Zoology
632 items found
Reinach, A. von
Schildkrötenreste im Maizer Tertiärbecken und benachbarten, ungefähr gleichalterigen Ablagerungen. Mit XXXXIV Tafeln.
Frankfurt am Main, Moritz Diesterweg, 1900. Large 4to (29.8 x 23.1 cm). Title page, 135 pp., 44, mostly tinted, lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers.
Read moreKohl, F. F.
Die Gattungen der Sphegiden.
Wien, Alfred Hölder, 1896. Large 8vo (26.7 x 17.7 cm). Title with pictorial vignette, xii, 284 pp.; 90 text engravings, seven finely lithographed plates. Contemporary black half morocco over peacock marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-lined bands, gilt floral vignettes and dark blue morocco label with gilt title. Floral-patterned endpapers. Marbled edges.
Read moreSpengel, J. W. (ed.)
Ergebnisse und Fortschritte der Zoologie. Erster - Vierter Band.
Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1909-1914. Four volumes in four. 8vo (22.9 x 16.1 cm). 2416 pp. [I: 596; II: 585; III: 593; IV: 642]; numerous text illustrations, several plates. Uniform pebbled half cloth over marbled boards. Spines with gilt title. Speckled edges.
Read moreSterzl, A. (ed.)
Zeitschrift des Vereines der Naturbeobachter und Sammler. Volumes 1-9. [Last Published].
Wien, Verein der Naturbeobachter und Sammler, 1926-1934. 8vo (22.3 x 15.0 cm). Eight title pages, 271 pp.; 19 plates [1-18, 13(bis)] of which 17 in colour. In slightly later grey blind half cloth over marbled boards.
Read moreJäger, G. [E.]
Über eine neue Species von Ichthyosauren ( Ichthyosaurus longirostris Owen & Jäger), nebst Bemerkungen über die übrigen in de Liasformation Würtembergs aufgefundenen Reptilien.
Breslau und Bonn, Eduard Weber, 1855. Folio (29.6 x 22.5 cm). Title page, 30 pp. (including errata page); one large, folded, lithographed plate. Contemporary blue pebbled cloth over marbled boards.
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).
Read moreHumphreys, H. N.
The butterfly vivarium, or, insect home: being an account of a new method of observing the curious metamorphoses of some of the most beautiful of our native insects. Comprising also a popular description of the habits and instincts of many of the insects of the various classes referred to; with suggestions for the successful study of entomology by means of an insect vivarium.
London, William Lay, 1858. 8vo (18.2 x 13.8 cm). xii, 288, [iv] pp.; eight originally hand-coloured plates, the first (unnumbered) acting as frontispiece. Original burgundy blind-stamped cloth with large gilt vignette on the front board, and gilt ornaments and title on the spine. Red endpapers. All edges gilt.
Read moreHumphreys, H. N.
The butterfly vivarium. Or, insect home: being an account of a new method of observing the curious metamorphoses of some of the most beautiful of native insects. Comprising also a popular description of the habits and instincts of many of the insects of the various classes referred to; with suggestions for the successful study of entomology by means of an insect vivarium. Illustrated with coloured engravings.
London, William Lay, 1858. 8vo (18.2 x 13.2 cm). xi, 288, [iii] pp., eight hand-coloured steel-engraved plates. Original blue, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine and large gilt vignette on the front board. All edges gilt.
Read moreLamarck, [J. B. P. A. de Monet de]
Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les charactères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Tome premier.
Paris, l'auteur, 1815. 8vo (20.2 x 13.1 cm). xvi, 462 pp. Contemporary half calf over plain boards. Spine with gilt lines, vignettes, and title.
Read more[Letourneux, E.] Couffon, O and T. Surrault (eds.)
Collection malacologique T. Letourneux offerte au Musée d'Histoire naturelle de la ville d'Angers. Catalogue par MM. O. Couffon (Coquilles marines) Th. Surrault (coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles). Ouvrage honoré d'une subvention de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique.
