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80 2503 Microscopy  Baker H 80 2503 Microscopy Baker H
80/2503 [Microscopy]. Baker, H. Het Microscoop gemakkelyk gemaakt of Beschryving van de Beste en Nieuwste Microscoopen en van derzelver Behandeling. Als mede een Berigt van de Verbaazende Ontdekkingen gedaan met Vergrootglazen. Amst., I. Tirion, 1760, 2nd ed., (20),300,(16)p., engr. title-vignette by J.C. PHILIPS and 14 fold. plates, fold. table, contemp. gilt hroan.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. tear in title-p. Paper over covers sl. chafed. Good/ fine copy.

= Bierens de Haan 2162; cf. Poggendorff I, p.91 (ed. London 1742); DSB I, p.410ff: "(...) he is especially noted for his popularization of the use of the microscope and for his contribution to the study of chrystals. (...) The first edition of The microscope made easy appeared in 1742; it ran to five editions in Baker's lifetime and was translated into several foreign languages. (...) Henry Baker was in many respects a typical natural philosopher of the eighteenth century. His interest ranged widely, and his skills were equally various: he was by no means dedicated to one branch of study, nor did he do research in modern sense. Yet he deserved the title "a philosopher in little things"; and he had the rare gift of communicating his knowledge of, and above all his enthusiasm for, the microscope to others. (...) He regarded the microscope with reverence, as a means to the deeper appreciation of the wonders of God's world."

€ (120-150)
80 2504 Microscopy  Baker H 80 2504 Microscopy Baker H
80/2504 [Microscopy]. Baker, H. Het Microscoop gemakkelyk gemaakt of Beschryving van de Beste en Nieuwste Microscoopen en van derzelver Behandeling. Als mede een Berigt van de Verbaazende Ontdekkingen gedaan met Vergrootglazen. Amst., I. Tirion, 1760, 2nd ed., (20),300,(16)p., engr. title-vignette by J.C. PHILIPS and 14 fold. plates, fold. table, contemp. gilt calf.

- Pastedowns detached. Calf over backcover w. cut and dam. spot at lower corner and loosening at turn-ins.

= Bierens de Haan 2162; cf. Poggendorff I, p.91 (ed. London 1742); DSB I, p.410ff: "(...) he is especially noted for his popularization of the use of the microscope and for his contribution to the study of chrystals. (...) The first edition of The microscope made easy appeared in 1742; it ran to five editions in Baker's lifetime and was translated into several foreign languages. (...) Henry Baker was in many respects a typical natural philosopher of the eighteenth century. His interest ranged widely, and his skills were equally various: he was by no means dedicated to one branch of study, nor did he do research in modern sense. Yet he deserved the title "a philosopher in little things"; and he had the rare gift of communicating his knowledge of, and above all his enthusiasm for, the microscope to others. (...) He regarded the microscope with reverence, as a means to the deeper appreciation of the wonders of God's world."

€ (120-150)
80 2505 Mineralogy  Vogelsang H 80 2505 Mineralogy Vogelsang H
80 2505 Mineralogy  Vogelsang H 80 2505 Mineralogy Vogelsang H
80 2505 Mineralogy  Vogelsang H 80 2505 Mineralogy Vogelsang H
80/2505 [Mineralogy]. Vogelsang, H. Philosophie der geologie und mikroskopische Gesteinsstudien. Bonn, Max Cohen & Sohn, 1867, (8),229p., 10 handcol. engr. plates, contemp. giltlettered cl.

- Ex library copy, w. (cancellation) stamps on first free endpaper and title-p.; a few lvs. and plates trifle/ sl. foxed.

= Plates show microscopic views of various minerals.

