DIETER SCHIERENBERG BV

Dieter Schierenberg bv
Los Angeles
Book Fair
2008
Booth 419

Harris, M. no. 24

Dieter Schierenberg bv
Los Angeles
Book Fair
2008
BOOTH 419
15th of February
to
17th of February 2008
Bookfair catalogue No. 7

Extremely rare set of the most important scientific periodical
ever published in Russia
1.
Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae.
A complete run of the scientific journal of the St. Petersburg Academy of
Sciences - under various titles - from 1726 up to 1930. This set consists
of: Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petrpolitanae
vols. 1-14 (1726-1746); Novi Commentarii vols. 1-20 (1747-1775); Acta
Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae vols. 1-6 (1778-1782);
Nova Acta vols. 1-15 (1783-1802); Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale
des Sciences de St. Petersbourg (=Series 5) vols. 1-11 (1803-1830);
Mémoires idem (=Series 6) vols. 1-10 (1831-1859); Mémoires idem (=
series 7), vols. 1-42 (1859-1894/97), Mémoires idem (=Series 8), vols. 1-37
(1895-1930). One volume (1835) in a good reproduction on old paper.
The complete set is bound in 155 volumes and consists of the “classes
de sciences physiques, mathematiques et naturelles” St. Petersbourg,
(1726-1930). With numerous engraved plates, including the famous
portrait of the coronation of Catherine II. Many of the plates (hand)
coloured. Added is the important key to the early publications of the
academy by P. Pekarski: “History of the Imperial Academy .. from 1725
to 1766” (1870/1873, in Russian). With bibliographical list of the most
important authors, such as Euler, Bernouilli, Lomonosov, Golovin, as
well as others. The earliest part in nice full contemporary bindings,
remainder in various cloth and leather bindings. $ 127,500

= An almost unique find: a set like this is nearly impossible to compile, and has not
been on the market in decades. Peter the Great planned for the Russian Academy to
meet modern scientific requirements of the day and subsequently invited prominent
scientists from abroad to participate: mathematicians Leonhard Euler, Nicholas &
Daniel Bernoulli and Christian Golbach, astronomer and geographer Jean Delisle,
physicists Georg Krafft and Arnold Eckard, for example. Many of them (especially
Bernoulli and Euler) became world-famous while in service to Russia. In the field of
zoology numerous important contributions were written by authors such as Gmelin,
Pallas, von Baer, Tilesius (who published results of the Bering voyage), Eichwald,
Thunberg, Middendorff, Brandt, Lepechin, Wolff, Krusenstern, Abich, Bremer,
Strauch, Heer, Ruprecht, Kiprijanov, Mojsisovic, Lowitz, Fersmann, von Federow,
Taczanowski, Tscherski, Toll and Wagner. Russian members who contributed
groundbreaking thoughts to the fields of science were Mikhail Lomonosov
(often seen as the founder of modern Russian science), mathematician Markov,
mineralogist Kowalevskki and the astronomist Lexell. Scientists like Euler and
Lomonosov published a large part of their scientific work in this journal. Euler, for
example, published over 200 papers within the various titles of the Russian Academy.
Lomosov contributed over 40 articles. Bernoulli published two of his most famous
articles (i.a. on the Petersburg Paradox) in this journal. The set is bound in various
bindings. Earlier volumes mostly in contemporary leather (some in need of small
restoration work) or half leather (many lacking the spines or with other defects), later
volumes mostly in cloth (library cloth in about 3 different colours). Most volumes
with library stamp on verso of title, some on verso of plates. Some 10 volumes with
partial waterstaining. First volume with expert paper repairs to the upper corners
of the first 30 ll and title page in reproduction on old paper. Provenance: Humboldt
University, Berlin with a hand stamp, with cancellation on the verso of the titlepage,
reading: “Ex Biblioth. Universitatis Frider. Guil. Berolin.” Although the bindings
would need repair and even some new bindings, the overall condition is very good.
The paper used is mostly of a very good quality, except just a few vols. of the series
7 (1859-1894/97) which has some brittle pages at the end. It is extremely unusual
that a set is available in such a complete state; very few of the big libraries or other
institutions worldwide own such a set. We could not trace any auction record where
more than just a few volumes were auctioned.
2.
3.
Album of circular Chinese watercolours.
Leperello (330 x 200 mm) album with 12 double-page watercolour
paintings mounted on double-page sheets. China, late 19th
century. In original concertina style binding with decorative
stiff cardboard covers. $ 2000
= The paintings show birds in natural surroundings, mountainous landscapes and
flowers. Very finely executed, the circular form gives the illustrations a compelling
power. Original boards a little rubbed, paper with light age toning, otherwise in very
good condition. Preserved in a modern portfolio with toggles.
Bojanus, L.H.
Parergon ad anatomen testudinis; Cranii vertebratorum animalium...
icone illustratam. Vilniae, Zawadzki, 1821. 4to, 15 pp. and a foldout
plate. A separately published supplement to Bojanus’ important work on
turtles. In somewhat later boards with linen spine. $ 1900
= Bojanus’ Anatome testudinis europaeae is one of the most sought after herpetological
titles. It is one of the earliest books on the anatomy of turtles. The present supplement

was published separately, and is as least as rare. Two library stamps and small
annotation on title page, trace of removed call number on front board. Contents clean
and the folding plate in fine condition. Nissen ZBI, 446; Junk Rara 69.
4.
Brown, Th.
Collection of plates from “Illustrations of the fossil Conchology of
Great Britain and Ireland” London, Smith, Elder, (1837-) 1849. 4to.
An unbound collection of 84 plates from the first edition of this early
work on fossil shells. 39 plates in fine contemporary hand-colouring,
the remainder uncoloured. A small section of the explanatory text is
also present. $ 1250
= Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862) was a British conchologist who also wrote
this palaeontological work, which is reknowned today for its beautiful illustrations.
Though only a fragment of the book, the larger part of the fine plates are present in
this lot (a few are double). A few plates dampstained, some uncoloured plates with
pencil annotations, but otherwise in very good condition. Nissen ZBI, 610.

