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79 2036 Zoology  Buffon G L L de 79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de
79 2036 Zoology  Buffon G L L de 79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de
79 2036 Zoology  Buffon G L L de 79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de
79 2036 Zoology  Buffon G L L de 79 2036 Zoology Buffon G L L de
79/2036 [Zoology]. Buffon, G.L.L. de. Natural History, General and Particular. Engl. transl. and ed. by W. Smellie. London, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791, 3rd ed., 9 vols., engr. portrait, 2 fold. maps, 307 (fold.) plates, contemp. unif. marbled calf w. richly gilt spine and red and green mor. letterpieces.

- Contents fine, apart from a foxed title-p. in vol.1; vol.8: stained in lower inner corner throughout. Two vols. upper joint starting/ frontcover loosening; 2 vols. front-/ backcover loose; corners occas. sl. rubbed; lacks 1 letterpiece.

= Nissen, ZBI 718 (note).

€ (200-300)
79 2037 Zoology  Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M  a o 79 2037 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o
79 2037 Zoology  Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M  a o 79 2037 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o
79/2037 [Zoology]. Buffon, G.L.L. de, Daubenton, L.J.M., a.o. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Vol. 1-4, 6-9, 11-13, supplement 1-3, 5, w. duplicate of supplement 3. Amst., J. H. Schneider, 1766-1785, new ed., 17 odd vols., 500 engr. (fold.) plates, 1 engr. portrait of the author, contemp. unif. hcalf w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Part of pastedowns detached. Spine ends (sl.) rubbed/ worn; partly paper over boards loose(ning); 6 vols. lack letterpiece, 6 vols. letterpiece loosening.

= Nissen, ZBI 678. Vol. 1 (Natural history) 2-4, 6-9, 11-13 (Mammals), supplement 1-3, 5, w. duplicate of supplement 3.

€ (400-600) 400
79 2038 Zoology  Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M  a o 79 2038 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o
79 2038 Zoology  Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M  a o 79 2038 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o
79/2038 [Zoology]. Buffon, G.L.L. de, Daubenton, L.J.M., a.o. Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere, avec la description du cabinet du roi. Vol. VII-XIII. Amst., J.H. Schneider, 1766-1770, 7 vols., new ed., 367 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. unif. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Vol. 10 and 12 part of plates waterst.; vol. 10 small wormhole in margin in lower outer corner; some vols. edges sl. frayed and browned; all vols. library (?) stamp on titlepage. One vol. foot of spine dam.; spines (sl.) rubbed.

= Nissen, ZBI 678. Remarkable bindings with part of the series title spelled out on the letterpieces when the books are placed in the right order.

€ (300-500) 300
79 2039 Zoology  Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M  a o 79 2039 Zoology Buffon G L L de Daubenton L J M a o
79/2039 [Zoology]. Buffon, G.L.L. de, Daubenton, L.J.M., a.o. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du cabinet du Roi. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1769-1774, new ed., 11 (of 52) vols., 167 engr. plates, 2 fold. maps, contemp. unif. calf, gilt spine w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Corners showing; one vol. dam. at foot of spine. Contents fine.

= A complete set consists of 52 vols. containing 619 plates. This lot comprises: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Nouvelle edition, vols.1-4, 6-8, 10 and 12-13 (1769-1770) and Histoire naturelle (...). Supplément, vol. 2 (1774). Nissen, ZBI 673.

€ (200-300) 220
79/2040 Zoology  Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs d'instruments machines ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole et des divers produits de l'agriculture tenus à Monta79/2040 Zoology Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs d'instruments machines ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole et des divers produits de l'agriculture tenus à Monta
79/2040 Zoology  Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs d'instruments machines ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole et des divers produits de l'agriculture tenus à Monta79/2040 Zoology Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs d'instruments machines ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole et des divers produits de l'agriculture tenus à Monta
79/2040 [Zoology]. Concours regionaux d'animaux reproducteurs, d'instruments, machines, ustensils ou appareils à l'usage de l'industrie agricole, et des divers produits de l'agriculture, tenus à Montauban, Caen, Épinal, Laval, Nevers, Guéret et Beauvais, et concours général de Paris en 1854. Paris, Imprimérie Nationale, 1855, (4),361p., 77 lithogr. plates of cows, pigs and sheep (all painted after daguerrotypes), orig. wr., large 8vo.

