Search Results: Titles starting with L from Antiquariaat Schierenberg

Halle, H. Bauer, 1909. 8vo (23.9 x 17.1 cm). xvii, 465, 24 pp.; 224 text illustrations, 21 plates, 20 examples of marbled paper tipped in. Early 20th-century full morocco. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt geometric patterns and morocco label with gilt title. Marbled endpapers with gilt-ornamented red morocco borders. Gilt, red, white and black ornamental edges. = A wonderful "ode to bookbinding". This work is often found in simple bindings, and often shows signs of heavy use. This copy, however, takes theory to practice and comes in an exquisite red morocco binding, showing superior craftmanship. The edges, especially, are quite unusual, as they show various types of bookbinder's tools. Inscribed by a former owner in the top margin of the half-title, S. J. Schuring, i.e., bookbinder Leendert Jacobus Schuring (1889-1947) from The Hague. Spine and part of the rear board a bit sunned, a few plate margins a bit foxed and one with a short, repaired tear; otherwise in… Read More

Baoussé-Roussé, Fr. Abbo, 1908. 8vo (18.6 x 11.4 cm). 204 pp.; 52 text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = A rare treatise on early cave-dwelling humans, or Cro-Magnons, discovered in a cave near Menton,Côte d'Azur. Inscribed and dated in the top margin of the front wrapper and title page; a few pencil marks and an annotation in ink on the blank rear wrapper verso; repair to spine foot, otherwise good.

Buenos Aires, Manuel Rodriguez Giles, 1908. In two volumes. 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm). 701 [351; 350] pp., photographic frontispiece; large, folded map, numerous text illustrations. Near contemporary half cloth over marbled boards. Spines with black leather label with gilt title. Floral endpapers. = A surprisingly rare work. Although this is the fifth edition, no complete copy of any edition (first 1898) could be found on the internet. Deals with Patagonia and Terra del Fuego. The map shows Isla de los Estados. The frontispiece shows the author in his study. Spine ends slightly frayed; pages rather toned; one text leaf in the second volume torn and re-attached, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Paris, François Louis, 1823. 8vo (17.0 x 10.8 cm). x, 340 pp.; eight stipple-engraved plates after Deville. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt ornamental bands and title. = A pocket-sized, updated edition, not listed by Stafleu and Cowan. Perhaps the same a the Roret edition which was published in 1828. Top of spine abraded; light foxing in the text and plates, otherwise a very good, clean and unmarked copy. Stafleu and Cowan, 9688 (first ed.).

Roma, Piacenza, Raybaudi, 1969-1992. 4to (30.2 x 21.2 cm). 21 volumes in 11. Over 6,000 pp.; numerous illustrations in b/w and full colour. Uniform grey cloth with gilt lettered leather label on the spines. = A rare long run from the start - with only one interruption, and nicely bound. Well-illustrated. With descriptions of new species, in particular of Conidae, cowries, and other "collectible" families. Includes many revisions and new species. A very good set.

Caen, Société Linnéenne de Normandie, 1924. 4to (28.3 x 22.6 cm). 125 pp.; 11 plates, all after drawings of Mlle. Vesque. Oriiginal printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen paper on the flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Belgian Congo, Congo Kinshasa, Zaire) and adjacent regions. Many species are described and finely illustrated here for the first time. "Mayombe (or Mayumbe) is a geographic area on the western coast of Africa occupied by low mountains extending from the mouth of the Congo River in the south to the Kouilou-Niari River to the north. The area includes parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola (Cabinda Province), the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mayombe is part of the north-western province of Kongo Central on the right bank of the River Congo, and contains the cities and towns of Lukula, Seke Banza, Kangu and Tshela" (Wikipedia). The author, the French botanist François Pellegrin… Read More

Caen, Société Linnéenne de Normandie, 1924-1938. Three parts in three. 4to (28.1 x 22.4 cm). 338 pp. [1(1924: 126; 2(1928): 85; 3(1938): (iv), 115, viii]; 22 [8 (numbered 4-11);6;8] plates, one very large coloured folded map of La Nyanga et la Ngounyé. Original printed wrappers. Half title and title to the whole work loosely inserted in the third part. = Rare important local flora of a tropical part of western Africa. Many species are described and finely illustrated here for the first time. "Mayombe (or Mayumbe) is a geographic area on the western coast of Africa occupied by low mountains extending from the mouth of the Congo River in the south to the Kouilou-Niari River to the north. The area includes parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola (Cabinda Province), the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mayombe is part of the north-western province of Kongo Central on the right bank of the River Congo, and contains the… Read More

Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Guethner, 1931. 4to (28.0 x 21.6 cm). Title page, 22, 5 pp.; 160 phototype plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary blind half cloth over plain boards. = A seldom-seen and nicely produced photo album showing ancient artefacts, ruins, and monuments, in Syria, as they were in the 1920-30's. This work includes quite a number of aerial views of towns and ruins. Palmyra, Baalbeck, and Sidon are among the places included. The text, in French, is very informative. Published on behalf of the Haut-commissariat de la République Française en Syrie et au Liban Service des Antiquités, as Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique Tome XVII. The binding is modest but firm. Slight wear to the board corners only. Unmarked. A very good copy.

France, not published, 1783. (19.2 x 12.6 visible). Original pen and ink drawing. In larger, French passepartout (30.2 x 23.5 cm). = Captioned La cataracte de Niagara, Basire f[ecit]; and, in a different old hand, to 3. p. 210. Signed in lower left margin, dated "mars 1783" in lower right margin. To the right the scenery is rather mountainous - far more so than in reality. The British artist James Basire the Elder (1730-1802) is known as a painter, etcher and engraver. Chiefly working as an engraver, he showed himself to be an accomplished original artist too (see Goddard). Although Basire travelled abroad, e.g., to France and Italy, he never visited North America, which may explain the free interpretation of the Niagara Falls surroundings. The reference added may refer to Crevecoeur's Voyage dans le Haute Pensylvanie et dans l'état de New-York (1801), but his illustrations of the Falls, by Bonfois, are in fact quite different. Goddard, R. (2016) "Drawing on Copper"… Read More

Paris, Hachette, 1906. 8vo (19.5 x 14.2 cm). 403 pp., 27 photographic plates (tissue-guarded). Contemporary red half morocco over matbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. = A well-illustrated work, usually found in wrappers. This however, being a very attractively bound copy. If interested in beautiful bindings and/or goats, this is a must. Written by the French agriculturist Joseph Crépin (1849-1943), not to be confused with his contemporary, the French painter, plumber and jazz musician Joseph Crépin (1875-1948). Bookplate of A. Jouffray "A l'aventure" mounted on front pastedown. Save for a few light spots on the first and last few leaves internally clean and fresh. A very good copy.

Paris, Jouaust, 1868. 8vo (18.8 x 10.8 cm). Full straight-grained morocco. Boards with rich gilt ornamental borders, gilt-lined edges, and triple gilt-lined inner borders with gilt rosettes on corners. Spine with five raised bands, rich gilt-stippled compartments with central floral vignettes, and gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Green book ribbon. All edges gilt. = One of a limited edition of 280 copies, being one of only 16 "sur papier Whatman", numbered 261. With a small pictorial bookplate of Albert Pascal (perhaps the Archbishop Albert Pascal [1848-1920]) mounted on the front pastedown. The binding is quite beautiful and well-preserved; the red bright and even. Weak offsetting of the book's ribbon to two text pages; very light wear to spine ends, otherwise an impeccable copy.

Paris, De Bure, 1780. Folio (30.4 x 22.7 cm). Engraved frontispiece; 80 engraved plates. 19th-century dark green half morocco over dark green pebbled boards. Spine with four gilt-lined, raised bands; compartments with embossed borders and gilt title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges. = This edition, known as the “De Favannes” edition, was published long after the author's death (1765). The engraver and publisher Jacques de Favanne(s) de Montcervelle (1716-1770) and his son, [Jaques] Guillaume (1759?-1795?) greatly expanded this edition from the original 1742 edition. This is the complete atlas, including the first 19 plates now and then found associated with the text volumes. Boards very slightly rubbed at edges; one plate with a few, marginal spots, four plates a bit shorter, three of which with an uneven lower edge, and one plate from before numbers - with the captions and numbers neatly written in an old hand; otherwise a fine, clean copy. Nissen ZBI, 146.

No place, no publisher indicated [1965]. 4to (27.4 x 21.1 cm). 48 pp.(mimeographed), 16 "figs" = 9 plates), with explanatory text. Contemporary half cloth. Printed title pasted on front board and spine. = Perhaps this is the author's thesis, in it seems, a preliminary form. For instance, a few text parts are pasted over with blank paper. The work deals with the mineralogy of sea urchins, in particular that of the spines, with implications on the phylogeny. Former owner's small stamp in one text page top margin, the date 1965 written in pencil on the front board. Otherwise a very good, clean item. Rare, if not unique.

