81 2164 Entomology Merian M S 
= Facsimile reprint of the ed. Amst., 1705, the plates reproducing the original paintings hanging in the Royal Library of Windsor Castle. Text vol. by E. RÜCKER and W.T. STEARN. Very fine.
81 2165 Entomology Réaumur R A F de 
- Coat of arms on title in vols. 4 and 5 inked black. Bindings w. minor imperfections.
= Nissen, ZBI 3315; Hagen II, p.64; Horn/ Schenkling p.975. Main work by de Réaumur, depicting in great detail all kinds of insects. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
81 2166 Entomology Reitter E 
- Backstrips sl. foxed.
= With the supplement vol. by S. Schenkling, Erklärung der wissenschaftlichen Käfernamen aus Reitter's Fauna Germanica (80p.). Schriften des Deutschen Lehrervereins für Naturkunde, vol. 22, 24, 26, 27, 33 and 34. Nissen, ZBI 3359.
AND 1 other.
81 2167 Fireworks M anlyn D 
81 2167 Fireworks M anlyn D 
81 2167 Fireworks M anlyn D 
81 2167 Fireworks M anlyn D 
81 2167 Fireworks M anlyn D 
- Lacks plate 26; partly yellowed/ sl. browned; plate 2 printed askew. Joints splitting; vellum sl. darkened and stained.
= Cf. Philips M060.3 (part 1, ed. Amst., 1673)/ Philips M060.2 (part 2). Part 1 is a new title edition of Philips M060.1. Part 2 titled "Pur erga yslatryan, ofte Vuurwerken tot dienst (...)" (Rott., H. Rijckhals). "It is clear from the text and the plates that Babington's Pyrotechnia was the main source of this work." Lotz p.46: "Für Feuerwerk ist in den Niederlanden bis gegen Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts kein einheitlicher, organisch zusammenfassender Aufbau erkennbar. (...) Erst im Lehrbuche des Daniel Manlyn, 1678 in Amsterdam gedruckt [!], werden sie beschrieben und abgebildet." Extremely rare work on pyrotechnics.
81 2168 Fraenkel C and Pfeiffer R 
81 2168 Fraenkel C and Pfeiffer R 
- Several plates loose and w. (closed) tears mostly in blank margin. From the library of The Chemist Club, NY (w. its logo on spine, bookplate and libr. stamps).
= Rare. Bulloch, History of Bacteriology p.366 and 389f.
81 2169 Gabbema S A 
- Pastedowns detached; first few lvs. sl. waterst. in blank margin; contents otherwise fine. Rebacked w. use of contemp. backstrip; calf dried/ worn.
= LARGE PAPER COPY. Rare first ed. of this comprehensive description of all kinds of natural vegetation of the Northern part of Holland and Germany (especially Friesland). Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 114; Klaversma/ Hannema 544. Cf. De Natuur 44.1 (1925): D. Koopmans-Forstmann, 'Een en ander over de "Friesche Lustgaarde" van Simon Abbes Gabbema'.
81 2170 Galitzine E 
81 2170 Galitzine E 
- Some foxing (worse at the end); a few scattered annots. and corrections in pen and ink (by the author, according to note tipped onto first free endpaper). Binding sl. rubbed.
= Princess Evdokia Golitzyna (1780-1850), nicknamed Princesse Nocturne (due to her late night soirées) was a famous high society personality in 19th century St. Petersburg. At a later age she began dabbling in metaphysics and mathematics. Her "scientific" work was classified by the Russian academic world as utterly insane. First published in Russian in St. Petersburg. Curious and very rare.
81/2171 Gardens and gardening De nieuwe naauwkeurige Neederlandse Hovenier Onderwijsende hoe hier te Lande onder dit Climaat een Tuin met sijn Parken Paaden Glintingen en Heiningen wel sal aan
81/2171 Gardens and gardening De nieuwe naauwkeurige Neederlandse Hovenier Onderwijsende hoe hier te Lande onder dit Climaat een Tuin met sijn Parken Paaden Glintingen en Heiningen wel sal aan
81/2171 Gardens and gardening De nieuwe naauwkeurige Neederlandse Hovenier Onderwijsende hoe hier te Lande onder dit Climaat een Tuin met sijn Parken Paaden Glintingen en Heiningen wel sal aan
- Prelim. lvs. w. corrections/ annots. and sl. fingersoiled; library stamp on title-p.; 1 plate loosening and lacks 1 blank corner. Vellum soiled.
= Rare. Cf. Waller 844.
81 2172 Gardens and gardening Rapin R 
81 2172 Gardens and gardening Rapin R 
- Prelim. (blank) lvs. trifle wormholed. Backstrip sl. dam.; upper joint starting; frontcover partly sl. sunned. Fine copy.
= Popular poem on gardens and gardening, translated into many languages, and highly praised for Rapin's elegant Latin. Cf. Hunt 414 (Engl. ed. London 1706).