5.
Buchwald, De, J.
Specimen Medico-Practico Botanicum, oder kurze und deutliche
Erklärung derer in der Medicin gebräuchlichsten und in Dänemarct
wachsenden Erd-Gewächse Pflanzen und Kräuter. Kopenhagen,
Höpffner (1721). 8vo, [15], 544 pp. Contemporary full calf with gilt
title and ornaments on spine. $ 4500
= Johannes de Buchwald (1697-1763) was professor of medicine at Copenhagen
University from 1717 to 1738, and this Specimen Medico-Practico Botanicum is
a herbal describing indigenous plants taken from the Royal Botanical Garden in
Copenhagen - literally taken, as it contains the actual dried plants, not images made
of them. De Buchwald himself stated that such a printed version with real dried
plants had never been published before. This is the expanded German edition of
1721, not the Latin edition of 1720, with more dried plants than in the earlier edition.
The work was translated by the author’s son, Balthazar Johannes de Buchwald. The
plants are ordered in alphabetical sequence according to their Latin names and the
versos of the volume’s leaves gives the species names in Latin, Danish, German, and
French, together with brief notes in German on their occurence in Denmark, natural
habitat, and months in which they flower. On the rectos, more extensive notes are
given on the botanical aspects and medicinal properties together with references to
other botanical works. The German edition should have about 250 dried plants, and
this copy has about 187. It is a rather nice copy, however, with about 1/4th of the plants
lacking or partially lacking and several pages wrinkled or with small wormholes.
Some handwritten notes in an old hand in the pages lacking a dried plant (probably
never inserted as it may have been sold in the “wrong” season). With the bookplate
of Anders Malling, a Danish scholar who wrote a book on Danish psalms. Pritzel,
1338.

6.
Catesby, M.
Piscium, serpentum, insectorum aliorumque nunnullorum
animalium necnon plantarum quarundam imagines... Nürnberg, N.
F. Eisenberger en G. Lichtensteger, 1750. Folio (310 x 440 mm). Title
page followed by 42 plates each with a page of descriptive text. Plates
1-31 show fishes, followed by 6 plates of crustaceans (crabs mostly),
3 of turtles and 2 of snakes. All in fine contemporary hand-colouring.
Period-style half leather binding with marbled boards and gilt lettering
on spine. $ 33,750

= One of the finest books on American natural history. Very rare. This 1750 edition
is in fact the second edition of the second volume of Catesby’s “Natural History of
Carolina, Florida....”. It was printed in the same folio size as the first edition. This
Nürnberg edition should have 100 plates, but is hardly ever found complete. There
have been no complete copies in European auctions in the last 35 years, and a check
of Nissen’s ZBI shows that even he saw no complete copies (Nissen quotes this title
as having 32 to 84 plates). Endpapers renewed, very finely matching marbled paper
on boards. Paper repair on title page (not affecting text) but plates in fine condition.
Apart from the repair on the title page, this is an absolutely fine copy with the plates
crisp, clean and very bright contemporary coloring. Nissen ZBI, 846; Wood, p. 281.
7.
Chaumeton, P.; J. Chamberet and J. Poiret
Flore Médicale. Paris, Panckoucke, 1814-20. 8vo. Seven volumes
in eight, with 425 plates: 2 folding tables and 423 stipple-engraved
plates printed in colours and finished by hand by P.J.F. Turpin and
Anne-Ernestine Panckoucke. Bound in original calf bindings, boards
with gilt pattern, spines with gilt lettering and decoration including
a gilt figure of a tree. $ 3600
= First edition of this alphabetically arranged medical flora. A beautifully illustrated
book, the engravings after paintings by two famous illustrators: Turpin was one of
the greatest botanical painters of his time, and Mme Pancoucke was one of Redouté’s
most accomplished pupils. Turpin also wrote the text for the last part of vol. 7. The
botanical detail that Turpin gave to his paintings is probably unsurpassed for his
time. A rare complete set in original bindings. Most spines with some loss on top or
bottom and some considerable worming. Contents with some spotting, mostly light
ranging to moderate in a few sections. Some text with heavy browning. Plates in the
first 4 vols also affected by some spotting, browning and off-setting; about half the
plates are clean. Nissen DBB 349; Stafleu-C, 1091.
Exceptional, contemporarily hand-coloured suite by Collaert
8.
Collaert, A.
Animalium quadrupedum omnis generis verae et artificiosissimae
delineationes in aes incisae et edita ab Adriano Collardo. Antwerpen,
(ca 1612). Oblong 8vo (188 x 124 mm). 19 beautiful contemporarily
hand-coloured engravings including the engraved title page depicting
Orpheus charming and taming the birds and beasts of the forest.
All are mounted on contemporary paper and nicely framed in five
sections in a tortoise-shell frame setting. $ 27,000
= An exceptional suite in a contemporary coloured state. Of the 19 plates only 2 have
the normally present numbering and engraved signature: “Adrian. Collaert fecit et
excud”, the other 16 are most probably some sort of proof prints before letters and
numbers, which is very unusual and completely unknown in any bibliography nor
was it known by the leading expert, Sam Segal, whom we consulted. He also confirmed
the contemporary colouring, all done in the same brilliant hand. Nissen quotes an
engraved title and 19 engravings, therefore we are lacking 1 plate only, which makes
this an almost complete set of the already very rare suite of the animalium. The
plates depict men (mostly in hunting scenes), apes, cows, bulls, horses, lions, dogs,
camels, goats, deer, pigs, elephants, wolves, rhinoceroses, a cameleon, etc. One of the
nicest engravings on animals from this great Flemish artist. A few plates with a small

