Search Results: Authors starting with G from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Philadelphia, PA, [the author], 1861. 8vo (24.1 x 15.5 m). Title page, 201 pp. Later green buckram with gilt title on the spine. = An important review of the world wide distribution of Cretaceous Mollusca, with synonymies, compiled by the American palaeontologist and malacologist William More Gabb (1839-1878). Although not stated, this is an offprint from the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Inscribed by Gabb on the front wrapper, being a dedication to a Dr Buckley, about whom we do not known anything else yet. Small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpaper recto and front wrapper. Repair to front wrapper edges; small stain to the lower margin of the first few leaves, otherwise very good.

Philadelphia, PA, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, "1877" [1881]. Large 4to (33.1 x 25.5 cm). Drophead title; 74 pp. [numbered 263-336]; nine lithographed plates [numbered 35-43]. Later black buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = One of the last papers by the American palaeontologist William More Gabb (1839-1878). It contains descriptions of Mesozoic Peruvian faunas, largely consisting of gastropods, ammonites and bivalves, collected by the Italian-Peruvian geologist Antonio Raimundi (1826-1890). One plate shows bivalves and brachiopods, another shows echinoderms. Many species were new. Although dated 1877 on the front wrapper, publication was delayed until February 1881 (Groves and Squires, p. 130). Provenance: small stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front wrapper. Wrapper edge with a short tear, and fore edge reinforced with Japanese paper, otherwise a very good copy, with fine,… Read More

Paris, J. B. Baillière et Fils, [1913-]1923. Text and 23 fine photographs or photocollographies. Original printed wrappers. = Important contributions, with fine illustrations, on ferns. The first two were published in 1913, numbers 3-5 in 1914-1914, and the sixth to eleventh in 1916-1921. The original parts are very rare, therefore this compilation, using the original text and plates was issued in 1923. The original pagination was retained too. Uncut. Wrappers a bit discoloured, otherwise a very good (near mint), clean copy.

Paris, J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1908. Large 8vo (24.5 x 16.2 cm). xviii, 316 pp.; 30 plates and maps. Slightly later half buckram over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = Important zoogeographical, ecological, malacological, and entomological contributions based on the gatherings of the French zoologist Henri Gadeau de Kerville, (1858-1940), who wrote the introduction and a narrative of the expedition, and the general list of species with notes on fish, mammals, etc. Also included are contributions by Attems (Myriapoda, 26 pp.), Louis Germain (Mollusca, 165 pp.), Bolivar (the turtle, Testudo ibera, 8 pp.) and Blanchard (Hiridunae, 6 pp.). The first plate is a map of the region, the next 18 show landscapes and people. Molluscs are on plates 22-30. Inscribed and signed on the second blank recto, by the author "À mon très-distingué collègue ... F. X. Gillot ...". Below, a stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson… Read More

Leipzig, 1882. 8vo (24.0 x 16.1 cm). 44 pp. [numbered 57-100]; one double-sized chromolithographed plate. Later wrappers with handwritten title on the front wrapper. = A seldom-seen publication by the German ornithologist and herpetologist Hans Friedrich Gadow (1855-1928). Published in the Morphologisches Jahrbüch VII. Stamp of a former Dutch laboratory on the front wrapper, otherwise clean, very good.

London, The Zoological Society of London, 1905. 8vo. 48 [45, 3] pp., two finely engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. = The first paper is a large, interesting account on the distribution of the Mexican reptiles and the factors that inhibit their distribution, including climate, altitude, etc. The second paper, with detailed descriptions of the new species, is by G. A. Boulenger. With the latter, a second paper is included, titled On a collection of batrachians and reptiles made in South Africa by Mr. C. H. B. Grant, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd. (six pp., including new taxa). Finally, a paper of 15 pp. is included, titled Some notes upon the anatomy of the yellow-throated lizard, Gerrhosaurus flavigularis, which was written by F. E. Beddard, and contains some text illustrations referring to the anatomy of this African lizard. All contained and subsequently published in the Society's Proceedings 1905(II)(1) with the wrappers of that issue. Wrappers browned and… Read More

Berlin, Wiedmann, 1937. 8vo (24.2 x 16.0 cm). 259 pp.; five plates (including two larger, folded maps), 45 text illustrations. Near contemporary black quarter cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. = Seldom-seen work on the geology of a mountain range in southern France. The petrographical part is by Franz Angel, the main work by Hans Rudolf von Gaertner. Probably the last part of a series edited by the German geologist Hans Stille. An excellent, clean copy.

Milano, C.N.R., 1969. 8vo (24.0 x 17.0 cm). 78 pp., 13 text figures, one folded profile, seven plates. Original printed wrappers. = A study on the boundaries of the Anisian. Plates mainly show brachiopods and ammonites. Offprint from Riv. Ital. Paleont. 75. A very good copy.

Leipzig, L. A. Kittler, 1906. 8vo (23.1 x 14.9 cm). 175 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Heinrich Gaetke, or Gätke (1814-1897) was a German ornithologist and painter. "In 1837 he travelled to the island of Heligoland for the first time. From 1841 he decided to live there and from 1843 he studied birds on the island. He studied ornithology and made a collection. In 1891 a station was established in Heligoland and the Prussian government acquired his collection for the North sea museum. The collection was destroyed in 1944 by a bombing (Wikipedia). One chapter, written by the German lepidopterologist Adalbert Seitz, deals with Gätke's studies on butterflies and moths. Published as Sonderheft to the 54th volume of the famous Journal für Ornithologie. Rare. Uncut. Old owner's inscription in front wrapper's top margin. Wrappers partly creased and chipped in the margins, spine near-perished, otherwise a very good copy. Not in any major bibliography.

