- Occas. trifle foxed. Binding sl. worn along edges/ backstrip; shelfticket on spine.
= Rare (no copy traced on the market; last sold at auction in 2013). Nissen, ZBI 4287.
- Lacks the parts on "Wandelende bladen, Krekels en Kakkerlakken" (present are the parts on "Spooken, Zabelsprinkhaanen en Treksprinkhaanen", with the 58 plates concerning these insects) and the index to the first part on the "Spooken" (p.76-79); the part on the "Treksprinkhanen" comprises 38 textp. w. a description of the 79 ills. on the 20 plates. Bookblock repaired/ strengthened w. cl. tape. Otherwise contents fine.
= Nissen, ZBI 4002; Horn-Schenkling 21555. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
- Sl. browned and foxed (especially the plates); new endpapers; first few lvs. upper outer corner restored; bookplate on upper pastedown; later owner's entry in pen and ink on first free endpaper. Rebacked; corners showing.
= Nissen, ZBI 4057.
- Lower section of table torn off, affecting text (repaired); 7 plates w. (sm.) repaired tear(s) in inner (blank) margin; a few lvs. sl. dampstained in upper outer corner.
= Nissen, ZBI 4052. All published. Very rare complete copy of the 1st edition.
- Lacks 33 plates, 2 engr. title-p. and several textlvs. Orig. 2 vols. erratically rebound in 1 vol. in the following order: (French text) Ordre premier (p.1-88); 48 (of 55) plates of vol. 1; (Dutch) Tweede deel, tweede orde (p.1-24); (French) Tome second, ordre second (p.1-24); (Latin) Pars secunda, ordo secundus (p.1-24); 24 (of 50) plates of vol. 2; Ordo primus (p.1-88); (Dutch) Eerste bende (p.1-82). Partly sl. waterst. in margin; 2 plates w. colours sl. smudged; occas. sl. (finger)soiled; a few lvs. w. sm. inkstains. Binding sl. worn/ stained.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 201; Nissen, ZBI 4259; Horn-Schenkling 22791.
- The 2nd vol. (of 2) only. Spine-ends restored. = Nissen, ZBI 4259.
- Vol.1 and 2 publ. sales leaflet on upper pastedown. Vol.1 foot of spine dam.
= Hagen II, p.254; Horn & Schenkling, 23121; not in Nissen, ZBI. The first vol. w. owner's entry of amateur ornithologist George Dawson Rowley (1822-1878) on title-p.
- Lower hinge weak; trifle foxed. Spine and corners rubbed/ worn. Good copy.
= Nissen, ZBI 4484.
Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C. Hemiptera Heteroptera Neerlandica. De inlandsche ware hemipteren (land- en waterwantsen). Ibid., idem, 1878, XII,368p., 22 lithogr. plates, contemp. gilt hmor. w. red mor. letterpiece.
- Binding worn/ dam. along extremities; upper joint splitting. Contents fine.
AND 8 others, i.a. G. MORGE (ed.), Abbildung der europaeischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, nach der Natur (Berlin, 1975-1976, 305 col. facs. plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and S.C. SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN, Natuurlijke historie van Nederland (...) Overzigt der gelede dieren (Haarlem, 1859, lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hcalf. Joints dam. on spine-ends).
- Spines sl. sunned; a few rubbed spots on covers. = DSB III, p. 539.
- Spines rubbed; vol. 2 and 4 lack lower corners frontcover.
= Vicaire III, p.709. Nice illustrations of ballooning pursuits, photographical instruments, electric clocks, fire-arms etc.
AND 3 others by the same.
- Spines rubbed.
= Poggendorff I, 746. Nice illustrations of production plants for soap, beer, wine, paper, rubber, porcelain etc.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed.
Idem. Les grandes inventions scientifiques et industrielles chez les anciens et les modernes. Ibid., idem, 1863, 1st ed., (4),II,447,(1)p., num. (full-p.) woodengr. ills., contemp. blindst. hmor. w. gilt spine, a.e.g.
- Sl. foxed.
AND 3 others by the same, publ. by the same: Les Races Humaines (1872, 8 chromolithogr. plates, num. woodengr. ills.), Notions de Physiologie a l'usage de la Jeunesse et des Gens du Monde (1886, 1 chromolithogr. plate, num. woodengr. ills.) and Les Insectes (1867, num. woodengr. ills.).
- Lacks 25 plates. Occas. sl. yellowed; 4th vol. one plate w. large tear; one plate foxed. All vols. backstrip dam./ lacking.
= From Descriptions des Arts et Métiers. Contains Part 1, sections 1-3 and Part 2, sections 1-4. Nissen, ZBI 1186; Westwood/ Satchell p.82: "One of the finest works on fishing and the fisheries in any language."
- Spines sunned.
- Lacks A4. Final two leaves misbound; lower blank margin occas. sl. waterstained/ fingersoiled/ wormholed. Backstrip renewed.
- Owner's entry ("E. Laguers[?] 2044") on frontwr. Otherwise fine.
Bohr, N. Atomteori og naturbeskrivelse. 3 artikler med en indlidende oversigt. Copenhagen, Bianco Lunos, 1929, 1st ed., 76p., orig. wr.
- Wrappers browned along edges; backstrip sl. dam.
AND 1 other: IDEM, The penetration of atomic particles through matter (ibid., 1948, 1st ed., ills., orig. wr.)
- Both vols. w. small stamp on first free endpaper and title-p. Bindings sl. fingersoiled; backstrips sunned and w. traces of ticket at foot of spine.
- New endpapers; first few lvs. vaguely waterstained. A good/ fine copy.
= First edition of one of the most famous Dutch works on the planning and cultivation of country gardens, with much attention given to fruit- and kitchen-gardens. This was the work with which De la Court introduced successful ananas-growing in Europe, as a result of which the ananas became a popular fruit in Europe. Kat. Orn. Berlin 3406; Springer p.42-43; Oldenburger-Ebbers/ Stehouwer, Doc.18E., no. 40, p.6-7: "(...) tot nu toe vroegst bekende verhandeling over het aanleggen van tuinen in Holland. In dit werk getuigt Pieter de la Court van een oorspronkelijke visie op de vormgeving van tuinen, waarbij hij uitgaat van de Hollandse situatie (...)".
- Lacks 5 plates; new pastedowns. = Cf. Waller 844.
- Contemp. owner's entry on upper pastedown and 2nd blank; occas. sl. foxed.
= Waller 844.