and old repaired tear and one with a tiny damaged spot in the image, some of the
mounts with old paper repairs, but overall in very good condition, with great vibrant
colouring, some heightened with gold. Nissen ZBI, 924; Wood 293. Bridson & White,
Animal and Anatomical Illustration in Art & Science, D61 only quotes numbered and
signed suites of prints.

9.
Corda, A. C. J.
Flore illustrée de mucédinées d’Europe. Avec 25 planches coloriées.
Leipzig: Gérard Fleischer (1840). Folio (465 x 290 mm), viii, 55 pp.,
25 fine hand-coloured plates. Later brown half calf over marbled
boards. $ 2700
= Rare French edition of the “Prachtflora europäischer Schimmelbildungen”. Skillful
repairs to most leaves, which were particularly thin. Each mucus figured is quite
artistically rendered and shows great detail. For each species the habitat - for example
a twig, or a beetle, with the mucus in situ - is figured. Due to the extensive restorations,
this is more or less just a working copy. Only 1 auction record has appeared in the last
few decades. Nissen BBI 403.
10. Darwin, Ch. and A. Wallace and Th. Huxley.
On Evolution, Heredity, Origin and Genesis of species, Descent of
man, natural selection: hundreds of contributions published in Nature
in vols. 1-36 (1869/70-1887). In original pictorial red cloth, or later
buckram, with library stamps on titles. $ 6750
= From the start in 1860, Nature became one of the foremost platforms for publishing
new ideas and discoveries. Notably Alfred Russel Wallace and Thomas Henry Huxley
provided many contributions to its pages. And so did Charles Darwin, with growing
enthusiasm. The present set contains many usually little known or precursory notes by
him, for example: on a new view on Darwinism (vol. 6, p. 279), inherited instinct (vol.
7 p. 281), perception in the lower animals (vol. 7 p. 360), habits of ants (vol. 8 p. 244),
termites and honey-bees (vol. 9, pp. 308-309), fertilisation of the Fumariaceae (vol. 9,
p. 460), sexual selection in relation to monkeys (vol. 15, pp. 18-19), transplantation of
shells (vol. 18 pp., 120-121), a reaction to Sir Wyville Thomson’s (of Challenger fame)
view on natural selection (vol. 23, p. 32), black sheep (vol. 23, p. 193), the movement
of leaves (vol. 23 pp. 603-604), the dispersal of freshwater bivalves (vol. 25, pp. 529-
530), and, posthumously, on instinct (vol. 29, pp., 128-129). In total 38 contributions.
11. Davy, J.
Some Account of a New Volcano in the Mediterranean (AND):
Further Notice of the new Volcano in the Mediterranean. London,
1832. 4to. Extract taken from an original first edition issue of the
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, pp. 238-
253, with 1 plate showing the new island’s profile from four directions,
and two maps, one on a small scale showing the island’s topography,
with peaks and lake, and soundings, the other on a large scale showing
its position between Pantellaria and Sicily. Added is a 4 page article
from the same issue, by Captain W.H. Smyth, on the same volcanic
island (Graham Island) in the Mediterranean. Unbound. $ 450
= Rare article on a volcano that made its appearance off the southern shores of Sicily
in 1831. With fine illustrations, showing profiles and a bird’s-eye view of the volcano,
plus a detailed sea chart of the area. Page edges a bit dusty, some light spotting, edges
of plates somewhat age toned, otherwise very good.

A milestone in neotropical botany
12. Descourtilz, M. E.
Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles, ou histoire naturelle des
plantes usuelles des colonies Françaises, Anglaises, Espagnoles et
Portugaises; Peinte d’après les dessins faits sur les lieux par M. J.
Th. Descourtilz. Paris, privately published by Descourtilz (1827-1829,
1833). 8vo, 8 vols. with 600 hand-coloured engraved plates. Beautiful, in
contemporary style, uniform black grained h. calf with gilt ornaments
and titles on spines $ 33,500
= The magnum opus of Michel Etienne Descourtilz (1775-1835), who was a medical
doctor and botanist from France. He travelled widely in the Caribbean and northern
South America. In his Voyage d’un naturaliste et ses observations faites sur les trois
règnes de la nature (1809) he collected many of his observations, made in Cuba, Haiti,
and Santo Domingo where he observed a slave uprising, became shortly imprisoned
and subsequently joined Toussaint Louverture’s army as a doctor. In his Flora
pittoresque he accurately described many new and rare plants and added important
notes on their chemistry and medical properties. The illustrator, Jean-Théodore
Descourtilz, was one of the eight sons of Michel Etienne. He not only supplied the
illustrations to the Flore pittoresque, but also illustrated his own works on natural
history, for instance his Oiseaux brillans de Brésil (1834). All volumes with the small,
inoffensive stamp of E. A. Del Camino on title pages, otherwise clean and bright, the
colouring vivid and bright. Some plates however, are a bit wrinkled. Vol. 1 is from
the second printing, vol. 2 is not dated and may be either the first or second printing
(which is identical to the first). Most sets offered are mixed.
Unique proofplate in a coloured state
13. Ehrenberg, C. and F. Hemprich.
Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones qui ex itinere per
Africam Borealem et Asiam occidentalem. Decas prima: Mollusca.
Berlin, Officina Academica, 1828. Folio. Two nicely hand-coloured
lithographs (proofs) of the Mollusca section on large paper and
uncut. $ 3750
= Included are Plate I (484 x 344 mm), showing colourful nudibranchs, newly
described and painted by Ehrenberg after living specimens, with the note
“Probeblatt” added in pencil, and a proof plate of plate III “Ostrea” (465 x 331
mm). This plate probably was not published until 1899, when the species figured
were formally described by Eduard von Martens. According to Junk “Rara” the
third plate is not coloured, however, this one is very delicately coloured by hand.
The titles “Mollusca”, “III”, and “Ostrea” are added in ink at their appropriate
places; the names of the species, of which 4 were new, are added in a similar
way, but in pencil, as are the figure numbers. A copy of this work in the “Artis”
Library (Amsterdam) shows that there is no reference in the original text to the
third plate (which is absent in their copy). In fact, the references to the 1st plate
are wrong, and there is a reference to a plate VI. It seems that originally only two
plates were issued, and that no other coloured plates were issued. Nissen ZBI
1247; Junk “Rara” 138.

