2075 - 2373 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Partly waterst. (incl. the plates); calf loosening at turn-ins. Binding worn and dustsoiled; spine-ends dam.
= Contains i.a. L. BICKER, Verhandeling over de molenroeden and J.R. DEIMAN a.o., Antwoord op de vraag (...) of de Vaste Lucht een bijzondere Hoofdstof zij".
- Lacks the frontisp. and the plate showing the cabinet's configuration in Haarlem. New endpapers; trifle foxed.
= Wellcome V, p.355; Cat. Jammes 377: "Suivent 7 planches merveilleusement exécutées, montrant avec un grand raffinement les détails des 12 cabinets particuliers". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.
- Eight lvs. (incl. 5 plates) yellowed/ browned; 3 lvs. (incl. 2 plates) waterst.; occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. wormholed; 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 LXII.
- 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.
- Frontcover sl. soiled. Contents fine.
= Nissen, ZBI 435; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 36. One of five treatises of an unfinished work entitled "Musaeum Schlosserianum", describing the "Wunderkammer" of J.A. Schlosser. First and only edition of Boddaert's description of the nocturnal giant leaf frog, a native species of the Amazon.
- Vol. 1 lacks one plate; a few (library) stamps on htitles/ endpapers; occas. sl. yellowed.
= All plates and vignettes in vol. 1 handcol. Nissen, ZBI 737.
- Owner's stamp on title; textp. and 2 plates (sl.) waterst. in blank margins. Top of spine dam. on lower joint.
= 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).
- Partly (sl.) foxed (incl. plates), mainly in blank margins.
= Nissen, ZBI 1901. Natuurlijke historie van Nederland, De dieren van Nederland.
Idem (ed.). Bouwstoffen voor eene fauna van Nederland. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1853-1866, 3 vols., (6),IV,(2),269,(3),7; IV,316,(2); IV,537,(1)p., contemp. unif. gilt hmor. w. brown mor. letterpiece.
- Occas. (sl.) foxing; a few owner's annots.
- Frontisp. w. remnants of owner's stamp; plates occas. sl. yellowed and w. contemp. owner's annots.; 1 plate loose; 1 plate foxed. Both vols. joints split(ting); binding worn/ dam. along extremities; corners strengthened/ restored; vol.1 backcover leather torn (restored). Good copy.
= Jonston's famous work on natural history, with the supplement section on exotic fish added by Ruysch. Anker 236; Nissen, IVB 482; Nissen, ZBI 2137; cat. Jammes 181. DSB VII, p.164: John Johnston (1603-1675) made a "significant contribution (...) to the growing interest in natural history during the first half of the seventeenth century. For example, four of his dictionary-style works on fish, birds, quadrupeds, and insects (...) with excellent illustrations were widely read and translated". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- All in very fine condition.
= One of 100 copies with German text. Every copy is composed of different original leaves from books from the 15th to the 19th century (in this copy books from 1484 to 1885), and therefore unique as Nissen states in his foreword (p.10): "Wo die größte Mühe der Herausgeber lag, liegt auch der besondere Reiz des Werkes: jedes Exemplar is individuell zusammengestellt, keines gleicht dem anderen." This copy includes leaves from i.a. J. MANDEVILLE, Reise nach Jerusalem (Strasb., 1484); C. GESSNER, Thierbuch (Frankf. a.M., 1600); J. JONSTON, Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus (Amst., 1657); P.J. BONNATERRE, Tableau encyclopédique (...) Ichthyologie (Paris, 1788) and G. EDWARDS, A Natural History of Birds (London, 1802-1805). Nissen's collection intends to illustrate the (European) evolution of both animal depiction and printing techniques. It was created with the sole use of "verschieden umfangreichen Fragmenten" (and without "in verantwortungsloser Weise zu vereinzeln" a complete copy) from the collections of three antiquarians. In the same design, "Kräuterbücher aus fünf Jahrhunderten" was published by Nissen in 1956. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Binding rubbed.
= First Dutch edition. Nissen, ZBI 3072; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 152.
- All vols. hinges weak; vol.3 two plates sl. waterst. in upper blank margin. Spines sunned.
= Vol.1 dedication to Adolphe Daniël Boissevain "op zijn 7e Verjaardag", dated "Amsterdam 19 February 1873".
ADDED: N. ANSLIJN, Systematische beschrijving der voor ons meest belangrijke vogelen (ibid., 1836, letterpress fold. table, contemp. gilt hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece. Occas. owner's annots.).
- Second vol. 5 plates sl. water-/ dampst. (one w. traces of paper ); 2 textlvs. repaired in blank margin. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn.
= Nissen, ZBI 3128; Nissen, BBI 502; Pritzel 2341. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.
- Binding sl. rubbed/ worn.
- Dustwrappers w. some dam. spots from removed tickets.
- First 2 vols. plates sl. foxed; first vol. owner's stamp(s) on titles. Otherwise fine.
= Nissen, ZBI 3686.
- Lacks 4 plates. A few lvs. sl. foxed/ stained. Binding sl. worn; joints splitting (restored w. glue).
= "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in it asexual reproduction, regeneration, and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division." (Garrison/ Morton 307). Nissen, ZBI 4163.
- Lacks the frontisp. and the plate showing the cabinet's configuration in Haarlem; inner hinge broken. Binding rubbed/ sl. worn; spine-ends and joints (partly) restored.
= Nissen, ZBI 4254; cf. Wellcome V, p.355; Cat. Jammes 377.
- Lacks 2 plates; occas. sl. stained/ (finger)soiled. Top of spine and corners restored.
= Rare first and only Dutch edition. Cf. Nissen, ZBI 4341, listing the English edition published in 1754 (with only 18 plates).