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2073 - 2370 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TRANSPORT, TECHNOLOGY etc.

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81/2353 [Zoology]. Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1930, textbooklet ((4)p.) and 32 col. plates after L. AGASSIZ FUERTES, loose as issued in orig. board chemise, slipcase, 4to.

- One plate trifle foxed. Corners slipcase dam.

€ (50-70) 50

81/2354 [Zoology]. Bewick, T. A Natural History of Water Birds./ Foreign Birds./ British Quadrupeds./ Foreign Quadrupeds./ Reptiles, Serpents, and Insects./ Fishes./ British Birds. Alnwick, W. Davison, n.d. (±1815), 7 vols., num. woodengr. ills. by T. BEWICK, orig. unif. wr. w. large woodcut ill. on backcover, sm. 8vo, kept together in custom cl. slipcase.

- Vol. on fishes w. bookplate of Thomas Hugo on verso frontwrapper. All vols. paper over backstrip partly worn off.

= Complete set of Thomas Bewick's chap books on British and foreign natural history. Nissen ZBI, 353. Rare.

€ (200-300)

81/2355 Zoology Bijdragen tot de dierkunde Eerste zesde aflevering

81/2355 [Zoology]. Bijdragen tot de dierkunde. Eerste-zesde aflevering. Amst., Natura Artis Magistra, 1848-1854, 6 parts in 1 vol., 39 (incl. a few handcol.) lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf, folio.

- Plates occas. foxed/ waterst. = Nissen, ZBI 4597.

€ (50-70) 230

81/2356 [Zoology]. Buffon, G.L.L. de. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Ed. C.S. Sonnini. Paris, F. Dufart, (1798)-1808, 100 vols., 2 portraits of BUFFON and SONNINI, ±749 (of 780) engr. plates, 8 fold. maps (incl. 1 duplicate), contemp. unif. boards.

- 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).

€ (500-700) 950

81/2357 [Zoology]. Burgersdijk, L.A.J. De dieren, afgebeeld, beschreven en in hunne levenswijze geschetst. Leyden, D. Noothoven van Goor, 1864-1875, 3 vols., (6),12,XXIII,III,(1),566,(1); (4),X,555; XXII,(4),828p., 246 handcol. lithogr. plates, sl. later unif. hcl., 4to.

- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Orig. gilt backstrips partially mounted on spines.

= I. Zoogdieren; II. Vogels; III. Kruipende dieren, visschen, ongewervelde dieren. Nissen, ZBI II p.454; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 47.

€ (150-250) 250

81/2358 [Zoology]. d'Orbigny, C. Museum van natuurlijke historie. Beschrijving der zoogdieren, volgens Buffon, in de volgorde van Cuvier. The Hague, W.P. van Stockum, 1843, VIII,XL,272p., 42 contemp. handcol. and gommé steelengr. plates after V. ADAM, contemp. gilt hcalf, 4to.

- Usual browning/ foxing (mainly textpages). Joints starting. = Not in Nissen.

€ (100-150) 100

81/2359 [Zoology]. Dürigen, B. Deutschlands Amphibien und Reptilien. Eine Beschreibung und Schilderung sämmtlicher in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Lurche und Kriechthiere. Magdeburg, Creutz, 1897, VIII,676p., 12 col. lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt hmor., 4to.

- Spine-ends sl. rubbed. Good copy. = Nissen, ZBI 1172.

€ (80-100) 90

81/2360 [Zoology]. Franz, W. Animalium Historia Sacra, in qua plerorumque Animalium praecipuae proprietates (...) breviter accommodantur. Amst., J. Janssonius, 1643, (24),638,(46)p., engr. title, contemp. vellum, 12mo.

- Good/ fine copy.

€ (80-100) 90

81/2361 [Zoology]. "Geslacht-lyst, van de vermenigvuldiging van een Koe in tien Jaren tyd". Broadside, 50,5x38 cm., Hoorn, Jacob Duyn, (1749).

- Formerly foxed/ some creases.

€ (50-70) 190

81/2362 [Zoology]. (Jonston, J.). (Naeukeurige Beschryving Van de Natuur der Vier-voetige Dieren, Vissen En Bloedlooze Water-Dieren, Vogelen, Kronkel-Dieren, Slangen en Draken. Dutch transl. M. Grausius). (Amst., J.J. Schippers, 1660), 6 parts in 1 vol., 3 (of 4) diff. engr. titles, 240 (of 250) plates by C. and M. MERIAN, modern leather w. black letterpiece, folio.

- Lacks (general) engr. title and 10 plates; first leaf heavily soiled and w. large hole; num. plates and textlvs. w. extensive (col.) pencil scratching by a child (the Rhinoceros not affected); waterst. at the beginning; final lvs. lacking. Sold w.a.f.