no 13
14. (Ehrenberg, C.) and Müller C. L.
Original pencil drawing for plate XII of Ehrenberg & Hemprich’s
“Symbolae Physica ... Avium decas II”. Fine pencil drawn study
for one of the bird plates of Ehrenberg & Hemprich’s famous
expedition work. Folio size (447 x 326 mm). On thick paper, with
with ink title at bottom. No signature, but this plate comes from a
collection of plates that were all drawn, and some signed, by Chistian
Leopold Müller (1800-1852) - one of the artists who worked on
the publication of the results of the expedition. $ 2000
= A unique insight in the publication history of this important work. Ehrenberg
and Hemprich travelled in the Libyan Desert and the countries around the Red
Sea to collect specimen. It was not without danger: most expedition members died,
including Hemprich. Ehrenberg returned to become a professor in Berlin, and spent
years on publishing the expedition results. These were accompanied by fabulous
plates, absolute highlights in zoological illustration. This drawing is a final study for
one of the plates in the bird section. We also hold a portfolio of the published version,
for comparison.

15. Ehrenberg, C. & F. Hemprich
Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et descriptiones Avium, quae ex
itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem. (Pars Zoologica,
Aves, Decas secunda). Berlin 1829. Folio size portfolio containing
10 fine hand-coloured lithographs of birds. Original printed boards
with linen spine and cloth ties. $ 2100
= The rare second part of birds from Ehrenberg and Hemprich’s famous Symbolae
Physicae. This part was printed and coloured in 1829, but not distributed at the time,
thus it is missing in many library sets of the Symbolae. The portfolio contains 10
beautifully hand-coloured lithographs of such magnificent birds as the Ibis, Vultur,
Falco, etc. They were drawn by Wilhelm Müller and Friedrich Bürde. A very good
copy, one plate with a faint stain, colouring still very bright. Nissen IVB, 290; Junk
rara p. 138.
16. Einstein, A.
Annalen der Physik. Publ. by Planck and Wien. Folge IV vols.
1-85 (1900-1928), but without volume 17 & 49. The first 65 volumes
bound in fine red half calf, remainder in half cloth. $ 14,900
= This set contains 42 Einstein articles published between 1901 and 1922, plus 9
articles by Einstein in collaborarion with other authors and one answer to Einstein.
Volume 23 contains the first explicit statement of Einstein’s energy-mass equation
E=mc 2 . But other volumes also contain noteworthy contributions, for example the
first published work by Einstein (a paper on Phenomena of Capillarity), in volume 4,
and his doctorial thesis in volume 19. Then there are other Nobel prize winners such
as Heisenberg, Planck, Bohr, Hahn, a.o. Some volumes with a handstamp to inner
board or first blanc. Apart from one volume which is bound in later cloth, this set is
bound in a very nice h. calf binding and is crisp & clean on the inside.
Einstein’s Nobel Prize winning paper.
17. Einstein, A.
Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden
heuristischen Gesichtspunkt. Leipzig, 1905. pp. 132-148, in:
Annalen der Physik, 4e Folge, Band 17 no. 6. We offer the complete issue
no. 6 of vol. 17 which has a total of 196 pp. In a recent hardcover paper
binding with cloth title label and gilt lettering on front. $ 5200
= In 1905 Einstein shook the scientific world with three papers that would change
the basis of modern physics. This is the first of those three papers and it was the one
that directly resulted in his 1921 Nobel Prize, although the official citation stated
that the prize was also awarded for his contributions to theoretical physics. Einstein
suggests in this paper that, from a thermodynamic perspective, light can be described
as if it consists of independent quanta of energy. This hypothesis, which had been
proposed by Max Planck a few years earlier, directly challenged the then-common
wave picture of light. Einstein used this interpretation to explain the photoelectric
effect, by which certain metals emit electrons when illuminated by light with a given
frequency. Einstein’s theory, and his subsequent elaboration of it, formed the basis
for much of quantum mechanics. Some vague library stamps throughout, otherwise
a neat copy. We also have in stock a near complete set (missing only 3 vols) of the 4th
and 5th series of the Annalen der Physik (1900-1943) with another 41 Einstein articles
and many articles by Heisenberg, Planck, Bohr, Hahn and others. If interested please
inquire. Printing and the Mind of Man, 391.

