Ichthyology
60 items found
Müller, S. and H. Schlegel
Beschrijving van een nieuwen zoetwater-visch van Borneo, Osteoglossum formosum. [AND] Beschrijving van vier oost-Indische zeevisschen behoorende tot het geslacht Amphacanthus. [AND] Overzigt der uit de Sunda- en Moluksche zeeën bekende visschen van de geslachten Amphiprion, Premnas, Pomacentrus, Clyphisodon, Dascyllus en Heliases.
Leiden, S. Luchtmans, J. Luchtmans en C. C. van der Hoek, 1840. Three papers in one. Folio (43.7 x 28.2 cm). 8 pp.; one finely hand-coloured plate [AND] 8 pp.; two finely hand-coloured plates [AND] 12 pp.; three finely hand-coloured plates. 19th-century-style half calf over marbled boards. Blind tooled floral edges. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with blind tooled floral vignettes and two black morocco labels with gilt title.
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Philippi, R. A.
Los fósiles terciarios i cuartarios de Chile.
Santiago de Chile, Gobierno de Chile, 1887. Large 4to (31.3 x 26.4 cm). 256 pp.; 58 fine lithographic plates. Publisher's embossed black cloth; boards with rich gilt-ornamented borders and title. Spine with five raised bands, compartments with gilt vignettes and title. Inner dentelles. Endpapers with floral pattern. All edges marbled.
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[Prévost d'Exiles, A. F.]
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection des toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusq'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connus: ... Tome dix-septième. Histoire générale des voyages, depuis le commencement du XVme siècle, dix-septième partie. Livre septième. Vies des gouverneurs généraux, avec l'abregé de l'histoire des etablissemens Hollandois aux Indes Orientales [AND] Histoire naturelle des Indes Orientales.
La Haye [Den Haag, The Hague], Pierre de Hondt, 1763. 4to (25.1 x 20.4 cm). [ii], 266, 300, 48 pp.; 56 plates (of fish, etc.). Contemporary half calf over speckled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Gilt title.
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Reider, J. E. Von
Das Ganze der Fischerei als Angel-, Netzfischerei und Teichwirthschaft sammt der Naturgeschichte der deutschen Fischarten. Ein Handbuch für Fischerei- und Teichbesitzer. Mit einem Anhang die zubereitung der Fische aller Art als Speise.
Nürnberg und Leipzig, C. H. Zeh, 1825. 8vo (22.2 x 13.8 cm). xvi, 335 pp. Marbled wrappers.
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Reineck, A.
Anglertagebuch. Meine Erlebnisse am Wasser.
[Frankfurt am Main, unpublished, 1930-1933]. Oblong folio (20.5 x 26.4 cm). "Frontispiece" self-portrait of the author in pencil and watercolour; 40 pp. with handwritten text [in German] and numerous illustrations in pencil or ink, a cut-out ink drawing by the author mounted on the rear board. Bound in gilt-green-black pochoir "camouflage" boards. In a custom-made marbled slipcase (27.3 x 22.4 x 1.9 cm), with a photocopy of the latter drawing mounted on the front board.
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Sadelin, P. U. and J. J. Alcenius
Fauna Fennica, sive enumeratio animalium, quae alit Terra Finlandiae insulaeque ei adjacentes. Cujus partem secundam venia ampl. facult. philos. Aboënsis publice ventilandam modeste exhibent mag. Petrus Ulricus Sadelin, ad scholam trivialem Wasensem collega superior. Et Josephus Joachim. Alcenius, stip. publ. Ostrobotnienses. In audit. medico d. XIII Martii MDCCCXIX h. a. m. s.
Aboae [Turku], Frenckell, 1819. 8vo (20.7 x 12.5 cm). Printed title, 68 pp. ([ii], 52, [xiv]). Without wrappers (as published).
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Savtschenko, P.
Atlas des poissons vénéneux et descriptions des ravages produits par eux sur l'organisme humain et des contre-poisons à employer. Atlas jadovitych ryb s opisaniem vida ich deistviia jada na organizm cheloveka i ukazaniem protivuiadii.
St. Petersburg, Balasheva, 1886. 4to (32.2 x 24.0 cm). [iv], 53. [i] pp.; ten tissue-guarded lithographed plates of which nine hand-coloured. Later blind quarter cloth over original printed boards.
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Serres, M. de
Des causes des migrations des animaux et particulièrement des oiseaux et des poissons. [First Edition].
Haarlem, Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen, 1842. 4to (29.5 x 23.3 cm). xviii, iv, 322, [i] pp. Original blue wrappers with printed title labels on the spine.
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Silas, E. G. et al. (eds.)
Proceedings of the Symposium on Scombroid Fishes. Held at Mandapam Camp from Jan. 12-15, 1962. Part I - III. [Complete].
Mandapam Camp, Marine Biological Association of India, 1964. Three parts in two. 8vo (24.1 x 17.8 cm). 1,291 pp. (xvi, 1,236, 39); numerous plates and text figures. Contemporary uniform quarter buckram over grained boards. Spines with gilt bands and title.
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