to (35.0 x 25.2 cm) 240 [xvii, 100 double; 101-106 single] pp., two large, folding full colour maps, 17 maps in the text. Contemporary grey buckram with gilt title on the spine. Floral-patterned endpapers.
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Heetman, A. J. A. [and] F. Heetman
Heetman Collection of stained glass designs.
Rotterdam, Heetman,1919-ca. 1971. Various material and sizes; predominantly original designs in pencil and watercolour, or white drawing ink. Also some framed drawings, numerous photos and photo negatives of original artwork and examples obtained by Heetman from other sources, as well as printed matter containing Heetman designs. In all many hundreds of items.
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Fieber, F. X.
Genera Hydrocoridum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita. Cum tabulis quator. [AND] Species generis Corisa monographice dispositae cum tabulis duabus. [AND] Rhynchotographieen. Drei monograpische [sic] Abhandlungen. [AND] a handwritten letter to a colleague.
Prag [Prague], Gottlieb Haase Söhne, 1851. Three works in one. 4to (26.1 x 20.6 cm). 143 pp. [31; 48; 64], including three title pages; six engraved plates [4; 2; 0]. Contemporary marbled boards with green paper spine cover with script title. Speckled edges.
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Leibniz, G. W.
G. G. Leibnitii Responsio ad Dn. Nic. Fatii Duillerii imputationes. Accessit nova Artis Analyticae promotio specimine indicata, dum designatione per numeros assumtitios loco literarum, Algebra ex Combinatoria Arte lucem capit. (Pages 198-208, in: Acta Eruditorum).
Lipsiae, J. Grossius, 1700. Small 4to (19.6 x 15.8 cm). pp. 198-208, in the complete volume for the year 1700, containing a total of 586 pp. and ten plates. Contemporary vellum binding with leather title label and gilt lettering.
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Capitani, F. di
Francesco di Capitani. [Manuscript design examples].
Roma, di Capitani, [ca. 1935]. Large, oblong cardboard binder with two metal pins. Folio (36.5 x 53.5 cm). 64 leaves with original drawings, of which 61 in full colour (crayon). Black morocco boards with embossed title and patterned pastedowns. Stiff brown endpapers.
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[Anonymous but probably J. Sturm]
Four proof plates for Monographiae Insectorum XVIII. In valle Plauensi delectorum. Verzeichnis der merkwürdigsten Insecten welche in Plauischen Grunde gefunden werden. In: W. G. Becker (1799). Der Plauische Grund bei Dresden, mit Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und schöne Gartenkunst.
[Nürnberg, Frauenholzische Kunsthandlung, 1799]. Four loose plates. Folio (24.3 x 18.5 cm or slighly larger). Each finely engraved and carefully hand-coloured.
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