79 2025 Schlegel H 
- Occas. trifle foxed; owner's stamp on htitle. = Nissen, IVB 830; Anker 445; Zimmer p.556 (note).
Idem. Natuurlijke historie van Nederland. Visschen. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1862, XII,XII,211p., 21 lithogr. plates, sl. later giltlettered hcalf.
= Nissen, ZBI 3686 and IVB 828.
AND 4 others similar.
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
79 2026 Ships and shipbuilding Fréminville A de 
- (Sl.) affected by water, esp. title-p., first/ final plate and portfolio; stamp ("Directie der Marine te Willemsoord") on each plate and portfolio; margins of most plates sl. frayed (some repaired w. tape).
= Rare. Atlas w. scale models accomp. an (absent) course textbook on marine steam engines. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
79 2027 Ships and shipbuilding Watts I a o 
79 2027 Ships and shipbuilding Watts I a o 
79 2027 Ships and shipbuilding Watts I a o 
- Plates occas. sl. foxed. Wrs. of some vols. sl. frayed; joints splitting; 4x wrs. (almost) loose and w. tear (1x w. loss of large portion of backwr.). Otherwise a good set.
= Published in 30 instalments; title-p. of part 30 dated 1866. On the (hydro)mechanics of shipbuilding w. plates showing models/ profiles of ships and ship engines.
79 2028 Spillmann W ed 
79 2028 Spillmann W ed 
79 2028 Spillmann W ed 
79 2029 Trade catalogues Ernst Heinkel 
79 2029 Trade catalogues Ernst Heinkel 
- Backcover a few sm. stains. Otherwise a good/ fine copy. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
79 2030 Trade catalogues Société des Lunetiers 
- Sl. foxed, otherwise contents fine. Lacks cloth frontcover; frontwr. sl. fingersoiled.
= Richly illustrated trade-catalogue covering an impressive array of products somehow related to the core business of the firm Société des Lunetiers, incl. instruments that opticians would have needed for repairs of spectacles, miscroscopes, lenses, binoculars, cameras, stereoscopes, pantoscopes, barometers and other meteorological measuring instruments, metronomes, "dendrometres" (for measuring the height of trees and buildings), theodolytes etc. etc. Société des Lunetiers was founded in 1849 by a number of instrumentmakers who wanted to bundle their skills in order to improve their products. The society still exists but was renamed Essilor.
79 2031 Trade catalogues Victor Bernier 
- Titile-p. sl. frayed, textleaf and first 2 plates sm. tear in outer margin. A few sm. tears in backwr. and backstrip.
= Rare trade-catalogue for fireplace fronts.
79 2032 Tyndall J 
- Partly sl. foxed. Upper joint of frontwr. splitting at lower half.
= The rare first French edition of John Tyndall's Sound (first publ. London, 1867). Cf. DSB XII, p.521 /4
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
79 2033 Zoology Aldrovandi U 
- Eight lvs. (incl. 5 plates) yellowed/ browned; 3 lvs. (incl. 2 plates) waterst.; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. wormholed (including the upper pastedown); backcover w. dam. spot.
= Nissen, ZBI 77. Work on the biology, etymology and cultural history of many Old and New World animals. Contains many large woodcuts, the first part depicting wild (i.a. a leopard, monkeys, the hippopotamus), semi-wild (rodents, the fox) and domesticated viviparous animals (dogs, cats), the second part depicting oviparous animals according to the property of their "surface" ("skin-like" amphibians and "bark-like" reptiles). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
79 2034 Zoology Baker H 
79 2034 Zoology Baker H 
- Title-p. and 2 plates trifle stained; contents otherwise fine. Binding sl. worn/ dam.; joints split.
= "In 1742 there was considerable interest among fellows of the Royal Society in the freshwater polyp (Hydra viridis) as a result of the recent discovery and description of this animal by Abraham Trembley [this work also in our auction], and with Martin Folkes Baker carried out experiments on this animalcule which he published in 1743 under the title An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype." (DSB I, p.411). Nissen, ZBI 200.
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2035 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
- Lacks vol. 7 of Oiseaux (part 43, 18 plates) and another ±13 plates. Most vols. hinges (sl.) weak (occas. lvs. loose); lvs. unopened; occas. sl. foxed/ (water)stained; a few vols. partly sl. wormholed; a few lvs. dam. (1x plate; 1x w. loss of text); some scattered modern annots./ doodles. Bindings worn; backstrips dam. (2x lacking); a few covers loose (but holding on cords). Nevertheless a good, untrimmed set.