Bauer, M. Edelsteinkunde. Eine allgemein verständliche Darstellung der Eigenschaften, des Vorkommens und der Verwendung der Edelsteine, nebst einer Anleitung zur Bestimmung derselben, für Mineralogen, Edelsteinliebhaber, Steinschleifer, Juweliere. Leipsic, C.H. Tauchnitz, 1909, 2nd rev. ed., XVI,766p., 21 (col./ tinted) plates (counted as 20), 115 ills., contemp./ orig.(?) hmor., 4to. Sauer, A. Mineralkunde als Einführung in die Lehre vom Stoff der Erdrinde. Ein Abriß der reinen und angewandten Mineralogie. Stuttg., n.d. (±1905), 249,(1),(2 advert)p., 26 chromolithogr. plates w. opposing text, num. textills., orig. pict. cl., 4to.

- Owner's stamp on title-p. = Poggendorff VI, 2288.

€ (80-100)
80 2506 Movable books pop up and shape books  Heimans E 80 2506 Movable books pop up and shape books Heimans E
80 2506 Movable books pop up and shape books  Heimans E 80 2506 Movable books pop up and shape books Heimans E
80/2506 [Movable books, pop-up and shape books]. Heimans, E. De Honingbij. Een Schets uit het Bijenleven. Deventer, Æ.A. Kluwer, n.d. (±1900), 1st ed., 70,(2)p., 2 multilayered col. lithogr. plates of "Koningin" and "Dar", orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, obl. 4to.

- Partly erased owner's entry on title-p.; bookblock loose. Boards trifle frayed/ stained.

€ (100-150) 100
80 2507 Movable books pop up and shape books  Stüven W S 80 2507 Movable books pop up and shape books Stüven W S
80 2507 Movable books pop up and shape books  Stüven W S 80 2507 Movable books pop up and shape books Stüven W S
80/2507 [Movable books, pop-up and shape books]. Stüven, W.S. De hond, zijn lichaamsbouw en zijne inwendige organen. Deventer, Æ.A. Kluwer, n.d. (1897), 64p., 1 multilayered col. lithogr. plate, num. ills., orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, obl. 4to.

- Erased owner's entry on first p.; bookblock loose; a few lvs. and 1 layer of lithogr. plate loose. Covers loose and sl. dam.; sm. annot. on frontcover.

Blok, D.J. Het Menschelijk Oog. Bouw, Verrichting en Verzorging. Deventer, Æ.A. Kluwer, n.d. (1897), 1st ed., 40,(6)p., 1 multilayered col. lithogr. plate, 7 (woodengr.) schematic ills., orig. clothbacked col. lithogr. boards, obl. 4to.

- Lacks last unnumb. pages; multilayered image trifle dam. Both covers loose.

€ (60-80)
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden 80 2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk Door een gezelschap geleerden
80/2508 Nederlandsch Bloemwerk. Door een gezelschap geleerden. Amst., J.B. Elwe, 1794, II,(2),125,(6)p., contemp. handcol. engr. title-p. by H.L. MYLING after P.T. VAN BRUSSEL, 53 contemp. handcol. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf, 4to.

- Plate 7 sm. waterstain in upper blank margin (not touching the plate); occas. sl. fingersoiled in outer lower blank corner; contents otherwise entirely clean and fine. Paper over covers worn. A very fine copy, with ample margins (total paper size: 28x22 cm.).

= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 29; Dunthorne 215; Nissen, BBI 2219; Hunt 733: "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk is a symbol and representation of the ascendancy of the Dutch nurseryman, the developer and disperser of tulips, hyacinths, and auriculas at the end of the eighteenth century. At the same time it takes a backward glance at the art of the gardener and of the flower-painter of a century and a half earlier, the golden age of Tulipomania (...)". The plates are usually assigned to Paul Theodor van Brussel (mainly on the basis of his signature on the title-p.). He closely followed the plates by Robert Nicolas in several of his designs. Interestingly, most of the plates show the flowers with visiting insects, and on the first 18 plates these insects have tiny engr. numbers apparently referencing to the accomp. textleaves. However, the text does not mention any of the insects. From plate 18 onwards, the insects cease to be shown with a number. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.