Angers, Germain et G. Grassin, 1909. 8vo (21.4 x 13.6 cm). Half-title, title page, xiii, 202 pp.; two portraits. Mid-20th-century red buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
Read moreRue, A. De la
Entomologie forestière, ou histoire naturelle des insectes nuisibles et utiles aux forêts.
Paris, Madame Huzard; Nancy, George-Grimblot, Thomas et Raybois, 1838. 8vo (20.9 x 12.8 cm). iv, 154 pp., six engraved plates. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Edges marbled.
Read moreHelmuth, J. H.
Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte des In- und Auslandes. Zweyte Ausgabe. Vierter Band. Beschreibung der Amphibien. Mit 36 Abbildungen. [AND] Fünfter Band. Beschreibung der Insekten. Mit 29 Abbildungen. [AND] Sechster Band. Beschreibung der Würmer. Mit 44 Abbildungen.
Leipzig, Gerhard Fleischer dem Jungern, 1808. Three parts in one. 8vo (17.2 x 12.0 cm). Three title pages, 962 pp. [vi, 196; xxx, 466; xxiv, 240]; ten large, folded, engraved plates [0; 5; 5], 36 text illustrations [36; 0; 0]. Early 19th-century half calf over patterned boards. Spine with gilt ornaments and title.
Read moreMenegazzi, L.
Malacologia Veronese.
Verona, Accademia di Agricoltura Commercio et Arti, 1855. 8vo (22.3 x 14.3 cm). Half-title, two title pages; xiii, 335 pp.; two plates, of which one in chromolithography and the second engraved and hand-coloured. Contemporary black pebbled half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands; compartments with gilt vignettes and gilt title. Marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
Read moreVosmaer, A.
Description d'une espèce rare de singe d'Amerique à longue queuë, nommé quatto, par les naturels de païs, et, par les Hollandais, bosch-duivel, (diable des bois,) ou slinger-aap, (singe voltigeur;) reçu de la colonie Hollandoise de Surinam; et conservé dans le cabinet de son altesse sérénissime, monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, Stadhouder héreditaire, gouverneur, capitaine géneral et amirail des Provinces-Unies des Pais-Bas, &c. &c. &c.
Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1773. 4to (27.3 x 21.0 cm). 12 pp. (including title page); one engraved plate with contemporary colouring. Disbound.
Read moreMoreau, E.
Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France. Avec 220 figures dessinées d'après nature. I, II, III [AND] Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France. Supplément. Avec 7 figures dans le texte. [Complete].
Paris, G. Masson, 1881-1891. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (23.8 x 15.2 cm). 1,890 pp.; 227 (groups of) engravings in the text. Original uniform red, grained cloth over limp boards. Gilt lines and title on the spines. Blue endpapers. Speckled edges.
Read moreGray, J. E.
Synopsis of the species of recent crocodilians or emydosaurians, chiefly founded on the specimens in the British Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons.
London, The Zoological Society of London, 1863. Folio (32.5 x 25.5 cm). 45 pp.; 18 text engravings, four fine, lithographed plates. Later blind wrappers.
Read moreGrassi, B.
Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte herausgegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. V. Monographie: Die Chaetognaten.
Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1883. Large 4to (33.1 x 26.8 cm). Title pages, vii, 126 pp.; 13 fine, large, tinted lithographed plates (one partially in chromolithography), with explanatory text leaves; one text illustration. Original printed wrappers.
Read moreStresemann, E., W. Meise and M. Schönwetter
Aves Beickianae. Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Nordwest-Kansu nach den Forschungen von Walter Beick (†) in den Jahren 1926-1933. Teil 1 [AND] Schluss. [Complete].
Berlin, Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft. 1937-1938. Two parts in one. 8vo (22.0 x 15.4 cm). 253 pp. [202; 51]; portrait and facsimile autograph of Beick (text illustrations). Original printed wrappers bound in. Near contemporary dark blue buckram with gilt title on the spine.
Read moreAdams, C. B.
Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on synonymy, station, and habitat.
New York, NY, The Lyceum of Natural History, 1852. 8vo (21.0 x 14.0 cm). 321, [1] pp. Later black half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-lined bands and gilt title. Greenish endpapers; speckled edges.
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