- Textp. occas. sl. foxed; plates fine. Spine broken.

€ (50-70) 50
79 2041 Zoology  Cuvier G 79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G
79 2041 Zoology  Cuvier G 79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G
79 2041 Zoology  Cuvier G 79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G
79 2041 Zoology  Cuvier G 79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G
79 2041 Zoology  Cuvier G 79 2041 Zoology Cuvier G
79/2041 [Zoology]. Cuvier, G. The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its Organization, serving as a Foundation for the Natural History of Animals, and an Introduction to comparative Anatomy. Transl. H. McMurtrie. London, G. Henderson, 1834-(1837), 4 text parts and 4 plate parts in 4 vols., 4 engr. titlepages, 7 steelengr. portraits, 695 (of 789) mainly handcol. lithogr. plates (8 fold.), modern unif. dark green buckram.

- Lacks 94 plates. Vols. occas. sl. soiled/ waterst. (in margin); titlepages w. owner's stamp; 1 leaf torn w. sm. loss of text. A good set.

= Nissen, ZBI 1016 (calls for 789 plates). Nicely handcol. plates of mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, molluscs, annelids, crustaceans, arachnids, insects and zoophytes; portraits show the naturalists/ zoologists Cuvier, Audubon, Linnaeus, Buffon, Latreille, Kirby and Spence.

€ (300-500) 900
79 2042 Zoology  Ducrotay de Blainville H M 79 2042 Zoology Ducrotay de Blainville H M
79 2042 Zoology  Ducrotay de Blainville H M 79 2042 Zoology Ducrotay de Blainville H M
79/2042 [Zoology]. Ducrotay de Blainville, H.M. Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères récents et fossiles pour servir de base a la zoologie et la géologie. Atlas volumes 1-4. Paris etc., Baillière, 1839-1864, 4 parts in 2 vols., 59/ 117/ 54/ 93 lithogr. plates (a few partly handcol.), contemp. unif. hmor., large folio.

- Plate volumes only; most plates (sl.) foxed. Rebacked w. use of the old mor. backstrip.

= Rare. Monumental work on comparitive anatomy and osteology. Nissen ZBI 394. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.

€ (600-800) 3750
79 2043 Zoology  Ellis J 79 2043 Zoology Ellis J
79 2043 Zoology  Ellis J 79 2043 Zoology Ellis J
79 2043 Zoology  Ellis J 79 2043 Zoology Ellis J
79/2043 [Zoology]. Ellis, J. Natuurlyke historie van de koraal-gewassen, en andere dergelyke zee-lighamen, die men gemeenelyk vind op de kusten van Groot-Brittanien en Ierland: benevens een' beschryving van eene grooten zee-polyp, in den Zomer van 't Jaar 1753. by den Noord-Pool door de Walvis-vangers gevonden. Dutch transl. J. Tak. The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1756, 1st and only Dutch ed., XVI,118p., engr. frontisp. and 39 (fold.) plates, contemp. hcalf, gilt spine w. brown mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Owner's stamp on title; textp. and 2 plates (sl.) waterst. in blank margins. Top of spine and board-edges worn.

= Nissen, ZBI 1281; cf. Nissen, BBI 590. John Ellis (1710-1776) was a pioneering zoologist and microscopist who established the animal nature of zoophytes and laid the foundation of marine biology in Britain and Europe. In this work Ellis makes a clear distinction between plants and animals and proves that corals and Bryozoa are animals. This Dutch edition includes plate 38 (not present in the original English version), showing the multiplication of corals. The last plate shows Mr. Cuff's microscope, which the author used for his research. From the "Luyken Landfort" library (armorial bookplate on upper pastedown).