= Nissen, ZBI 682. A complete set consists of 127 vols. containing 1100 plates. This lot comprises 11 almost complete sets (when complete containing ±780 plates): 1. Théorie de la Terre (3 vols.,1798/9); 2. Époques de la Nature (1 vol., 1798/9); 3. (Introduction à l'histoire des) Minéraux (12 vols., 1798-1800); 4. Singes (2 vols., 1800/1); 5. Oiseaux (27 (of 28) vols., 1800-1802); 6. Poissons (13 vols., 1802-1804); 7. Cétacées (1 vol., 1804); 8. Mollusques (6 vols., 1802-1805); 9. Crustacés et insectes (14 vols., 1802-1805); 10. Plantes (18 vols., 1802-1806); 11. Tables analytiques et raisonnées des matières et des auteurs (3 vols., 1808). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de 
- Contents fine, apart from a foxed title-p. in vol.1; vol.8: stained in lower inner corner throughout. Two vols. upper joint starting/ frontcover loosening; 2 vols. front-/ backcover loose; corners occas. sl. rubbed; lacks 1 letterpiece.
= Nissen, ZBI 718 (note).
79 2037 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 2037 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
- Part of pastedowns detached. Spine ends (sl.) rubbed/ worn; partly paper over boards loose(ning); 6 vols. lack letterpiece, 6 vols. letterpiece loosening.
= Nissen, ZBI 678. Vol. 1 (Natural history) 2-4, 6-9, 11-13 (Mammals), supplement 1-3, 5, w. duplicate of supplement 3.
79 2038 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
79 2038 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
- Vol. 10 and 12 part of plates waterst.; vol. 10 small wormhole in margin in lower outer corner; some vols. edges sl. frayed and browned; all vols. library (?) stamp on titlepage. One vol. foot of spine dam.; spines (sl.) rubbed.
= Nissen, ZBI 678. Remarkable bindings with part of the series title spelled out on the letterpieces when the books are placed in the right order.
79 2039 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o 
- Corners showing; one vol. dam. at foot of spine. Contents fine.
= A complete set consists of 52 vols. containing 619 plates. This lot comprises: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Nouvelle edition, vols.1-4, 6-8, 10 and 12-13 (1769-1770) and Histoire naturelle (...). Supplément, vol. 2 (1774). Nissen, ZBI 673.
79/2040 Zoology Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs d'instruments machines ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole et des divers produits de l'agriculture tenus à Monta
79/2040 Zoology Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs d'instruments machines ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole et des divers produits de l'agriculture tenus à Monta
- Textp. occas. sl. foxed; plates fine. Spine broken.
79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G 
79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G 
79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G 
79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G 
79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G 
- Lacks 94 plates. Vols. occas. sl. soiled/ waterst. (in margin); titlepages w. owner's stamp; 1 leaf torn w. sm. loss of text. A good set.
= Nissen, ZBI 1016 (calls for 789 plates). Nicely handcol. plates of mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, molluscs, annelids, crustaceans, arachnids, insects and zoophytes; portraits show the naturalists/ zoologists Cuvier, Audubon, Linnaeus, Buffon, Latreille, Kirby and Spence.
79 2042 Zoology Ducrotay de Blainville H M 
79 2042 Zoology Ducrotay de Blainville H M 
- Plate volumes only; most plates (sl.) foxed. Rebacked w. use of the old mor. backstrip.
= Rare. Monumental work on comparitive anatomy and osteology. Nissen ZBI 394. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
79 2043 Zoology Ellis J 
79 2043 Zoology Ellis J 
79 2043 Zoology Ellis J 
- Owner's stamp on title; textp. and 2 plates (sl.) waterst. in blank margins. Top of spine and board-edges worn.
= Nissen, ZBI 1281; cf. Nissen, BBI 590. John Ellis (1710-1776) was a pioneering zoologist and microscopist who established the animal nature of zoophytes and laid the foundation of marine biology in Britain and Europe. In this work Ellis makes a clear distinction between plants and animals and proves that corals and Bryozoa are animals. This Dutch edition includes plate 38 (not present in the original English version), showing the multiplication of corals. The last plate shows Mr. Cuff's microscope, which the author used for his research. From the "Luyken Landfort" library (armorial bookplate on upper pastedown).
79 2044 Zoology Lançon A 
79 2044 Zoology Lançon A 
79 2044 Zoology Lançon A 
- Unnumb. copy. Receding waterst. in inner margin; plates occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn.
= Work orig. published in 25 instalments (1880-1882). With etched plates of i.a. a Cape lion, Bornean orangutan, Russian brown bear, Indian elephant and Romanian buffalo. Not in Nissen.