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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 3.1.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 1.8.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 3.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Hoefnagel, G.
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. I. Chr. Weigel excudit. Plate 4.3.
Frankfurt am Main, 1592. Small oblong folio (18.0 x 27.0 cm). Single plate, finely and beautifully hand-coloured.
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Besler, M. R.
Gazophylacium rerum naturalium e regno vegetabili, animali et minerali depromptarum, nunquam hactenus in lucem editarum, fidelis cum figuris aeneis ad vivum incisis repraesentatio operâ Michaelis Ruperti Besleri medici et reipublicae Norib. physici ordinarii et officinarum pharmaceuticarum p.t. visitatoris senioris.
[Nueremberg], 1642. Folio (34.3 x 22.5 cm). Engraved title page; large, folded index leaf; 34 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf. Spine with four raised bands.
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Vincent, L.
Wondertooneel der Nature, geopent in een korte beschryvinge der hoofddeelen van de byzondere zeldzaamheden daar in begrepen; in orde gebragt en bewaart door Levinus Vincent. [AND] Het tweede deel of vervolg van het wondertooneel der natuur, ofte een korte beschrijvinge zo van bloedelooze, zwemmende, vliegende, kruipende, en viervoetige geklaauwde eijerleggende dieren, als van hoornen, schulpen, koraalen, zee-heesters, metallijke en in steen veranderde dingen, enz. Van de welke een zeer groote meenigte word bevat in de kabinetten van Levinus Vincent.
Amsterdam, François Halma [and] the author, 1706-1715. Two parts, bound in one. 4to (23.7 x 17.8 cm). Engraved title, double-pages engraved frontispiece, letterpress title with large copper-engraved allegorical vignette; [5]-30 pp.; second letterpress title with small woodcut vignette; [ii-xvii], [i-ii], [1-8], [i-ii], 9-278 pp.; seven folded, engraved plates. Contemporary full black morocco with extremely rich gilt decorated front and rear boards with floral patterns; spine with five raised gilt-ornamented bands; compartments with rich gilt angular borders, gilt floral vignettes, and gilt title. Gilt edges and inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Engelbrecht, M.
An album of 14 folio-sized sheets (a few are combinations of smaller, mounted sheets), designed and printed by Martin Engelbrecht.
[Augsburg, the artist and publisher, ca. 1740]. 4to (size ca. 40.0 x 25.0 cm). 16 printed and finely hand-coloured sheets. In modern, black map.
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Ruysch, F.
Alle de ontleed- genees- en heelkundige werken van Fredrik Ruysch. In zijn ed. leven vermaard geneesheer en hoog-leeraar in d'ontleed- en kruydkunde tot Amsterdam; als mede lid der Keyserlyke, Londensche en Parysse genootschappen. Met veele koperen plaaten. Eerste - Tweede - Derde deel. [Complete].
Amsterdam, Janssoons van Waesberge, [1739]-1744. Three volumes in three. 4to (27.1 x 22.2 cm). Engraved allegorical "Wunderkammer" frontispiece and engraved portrait of Ruysch. Three half-titles, three titles in red and black, additional title in black; 1575 pp. (104; 483 [of which pp. 30-44 not numbered]; [484]-932, 546[bis]-552[bis]; [933]-1280, [clxxxiii]). 133 engraved, mostly folded plates (Neerd 8-72; 73-119, 93*; 120-139), of which several spectacularly large, and eight (groups of) numbered text illustrations, numbered I-IX, 3-4, but with III-V in one figure]. Contemporary uniform quarter calf over marbled boards. Spines with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral borders and vignettes, and red and black morocco labels with gilt title.
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Clerck, C. [A.]
Nomenclator extemporaneus rerum naturalium: plantarum, insectorum, conchyliorum, secundum systema naturæ linnæanum. Editus a Carol Clerck.
Stockholm, Laurentius Ludovicus Grefing, 1759. 8vo (20.1 x 12.1 cm). Title page, [ii], 67, [xii] pp. Later grey wrappers with printed title.
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Linnaeus, C. - Houttuyn, M.
Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschrijving der dieren, planten en mineraalen, volgens het samenstel van den Heer Linnaeus. Met naauwkeurige afbeeldingen.