€ (300-500)
79 2044 Zoology  Lançon A 79 2044 Zoology Lançon A
79 2044 Zoology  Lançon A 79 2044 Zoology Lançon A
79 2044 Zoology  Lançon A 79 2044 Zoology Lançon A
79/2044 [Zoology]. Lançon, A. Les animaux chez eux. Paris, Librairie d'Art, 1882, (4),136,(1)p., 16 etched plates, 16 full-p. and 163 woodengr. ills. by A. LANÇON, printed in 128 numb. copies, contemp. gilt hmor. w. artist's signature on frontcover, folio.

- Unnumb. copy. Receding waterst. in inner margin; plates occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed/ worn.

= Work orig. published in 25 instalments (1880-1882). With etched plates of i.a. a Cape lion, Bornean orangutan, Russian brown bear, Indian elephant and Romanian buffalo. Not in Nissen.

€ (100-150)
79 2045 Zoology  Lydekker R  ed  79 2045 Zoology Lydekker R ed
79 2045 Zoology  Lydekker R  ed  79 2045 Zoology Lydekker R ed
79/2045 [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.

- A few vols. sl. worn at foot of spine. = Nissen, ZBI 2612.

€ (120-150)
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79 2046 Zoology  Perrault C  Charas M and Dodart D 79 2046 Zoology Perrault C Charas M and Dodart D
79/2046 [Zoology]. Perrault, C., Charas, M. and Dodart, D. Abhandlungen zur Naturgeschichte der Thiere und Pflanzen. German transl. J.J. Schwabe. Leipsic, Arkstee and Merkus, 1757-1758, 3 vols., XXVI,(2),346,(14); (4),378,(18); (8),358,(10)p., engr. frontisp., 137 (fold.) plates, contemp. unif. calf, richly gilt spine w. green mor. letterpiece, dec. board-edges, sm. 4to.

- Five plates in vol. 2 sl. water-/ dampst. (one w. traces of paper); 2 textlvs. repaired in blank margin. Bindings sl. rubbed/ worn.

= Nissen, ZBI 3128; Nissen, BBI 502; Pritzel 2341. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.

€ (700-900)
79 2047 Zoology  Trembley A 79 2047 Zoology Trembley A
79 2047 Zoology  Trembley A 79 2047 Zoology Trembley A
79/2047 [Zoology]. Trembley, A. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce, à bras en forme de cornes. Paris, Durand, 1744, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),XIX,(1),310,(2); (4),351,(3)p., 16 (of 20) fold. engr. plates, contemp. gilt calf w. gilt monogram "D.L.Z." on spine.

- Lacks 4 plates. A few lvs. sl. foxed/ stained. Binding sl. worn; joints splitting (restored w. glue).

= "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in it asexual reproduction, regeneration, and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division." (Garrison/ Morton 307). Nissen, ZBI 4163.

€ (50-70)
79 2048 Zoology  Winkler C and Potter A 79 2048 Zoology Winkler C and Potter A
79/2048 [Zoology]. Winkler, C. and Potter, A. An Anatomical Guide to Experimental Researches on the Cat's Brain. A Series of 35 Frontal Sections. Amst., W. Versluys, 1914, (14)p., 41 woodengr. plates, each w. accomp. text leaf, orig. cl., obl. folio.
€ (40-60)
79 2049 Albert le Rond J d'  79 2049 Albert le Rond J d'
79/2049 (Albert le Rond, J. d'.). Élémens de musique théorique et pratique, suivant les principes de M. Rameau. Paris/ Lyon, Ch.-A. Jombert/ J.-M. Bruyset, 1759, XVI,171,(2)p., 10 fold. engr. scores and tables, late 19th cent. giltlettered hcalf.

- Upper right corner of title-p. torn off (loss of part of the word "Elemens"); occas. sl. foxed; fold. plates w. light brown stain in upper margin. Binding rubbed along extremities.