18. Flamsteed, J.
An Exact Account of the Three Late Conjunctions of Saturn and
Jupiter, within the Space or Less than Seven Months anno 1682/3 and
of several other conjunctions of the same planets. In: Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 149 (10 july 1683). The article by
Flamsteed on pp. 244-258, including a table. Original issue (pp. 237-
274) of the first edition of the famous “Philosophical Transations”.
Unbound. $ 485
= Rare early issue of the Philosophical Transactions, one of the most important and
oldest scientific journals that exist. Contains two other scientific articles by Martin
Lister, and an account of published books by J. J. Zimmermann (on comets), Perrault
and others. John Flamsteed was the first British “Astronomer Royal” and published
several papers in the Transactions. Very good copy. Unbound, extracted from a bound
volume. One leaf with a tiny strip of paper of the margin missing, but it appears that
this was always the case. Contents clean with just an occasional spot.
19. Flamsteed, J.
A letter from Mr. Flamsteed concerning the Eclipses of Saturns [sic
= Jupiters] Satellit’s for the year following 1684, with a catalogue of
them, and informations concerning its use. London, Philosophical
Transactions, December 1683. Extract from the original December 1683
issue of the Philosophical Transactions, pp. 404-415, including a 3 page
catalogue of the visible eclipses. Loose pages, unbound. $ 435
= A rare paper by Flamsteed on the Eclipses of Jupiter (the name Saturn is a printer’s
error). Galilei was the first who observed the moons of Jupiter. From the dance of
its planetary moons, Galilei worked out a longitude solution. Eclipses of the moons
of Jupiter, he claimed, occurred one thousand times annually - and so predictably
that one could set a watch by them. He used his observations to create tables of each
satellite’s expected disappearances and reappearances over the course of several
months. When Galilei died in 1642, interest in the satellites of Jupiter lived on.
Flamsteed - the first Royal astronomer of Britain - was one of those that took over
the torch. Very good copy, loose pages but these are clean and with just an occasional
tiny spot.
20. Franklin, B.
An account of the effects of electricity in paralytic cases. In a Letter
to John Pringle, M. D. London, 1758. Section, taken from an original
first edition issue of the Philosophical Transactions, volume 50, pp.
481-483, preceded by title page and index for volume 50 part II.
Unbound. $ 450
= Benjamin Franklin was the first American scientist with an international reputation.
He became famous with his experiments on lightning, proving it was an electrical
phenomenon. Franklin believed that electricity might also be a means to cure mental
or physical disorders in humans. This paper describes how Franklin experimented
with electricty on paralyzed people. He placed them in an “electric stool, (...) and sent
the united shock thro’ the affected limb or limbs”. A curious footnote in neurological
history, and one of the lesser known areas of Franklin’s research. Unbound, but a very
good, clean copy.

21. Gould, J.
Handbook to the birds of Australia. London, published by the Author,
1865. 2 volumes. viii, 636 and 93, 628 pp. One page of advertisements
bound in at the end of volume 1. Original green cloth with beautiful
illumination in lavish gilt on cover and spine, depicting birds and
trees. $ 1400
= Fabulous copy of this important handbook on the ornithological fauna of Australia.
Rare to find in such a fine state. Wood, p. 365.
22. Grieken, Th. van
De plant in hare ornamentale behandeling. Met een inleiding over
de zinnebeeldige voorstelling. Groningen, J. H. v.d. Weyer 1888,
(II),126,(30) pp. 2 coloured title pages, 4 text plates, 150 text figs and
38 chromolithographed plates. Plates and text loose in the original
decorated hardcover portfolio with large floral motif and title on front
cover. $ 1400
= A beautiful work, the plates showing floral designs, as examples for use in
architecture. An important work that served as a guide for Jugendstil or Art Nouveau
architects. The plates in strong colours. Known by some as “the Dutch Owen Jones”.
Spine in recent linen. Some light age toning and very light spotting in the margin of
the plates. A few pages a little frayed on the outer edge, but in all certainly a collectible
copy of a beautiful book with some fantastic plates.