Amsterdam, F. Houttuyn, 1761-1785. Three sections in 37 volumes. 8vo (21.2 x 13.3 cm) [22.1 x 13.6 cm]. Nearly twenty thousand pages; 296 finely engraved plates. Contemporary uniform mottled quarter calf over speckled boards. Spines with five raised bands and black morocco labels with gilt title. Edges speckled red.
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Vosmaer, G. C. J.
Natuurkundige Beschryving eener uitmuntende verzameling van zeldsaame gedierten, bestaande in Oost- en Westindische viervoetige dieren, vogelen en slangen, weleer leevend voorhanden geweest zijnde, buiten Den Haag op het Kleine Loo van Z. D. den Prins van Oranje-Nassau. Met naar 't leven getekende en gecouleurde afbeeldingen. [All herpetological plates].
Amsterdam, P. Meijer,1768-1774. Three engraved plates. 4to (25.5 x 21.3 cm). Each printed and additionally coloured in a contemporary hand.
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Lacepède, [B. G. É.]
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares et des serpens. Tome premier - second. [Complete].
Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1788-1789. Two parts in two. 4to (25.3 x 19.3 cm). Title pages with allegorical engraved vignettes, numerous engraved head and tail pieces. 1216 pp. [5-18, 651; 5-8, 20 (including eulogy of Buffon), 527]; 63 engraved plates [41; 22] large, multi-folded table. Uniform contemporary full tree calf. Spines with five raised bands, rich gilt compartments with floral vignettes, two morocco labels with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges.
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Riedel, G. F. and F. Kirschner
Tabulae regni animalis, omnes VI classes animalium comprehendentes. Tabula Regni animalis. Tabula V classis IV Amphibia Reptilia.
Augsburg, Kaiserlich Franzische Akademische Handlung [1786]. Oblong folio (38.5 x 55 cm). Eight, uncut, copper engravings. All finely, and accurately hand-coloured. Loose, as issued, housed in a modern portfolio for protection.
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Boys, W. and G. Walker
Testacea Minuta Rariora, nuperrime detecta in arena littoris sandvicensis; Multa addidit, et omnium figuras ope microscopii ampliatas accurate delineavit. A collection of the minute and rare shells, lately discovered in the sand of the sea shore near Sandwich; Considerably augmented, and their figures accurately drawn, as magnified with the microscope.
London, B. White, Scatcherd & Whitaker, and Humphrey, [1784]. 4to (27.5 x 21.1 cm). Title page, dedication leaf, v, 25 pp.; three engraved plates. Iberian purple half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine and front board. Marbled endpapers.
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Bruguière, J. G. [AND] Deshayes, G. P.
Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Tome premier. Tome troisième. [Texts].
Paris, Pancoucke, 1789-1792 [AND] Mme veuve Agasse, 1832. 4to (27.8 x 21.3 cm [AND] 25.1 x 20.8 cm). 1321 (of 1915) pp. [i-vi, 1-757; 595-1152]. Original boards, and contemporary half calf over marbled boards.
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Sparrman, A.
Coluber ferruginosus: en aldeles ny Hugg-Orm, funnen i Södermanland och beskrifven. [AND] En grönflåckad Groda, funnen i Carlscrona och beskrifven.
Stockholm, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, 1795. 8vo (21.0 x 13.5 cm). 7 pp. [numbered 180-186]; one large, folded plate showing a new snake and a toad. Marbled paper spine cover.
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Bruguière, J. G.
Encylopédie Méthodique. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.
Paris, Panckoucke, 1797. Large 4to/Folio (plates) (32.2 x 24.2 cm). Half-title, title page; 97 finely engraved plates (numbered 190-286), of which five [199, 200, 203, 208, 248) double-sized. Original boards. Spine with printed label.
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Bruguière, J. G. and Lamarck [J. B. P. A. de Monet de] and Candolle, [A. P.] de
Encylopédie Méthodique. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.
Paris, Panckoucke, An VI [1797]. Large 4to/Folio (plates) (32.2 x 24.2 cm). Half-title, title page; 104 finely engraved plates (numbered 287-390), of which five [199, 200, 203, 208, 248) double-sized. Original boards. Spine with printed label.
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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]
The white throated toucan ( Ramphastos tucanus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 4. Le Cocan à collier jaune].
Paris, Denné le jeune, Perlet, [1801-] 1806. Single sheet. Very large folio (50.8 x 37.9 cm). Colour-printed by Langlois and Rousset, finished by hand.
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