€ (150-250)
79/2050 Almanach musical pour 1854 1865 1867 1869 79/2050 Almanach musical pour 1854 1865 1867 1869
79/2050 Almanach musical pour 1854-1865, 1867-1869. Paris, Houssiaux, Collignon a.o., (1853-1868), 15 parts in 3 vols., num. woodengr. ills., num. scores, contemp. unif. giltlettered cl.

- Title-p. occas. cut sl. short in lower margin; occas. sl. foxed. = Rare set.

BOUND WITH (in the third vol.): Almanach illustré chronologique, historique, critique et anecdotique de la musique Par un musicien. Year 1 (Paris, 1866, woodengr. ills., scores).

€ (80-100) 80
79 2051 Auber D F E 79 2051 Auber D F E
79/2051 Auber, D.F.E. Gustave ou le bal masqué. Piano and song adapt. by J. Rummel. Mainz/ Antw., B. Schott's Söhnen, n.d. (1834), plate no. 3826, lithogr. title, 20; 22 letterpress textp.; 416p. w. lithogr. score, later clothbacked boards, large 4to.

- A good/ fine copy.

AND 1 other: C.M. VON WEBER, Der Freischütz. Piano adapt. by C. Zulehner (Mainz, B. Schott, n.d. (1822), engr. title-p. w. oval vignette, engr. score, contemp. hcalf, obl. 4to. Title-p. soiled and worn along extremities; bookblock loosening; binding worn/ sl. dam.)

€ (80-100)
79 2052 Ballet and dance  Johnson A E 79 2052 Ballet and dance Johnson A E
79/2052 [Ballet and dance]. Johnson, A.E. The Russian Ballet. London, Constable & Co., 1913, 240p., 12 col. plates and monochr. ills.by R. BULL, orig. gilt buckram, t.e.g., 4to.

- Covers and spine (dust)stained; sl. discoloured and sl. worn.

= Derra de Moroda 1393. Describing 18 famous Russian ballets (i.a. Scheherazade and Le Sacre du Printemps) and great ballet personalities like Nijinsky, Pavlova and Leon Bakst.

AND 2 others: A.L. HASKELL, Baron at the Ballet. Baron Encore (London, 1950/ 1952, 2 vols., (col.) plates, ills., printed in 50 copies specially bound for the author, orig. unif. calf, t.e.g., board chemise. Both copies SIGNED by Baron).

€ (50-70) 50
79 2053 Berlioz H 79 2053 Berlioz H
79/2053 Berlioz, H. Grand Traité d'Instrumentation et d'Orchestration Modernes. Paris, Schönenberger, n.d. (1855), plate no. S966, new ed., (2),312p., entirely lithographed (text and scores), orig. clothbacked lithogr. boards, folio.

- Sl. foxed throughout; first half w. vague dampstain in lower outer corner. Binding rubbed along extremities and browned.

= Hopkinson 30B.

€ (80-100) 80
79 2054 Bourdelot P 79 2054 Bourdelot P
79/2054 Bourdelot, P. Histoire de la musique depuis son origine, les progrès successifs de cet art jusqu'à present, et la comparaison De la Musique Italienne & de la Musique Françoise. The Hague/ Frankf. a.M., aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1743, 4 parts in 2 vols., engr. frontisp., 2 title-vignettes, 1 fold. plate, early 20th cent. unif. giltlettered hcl.

= Eitner II, 115, 153.

€ (100-150) 110
79 2055 Brahms J  Miller zu Aichholz V von 79 2055 Brahms J Miller zu Aichholz V von
79/2055 [Brahms, J.]. Miller zu Aichholz, V. von. Ein Brahms-Bilderbuch. Vienna, R. Lechner, n.d. (1905), (4),119p., 29 plates w. num. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. mounted circular portrait of Brahms on frontcover, large 4to.

- Covers trifle foxed. = Rare.

AND 1 other: J. BRAHMS, Concerto for Violin, Op.77. A Facsimile of the Holograph Score. Introd. Y. Menuhin (Washington, 1979, orig. gilt boards, obl. 4to. Fine).

€ (100-150) 110