Exploration - Expeditions
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Semon, R. [W.] (ed.)
Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und den Malayischen Archipel. Mit Unterstützung des Herrn Dr. Paul von Ritter ausgeführt in den Jahren 1891-1893 von Richard Semon. Zweiter Band: Monotremen und Marsupialier. Mit 39 lithographischen Tafeln und 86 Abbildungen im Text.
Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1894-1897. Two parts in two [text and atlas]. Large 4to and folio (both 35.6 x 27.6 cm). 433 pp.; 39 lithographed plates, of which many tinted or in chromolithography, and all with explanatory text leaves; 86 text engravings. Uniform printed wrappers.
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Weber, M. C. W. (ed.)
Zoologische Ergebnisse einer reise in Niederlandisch Ost-Indien herausgegeben von Dr. Max Weber. Professor der Zoologie in Amsterdam. Erster Band [AND] Zweiter Band.
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1890-1892. Large 8vo (28.0 x 19.0 cm). Two volumes in three. 1031 pp. (460; 571, [ii]); 55 plates of which several chromolithographed or tinted [25; 30]. Original printed wrappers.
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Tapparone-Canefri, C. [M.]
Zoologia del viaggio intorno al globo della R. fregata Magenta durante gli anni 1865-1868. Malacologia (gasteropodi, acefali e brachiopodi).
Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1876. Large 4to (28.5 x 21.1 cm). 155 pp.; four chromolithographed and partly hand-coloured plates, heightened with gum arabic. Later brown buckram with gilt title on the spine. Edges sprinkled red.
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Hamilton, W.
Voyage à la cote septentrionale du Comté d'Antrim en Irlande, et à l'ile de Raghery, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ses productions volcaniques & plusieurs observations sur les antiquités & moeurs de ce pays... auquel on a ajouté l'essai sur l'oryctographie du Derbyshire par M. Ferber, traduit de l'Allemand.
Paris, Cuchet, 1790. 8vo (19.6 x 12.5 cm). viii, 239 pp.; engraved folding plate showing several geological layers of Derbyshire. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine rich gilt with floral vignettes, small red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers, red edges.
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Buch, L. de
Voyage en Norvège et en Laponie, fait dans les années 1806, 1807 et 1808. Traduit de l`Allemand par J. B. B. Eyriés. Précédé d`une introduction de M. A. de Humboldt. Suivi d`un mémoire de M. de Buch, sur la limite des neiges perpétuelles dans le Nord, et enrichi de cartes et de coupes de terrein.
Paris, Gide fils, 1816. Two volumes in two. 8vo (19.9 x 12.6 cm). 953 pp. [xxiv, 472; 457]; three engraved maps, of which two large, folded. Uniform red calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt ornamental bands, vignettes, and title. Sprinkled edges.
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Robert, E. [P. Gaimard (ed.)]
Voyage en Islande et au Groënland executé pendant les années 1835 et 1836 sur la corvette La Recherche commandée par M. Tréhouart Lieutenant de Vaisseau dans le but de découvrir les traces de La Lilloise. Publié par ordre du Roi sous la direction de M. Paul Gaimard président de la Commission Scientifique d'Islande et de Groënland. Minéralogie et géologie.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1838-1840. Two parts in one. Large 8vo (22.7 x 15.1 cm). Title page (to the text, dated 1840), xi, 469 pp.; second title page (to the atlas, dated 1838), [ii] pp. (contents leaf); 36 aquatint plates, several finished by hand; several text engravings. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards. Spine rich gilt. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Carpeau du Saussay (ed.)
Voyage de Madagascar, connu aussi sous le nom de l'isle de St Laurent. Par M. de De V.... Commissaire provincial de l'artillerie de France. Dedié à S. A. S. M. Le Prince de Contry.
Paris, Jean-Luc Nyon, 1722. 12mo (15.4 x 9.1 cm). Engraved title " Nouveau Voiage de Madagascard", letterpress title, [xviii], 304 pp.; six engraved plates; large, multi-folding map. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine rich gilt, with five gilt-rolled raised bands; compartments with gilt floral borders and crowned shield with a lion; boards with triple gilt borders and large gilt vignettes, showing a Celtic warrior waving a banner, "Brithan" and captioned "Foy de Brehan". Gilt-lined board edges and inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Edges red.