81 2173 Geology Buch L von 
81 2173 Geology Buch L von 
- The aquatint plate yellowed, creased and prob. from a diff. work; both vols. cancellation stamp on title-p. and bookplate on upper pastedown; some old scattered annots.; occas. sl. foxed. Bindings worn along edges; vol. 2 lacks letterpiece and upper portion of backstrip.
= Leopold von Buch was an important German geologist and palaeontologist. In 1797 he set out on a trip to the Alps and Italy, partly accompanied by his friend Alexander von Humboldt. Also contains the first geological map of Silezia. DSB II, p.552ff. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
81 2174 Geology Cotta B 
81 2174 Geology Cotta B 
- Stamp on title-p.; occas. sl. foxed; a few lvs. w. some brown (water)stains. Traces of ticket on spine and covers.
81 2175 Geology Davreux C J 
81 2175 Geology Davreux C J 
- Some foxing.
= Mémoires Couronnés par l'Académie Royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, tome IX.
81 2176 Geology Equit E 
81 2176 Geology Equit E 
81 2176 Geology Equit E 
81 2176 Geology Equit E 
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION. Eberhardt Equit is considered one of the best mineral artists.
81 2177 Geology Faujas de Saint Fond B 
81 2177 Geology Faujas de Saint Fond B 
- Joints of vol. 1 splitting. Contents fine.
= Description of Great Britain with an emphasis on its natural history. Poggendorff I, p.724.
81 2178 Ghert P G van 
81 2178 Ghert P G van 
- Partly waterstained in margins; some occas. foxing and thumbing/ soiling. Backstrip partly worn away; paper over covers rubbed.
= Rare, only 1 copy in NCC. BMN I, p.153; not in Crabtree.
81 2179 Grollier de Servière G 
81 2179 Grollier de Servière G 
- Poor copy, lacks title-p and 1 plate (plates are numbered up to 88, but no.39, 48 and 77 were never present in this edition); soiled; some lvs. and plates w. large waterstain; some margins and sm. holes professionally repaired/ strengthened. Rebacked w. modern leather. Sold w.a.f.
= Apart from the lacking plate (plate no. 85), plates as called for in binder's instruction at the end (plate-numbering skips 3 plates), but with plate no. 82 and 83 (not listed in binder's instruction). First edition; Honeyman 1560; Kat. Orn. Berl. 1784; Poggendorff I, 957.
81 2180 Guillemin A 
81 2180 Guillemin A 
81 2180 Guillemin A 
- Occas. sl. foxed; a few lvs. sl. frayed. Spine-ends sl. worn.
= Engl. ed. of Amédée Guillemin's Les phénomènes de la physique (Paris, 1868), transl. by Winifred James Lockyer, the wife of the book's editor and scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer.
81 2181 Haeckel E 
- Partly (sl.) foxed; libr. stamps (incl. 1 ticket) on upper pastedown, title and htitle; owner's entry on first free endpaper. Traces of former ticket and tape on foot of backstrip; leather of backstrip sl. chafed; corners rubbed; upper joint starting.
= The rare first edition. Garrison/ Morton 493; Cushing H9.
AND 3 others by/ on Haeckel, French and English language, i.a. E. HAECKEL, Les Énigmes de l'Univers (Paris, 1902, 1st French ed., contemp. gilt hmor.).
81 2182 Haeckel E 
81 2182 Haeckel E 
- Plates sl. foxed; title-p. sl. yellowed and w. owner's stamps. Backstrips loose.
= Vol. 1: Allgemeine Anatomie der Organismen. Kritische Grundzüge der mechanischen Wissenschaft von den entwickelten Formen der Organismen, begründet durch die Descendenz-Theorie. Vol 2: Allgemeine Entwickelungsgeschichte der Organismen. "[Haeckel] thought his task lay in the further development of Darwinism. In his view this development ought to lead not only to a reform of the whole of biology; it should also provide the foundation for a science-based world view. Toward this goal he published his Generelle Morphologie der Organismen in 1866. (...) The "natural system" of the organisms is, according to Haeckel, "their natural family tree, the table of their genealogical relationships." He first published such genealogical tables or "family trees" in the Generelle Morphologie for organisms (plants, prostista, animals), plants, coelenterates, echinoderms, articulates (infusorians, worms, arthropods), mollusks, vertebrates, and mammals (including man)." (DSB).
AND 8 others by/ on the same, i.a. Das Protistenreich. Eine populäre Uebersicht über das Formengebiet der niedersten Lebewesen (Leipsic, 1878, 58 woodengr. ills., orig. wr. Contents loose).
81/2183 Histoire de l'académie royale des sciences Year 1728 
81/2183 Histoire de l'académie royale des sciences Year 1728 
- Occas. sl. foxed/ browned; offsetting on endpapers from turn-ins. Lower joint splitting near foot of spine; calf over backcover partly worn.
= I.a. articles on mathematics and geometry, on an illness that affects the autumn crocus, on the movement of Saturnus (by Cassini), on ankylose, on mushrooms, on wool and fur eating insects and on the testes and musk of the civet.