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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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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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Owen, R.
Memoir on the Gorilla ( Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage). [Presentation copy].
London, Taylor and Francis, 1865. Large 4to (31.4 x 24.6 cm). Title page, 58 pp.; 13 lithographed plates, of which two finely hand-coloured, and one larger, folded. Original full grained cloth with gilt title on the spine. Edges speckled red.
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Férussac, [A. É. J. P. J. F. d'Audebert de] (Baron) and G. P. Deshayes
Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles. Tant des espèces qui l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels qui présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. [Large paper copy. Text and atlases, complete].
Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1820-1851. In four volumes. Folio (42.5 x 30.0 cm). Four half-titles, four title pages, 950 pp.; (I: [v-viii, 402; II: xvi, [1]-184, 96a-z [i.e., 25; letter w omitted], 96α-96λ [i.e., 11], 96.1-96.24 (i.e., 24), 260, 22, [ii]); 248 engraved plates on paper stubs [Atlas I: 1-69K; Atlas II: 70-166, 1-5; 127A, 127B, 127A-127B], mostly printed in colour, some finished by hand. One plate plain, as intended. Uniform 19th-century half brown morocco over marbled boards. Spines with five raised bands, and gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt.
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Godart, J. B. and P. A. J. Duponchel
Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France. [Volumes] I-XI [AND] suppléments. [Volumes] I-IV [AND] Iconographie des chenilles. [Volumes] I-II. [AND] Catalogue méthodique des lépidoptères d'Europe [Complete].
Paris, Crevot (for the first seven volumes only), Méquignon-Marvis, and Mequignon-Marvis fils, 1821-1831-[1842] (main work); 1832-1844-[1846] (chenilles). 17 volumes in 19. 8vo (20.3 x 12.5 cm). 8,333 pp.; 639 finely engraved plates (546 in the main work, 93 in the caterpillar addition), all but one in original, exquisite hand-colouring, and one plain, as intended. Additionally, six hand-coloured plates in a very different state, doubling (i.e., being replaced) by six others. Contemporary near uniform half calf over marbled boards (one in identical, later binding). Spines with four raised bands, gilt linings (more elaborate at spine ends), black or brown morocco labels with gilt titles. Marbled flyleaves.
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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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Peters, W. C. H.
Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842-1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie III. Amphibien. [Atlas with the highest number of coloured plates].
Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1882. Large 4to (34.0 x 25.0 cm). Title page, [v]-xv, 191 pp.; 33 lithographed plates [numbered I-XXVI, III.A, III.B, IV.A, IX.A, XIII.A, XIV.A, XIX.A] of which 28 originally hand-coloured. Contemporary quarter cloth over plain boards. original printed label on the spine.
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Ehrenberg, C. G.
Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur.
Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1838. Two volumes in two. Folio (46.3 x 33.3 cm).Two title pages; , xviii, [iv], 548 pp; 64 engraved plates in fine, original hand-colouring. Uniform contemporary half morocco over pebbled boards. Spines with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral vignettes, titles, and logos. Marbled endpapers.
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Escher, M. C.
Vissen. [In: De Tekens van de Dierenriem - limited edition, with extra letter and invitations to exhibitions of the artwork].
Amsterdam, De Grafische, 1963. Square 4to (20.4 x 20.5 cm). Title page; 36 pp., all with blank versos. Original pictorial soft cover (Lumbeck binding). Printed invitations tipped in.
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Guichenot, A. [A. T.]
Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie, pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Sciences physiques. Zoologie. V. Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1850. Folio (37.0 x 28.1 cm). Half-title, title page Sciences physiques Zoologie V, with engraved vignette, half-title (to the reptiles and fish); iv, 144, [iv] pp., half-title (to the atlas); 12 plates (four of reptiles and amphibians, eight of fish). The plates are colour-printed engravings à la poupée and then finished by hand. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled 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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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]
The toco toucan ( Ramphastos toco). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 2. Le Toco].
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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