Search Results: Authors starting with M from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Cambridge, MA, Museum of Comparatie Zoölogy, 1897. [AND] London, The Royal Society, 1876-1880. Three papers in one. 4to (29.4 x 23.8 cm). Maas: title page, 88 pp.; 14 tinted or chromolithographed plates, one very large, multi-folded coloured map. Romanes: two tile pages, 87 [45; 42] pp.; two lithographs printed in purple. Near contemporary burgundy pebbled cloth with gilt title on the spine. = The paper by Maas may be the more important and rarer one; the two by Romanes, however, are bound in front. Together they form three well-illustrated works on medusae. Hinges broken, near detached; otherwise a very good, clean item.

Meulan, A. Masson [for the author], 1887-1889. Two papers in two. 8vo (21.2 x 14.1 cm). 38 pp. [18; 20]. Original, uniform blind wrappers. In later yellow protective wrapper. = Two rarely seen contributions, by the French malacologist Jules François Mabille (1831-1904) to Vietnamese malacology, with the descriptions of many new species, mostly collected by the botanist and malacologist Gaspard Joseph Benedict "Benjamin" Balansa (1825-1891), curiously referred to as "Dom. Balansa" by Mabille. As Mabille was one of the first to study the Vietnamese malacofauna in-depth, many species are still valid today. The first paper is one of only 50 copies, as stated in note at the bottom of the last text leaf: ‘A cinquante exemplaires, ce 14 mai 1887’. The second paper seems to be just as rare. Stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front wrappers, otherwise very good, clean.

Ljubljana, Slovenska Akademija znanosti Umetnosti, 1999. 8vo (23.5 x 16.4 cm). 354 pp.; 16 text figures, 31 full colour plates showing leaves with damage by leaf miner insects. Printed soft cover. = A seldom-seen, well-illustrated work on Slovenian (i.e. Central European and Balkan) leaf miners, by the Slovenian agronomist and entomologist Jože Macek (b. 1929). Especially the colour photographs are excellent. Bilingual, Slovenian and German. Stamp on title page, two small labels in the top margin of the front cover, otherwise an 'as new' copy.

Leiden, Naturalis, 2007. 8vo. 202 pp., many illustrations (several in full colour). Pictorial soft covers. = Major study on soil erosion factors and hazards. A mint copy.

Madrid, Real Academia de Ciencias, 1859. 4to (29.0 x 20.8 cm). 13 pp. No wrappers. = Very rare annotated catalogue of the Spanish reptiles and amphibians, by the Spanish anthropologist, zoologist, geologist and herpetologist Antonio Machado y Núñez (1812-1896). He translated works by Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel into Spanish. Published in the academy's Memorias, volume IV. Includes data on distribution, etc. Uncut. A very good, clean copy.

Unpublished [n.d., but ca 1938.] 4to (26.0 x 20.4 cm). Original typed manuscript with 336 pp.; 143 original photographs in various sizes, and some original drawn maps. Full contemporary dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine. = A very neat and interesting manuscript by the British mammalogist and palaeontologist Donald Gordon MacInnes who participated in Louis Leakey's famous 1932 and 1935 expeditions in search of fossil hominids. It contains five parts, as follows; Part I: Some Miocene Proboscidea from East Africa; Part II: Some post-Miocene Proboscidea from East Africa; Part III: Rhinocerotidae; Part IV: Some Miocene Anthracotheriidae from East Africa. Part V: Preliminary notes on the remainder of the collection. This includes original photos of fossil bones of the possible hominid precursor Proconsul. Several of these manuscripts, which contain descriptions of new species, were published, but their illustrations were always much smaller. The rear contains a copy of a published paper: A new… Read More

Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1992. 8vo (24.0 x 16.4 cm). [iv], 426 pp. Marbled leatherette with printed title on front board and spine. = An excellent dictionary in five languages, edited by the Office International des Epizooties. With a preface by the Office's Secretary General, Dr. J. Blancou. Over 5000 specialist's words and phrases are included. Very useful for biologists and veterinarians. ISBN 0-444-88085-2. A mint copy.