23. Haeckel, E.
Kunstformen der Natur. 11 issues including the Supplement with
100 very beautiful chromolithographs, lithographs, photographic
reproductions and combinations of these. Some plates with overlays.
Leipzig and Wien, Bibliogr. Institut, (1899-1904). All in original
pictorial wrappers. In two orig. green pictorial cloth portfolios with artnouveau
decorated covers. $ 5,100
= First edition of this famous and marvelous work. It had a considereble influence on
decorative design in the “Jugendstil” or “Art Nouveau” period during the beginning
of the 20th century and depicts fantastic, real forms and structures found in animal
and plant life on all these very special plates. This book has become quite rare very
fast over the last couple of years and is hard to find in both original portfolio cloth
boxes. It uses various printing methods, which makes it a special publication in
regard to printing techniques. The portfolio boxes are intact and completely original,
but with some minor traces of use and a bit of light spotting. The interior is very
good and clean apart from a few plates with an occasional light form of foxing in
the margins only. All wrappers intact without the usually torn spines. Overall a very
good copy of the true first issue of the first edition. Nissen ZBI, 1783.
Brilliantly coloured counterproof copy from the library
of the famous Jean Baptiste de Boisduval
24. Harris, M.
l’Aurelian: ou Histoire Naturelle des Chenilles, Chrysalides,
Phalenes et Papillons Anglois; avec les plantes dont ils se
nourissent. London, J. Edwards, 1794. Folio (45.5 x 27.5cm). 145 pp.,
2 ll., hand-coloured engraved title-page and 44 beautifully handcoloured
engravings depicting butterflies with their fodder plants,
1 mounted engraved portrait of the author depicting him during
insect hunting and one hand-coloured engraved key-plate depicting a
butterfly. Full cont. calf with rich floral gilt decorated borders and gilt
dentelles. Spine later, but in contemp. style. Marbled flyleaves and
marbled edges. $ 28,000
= A very special copy in counterproof. Counterproof is a method in rolling-press
printing, where a print is taken from another freshly printed plate, which, by being
passed through the press, produces the figure of the former, but inverted. Third
edition. Large paper copy with the text in French and English. All the plates are
in counterproof, giving the beautifully coloured illustrations a deep and brilliant
watercolour character. The insects were all drawn by Harris from life. See DSB vol.
IX, 20. Provenance: Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval with his exlibris
on the inside cover. Nissen ZBI, 1835; Horn-Schenkling, 9695.
25. Harris, W. C.
Portraits of the game and wild animals of southern Africa. Delineated
from life in their native haunts, during a hunting expedition from the Cape
Colony as far as the Tropic of Capricorn, in 1836 and 1837, with sketches
of the field sports. London: W. Pickering for the proprietor, 1840. Imperial
Folio (537 x 375 mm), vi [3], [1], 175 pp., hand-coloured engraved title
vignette, 30 hand-coloured engraved plates, several engravings in the text.

Full pebbled morocco in crimson and burgundy reds, with gilt borders.
Spine with five raised bands, gilt ornaments and title. Marbled fly leaves. Top
edge gilt. $ 27,500
= First edition of this magnificent work. Captain William Cornwallis Harris (1807-
1848), who was said to be afflicted with shooting-madness from a very early age,
spent two years on medical leave in southern Africa. With this sumptuous publication
he showed that he was not only an accomplished huntsman, but also a keen observer
and an excellent artist, paying careful attention not only to the subjects of his hunts but
also the landscape, wild fowl, trees and plants, as all are faithfully reproduced in the
beautiful, large plates and detailed text vignettes. Of special interest is his rendering
of the Quagga, which in his time inhabited “the open plains south of the Vaal river in
immense herds”, to become extinct only a few decades later. The vignette on the halftitle
probably depicts a hunting party, but it might represent an image of the Great
Boer Trek with the Ossewa. The text not only describes the animals and their habits,
history and distribution, and their local names, but also Harris’ adventures in the
fields. Included is the list of subscribers (known to be almost always missing in other
copies), many of whom were living or serving in India (where Harris lived during
the preparation of this work). The climate of that subcontinent being unfavourable
to books may in part explain the great rarity of good copies of this book nowadays.
Scattered light to medium, and on a few pages heavy foxing, although usually not
of the darker variety. Some plates contaminated with opposite text leaf foxing, but
most of the plates clean. Boards and spine very slightly rubbed, joints tight. No signs
of provenance. There seems to be a later (1844) edition as well, in which Harris is
referred to as “Sir William” (he was knighted in 1844), but this is the first edition, first
issue. In all a very good complete copy of this stunning work. Casey & Wood 377;
Nissen, ZBI 1843 (quoting a wrong number of plates).

26. Herbarium of the Spindle Tree.
Artistically crafted box in the form of a book, containing a fine
composition of parts from the Euonymus Europaeus or Spindle Tree,
late 18th century. Spine covered with orginal bark of the spindle tree
and a red moroccan title vignette, reading “Das Pfaffenhütchen -
Euonymus Europeaeus”. $ 850
= A lovely sample of late 18th century craftmanship. Apparently someone was very
fond of the spindle tree - it seems that even the box itself was carved from its wood.
The inside of the box is covered with dried moss, upon which the samples from the
tree are composed. Apart from leaves, twigs and roots, the box also contains several
wood samples. In the spine are 2 small compartments which can be opened from
the inside. One of them contains a manuscript sheet of paper, which explains the
herbarium and its contents. A very decorative piece with an intriguing manuscript.
27. Hill, S.
Travels in Siberia. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans,
1854, 2 vols., XV,(1), 458; XVI, 432 pp. Contemporary uniform half leather
bindings with raised band and gilt titling. $ 825
= Rare travel account on Siberia. Nice copy, some light scattered foxing, joint of
volume II tender. Karpf/Le Monnier 3751.
Two great discoveries in astronomy
28. Hooke, Robert (and) Giovanni Cassini (and) Robert Boyle
An account of a New kind of Baroscope..., (AND) The Particulars of
those Observations of the Planet Mars...made at London..., (AND)
Observations Made in Italy...fixing the Period of the Revolution of
Mars, (AND) Some Observations...concerning the Planet Jupiter,
(AND) A late observation about Saturn (etc.). London, 1666. The
original issue 14 of the first year of publication of the Philosophical
Transactions. The complete issue, consisting of pp. 321-254 plus one
foldout plate. Unbound. $ 2400
= Philosophical Transactions, first year (1666), issue 14. Very rare, since the earliest
issues of the Transactions were privately financed by the Society’s secretary, Henry
Oldenburg, and thus printed in a small number only. Starts with a paper by Robert
Boyle on his “new kind of Baroscope” (p. 231-239). This is a very early account of
the instrument now known as the barometer. Robert Boyle is often mentioned as the
first person to predict weather by using the barometer. This is followed by a series of
important early astronomical articles by Robert Hooke. Hooke is best known for his
research in microscopy and mechanics, but he ranged very widely and could be listed
as well under a number of other sciences. He made many important astronomical
observations and was the first to infer the rotation of Jupiter. Pages 239-247 contain
the articles about his astronomical observations on the planets Saturn and Jupiter
(including the discovery of the famous Great Red Spot, being a super anticyclone
that is still active today), and on the day length on the planet Mars (determined and
communicated by Giovani Domenico Cassini, as, correctly, 24 hours and 40 minutes)
Cassini also discovered four moons of Saturn, and the major gap in Saturn’s ring.
A spacecraft has been named after him. This is followed by Hooke’s discovery of
the alleged shadow of Saturn’s ring. The foldout illustration relates to these articles,
and contains the very first images of the surface of Mars, and Jupiter’s Great Red