€ (5.000-7.000) 5500
80 2509 Ornithology  Bewick T 80 2509 Ornithology Bewick T
80 2509 Ornithology  Bewick T 80 2509 Ornithology Bewick T
80/2509 [Ornithology]. Bewick, T. British Land Birds. British Water Birds. Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by E. Walker, 1825, 2 vols., each w. an engr. title-p. and 157 woodengr. plates by T. BEWICK, printed in 100 copies, contemp. unif. gilt hmor., 4to.

- Both vols. w. bookplate A.S.T. Fisher on upper pastedown; two smaller lvs. tipped-in along outer left margin claiming to be original proofs of the plates from the 1800 edition; a few lvs. outer blank margins unobtrusively dampstained.

= Roscoe 43 and 44.

€ (700-900) 700
80 2510 Ornithology  Bewick T 80 2510 Ornithology Bewick T
80 2510 Ornithology  Bewick T 80 2510 Ornithology Bewick T
80/2510 [Ornithology]. Bewick, T. History of British Birds. Newcastle, n.publ., 1805, 2nd ed., 2 vols., XXXVIII,346; XXII,400p., 208/ 240 woodengr. ills. by T. BEWICK (16x contemp. handcol.), contemp. unif. calf w. richly gilt ornamental border on both covers, richly gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, a.e.g., large 8vo.

- From the library of Thomas Tindal Methold w. his bookplate on both upper pastedowns; two handcol. woodengrs. w. manuscript caption below (i.a. below the "Cross-Bill": "I shot the specimen, from which the above plate is colored, in Hampshire (...)"). Spine professionally repaired and restored; corners showing.

= I. The History and Description of Land Birds. II. The History and Description of Water Birds. Not in T. Hugo. The Bewick Collector; Roscoe, Thomas Bewick, 18b; Nissen, IVB 95; Zimmer p.57. Bradley Martin 1385: "These two volumes were Bewick's greatest achievement. They combined excellent craftsmanship with the perfect marrying of type and engravings on the page. They also showed a deep knowledge of, and sympathy for, the subjects of his figures. Bewick's reproduction of the texture of the feathering was unique, also his detail of the plumage and the arrangement of the feathers. The wood-engravings were the first really accurate and true pictures of our most common birds, and set a new standard in their illustration."

€ (250-350) 275
80 2511 Ornithology  Fulton R 80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R
80 2511 Ornithology  Fulton R 80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R
80 2511 Ornithology  Fulton R 80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R
80 2511 Ornithology  Fulton R 80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R
80 2511 Ornithology  Fulton R 80 2511 Ornithology Fulton R
80/2511 [Ornithology]. Fulton, R. The Illustrated Book of Pigeons. With Standards for Judging. Ed. L. Wright. London etc., Cassell Petter & Galpin, n.d. (±1880), 1st ed., VIII,392p., 50 col. lithogr. plates after J.W. LUDLOW, num. ills., contemp. gilt calf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Leather along margins sl. rubbed. Otherwise fine.

= Nissen, ZBI 1462. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.

€ (200-300) 210
80 2512 Ornithology  Heerkens G N 80 2512 Ornithology Heerkens G N
80/2512 [Ornithology]. Heerkens, G.N. Aves Frisicae. Rott., C.R. Hake, 1787, (2),298,(1)p., engr. title by J.L. ANSELIN, contemp. marbled calf, triple gilt fillet lines on both covers, gilt spine w. brown mor. letterpiece.

- One leaf sl. stained. Binding (sl.) rubbed/ worn along extremities. Good copy.

= With the bookplate of J.G. van Marle on upper pastedown. Very rare.

€ (120-150)
80 2513 Ornithology  Heuglin M Th von80 2513 Ornithology Heuglin M Th von
80 2513 Ornithology  Heuglin M Th von80 2513 Ornithology Heuglin M Th von
80 2513 Ornithology  Heuglin M Th von80 2513 Ornithology Heuglin M Th von
80/2513 [Ornithology]. Heuglin, M.Th. von (Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes). Plate vol. Kassel, Th. Fischer, 1869-(1875), fold. (partly handcol.) lithogr. map and 51 plates (50 of which handcol.), loose in moroccobacked cl. portfolio.