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.4 cm). 85 pp.; 18 plates. Original printed wrappers. = These are results from a joint expedition by the Field Museum and Oxford University. Well-illustrated and seldom-seen, especially outside the USA. Published as the Museum's Anthropology, memoirs 1(3). Small, weak stamp (and cancellation stamp) on front cover, same weak stamp on title. Otherwise very good, clean.

Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1882. 8vo (21.5 x 13.7 cm). 323 pp. Later half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with printed title. = Written by the Australian naturalist and ichthyologist William John Macleay (1820-1891). Two (last) parts of four. Contains the descriptions and synonymy of species numbered 544 to 1133. Several species are new. This is a combined outtake of the Society's Proceedings, volume 6, pp. 1-138 and 202-388. Neatly bound. Rare. Dean II, p. 89.

Warzawa, Wroclaw, Panstwowe wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1931-1990. 34 issues in 34. Original printed portfolios. = A finely illustrated atlas consisting of 21 volumes, each consisting between two and seven issues. It seems that not all have been published. Present are the following: I. 1-3 (complete); II. 1-5 (complete); III. 1, 3-4 (of 4); IV. 1, 3-4 (of 7); V. 1-2 (complete); VI. 1-2, 5-5a (of 6 - numbered 1-5, 5a); VII. 1-4 (of 7); IX. 1-7 (complete); XI. 3, 5 (of 5); XVII. 1 (of 6). Not present are the volumes VIII, X, XII-XVI, XVIII-XXI. Especially the early volumes are well-reptresented. All are scarce. Mostly in very good condition, a few, in particular a few of the early ones with the wrappers frayed and chipped at edges; a few with a stamp on the wrappers. In all a very good set.

Budapest, Laboratorio Zoologico Hungarico, 1909-1910. 4to (28.8 x 20.9 cm). [iv], 203 pp., seven plates. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Marbled edges. = Edited by J. de Madarász and E. Csiki, this is a short-lived periodical on, mainly, entomology (including papers on African beetles, and on butterflies), but also on herpetology [a new species of lizard from East Africa, and on a hybrid in European Rana, both papers by S. J. Bolkay), Ostracoda, and ornithology, including descriptions of new genera and species. A monograph by T. Becker on Chloropidae (Diptera) is the largest contribution. Two text figures of new butterfly taxa are partly coloured. Spine ends abraded; otherwise a very good, unmarked, clean copy. Rare, especially in this very good state.

Haarlem, C. H. Bohn, 1779. 8vo (22.0 x 14.4 cm). Title page, [vi], 161 pp. Contemporary mottled boards, no spine cover. = This is an extremely rare work, which can be seen as an extra supplement to the famous Rösel van Rosenhof, De natuurlyke historie der insecten. The carefully produced Dutch expanded edition, published two years after the German version, titled Raupenkalender, oder Verzeichnis aller Monate in welchen die von Rösel und Kleemann beschriebene abgebildete Raupen nebst ihrem Futter zu finden sind. It differs, amongst other ways, by the addition of a useful list of fodder plants according to the system of Linnaeus. The preface is by Kleemann, as in the German edition. The death of Linnaeus is mentioned. Uncut. The boards are probably original (i.e., this copy is as published). Provenance: a small private owner's stamp, W. Warnsinck, Arnhem, in the top margin of the title page; otherwise unmarked. Willem Warnsick (1856-1923) was a Dutch ornithologist. A few gatherings… Read More

Nürnberg, Raspe (C. J. C. Kleemann), 1785. 8vo (18.8 x 11.7 cm). 120 pp., including title. Contemporary tree calf. Spine with four raised bands; compartments with blind-tooled floral vignettes and red morocco label with title. Floral patterned pastedowns. Red edges. = A detailed catalogue of caterpillars (and butterflies) and when to find them, arranged by month. Written by Johann Mader (b. 1745). The preface is by Kleemann. A very rare work, which is seen as a supplement to Rösel van Rosenhof's famous Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung, as well as to the works by Kleemann himself, and that of Schwarz (both principally dealing with the adult stage of Lepidoptera). Third(?) edition. First published in 1777. One more edition appeared, in 1791. All are rare, but for this one very little records could be found. Number written on title and spine foot, in an old hand; some wear to the spine, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Horn-Schenkling, 14398.

