Wood, S. V.

A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Part I. Univalves. Part II. Bivalves. Part III. Supplement to the Monograph of the Crag Mollusca, with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the east of England. Vol. III. Univalves and bivalves. [Part IV] Second supplement to the Crag Mollusca, comprising testacea from the Upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Univalves and bivalves. [Part V]. Third supplement to the Crag Mollusca, comprising testacea from the Upper Tertiaries of the east of England. [Complete].

London, The Palaeontographical Society, [1848-] 1850-1882. Five volumes in two. 4to (27.3 x 22.0 cm). 912 pp. [xii, 208; 342, 2; xxxi, 231; ii, 58; (ii), 24]; several text figures, 72 [21;31;13;6;1] lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves; one very large, multi-folded chart with profiles. Later uniform brown pebbled cloth with gilt title on the spines.

€500.00

Two great, great bustard plates

Wirsing, A. L. and F. C. Günther

Tab. XXXIII. Trappe [AND] Tab. XLIII. Trappe. [Nest and eggs].

€500.00

First work against persecution and prosecution of witches, by the founder of medical psychiatry

Wier, J.

De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac ueneficiis libri V. recogniti, & ualde aucti. Authore Ioanne Vviero Graviano, illustrißimi ducis Cliuiae, Iuliae, &c. medico. Praeter locupletem accessionis cumulum, ut lectoris memoriæ consuleretur, in capita quoque iam sectus est quilibet liber: cuius argumentum in praefatione comperies. Acceßit index amplißimus.

€6,500.00

The second most important contribution to North American herpetology

Wied [-Neuwied], [M. A. P. Prinz zu]

Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reise im nördlichen America beobachtet wurden.

€1,250.00

The first English edition of a stunningly bound and illustrated book

Werner, C. F.

Nile-sketches painted from nature during his travels through Egypt.

Wandsbeck near Hamburg, Gustav W. Seitz; London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1870-1878]. Folio (37.4 x 29.1 cm). Frontispiece map in red and black; title in red and black; 71 pp.; 24 chromolithographed page-sized views, each with a printed tissue-guard. Publisher's very rich gilt polychrome, decorative cloth. Gilt title on the spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. All edges gilt. In protective transparent (Mylar) sleeve.

€3,600.00

A rare complete set including the spectacularly illustrated atlas

Verbeek, R. D. M.

Krakatau. Album bevattende 25 teekeningen in kleuren van de verwoeste gedeelten van Straat Soenda, genomen twee maanden na de uitbarsting van Krakatau. Uitgegeven op last van Zijne Excellentie den Goeverneur-Generaal van Nederlandsch-Indie. [AND] Krakatau. Eerste gedeelte -Tweede gedeelte. [Complete text].

Brussel, Nationaal Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, [N.D. but 1885] [AND] Batavia, Landsdrukkerij, 1884-1885. Two parts in two. Atlas: Very large oblong portfolio (40.0 x 59.0 cm), title page, index (contents), and 25 fine chromolithographs, finished by hand, on nine plates. Original red cloth with gilt short-title on the front board. Patterned endpapers. Text volume: 8vo (25.7 x 17.4 cm). 693 pp. [viii, 100; xxxix, 546]. Slightly later green half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Brown endpapers.

€3,800.00

The first major work exclusively on the freshwater snails of North America

Tryon, G. W.

A monograph of the fresh-water univalve Mollusca of the United States. (In continuation of Prof. S. S. Haldeman's work, published under the above title). Turbidae. Physadae.

€600.00

The very rare double-suite edition

Tryon, G. W.

A monograph of the fresh-water univalve Mollusca of the United States. (In continuation of Prof. S. S. Haldeman's work, published under the above title). Turbidae. Physadae.

Philadelphia, PA, The Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences1870. 8vo (22.1 x 14.4 cm). 238 pp; 17 lithographed plates in double suite: hand coloured, and tinted (for a total of 34 plates) [ Paludina 12-17; Limnea 16-18; Physa 6-9; Planorbis 5-7; Ancylus 2.] Later blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Speckled edges. Original wrappers bound in.