- Plates only, without the text. Plate numbers changed in pen and ink; a few plates trifle/ sl. foxed. Portfolio worn/ dam. at spine; joints splitting.

= Nissen, IVB 441; Anker 209. Fifty neatly HANDCOLOURED plates of birds and eggs; 51 plates orig. published in 57 instalments. "Based partly on the author's own observations and collections during a twelve years' stay in Western Asia, and Northeast and Central Africa, the work gives a systematic synopsis of all the birds observed up to the date of publication in Northeast Africa and the adjacent districts" (Anker).

€ (300-500) 300
80 2514 Ornithology  Jardine W  ed  80 2514 Ornithology Jardine W ed
80/2514 [Ornithology]. Jardine, W. (ed.). The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology. Vol. IX, X, XII and XIV. Edinburgh etc., W.H. Lizars etc., 1838-1843, 4 vols., 4 engr. frontisp. portraits, 4 handcol. title-p. and 129 plates, almost all in fine handcolouring, ills., contemp. (orig.?) unif. gilt cl., sm. 8vo.

= Comprising of: IX. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Birds of Prey. Part I; X. Flycatchers; XII. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Rasores and Grallatores. Part III and XIV. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Natatores. Part IV. Nissen, IVB 471; Anker 223-226.

AND a later edition of vol. XIV.

€ (200-300) 200
80 2515 Ornithology  Morris F O 80 2515 Ornithology Morris F O
80/2515 [Ornithology]. Morris, F.O. A History of British Birds. London, J.C. Nimmo, 1891, 3rd ed., 6 vols., 394 handcol. woodengr. plates by T. BEWICK, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl., 4to.

- Bookblocks sl. shaken. All vols. spine-ends sl. worn (esp. vol. VI); vol. IV lower joint splitting at top of spine.

= The rare third edition, enlarged w. 36 plates. Nissen, IVB 645; cf. Anker 346.

€ (150-250) 275
80 2516 Ornithology  Rambert E and Robert P 80 2516 Ornithology Rambert E and Robert P
80/2516 [Ornithology]. Rambert, E. and Robert, P. Les oiseaux dans la nature. Lausanne, D. Lebet, n.d. (1878), 60 mounted chromolithogr. and 29 woodengr. plates after P. ROBERT, num. woodengr. ills., each w. accomp. textleaf, orig. gitlettered cl., folio.

- Ex library copy w. cancellation stamps on title-p. and a few scattered library stamps; sl./ trifle foxed (a few lvs. worse). Spine-ends worn, extremities rubbed; lacks a few flimsies.

= Nissen, IVB 783. The title-page calls for 50 woodengraved plates but the content leaf mentions only 29 plates. Rare.

€ (120-150)
80 2517 Ornithology  Rathbone H M  80 2517 Ornithology Rathbone H M
80/2517 [Ornithology]. (Rathbone, H.M.). The Poetry of Birds. Liverpool, G. Smith, 1833, VI,(2),136p., 21 finely handcol. lithogr. plates, modern hcalf, a.e.g., sm. 4to.

- Bookplate on upper pastedown; new endpapers. Rebacked w. use of contemp. gilt backstrip; corners showing.

= The text is an anthology of poems on popular garden birds and the illustrations are beautifully executed and finely coloured. Nissen 756 (erroneously calling for 22 plates). Rare.

€ (300-500)
80 2518 Ornithology  Tyas R 80 2518 Ornithology Tyas R
80/2518 [Ornithology]. Tyas, R. Beautiful Birds, their Natural History, Habits, &c. First Series. Second Series. London, Houlston and Wright, n.d., 2 vols., erractic pagination, 24 handcol. lithogr. plates, contemp. calf w. unif. gilt dec. "Wesley College Sheffield" on both covers, sm. 8vo.

= Both vols. w. schoolprize mounted on upper pastedown awarded to "J.W. Soothill" and "J. Merrill" (not dated). Beautiful plates.

AND 6 other ornithological works, i.a. J.M. BECHSTEIN, Cage and Chamber-birds (...). Engl. transl. (ibid., 1853, 30 handcol. woodengr. plates, later hcl. w. contemp. boards. Rebacked w. use of orig.(?) backstrip. Sl. soiled).