Dordrecht, Kluwer, 1996, 8vo (24.0 x 15.9 cm). xi, 861 pp.; numerous illustrations. Yellow pictorial laminated boards. = With 120 contribution, grouped in chapters such as Biodiversity of succulents, Biodiversity in African lowland rain forsets, Ecology and conservation, Generic deliminations in flowering plants, Floral biology and pollination, Uses of African plants, etc., etc. Stamp on title-page. Otherwise clean, in near-mint condition.

Moskva, M. y S. Sabashnikovykh,1917. 8vo. xxxii, 909 pp., 18 plates of which two in colour, numerous text figures. Slightly later blind red cloth. Edges green. = A seldom-seen, well-illustrated Russian flora, by the Russian botanist Petr Feliksovich Maevski (1851-1892). This is the fifth, largely expanded edition (Izd. 5-e ispr. i znachitelno dop. I.I. Litvinovym). Library stamp on title and one on verso of a plate. The plates are partly chromolithographs, party steel engravings. Some light foxing; stamp on title and a few plate versos; private owner's stamp in the top margin of the preface. Neither in Cat. BM(NH) nor in Stafleu and Cowan.

Paris, Société Géologique de France, 1872. Folio (32.6 x 25.2 cm). 82 pp.; ten text figures, two folding tables, two geological plates with a map and many profiles. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen work by the French geologist Henri Magnan (1831-1872) who was an expert in French Mesozoic geology and palaeontology. Published in the society's Mémoires. This is the third mèmoire on the Lower Cretaceous of the Pyrenees, but seems to be complete for the region covered. Uncut. Small repair to front wrapper, otherwise a very good, clean, copy.

New York, NY, The New York Botanical Garden, 1978. 8vo. 288 pp.; 125 text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen work with detailed descriptions and illustrations of many new and poorly known species. Being number ten of a long series, this part deals with Sphaeropteris, Loranthaceae, Sarraceniaceae, Icacinaceae, Mollia (Tiliaceae), Caraipa and Mahurea (Bonnetiaceae), Ericaceae, Styracaceae, Symplocaceae, Saccifoliaceae and Bignoniaceae, with a concluding index. This is the Garden's complete Memoirs, volume 29. A very good, clean, unmarked copy.

New York, NY, The New York Botanical Garden, 1964. 8vo. 278 pp.; 82 (groups of) text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen work with detailed descriptions and illustrations of many new and poorly known species. Being number five of a long series, this part deals with Bambusoideae, Xyridaceae, Bromeliaceae, Piperaceae, Lauraceae, Persea, Moronoboideae, Guttiferae, Melastomataceae, and Rubiaceae. This is the Garden's complete Memoirs, volume 10(5), with thwo unrelated, small papers in the rear. lower outer corner a bit bumped, otherwise a very good, clean, unmarked copy.

Basle, Les libraires associés, 1749. 12mo (16.2 x 9.3 cm). lxxvi, 407 pp. Later mottled full morocco. Spine with five raised bands, and morocco label with gilt borders and title. Edges speckled red. = The first book that includes a notion of "deep time" (two billion years, instead of just 6000 years). Because of this heresy, the author concealed his identity, except, of course, that "telliamed" is just De Maillet in reverse. "Benoît de Maillet (1656-1738) was a well-travelled French diplomat and natural historian. He was French consul general at Cairo, and overseer in the Levant. He formulated an evolutionary hypothesis to explain the origin of the earth and its contents. De Maillet's geological observations convinced him that the earth could not have been created in an instant because the features of the crust indicate a slow development by natural processes. He also believed that creatures on the land were ultimately derived from creatures living in the… Read More

Rabat, Institut Scientifique Chérifien, 1937. 8vo (25.2 x 16.3 cm). Half-title, title page, 147 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Listing over 1200 species, including several described as new, and including notes on synonymies and distribution. Uncut. Stamp on title, circular label with handwritten number on front wrapper and spine foot otherwise clean. A very good copy. Very scarce. Volbracht, 1279.