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Saulcy, [L.] F. [J. C.] de
Voyage autour de la Mer Morte et dans les terres bibliques exécuté de décembre 1850 à avril 1851. Relation de voyage; atlas. [Complete].
Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1852-1853. In two text volumes and one atlas volume. 8vo (24.5 x 16.0 cm [text]). 1054 pp. [399; 655]). Folio/large 4to (31.0 x 23.7 cm [atlas]). 172 pp. [4, vii, 20, i-iv, 5-19; xxvi, 96]; 15 maps on 14 sheets (one double-sized); 61 (LVII; 4) lithographed plates (several tinted). Text in near contemporary uniform half calf over marbled boards. Spines with gilt bands and title; Atlas in contemporary half morocco over grained, cloth with gilt title on the front board and spine. Marbled endpapers. Original printed wrappers of the text volumes bound in.
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Licent, É.
Vingt deux années d'exploration dans le Nord de la Chine, en Manchourie, en Mongolie et au Bas-Tibet. (1914-1935).
Tientsin [Tianjin], Musée Hoang ho Pai ho, [1936]. Folio (30.9 x 23.0 cm). 42 pp.; numerous illustrations; one very large, double-folded map in two colours showing the itineraries of Licent's expeditions. Original pictorial wrappers.
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Humboldt, A. [F. H.] von and A. Bonpland
Verzameling van waarneemingen omtrent de dierkunde en de vergelijkende ontleedkunde; gedaan in den Atlantischen Oceäan, het binnenste van het nieuwe-vasteland, en de Zuidzee, geduurende de jaaren 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 en 1803. Uit het Fransch. Met plaaten.
Haarlem, A. Loosjes Pz., 1805. 4to (28.3 x 22.5 cm). viii [recte vi], 44 pp.; seven engraved plates (two larger, folded; three partially hand-coloured). Slightly later marbled boards, blind cloth spine.
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Delaunay, C. et al.
[Venus Transit]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France Tome XLI renfermant les mémoires, rapports et documents relatifs a l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le soleil.
Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie., 1874. Large 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). Title page, 460 pp.; three large, multi-folded maps of the earth, relating to areas where useful observations could be made, and two (one large, folded) plates with observation instruments. Contemporary mottled boards. Printed label on the spine.
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Duppa, R.
Travels on the continent, Sicily and the Lipari Islands. Second edition.
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co., 1829. Large 8vo (26.8 x 17.2 cm). x, 494, [ii] pp.; 21 fine engraved plates, and 34 text engravings. Contemporary grained half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, stipple-gilted bands; compartments with gilt vignettes and a brown morocco label with gilt title.
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Swift, J.
The works of J.S, D.D., D.S.P.D. in four volumes. Containing I. The author's miscellanies in prose. II. His poetical writings. III. The travels of Capt. Lemuel Gulliver. IV. His papers relating to Ireland, consisting of several treatises; among which are, the Drapier letters to the people of Ireland, against receiving Wood's halfpence; also two original Drapier's letters, never before published. [AND] V. The conduct of the allies, and The examiners; VI. The publick spirit of the whigs; and other pieces of political writings; with Polite conversation; VII. Letters to and from Jonathan Swift, D.D, D.S.P.D.; VIII. Directions to servants; and other pieces in prose and verse, published in his life-time; with several poems and letters never before printed. [Complete in 8 volumes].
Dublin, George Faulkner, 1735-1738. Eight parts in eight. 6mo (16.0 x 9.7 cm). Engraved frontispieces (including two portraits of Swift) in volumes I-IV [with portrait frontispiece and six plates or maps in volume III (Gulliver's Travels)]. Uniform contemporary full calf. Gilt-bordered panels; spines with five raised bands, gilt lines and burgundy morocco label with gilt title. Red speckled edges.
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Hutchinson, G. E.
The Clear Mirror. A pattern of life in Goa and in Indian Tibet.
Cambridge, at the University Press, 1936. 8vo (22.2 x 14.1 cm). xi, 171 pp.; 13 b/w photographic plates, one map. Publisher's green cloth with green title on the front board and spine; top edge green. In original printed dust jacket and transparent sleeve.