€ (80-100) 325
80 2519 Ornithology  Völschau J 80 2519 Ornithology Völschau J
80 2519 Ornithology  Völschau J 80 2519 Ornithology Völschau J
80 2519 Ornithology  Völschau J 80 2519 Ornithology Völschau J
80/2519 [Ornithology]. Völschau, J. Geïllustreerd Hoenderboek. Bevattende alles wat op de Hoenderteelt betrekking heeft, als: Inrichting der hoenderhokken. aankoop van hoenders, hunne behandeling, verzorging, ziekten, enz. enz. Dutch ed. A.C. Oudemans. Amst., Elsevier, 1888, XII,290p., 40 chromolithogr. plates, (full-p.) woodengr. ills., later darkblue crushed morocco w. gilt spine and red mor. letterpiece, modern red cl. slipcase, 4to.

= With dedication in pen by A.C. Oudemans (dated "'s Gravenhage Maart 1889") on first free endpaper. Nissen ZBI, 4258 (orig. German edition, 1884). Not in the usual ornithological reference works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.

€ (500-700)
80 2520 Ornithology  Wingfield W and Johnson G W 80 2520 Ornithology Wingfield W and Johnson G W
80 2520 Ornithology  Wingfield W and Johnson G W 80 2520 Ornithology Wingfield W and Johnson G W
80 2520 Ornithology  Wingfield W and Johnson G W 80 2520 Ornithology Wingfield W and Johnson G W
80/2520 [Ornithology]. Wingfield, W. and Johnson, G.W. The Poultry Book; comprising the Characteristics, Management, Breeding, and Medical Treatment of Poultry. London, W.S. Orr & co., 1853, 1st ed., IV,(4),324p., chromolithogr. title and 21 plates after H. WEIR, woodengr. ills., contemp. richly gilt green hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Verso plates foxed. Joints, spine-ends and corners sl. rubbed.

= Nissen, IVB 1001; not in Anker. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.

€ (150-250) 150
80 2521 Ornithology  Zinanni G 80 2521 Ornithology Zinanni G
80 2521 Ornithology  Zinanni G 80 2521 Ornithology Zinanni G
80 2521 Ornithology  Zinanni G 80 2521 Ornithology Zinanni G
80/2521 [Ornithology]. Zinanni, G. Delle uova e dei nidi degli uccelli libri primo. Aggiunte in fine alcune Osservazioni, con una Dissertazione sopra varie spezie di Cavallette. Venice, A. Bortoli, 1737, 2 parts in 1 vol., (10),130,(2),55,(1)p., engr. frontisp., 3 divisional titles, 30 plates, contemp. vellum w. brown mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Upper pastedown/ frontisp./ title w. owner's entry/ annots. dated 1901; final 2 plates and endpapers trifle wormholed (not affecting image). Binding stained and sl. wormholed.

= Nissen, IVB 1031; Anker 161. From the library of antique dealer Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958), with his bookplate on upper pastedown.

€ (400-600)
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 80 2522 Oudemans C A J A
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 80 2522 Oudemans C A J A
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 80 2522 Oudemans C A J A
80 2522 Oudemans C A J A 80 2522 Oudemans C A J A
80/2522 Oudemans, C.A.J.A. De flora van Nederland. Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1859-1862, 3 vols., XXIII,472; XXI,453; XXXIII,416,(1)p., 91 double-p. handcol. lithogr. plates and 1 uncol. lithogr. plate, 317 woodengr. ills., sl. later unif. hcl.

- Lower hinge of vol. 3 broken; contents occas. trifle foxed/ browned; library stamps on titlepages of all vols.; all vols. w. scattered contemp. annots. in blank margins. Spines repaired w. use of original backstrip; bindings sl. worn/ rubbed; ticket on all frontcovers.

= Nissen, BBI 1475. Atlas van platen vol. often published separately, but in this edition the plates bound within each vol.

€ (100-150) 170