Spot. Also included is a review of Thomas Hobbes’ “De principiis et ratiocinatione
geometrarum”, noting that “It seems, that this Author is angry with all Geometricians,
but himself”. A very good copy, disbound, with a wide outer margin. Faintly
dampstained throughout, but not very distracting, the folding plate nice and clean.
James Hutton’s theory of the earth. A very rare and important
collection from the father of modern geology
29. Hutton, J.
Theory of the Earth or investigation of the laws observable in
the composition, dissolution and restoration of land upon the
globe. Parts I-4 (complete). Contained in: Transactions of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh, volumes 1-3, 1788-1794. 4to. This set contains
12 papers by Hutton, the “Theory of the Earth” article has 96 (1) pp.
and 2 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf with marbled boards
for vol. I and half calf for vols. II and III (one volume rebacked).
Almost uniform spines. $ 10,000
= One of the most influential papers in science, and certainly to geology and
paleontology, being the first notion of deep time (i.e. of an earth much more ancient
than written in the Bible), rejecting the idea that all rocks were the result of a single
biblical flood. Apart from this ground-breaking work by “the father of Geology”, the
first volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh contains James
Hutton’s “The theory of rain” and contributions by John Playfair and others. This set
also has volumes 2-3 of the same journal, with more contributions by James Hutton,
Charles Hutton, Sir James Hall, John Playfair and others. It gives extra insight in
the works of Hutton and places his most famous paper in a contemporary context.
Offsetting to the first plate, explanation leaf to first plate bound in rear. A few small,
marginal spots to text pages, some mild to strong offsetting to the plates and front
cover of vol. 1 somewhat loose, but holding firm. Otherwise clean, unmarked copies
in a very good condition. Dibner, 93; Printing and the Mind of Man, 247.
30. Hyades, P.
Mission scientifique de Cap Horn (1882-1883). Tome VI (Zoologie)
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1891. 4to, 10 parts in 3, 1,190 pp., 84 pls (mostly
lithographs, a few heliographs and chromolithograps; those of the birds
and mammals sections mostly by Keulemans and finally hand-coloured).
Contemporary h.calf and marbled boards, with five raised bands (a
bit rubbed) and gilt lettering on spines. $ 1500
= Important and rather early contribution to the zoology of Terra del Fuego (South
Argentinia) based upon surveys and collections on the occasion of the International
Polar Year, when 11 European countries and the US organised an expedition to the
Poles in order to make geodesic and other scientific observations. The French team,
lead by Lieutenant Payen and Dr Hyades visited Cape Horn. This is the full report
on their zoological observations, written by several of the leading zoologists of that
time. The complete Zoologie section offered here consists of the following parts, each
containing important new observations and often many new species: [first volume]
Protozoaires, 53 p., 6 pls (this includes sections on “organismes divers”, including
nématodes, with 8 text figs., and Acariens, with 1 text fig”; Bryozoaires, 91 p., 15
pls; Priapulides, 20 p., 2 pls.; Mollusques, 143 p., 9 pls; Echinodermes, 198 p., 13 pls;
[second volume] Insectes, comprising Coléoptères, 63 p., 2pls., Hémiptères, 7 p.,
Neuroptères, 9 p., 2 pls., Lépidoptères, 35 p., 3 pls., Diptères, 45 p., 4 pls.; Arachnides,

42p., 2 pls; Crustacés, 76 p., 8 pls.; [third volume] Poissons, 35 p., 4 pls (two double,
folding, chromolith); Oiseaux, 341 p., 6 pls (chromlithographs, after Keulemans);
Mammifères, 32 p., 8 pls (6 chromolithographs after Keulemans). The title page to
the vertebrates is missing. The last section, Mammifères section is double, including
the fine hand-coloured plates by Keulemans. We also have the geology part (Tome
IV, Géologie) in a matching binding. Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.2 p. 899. Nissen
ZBI 4695

