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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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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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Torre y Huerta, C. de la [AND] Moreno, A. Bonilla
El género Polymita. [AND] Estudio anatómico del género Polymita Beck.
Habana, Museo Poey, 1950. 8vo (24.2 x 16.0 cm). 51 [16; 35] pp.; 11 full colour plates of shells, 11 b/w anatomical plates (numbered XII-XXII). Original printed wrappers.
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Bruguière, J. G. [AND] Deshayes, G. P.
Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Tome premier. Tome troisième. [Texts].
Paris, Pancoucke, 1789-1792 [AND] Mme veuve Agasse, 1832. 4to (27.8 x 21.3 cm [AND] 25.1 x 20.8 cm). 1321 (of 1915) pp. [i-vi, 1-757; 595-1152]. Original boards, and contemporary half calf over marbled boards.
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Bruguière, J. G.
Encylopédie Méthodique. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.
Paris, Panckoucke, 1797. Large 4to/Folio (plates) (32.2 x 24.2 cm). Half-title, title page; 97 finely engraved plates (numbered 190-286), of which five [199, 200, 203, 208, 248) double-sized. Original boards. Spine with printed label.
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Bruguière, J. G. and Lamarck [J. B. P. A. de Monet de] and Candolle, [A. P.] de
Encylopédie Méthodique. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.
Paris, Panckoucke, An VI [1797]. Large 4to/Folio (plates) (32.2 x 24.2 cm). Half-title, title page; 104 finely engraved plates (numbered 287-390), of which five [199, 200, 203, 208, 248) double-sized. Original boards. Spine with printed label.
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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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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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Schinz, H. R.
Fauna Helvetica oder Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt in der Schweiz entdeckten Thiere. Erster Theil. Verzeichniss der in der Schweiz vorkommenden Wirbelthiere.
Neuchatel, Allgemeine Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1837. 4to (24.6 x 20.4 cm). Title to the Verzeichniss, title to the Wirbelthiere; 168 pp.; one hand-coloured lithographed plate. Mid-20th-century blue cloth. Spine with silver title. Speckled edges.
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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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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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