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Joubin, L., et al.
The Carlsberg's Foundation's Oceanographical Expedition Round the World 1928-30 and Previous "Dana" Expeditions. [Introduction and Mollusca].
Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzel, [Later: Fred Høst & Søn], 1934-1953. 14 parts in three. 4to (30.7 x 23.3 cm). 733 pp.; 453 text figures, 49 plates. Uniform dark blue buckram with gilt title on the spines. All printed wrappers bound in; one volume in original printed wrappers.
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Boone, [P.] L.
Scientific results of the World cruises of the yachts "Ara" 1928-1929, and "Alva" 1931-1932, "Alva" Mediterranean cruise 1933, and "Alva" South American cruise 1935, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Marine algae, Coelenterata, Annelida, Echinodermata, Crustacea, Mollusca.
Huntington, NY, Privately Published, 1938. 8vo (24.3 x 16.3 cm). 372 pp.; 152 plates. Original dark green buckram with gilt title on the spine and front boards.
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Boone, [P.] L.
Scientific results of the World cruises of the yachts "Ara" 1928-1929, and "Alva" 1931-1932, "Alva" Mediterranean cruise 1933, and "Alva" South American cruise 1935, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Crustacea: Anomura, Macrura, Euphausiacea, Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Echinodermata: Asteroidea and Echinoidea.
Huntington, NY, Privately Published, 1935. 8vo (24.3 x 16.3 cm). 264 pp.; 96 plates. Original dark green buckram with gilt title on the spines and front boards.
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Riel, P. M. van (ed.)
Scientific results of the Snellius Expedition in the eastern part of the Netherlands East-Indies 1929-1930. Under leadership of P. M. van Riel. Director of the Amsterdam Branch Office of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1933-1959. Six volumes in 16. 4to (32.0 x 23.2 cm). Text and numerous plates, many coloured folded maps and charts. Original printed wrappers and contemporary printed cloth.
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Siboga Expedition (M. W. C. Weber, ed.)
Résultats des explorations zoologiques, botaniques, océanographiques et géologiques entreprises aux Indes Néerlandaises Orientale en 1899-1900, à bord du Siboga sous le commande de G. F. Tydeman, publiés par Max Weber. Livraison 1-148. [All published].
Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1901-1986. Large 4to (ca. 33.0 x 27.0 cm); more than 1,200 plates (188 in colour) including lithographed and chromolithographed plates, some etchings and photographic plates. Partly original printed wrappers, partly blind wrappers.
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Van Straelen, V. (ed.)
Resultats Scientifiques du Voyages aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaise. Volumes 1-6(1). [Complete, in 58 issues].
Bruxelles, Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 1933-1939. Large 4to (33.0 x 25.0 cm). In 58 issues. Numerous pages, plates, and text figures. Original, uniform printed wrappers.
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Willis, B. (ed.)
Research in China. In three volumes and atlas. 1(1). Descriptive topography and geology; 1(2). Petrography and zoology; 2. Systematic geology; 3. The Cambrian faunas of China. A report on Ordovician fossils collected in eastern Asia in 1903-04. A report on Upper Paleozoic fossils collected in China 1903-04; [4.] Geographical and geological maps. [Complete].
Washington, DC, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1907-1913. In five parts (four text and plate volumes, one atlas). 4to (29.8 x 24.0 cm). Text; 101 plates, including six chromolithographs of birds, and geological maps; folio atlas (52.7 x 45.0 cm) with 42 mostly coloured geological and topographical maps (some with explanatory text or figures). Original printed wrappers.
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Spencer, [W.] B. (ed.)
Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part I. Introduction, narrative, summary of results, supplement to zoological report, map.
London, Dulau; Melbourne, Mullen and Slade, 1896. 4to (25.6 x 19.2cm). xviii, 220 pp.; 11 plates, seven text illustrations, one large, multi-folded map. Original azure buckram with gilt title on the spine.
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Tizard, T. H. et al. (eds.) [Thomson, C. W. and J. Murray (general editors)]
Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and the late captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. prepared under the superintendence of the late Sir C. Wyville Thomson, Knt., F.R.S., &c. and now of John Murray. Volumes I - II. Narrative of the Cruise. [The complete narrative].