Freiburg, Engelhardt, [1864]. Folio (31.2 x 24.6 cm). 68 [I-XLIII, XLIVa, XLIVb, XLV-LXVII] mostly double-sized engraved plates. 19th-century cloth with two red morocco labels with gilt title on the spine. = Written by the professor of mining, Moritz Ferdinand Gaetzschmann (1800-1895). This is the atlas only. Both the text volume and atlas are rare. Many figures show furnaces, giant drills, and other mining devices. No title page included, probably not issued. Plates XXI-XL show old folds - apparently they were intended for an octavo edition. Library stamp on the front flyleaf recto. Several plates spotted - stronger in a few, or toned, otherwise very good. Not in any major bibliography.

Paris & Limoges, Chapoulaud Frères, 1872. 12mo (16.8 x 11.1 cm). 184 pp.; two engraved plates. Original pictorial wrappers. = A rare dedication copy, signed by Auguste Gaffard to Paul Devès (probably the Paris senator), of one the few early works with warnings against the use of tobacco. Untrimmed. Spine a bit cocked, and with some small loss and repair, otherwise good, internally clean.

Washington, DC, American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1946. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (25.0 x 16.8 cm). 276 pp., many figures. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Single, complete volume of this important series, with much on taxonomy, and zoogeography. As always published in four parts. A very good, clean set. Very uncommon; especially outside North America.

Washington, DC, American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1932. In four parts. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (25.0 x 16.8 cm). 196 pp., many figures. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Single, complete volume of this important series, with much on taxonomy, and zoogeography. As always published in four parts. A very good, clean set. Very uncommon; especially outside North America.

Washington, DC, American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1935. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (25.0 x 16.8 cm). 210 pp., many figures. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Single, complete volume of this important series, with much on taxonomy, and zoogeography. As always published in four parts. Name and number in the top margin of the front wrappers; one issue with library stamps on front wrapper and first text pag top margin, otherwise a very good set. Very uncommon; especially outside North America.

Washington, DC, American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1930. Four parts in four. Large 8vo (25.0 x 16.8 cm). 169 pp., many figures. Original uniform printed wrappers. = Single, complete volume of this important series, with much on taxonomy, and zoogeography. As always published in four parts. The fourth part is the "David Starr Jordan anniversary number". A very good, clean set. Very uncommon; especially outside North America.

Paris, Paul Klincksieck, 1892. 8vo (24.1 x 15.6 cm). 163 pp.; 24 lithographed plates. Later cloth, title written on the spine. Original printed wrapper bound in. = A finely illustrated monograph by the French mycologist Albert Gaillard (1858-1903) with the description and illustration of new and rarely observed species. Half title with an inscription and small repair, front wrapper brittle, text a bit browned due to the quality of paper (but not brittle). The plates are fine. Rare. We have never seen another copy. Stafleu and Cowan, 1928; not in Volbracht.

Trieste, Edizioni Lint, 1995. Large 8vo (23.8 x 17.0 cm). About 2720 pp., numerous illustrations in full colour and in black and white. Uniform pale yellow cloth with gilt title on the spines, in uniform full colour pictorial dust jackets, together in the original printed slipcase. = The collected papers of the Convegno a cura dell'Accademia Patavina di Scienze Lettere ed Arti Padova, 13-15 febbraio 1992. Volume 1 deals with L'anno Gallileiano; Vol. 2 with Galileo e la Cultura Padovana; Vol. 3 with Galileo e la Cultura Veneziana; Vol. 4 contains a Tribute to Galileo in Padua; and Vol. 5 contains Occasioni Galileiane. A treasure cove for those interested in the founding of modern science and in Galileo Galilei in particular. Ex library copy with small stamp on titlepage and label on the spines. Otherwise as new.

St. Petersburg, Akademia Nauk, 1912. 4to (29.3 x 20.5 cm). iii, 654 pp.; 145 figures (some folded as plates). Printed wrappers. = Rare original Russian edition of this great work on seismometrie. Prince Boris Borisovich Galitzin, or Golitsyn (1862-1916) invented the electromagnet seismograph. The German translation of 1914 is more common. The foundation of scientific seismometry. Prince Boris Borisovich Galitzin (1862-1916; also spelled Galitzine or Golitsyn) invented the electromagnet seismograph.. Golitzin (1862-1916),born in St. Petersburg, is principally remembered in two fields: physics and seismology. It was in the latter part of his career that he devoted his time to seismology and seismometry. In this period "he laid the foundations of scientific seismometry and developed an improved type of seismograph.... Through the efforts of Golitzin, Russian seismometry occupied a leading place in world science at that time; and his seismographs were the prototypes for new apparatus for the study of… Read More

Leningrad, NAUKA, 1955. 8vo (26.0 x 17.2 cm). 132 pp.; 90 fine text illustrations, including shells, animals and distribution maps. quarter cloth over printed boards. = A detailed and well-illustrated work on the Trochidae of the seas north and east of the former USSR, by the Russian malacologist Yuri Ivanovich Galkin (1923-2001). Published in the series, Fauna USSR (now Fauna Russia), as number 57. A very good, clean copy.

Buenos Aires, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", 1958 ["1957"]. Large 8vo (27.2 x 18.3 cm). Title page, 38 pp.; five plates. Original printed wrappers. = A detailed monograph. Offprint from the museum's Revista III(6). Dated 1957, but the printing was ended on 7 May 1958. Stamp on front wrapper, otherwise a very good, clean copy.