= Rare Dutch edition of Jonston's popular Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus. De avibus. De insectis. De piscibus et cetis. De exanguibus aquaticis. De serpentibus (first publ. Frankf. 1650). Nissen, ZBI 2136.

€ (500-700) 500

81/2363 [Zoology]. Lydekker, R. Wild Life of the World. A Descriptive Survey of the Geographical Distribution of Animals. London/ New York, F. Warne and Co., 1916, 3 vols., XIV,472; XII,440; XI,(1),457,(1)p., 120 col. plates, over 600 ills., contemp. unif. gilt cl., 4to.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends and joints sl. worn/ rubbed. = Nissen, ZBI 2613.

€ (50-70) 130

81/2364 [Zoology]. Lydekker, R. (ed.). The Royal Natural History. London/ New York, F. Warne & Co., 1893-1896, 6 vols., 72 full-p. chromolithogr. plates, ±1600 (full-p.) lithogr. ills., contemp. (almost) unif. gilt hmor., 4to.

- Backstrips trifle rubbed. = Nissen, ZBI 2612.

€ (100-150) 130

81/2365 [Zoology]. Pallas, P.S. Dierkundige beschouwingen. Rott., J.J. Meyneken, n.d. (±1795), 6 parts in 1 vol., 9 handcol. engr. plates (1 fold.) by J.J. BYLAERT and J. VAN HILTROP, contemp. hcalf, 4to.

- Binding worn.

= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 154; cf. Nissen, ZBI 3072 (calling for 11 plates) and Zimmer p.480 (both ed. Utr., 1770). Dutch translation by P. Boddaert of Zoologica miscellanea. Comprises: I. De hartebokken; II. Twee uitlandsche vledermuyzen; III. De zeerupsen; IV. De zeeduyzendbeenen en zeepissebedden; V. De Groote Zandkoker, een zoort van Tor, en eene Verhandeling over de Oost-Indische Buidelrat en Miereneter; VI. Het Geslacht der Poulepeintades, de Kuifhoenderen en de Gekuifde Zeepapegaai.

€ (150-250) 150

81/2366 [Zoology]. Poeppig, E. Illustrirte Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Leipsic, J.J. Weber, 1847-1848, 4 parts in 2 vols., woodcut ills., modern artif. leather, sm. folio.

- Occas. sl. foxed/ browned. = Nissen, ZBI 3208.

€ (80-100)

81/2367 [Zoology]. Reichenbach, A.B. Praktische Naturgeschichte des Menschen und Säugethiere für Gebildete aller Stände. Leipsic, Gebhardt & Reisland, 1847, (4),807,(1)p., 91 mostly handcol. (partly gommé) steelengr. plates, modern cl. w. wr. laid down, 4to.

- Occas. (sl.) foxed/ browned. = Nissen, ZBI 3348.

€ (100-150)

81/2368 [Zoology]. Schlegel, H. De dieren van Nederland. Gewervelde dieren. Kruipende dieren. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1862, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),II,VIII,132,(2); (10),V,(1),43,(2)p., 31 handcol. (gommé) lithogr. plates, contemp. hcl.

- Final 2 plates and accomp. text loose; occas. sl. foxed.

= Nissen, ZBI 3686.

AND 1 other by the same: Visschen (2nd edition).

€ (80-100) 90

81/2369 [Zoology]. Schubert, G.H. von. Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs für Schule und Haus. Esslingen/ Munich, J.F. Schreiber, n.d., 8th ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., (10),22; (2),22; (2),76,IXp., col. lithogr. frontisp. and 30/ 30/ 30 double-p. (hand)col. lithogr. plates, num. (handcol.) woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered hcl. w. mounted col. lithogr. plate on frontcover, folio.

- Joints starting.

= Naturgeschichte der Säugetiere; Naturgeschichte der Vögel; Naturgeschichte der Reptilien, Amphibien, Fische, Insekten, Krebse, Würmer, Weichtiere, Stachelhäuter, Pflanzentiere und Urtiere.

€ (120-150) 120

81/2370 [Zoology]. Sonnini, C.S. and Latreille, P.A. Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles. Paris, Deterville, 1801/ 1802 ("An X"), 4 vols., 54 engr. plates, fold. table, contemp. unif. giltlettered mor., sm. 8vo.

- All vols. sl. waterst. (mostly in blank margins); bookplate on upper pastedown. Extremities sl. worn. Still a good set.

= Nissen, ZBI 3901 and 681 (the latter as part of Buffon's Histoire naturelle, classée par ordres, genres et espèces).

€ (100-150) 100

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