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1882-1885. Two volumes in three. 4to (29.2 x 24.6 cm). Volume I (in two parts) (1885): liv, 1111 pp.; two elongate photographic frontispieces; 340 numbered (groups of) woodcuts and many unnumbered, often acting as head- or tailpieces; 75 charts; 35 numbered photographic plates; 15 chromolithographed plates (numbered A-I, K-P), and a very large map (in two parts) of both hemispheres, with the complete itinerary, in a rear pocket in Part I; a second, very long, full-colour map on the salinity of the oceans in Part 2. Volume II (1882): viii, 744, 42, 29 pp.; several text engravings and two plates, of which one in chromolithography, and a tipped-in note on the reason for publishing Volume II ahead of Volume I. Original, uniform, dark-green blind-stamped pebbled cloth. Boards with bevelled edges. Gilt title on the spines. Brown endpapers.
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Holtedahl, O. (ed.)
Report of the scientific results of the Norwegian Expedition to Novaya Zemblya 1921.
Kristiania [Oslo], Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania (The Society of Arts and Sciences of Kristiania), 1922-1930. 45 parts in three. Large 8vo (27.2 x 18.0 cm). Over 1500 pp.; 160 plates and maps. Indexes to the three volumes. Uniform near contemporary full buckram with gilt title on the spines.
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Tokunaga, S. et al.
Report of the First Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo. Under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunaka. June - October 1933. Section II [Geology]. Part I-IV. [Complete].
Tokyo, Asahi, 1934-1939. Four volumes in four. 4to (26.0 x 19.0 cm). Ca. 700 pp. with 124 plates and three folding coloured maps. Original uniform printed stiff wrappers.
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Bruin, C., De [De Bruyn or Bruijn]
Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie: verrykt met driehondert kunstplaten, vertoonende de beroemste lantschappen en steden, ook de byzondere dragten, beesten, gewassen en planten, die door gevonden worden: voor al derzelver oudheden, en wel voornamentlyk heel uitvoerig, die van het heerlijke en van oudts de geheele werrelt door befaemde hof van Persepolis, by den Persianen Tchilminar genaemt. Alles door den Autheur zelf met groote naeukeurigheit na 't leven afgetekent, en nooit voor dezen in 't ligt gebragt.
Amsterdam, R. and G. Wetstein, J. Oosterwyk and H. van de Gaete, 1714. Folio (33.3 x 21.1 cm). Allegorical frontispiece (by Picart, dated 1711), title page (in red and black); engraved portrait of de Bruyn (by G. Kneller), [vi], 472, [xii] pp.; 260 numbered engraved plates (many double, folded), two large maps, and 34 large text engravings, not numbered, including portraits, views, etc. Contemporary blind ruled and embossed vellum. Spine with six raised bands, title written in ink, in a neat contemporary hand.
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Forbes, J. D.
Reisen in den Savoyer Alpen und in anderen Theilen der Penninen-Kette, nebst Beobachtungen über die Gletscher.
Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1845. 8vo (21.0 x 13.3 cm). xii, 386 pp.; seven lithographed plates (of which one hand-coloured) and two folded lithographed maps depicting the Chamonix Alps. Early 20th-century cloth with mounted title and backstrip from original printed boards and spine.
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Dolomieu, D. [G. S. T.], De
Reise nach den liparischen Insuln oder Nachricht von den äolischen Insuln zur nähern Aufklärung der Geschichte der Vulkane. Nebst einer Abhandlung über eine Art von Luftvulkan, und einer andern über die Temperatur des Clima auf Maltha und die Verschiedenheit der wahren und fühlbaren Wärme.
Leipzig, Johann Gottfried Müller, 1783. 8vo (16.7 x 10.1 cm). 210, [ii] pp. Contemporary marbled boards, small leather label with gilt title on the spine. Edges yellow.
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Hochstetter, [C. G.] F. [Ritter] von
Reise der oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Geologischer Theil. Erster Band: Erste Abtheilung, Geologie von Neu-Seeland [AND] Zweite Abtheilung, Paläontologie von Neu-Seeland.