Tananarive, Académie Malgache, 1927. 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm). 80 pp., 41 plates, of which 40 with fine photographs by the author. Original printed portfolio. = A rare offprint from the academy's Mémoires. An excellent document of the forests of Madagascar from before and during the early days of widespread destruction. The photos show various trees, vegetation, habitats, and landscapes. Jean Henri Humbert (1887-1967) was a French botanist, who edited the journal, Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. Text paper a bit age-toned, plates much better. Portfolio worn at spine, top end taped; otherwise an excellent, clean and unmarked copy. All the plates are present twice.

Paris, Armand Colin, 1897-1918. Three Volumes and Tables in five. 8vo. 3,733 pp. [I (1897) xv, 835; II (1900) 878; III(1-2) (1902-1911) xii, 956; III(3-4) (1913-1918) xi, 957-1724; "Tables" (1918) 258 pp. 667 text figures [I: 116; II: 128; III(1): 94; 3(2): 124 (numbered 95-216); 3(3): 92 (numbered 217-308); III(4): 115 (numbered 309-423], 14 maps and plates, several larger, folded, or coloured [I: 5; II: 2; III(1): 3; III(2): 4; III(3): 3; III(4): 4]; and a tissue-guarded portrait of Eduard Suess as frontispiece to Part III(4). Original uniform brown cloth. Gilt title on the spines. = The first French edition of this well-illustrated classic on world geology and stratigraphy by the eminent Austrian geologist Eduard Suess (1831-1914), discoverer of Gondwanaland and the Tethys ocean, and founder of the idea of the biosphere. This wonderful monograph is not merely a translation as it is greatly enlarged and most plates and figures are new and especially drawn for this edition. Many text… Read More

Mexico, Secretaria de Fomento, Colonizacion é Industria, 1906. Large 4to (33.2 x 23.2 cm). 95 pp.; 18plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = An important contribution to Late Cretaceous malacolofauna of Mexico, with several new species. Published on behalf of the Instituto Geológico de México, as the complete Boletín 24. Lower outer margin of a few leaves a bit dog-eared, but apart from this minor flaw an excellent, clean, complete copy.

Roma, G. Civelli, 1909. Folio (34.3 x 25.0 cm). 242 pp.; 28 phototype plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen work on Cretaceous fossils from Italy, written by the Italian geologist, palaeontologist and invertebrate zoologist Carlo Fabrizio Parona (1855-1939). Published as Memorie per servire alla Desscrizione della Carta geologica d'Italia, volume V, Parte prima. Includes the description and illustration of many new species of corals and molluscs (Bivalvia, Gastropoda - no ammonites), as well as a few brachiopods. Uncut. Binding broken. Edges frayed. Rear wrapper lacking. Otherwise very good.

Paris, La Société Geologique, 1934. Large 4to. 67 pp., 25 text figures; 19 plates with explanatory text leaves. Original printed wrappers. = Contains new species and detailed observations of Mastodon angustidens Cuvier, and other Miocene mammals. Uncut. Published in the society's Mémoires. A very good, clean copy. Rare.

Bruxelles, Société Belge de Géologie de Paléontologie & d'Hydrologie, 1891. 8vo (25.2 x 16.3 cm). 61 pp. [numbered 73-133]; four lithographed plates [numbered IV-VII]. Original printed wrappers. = A well-illustrated work, published in the society's Bulletin, volume IV. Disbound, with the issue's printed wrappers. A very good copy. Rare.

México [City], Instituto Geológico de México, 1906. In two parts (text, atlas). Large 4to (33.4 x 23.4 cm). 216 pp.; folding table; 43 heliogravure plates with explanatory text leaves. Uniform printed wrappers. = An excellent, well-illustrated monograph by the Swiss - later Mexican geologist and palaeontologist Carl [Carlos] Emanuel Burckhardt (1869-1935). Another book dealer claims presence of 63 instead of 43 plates, obviously misreading 'LXIII for XLIII. 'This copy is complete. The plates part with a tiny stamp on the front wrapper, lacking the rear wrapper, last two plates detached. The text volume clean, in very good condition. In all a very good copy.