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Hochstetter, F. von and A. Petermann.
The geology of New Zealand: in explanation of the geographical and topographical atlas of New Zealand by Dr. F. Von Hochstetter and Dr. A. Petermann, from the Scientific Publications of the Novara Expedition. Translated by C. F. Fischer. Also, lectures by Dr. F. Hochstetter delivered in New Zealand.
Auckland, T. Delattre, 1864. 8vo (21.0 x 13.6 cm). Title page, 113 pp. Original grained red cloth with gilt title on the front board.
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Hoeven, J. van der
Bijdragen tot de kennis van de Lemuridae of Prosimii. [Titled Bydragen tot de kennis van de Lemuridae on front board].
Leiden, S. Luchtmans and J. Luchtmans. Tall folio (45.2 x 29.4 cm). Title page, [i], 18 pp.; three lithographed plates of which two finely hand-coloured. Contemporary full bright red grained calf. Boards with intricate blind-tooled and gilt-ornamental borders, floral corner pieces and title. Pink floral endpapers. All edges gilt.
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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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Hoogerwerf, A.
De avifauna van Tjibodas en omgeving, inclusief het natuurmonument Tjibodas-Gn. Gede (West Java). [AND] De avifauna van de Plantentuin te Buitenzorg (Java).
[The Netherlands], Limosa, 1950. 8vo (23.2 x 15.6 cm). Title page, 280 pp., 21 full colour plates. Contemporary black grained leatherette over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and title.
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Humbert, [J.] H.
La destruction d'une flore insulaire par le feu. Principaux aspects de la végétation à Madagascar. Documents photographiques et notices.
Tananarive, Académie Malgache, 1927. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). 80 pp.; 41 plates, of which 40 with fine photographs by the author. Original printed portfolio.
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Jeffreys, J. G.
A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. In a letter addressed to L. W. Dillwyn. [AND] A supplement to the 'Synopsis of testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain'.
London, The Linnean Society, [1830-] 1833. 4to (25.8 x 20.2 cm). 89 pp. [numbered 323-392; 505-523]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt ornaments and title. Red edges.
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Kiriakoff, S.G.
Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman no. 217. Lepidoptera Familia Notodontidae. [Complete].
Bruxelles, Genera Insectorum (P. Wytsman), 1964-1970. In four volumes. 4to (32.3 x 24.8 cm)). 794 pp. [213; 238; 269; 74]; 536 text figures [171; 136; 195; 34], 30 plates [11; 8; 11; 0]. Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Legrand, W.
Collections for a monograph of Tasmanian land shells.
Hobart Town, Tasmania, [the author], 1871. 8vo (22.4 x 14.4 cm). iii, [36] pp.; two tissue-guarded lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves; two printed additional slips. Later black half linen over patterned boards. Gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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[Maps] Polar region [AND] Africa
Dernières explorations en Asie et dans les régions polaires - 1880 [AND] Dernières explorations en Afrique 1880.
Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1881. Two maps, printed in black, blue and red (25.7 x 25.6 cm; and 16.5 x 17.4 cm) on a single, folded sheet (46.7 x 30.3 cm). Original printed wrappers.
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Martens, [K.] E. von
Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Mollusken. [Including] Anhang. Anatomie einiger Landschnecken.
[Berlin, Gutmann], 1880. 4to (30.3 x 25.3 cm). Title page, 172 pp. (numbered [181]-352); four lithographed and finely hand-coloured plates [numbered 19-22]. Later green, pebbled cloth with gilt title on the spine.
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Meredith, L. A.
Tasmanian friends and foes, feathered, furred, and finned. A family chronicle of country life, natural history, and veritable adventure. With coloured plates, from drawings by the author and other illustrations. Second edition.
London, Marcus Ward, 1881. Small 4to (21.9 x 16.7 cm). Title page, 259 pp.; eight chromolithographed plates depicting fishes and flowers from Tasmania, numerous text engravings. Original green, black and gilt decorated pictorial cloth. Gilded, patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
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Moris, J. and J. de Notaris
Florula Caprariae sive enumertio plantarum in insula Capraria vel sponte nascentium vel ad utilitatum latius excultarum.
Torino, Reale Accademia delle Scienza di Torino, 1840. Large 4to (28.8 x 22.0 cm). 246 pp.; six elegantly lithographed plates. Marbled wrappers.
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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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Owen, R.
On the Aye-aye ( Chiromys, Cuvier; Chiromys madagascariensis, Desm.; Sciurus madagascariensis, Gmel. Sonnerat; Lemur psilodactylus, Schreber, Shaw).