Wien, Karl Gerold's Sohn, 1864-1865. In two volumes. 4to (31.0 x 24.2 cm). Volume 1 (1864): Half-title and title page; tissue-guarded frontispiece; xlvii, 274 pp.; two unnumbered chromolithographed plates (tissue-guarded); six large, folded, full-colour tissue-guarded maps [Tafeln 1-6]; five plates with engraved or tinted views [Tafeln 7-11]; numerous text engravings; volume 2 (1865): half-title and title page, sectional titles; pp. v-vii, 1-318; 26 lithographed plates [numbered I-XXVI], of which several tinted, and each with explanatory text leaves. Original uniform, printed wrappers.
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Scott, W. B. (ed.)
Princeton Expeditions to Patagonia 1896-1899. Palaeontology. Volume IV.
Princeton, NJ, The University, 1901-1906. Large, thick 4to (33.2 x 25.7 cm). 482 pp.; 65 plates. Burgundy half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Petermann, A. [H.] (ed.)
Petermann's Geographische Mitteilungen. Volumes 1-12. [Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' geographischer Anstalt über wichtige neue Erforschungen auf dem gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Doktor A. Petermann].
Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1855-1865. 12 volumes in 12. 4to (22.2 x 26.8 cm). Over 3,500 pp., numerous maps of which many large, folded, and nearly all in fine chromolithography. Contemporary uniform polished half calf over marbled boards. Spines with five raised, gilt and black-lined bands, red and black morocco labels with gilt title, number and year (volumes 1-9), and gilt ornaments and title (volumes 10-12). Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Koehler, [J. B. F.] R.
Ophiures recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien. I. Les ophiures de mer profondes [AND] Ophiures recueillis par l'Investigator dans l'Océan Indien II. Les ophiures littorales.
Calcutta [Kolkata], The Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1899-1900. Folio (31.4 x 25.0 cm). [74; (ii), 4] pp., 22 [I-XIV; XV-XXII] lithographed plates (one folded). Contemporary, dark blue morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-lined bands. and gilt title. Original printed front wrappers preserved.
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Vigelius, W. J.
Onderzoekingstochten van de Willem Barents. 2e gedeelte. IV. Die Bryozoen gesammelt während der dritten und vierten Polarfahrt des "Willem Barents" in den Jahren 1880 und 1881.
Amsterdam, Het Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra, 1884. Folio (36.3 x 27.8 cm). 104 pp.; eight tinted, lithographed plates (one partly chromolithographed). Original printed wrappers.
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Volney, C. F.
New researches on ancient history. Translated from the French.
London, T. Davison, [1826]. 8vo (21.0 x 13.4 cm). xii, 459 pp.; engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; ten tables (several folding), one engraved folding map of the Arabian Peninsula and one folding plate of a plan of Babylon. Later half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with gilt lines and floral vignettes. Black morocco label with gilt title.
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Zavattari, E (ed.)
Missione Biologica nel Paese dei Borana. [Complete in four volumes].
Roma, Centro Studi Africa Orientale, 1939-1940. In four volumes. Large 8vo (24.9 x 17.6 cm). 2,154 pp. [537, 719, 463, 435]; over 500 text illustrations; 23 [0; 16; 7; 0] plates, mostly coloured, one coloured map and one large, folded map. Uniform original quarter cloth over printed boards. Spines with large, printed labels.
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Fischer, P. [H.] and [J. C.] H. Crosse
Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale, ouvrage publié par ordre de S. M. l'Empereur et par les soins du Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Recherches zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la faune d'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique publiées sous la direction de M. Milne Edwards. Septième Partie. Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala.
Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1870-1902. Two parts in three. Large 4to and matching folio (35.1 x 26.7 cm). Title pages to the zoology part, the volume, the text, and the atlas; 702; 731 [1-376, 377-731] pp.; 72 lithographed plates of which 46 finely and accurately hand-coloured. Uniform dark blue buckram with gilt title on the spines. All 17 original printed wrappers bound in. The wrappers list the year of publication, and the included plates and feuilles by number.
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Guillemin-Tarayre, E.
[Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale.] Description des anciennes possessions mexicaines du Nord.
