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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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Elchers, P. (Ed.)
Papier 1-125.
Groningen, P. Elchers, 2007. Five volumes, Oblong folio (22.0 x 27.5 cm); each volume containing a separate title page with the artist's name, short biography of the artist (1 p.), and a description (recipe) of each of the paper samples (on two leaves, versos blank); and 25 paper samples. Original uniform white cloth with manuscript title (handwritten, apparently by the artists) on front covers; and matching original white cloth slipcase (23.3 x 21.7 x 28.4 cm).
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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. [Complete].
Paris, Crevot et Mequignon-Marvis, 1821-1831. 17 volumes in 19. 8vo (20.3 x 12.5 cm). With 546 engraved plates, all but one nicely hand-coloured. Contemporary near uniform half calf over marbled boards. 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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Schlegel, H. and G. F. Westerman (eds.)
Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra. Eerste Deel. [= Issues 1-6].
Amsterdam, M. Westerman & Zoon, 1848-1854. Large 4to/Folio mix (35.2 x 27.1 cm). Title page, 132 pp. [52, 80]; 39 lithographed plates, of which five double-sized, and 20 finely hand-coloured. Contemporary gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five rectangular compartments with gilt and black embossed borders, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt.
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Siebold, P. F., von et al.
Fauna Japonica Reptilia. Réface suivie d'un aperçu historique et physique sur les reptiles du Japon. [BOUND WITH] Fauna Japonica. Coup-d'oeil sur la faune des iles de la sonde et de l'empire du Japon. Discours préliminaire destiné à servir d'introduction à la Faune du Japon. [AND] Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les iles qui en dépendent.
Lugdunum Batavorum [Leiden], the author, [(1833). REPRINT Tokyo, 1934]. xxx pp. [ Coup d'oeil]; (1842) 59, 28 pp.; 35 [30, 5] lithographed plates [ Mammifères]; (1838) xxi; 80; double-sized map of the world in black, red and blue; 9 b/w plates (turtles) [Roman numerals]; 81-96; 10 b/w plates snakes [Arabic numerals, except VII]; 97-144 saurii et batrachii, 8 b/w plates [Roman numerals], (two plates double-sized). On the Mammals in Siebold's Fauna Japonica (N. Kuroda, 12 pp.); The Fundamental Study of the Herpetology of Japan Described in Siebold's Fauna Japonica (Y. Okada, 8 pp.) Purplish-brown polished half calf over original linen boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-rolled bands, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers, marbled edges.
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Macleay, W. S. [Smith, A. (ed.)]
Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa".
London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1838. Folio (30.3 x 24.1 cm). Title (to the Invertebata part), title (to the work), [ii], 75 pp.; four finely lithographed and hand-coloured plates. Contemporary green, polished calf. Spine with five raised bands bordered by double gilt-lines; black morocco label with gilt title; boards with gilt borders, edges blind-tooled with oblique grooves. Marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
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Ward, C.
African Lepidoptera, being descriptions of new species. With illustrations. [All published, and printed but unpublished!].
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., [1873-1874]. Folio (29.7 x 22.3 cm). 16 pp.; 18 lithographed plates of which 12 in fine, original hand-colouring. Original uniform printed wrappers.
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Bonanni, P.
Musaeum Kircherianum sive musaeum a p. Athanasio Kirchero in Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu jam pridem incoeptum nuper restitutum, auctum, descriptum, & iconibus illustratum.
Rome, Giorgio Placho, 1709-1710. Folio (36.0 x 23.5 cm). Title page with woodcut vignette; frontispiece portrait; [x], 522 [recte 512], [vii] pp.; 172 engraved plates, of which two double-sized. Contemporary full vellum. Spine with five raised bands and script title in an old hand. Edges mottled red.
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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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Wall, F.
A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes. [Complete in 29 parts].
Bombay, The Bombay Natural History Society, 1905-1919. 29 parts in one. 8vo (24.5 x 16.5 cm). 472 pp.; 28 chromolithographed plates; 27 engraved "diagrams" (i.e., engraved plates - some partially coloured), 19 distribution maps (of which 16 partly coloured). Later dark blue half calf over warm grey paper boards. Spine in five compartments, rich gilt with floral corner pieces, gilt vignettes and gilt title. Blue endpapers. First printed wrapper bound in.
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Brazil, V.
La Défense contre l'Ophidisme.
São Paulo, Poica-Weiss, 1914. Large 8vo (23.3 x 16.0 cm). Title in red and black, 319 pp.; two pages with text illustrations (mainly detailed snake heads); 28 plates of which 13 in full colour offset printing. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers.
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Burmeister, [K.] H. [K.]
Erläuterungen zur Fauna Brasiliens, enthalted Abbildungen und ausführliche Beschreibungen neur oder ungenügend bekannter Thier-Arten. Mit XXXII Tafeln.
Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1856. Folio (45.4 x 32.0 cm). Title page, viii (recte vi), 115 pp., 32 lithographed plates of which 22 - of living animals - finely hand-coloured, and ten - showing skulls - plain. Early 20th-century dark blue half morocco over blue marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers.
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