London, Taylor and Francis, 1863. Large 4to (32.5 x 25.1 cm). 72 pp.; 14 lithographed plates including two very large, double folded. Original printed wrappers.
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Parker, R. D.
Birds of Ireland.
Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1984. Oblong folio (40.5 x 47.5 cm). 113 pp.; 40 coloured and mounted plates all beautifully reproduced. Original polished half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Matching original marbled slipcase (49.6 x 42.5 x 3.2 cm) with printed label.
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Parnell, R.
The grasses of Scotland. [AND] The grasses of Great Britain. [Complete].
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1842-1845. Two volumes in two. 8vo (24.8 x15.7 cm). Half-titles and titles, 356 pp. [xxi, 1-152; xxvii, 153-311]; 142 [I-LXVI; LXVII-CXLII] fine, lithographed plates. Original uniform, green, blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spines and gilt floral vignette on the front boards. Yellow endpapers. Top edges gilt.
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Pfeffer, G. [J.]
Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich eine monographische Übersicht der Oegopsiden Cephalopoden. Hierzu ein Atlas von 48 Tafeln. [The complete Cephalopoda].
Kiel und Leipzig, Lipsius & Tischer, 1912. In two volumes. Large 4to (32.1 x 26.1 cm). xxi, 815 pp.; 48 lithographed plates. Uniform red buckram with gilt title on the spines. Edges speckled red. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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Pilsbry, H. A.
Catalogue of the marine mollusks of Japan with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns.
Detroit, Frederick Stearns, 1895. 8vo (22.3 x 13.8 cm). viii, 196 pp., 11 lithographed, engraved, and phototype plates. Later blue buckram with gilt lines and title on the spine.
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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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Rouge, G. L. Le
La Guadeloupe dediée a Mgr. Charles Philippe d'Albert Duc de Luynes ... par son trés humble et trés obeissant serviteur Le Rouge, Ingr. géographe du Roy. [map of Guadeloupe and Bourbon (La Réunion)].
Paris, Dien, 1788. Broadsheet (56.4 x 49.1 cm). With contemporary hand-coloured contours.
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Sarasin, P. and F. Sarasin
Entwurf einer geographisch-geologischen Beschreibung der Insel Celebes. [WITH] Anhang. Untersuchung einiger Gesteinssuiten gesammelt in Celebes von P. und F. Sarasin, von C. Schmidt.
Wiesbaden, C. W. Kreidel, 1901. Large 4to (30.1 x 24.2 cm). 383 pp.; one page-sized unnumbered lithographed plate, ten fine photogravures; four topographical and geological tinted lithographed maps (one folded in rear pocket). Original duotone cloth with gilt title on the front board.
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Sarasin, P. and F. Sarasin
Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes. I. Die Süsswasser-Mollusken von Celebes.
Wiesbaden, C. W. Kreidel, 1898. Large 4to (29.7 x 24.3 cm). viii, 104 pp.; map, 13 photographic, lithographic, or engraved plates. Contemporary black half cloth over marbled boards, typed label on spine.
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Siebold, P. F. von
Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen Neben- und Schutzländeren. Jezo mit den südlichen Kurilen, Krafto, Kooraï und den Liukiu-Inseln, nach japanischen und europäischen Schriften und eigenen Beobachtungen. Atlas.
Leiden, privately published by the author, [1832]-1835. Seven parts in three. Folio (54.8 x 35.4 cm [loose plates]; 58 x 39 cm [bound volumes]). Allegorical frontispiece (much larger and far more finely engraved than the similar one in the quarto edition), 2 pp. "Erklärung des Titelbildes"; 296 (of 365) plates and maps, of which 45 hand-coloured (including a few partially coloured). Captions in Dutch and German, partly in Japanese. Uniform contemporary style polished half calf over marbled boards. Spines rich gilt with arabesque patterns, and two red morocco labels with gilt title.
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Teijsmann, J. E. and S. Binnendijk
Catalogus plantarum quae in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi coluntur. Catalogus van 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg.
Batavia, Ter Lands-Drukkerij, 1866. 8vo (21.7 x 13.0 cm). vii, 398 pp. Slightly later half calf with marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine.
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Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.)
Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 12: Luangiua und Nukumanu mit Anhang über Sikayana, Nuguria, Tauu und Carteret-Inseln. Nach den Aufzeichnungen von Ernst Sarfert bearbeitet von Hans Damm. 1. Halbband: Allgemeiner Teil und Materielle Kultur. 2. Halbband: Soziale Verhältnisse und Geisteskultur. [With often lacking frontispiece].
Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929-1931. In two parts. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). One full colour frontispiece; xxviii, 506, xiv, [ii] pp.; 349 text figures [306; 43], 59 plates [41; 18]. Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.)
Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 3. Palau. 4. Teilband: Abteilung VII: Geschichten und Gesänge. Abteilung VIII: Botanischer, zoologischer und Palauwörter-Index. Mit 6 Abbildungen im Text und 127 Zeichnungen von Eingeborenen.
Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). xiv, 376 pp.; 127 illustrations. Original printed wrappers.
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Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.)
Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 3: Palau. 5. Teilband (Schluss): Abteilung IX: Zierkunst und Kulturvergleich. Abteilung X: Baiverzeichnis.
Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1929. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). 171 pp. (xiii, 156, [ii]); 20 text figures, 35 (20 double-sized) plates of which two in full colour. Original printed wrappers.
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Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.)
Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 7: Ponape. 1. Teilband: Allgemeiner Teil: Geschichte, Geographie, Sprache, Eingeborene. 2. Teilband: Gesellschaft und geistige Kultur, Wirtschaft und stoffliche Kultur. 3. Teilband: Die Ruinen. Ponapegeschichten. [Complete].
Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1932-1936. Three parts in three. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). 1238 pp. [xii, 376; xvii, 386; xi, 437]; 248 text figures [10; 176; 62], 44 plates [19; 10; 15] of which one in full colour. Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Thilenius, G. [C.] (ed.)
Ergebnisse der Südsee Expedition 1908-1910. II. Ethnographie: B. Mikronesien. Band 8: Inseln um Ponape: Kapingamarangi, Nukuor, Ngatik, Mokil, Pingelap.
Hamburg, Friedrichsen, De Gruyter, 1934. 4to (30.8 x 23.2 cm). xiv, 464 pp.; 306 text illustrations, 29 plates (of which one in full colour). Original printed wrappers.
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Titsingh, [I.]
Mémoires et anecdotes sur la dynastie régnante des djogouns, souverains du Japon, avec la description des fêtes et cérémonies observées aux différentes epoques de l'année a la cour de ces princes, et un appendice contenant des détails sur la poésie des Japonais, leur manière de diviser l'année, etc; ouvrage orné de planches gravées et coloriées, tiré des originaux Japonais par M. Titsingh; publié avec les notes et éclaircissemens par M. Abel Rémusat.
Paris, A. Nepveu, 1820. 8vo (19.3 x 12.0 cm). xxviii, 302 pp.; one hand-coloured folded frontispiece, one engraved folded table, five hand-coloured folded plates. Contemporary full tree calf. Spine rich gilt including empire vignettes and a red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled.
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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.
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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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Wait, W. E.
The distribution of birds in Ceylon and its relation to recent geological changes in the island. [AND] Notes on Ceylon rails, waders, gulls, and terns. [AND] Notes on Ceylon water birds part II. [AND] Rough draft of Ceylon pigeons and game birds.
Colombo, The Colombo Museum, [1914]-1920. Four papers in one. 8vo (23.3 x 14.8 cm). 207 [32; 82; 60; 33] pp.; 4 [0; 2; 1; 1] plates. Contemporary half calf over red cloth boards. Gilt title on the spine.
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Walker, F.
Insecta Britannica. Diptera. Vol. I - III. [Complete].
London, Lovell Reeve, 1851-1856. Three volumes in three. 8vo (22.0 x 14.1 cm). [I (1851): vi, 314, (16); II (1853): vi, 298, (16); III (1856): xxiv, 352, (24)]; 30 engraved plates [I: I-X; II: XI-XX; III: XXI-XXX]. Uniform original pebbled and blind-tooled cloth; gilt title on the spines. Yellow endpapers.
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Wollaston, T. V.
Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of the Canaries in the collection of the British Museum.
London, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1864. Thick 8vo (21.9 x 14.0 x 3.8 cm). xiii, 648, 8 pp. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine. Yellow endpapers.
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Wollaston, T. V.
Coleoptera Atlantidum, being an enumeration of the coleopterous insects of the Madeiras, Salvages, and Canaries.
London, John van Voorst, 1865. Thick 8vo (22.0 x 13.8 x 4.8 cm). xlvii, 526, 140 pp.; one engraved map. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine.
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