[Paris, Ministre de l'Instruction Publique (Imprimerie Nationale)], 1871. Large 4to (36.9 x 28.1 cm). 216 pp.; 29 text engravings, one coloured engraved map "Carte de la Haute Californie et de la Nevada" (not numbered), one lithographed plate of indigenous people ("p. 15"), 18 lithographed plates and maps, all but two double-sized or larger [numbered I-XVII, one not numbered], for a total of 20 plates and maps [Complete]. All leaves loose, as issued. Original printed wrappers.
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Reinburg, [M. J. G.] P.
Mission officielle commanditée par le Ministère de l'Instruction Publique pour un voyage d'étude en Amérique latine (1909-1913).
Paris, unpublished, 1909-1913. 266 framed glass positives (including colour positives), 9.9 x 8.5 cm with handwritten descriptive labels (positive size 7.0 x 7.0 cm); preserved in one wooden box (28.5 x 11.0 x 11.1 cm) and 25 contemporary cardboard boxes, mostly with pictorial printed labels.
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Dalloni, M. and A. Lacroix (eds.)
Mission au Tibesti (1930-1931) dirigée par M. Dalloni. I-II. [Complete].
Paris, Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, 1934-1935. Two parts in one. 4to (27.2 x 22.5 cm). 828 pp. [1-370, 1-458; one folded map, one coloured geological map and 32 plates (two coloured) [numbered 1-20, 1-12]. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title and gilt vignettes on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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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, 1873-1899. 27 volumes in 27. 4to (28.4 x 19.0 cm). Numerous pages and illustrations. Uniform contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards. Gilt borders. Spines with five raised bands. Gilt ornamental compartments and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges.
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Pursh, F.
Journal of a Botanical Excursion in the Northeastern parts of the states of Pennsylvania and New York during the year 1807.
Philadelphia, PA, Brinckloe and Marot, [1807] 1869. 8vo (18.1 x 12.3 cm) 87 pp. Contemporary (original?) limp pebbled cloth. Spine with later, elongate morocco label with gilt title.
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[Indian Ocean]
International Indian Ocean Expedition. Collected reprints I-VIII, Index. [Complete].
Paris, Unesco, 1965-1972; Hamburg, Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut, 1972. Eight parts and Index in nine. 4to (27.0 x 21.0 cm) 7967 pp. [I(1965): xvi, 915; II(1966): ix, 672; III(1966): ix, 984; IV(1967): x, 867; V(1968): ix, 834; VI(1969): ix, 1,389; VII(1971): x, 1,275; VIII(1972): x, 833; Index(1972): 116]; numerous text figures, tables, and maps. Uniform original printed wrappers.
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Smith, A.
Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. Mammalia. Aves. Reptilia. Pisces. Invertebratae. [Complete].
London, Smith, Elder and Co., [1838]-1849. Five volumes in five. Large 4to (31.6 x 26.6 cm). Reptilia: (ii [index], 28 [appendix] pp., errata leaf; 78 plates (75 plates hand-coloured, plates 30, 42, and 48 plain as intended); Mammalia: vii pp. (including index); 52 plates (numbered I-XVII, XIX-XXXVI, XXXVIII-LIII, VIIIbis); 48 hand-coloured, four (8bis, 15, 21, 25, plain, as intended); plates 18 and 37 not published - see Mammalia index list); Pisces: [i] p. (index); 31 hand-coloured plates; Aves: [ii] pp.; 114 hand-coloured plates; Invertebratae: [ii], 75 pp.; four hand-coloured plates, making a total of 279 plates (272 hand-coloured) most by and after George H. Ford, and all with descriptive text on unnumbered leaves. Uniform publisher's green blind-stamped cloth with floral pattern on the boards and gilt title on the spines. Brown endpapers.
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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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Forster, J. R. [H. Lichtenstein (ed.)]
I. R. Forsteri. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis terras per annos 1772 1773 1774 suscepto collegit observavit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster regiae societatis scientiarum londinensis sodalis nunc demum editae auctoritate et impensis academiae litteratum regiae berolinae curante Henrico ichtenstein academiae socio. Edidit H. Lichtenstein. [Uncut, very wide-margined copy].
Berlin, Officina Academia, 1844. 8vo (23.2 x 14.6 cm). xv, 424 pp. 20th-century half linen over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and vignettes, and burgundy morocco label with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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