31. Jacobaeus, H.
De ranis observationes. Accessit Caspari Bartholini de nervorum usu
in motu muscularum epistola. Rome, Johannes Crozier, 1676. Small 8vo.
(8), 108 pp., (2) and 3 plates. Contemporary leather binding, spine with
raised bands, gilt title and floral pattern. $ 4200
= This edition was issued in the same year as the Paris edition by Billaine and Crozier.
It is unsure which is the true first one. Rare work on the anatomy and systematics
of frogs by the Danish physician Jacobaeus. He even describes the medical and
gastronomical use of the frog. Jacobaeus lived for a long time in Florence which
explains why this book was published outside Denmark. This Roman edition is very
rare - no copies have been on the market for a very long time. Very good copy, boards
a bit scuffed, old private ex-owner’s signature on first blanks. Nissen, 2082 (mentions
the Paris edition only).
A fine large copy of Jacquin’s beautiful and
rare monograph on the genus Oxalis
32. Jacquin, N. von
Oxalis. Monographia, iconibus illustrata. Viennae, Wappler, 1794.
4to (296 x 240 mm). 2ll, 119 pp., 1 addenda page, 1 folded table and 81
engravings of which 75 are hand-coloured (as is correct). Contemporary
half calf with red morocco gilt lettered label. $ 21,000
= First edition, a fine large copy of Jacquin’s attractive and rare monograph on the
genus Oxalis, most of which are Cape species discovered by Thunberg (to whom
the work is dedicated) and sent to the Schönbrunn Botanic Garden in Vienna. The
excellent plates are good representations of the ‘Jacquin’ style of Austrian botanical
illustration. A total of 98 species are described and illustrated, 83 of which are native
to the Cape of Good Hope. The beautiful plates were drawn and engraved by Johann
Scharf. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, a Dutchman of French origin, was the leading
botanist of his day. He was appointed Prof. of Botany and Chemistry in the Medical
Faculty of the University of Vienna in 1763, which he remained until 1796. He played
a significant role in Viennese scientific and social life at the time and his years in
Vienna were extraordinarily fruitful. In addition to his professorship, he was also the
director of the Botanical Gardens. For his services and contributions to botany, he was
knighted in 1774 and became a baron in 1806. He has been described as the foremost
participant in the golden age of Austrian botany or “the Austrian Linnaeus”. In 1809
he was appointed rector of the University. Our copy has wide margins and a very
crisp and clean interior, binding slightly worn. Inner board with an ex-libris reading
the following: “Corn: Henr: Â Roy. Medicinae Doctor”. Only three auction records in
the last 30 years reveal that this is a scarce item. Nissen BBI, 977; Stafleu and Cowan,
3254; Great Flower Books, p. 105.
33. [Jordanus Nemorarius]
Arithmetica decem libris demonstrata. Musica libri demostrata
quator. Epitome in Libros Arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boetij.
Rithmimachie ludus qui et pugna numuroru appellatur. Paris, H.
Estienne, (7 Sept. 1514). 4to (273 x 192 mm), printed in Gothic type.
Title set within woodcut border, full-page woodcut on one page and
small woodcut illustrations and diagrams throughout. Many decorative
initials. Expertly executed new calf binding in period style. $ 14,800

= Historians of mediaeval mathematics agree that Jordanus de Nemore (1225-1260)
was one of the most important writers on mathematics in Europe. He was, for
example, among the first to use letters to replace numbers in algebraic calculations.
But almost nothing is known about his life. This edition of Jordanus’ Arithmetica
- the first Estienne edition - is a fine example of early sixteenth century printing,
complete with numerous mathematical diagrams. It comprises Jordanus’ work on
the theory of numbers, as well as a treatise on music by le Fèvre, an epitome (also
by le Fèvre) of Boethius’ Arithmetica, and an anonymous tract (attributed to John
Shirwood) about the arithmetical game of “Rithmimachia”. This Estienne edition was
printed from settings similar to those used in the first printed edition of 1496. A rare
book - ABPC records only 2 copies in the last 30 years. A small hand stamp on verso
of title page, Some very small and marginal wormholes at the beginning and end,
but not obtrusive in any way. Two small paper repairs to corners of first two leaves.
Some near-contemporary marginalia and the text “Jordani Arithmetica” added in ink
to title, Estienne’s name inked out on title-page and colophon. Provenance: Harvard
College Library. Overall a very nice crisp and clean copy of a rare work. Adams J324,
Renouard Estienne p. 16.
34. Kosmos.
Zeitschrift für angewandte Naturwissenschaften. Publ. K. Reclam,
vol.1. Leipzig, Friedlein (1857). Folio (357 x 261 mm). 192 pp., 19
lithographs of which 10 in full colour including 4 coloured natureprints,
mostly from the K.K. Hof- und Staatsdrukkerei and published
as a Beilage to Auer’s “Kosmos” (1 double sized). Also included: one
very large nature printed colour-proof of the “Physiotypia Plantarum
Austriacarum”. 3 maps. Cont. boards with gilt title on spine. $ 1250

= Rare first volume especially in regard to the early nature printed plates of which
5 are present (as issued), with, amongst others: Blätter der Catawba-Rebe, Snake
skin, Bat, Algae, Epilobium roseum, etc. A clean copy. The “Pysiotypia” is a rare
announcement of this famous nature-printed book published at the huge price of 800
Marks in 1855/56. Fischer, zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck, No. 41.
35. Ledermüller, M.
Physikalisch-Mikroskopische Zergliederung und Vorstellung einer
sehr kleinen Winterknospe des Hippocastani seu Esculi, oder des
wilden Rosskastanienbaum. Beobachtet den 12. Jener 1764. WITH:
Physikalisch-Mikroskopische Zergliederung des Korns oder Rokens;
nebst der Beobachtung seines Wachsthums, AND Physikalisch-
Mikroskopische Vorstellung und Zergliederung einer angeblichen
Rokenpflanze, das Staudten,... Kekens. Samt III nach der Natur
sorgfältigst mit Farben erleuchteten saubern Kupfertafeln. Nürnberg:
A. W. Winterschmidt, 1764-1765. Folio (385 x 245 mm). 3 parts bound
in 2: 8 pp. of text, 3 fine hand-coloured plates; 12 + 12 pp. of text, 4 + 3
fine hand-coloured plates and two nice pastoral and allegorical vignettes
on the dedication pages. All 3 parts complete. Contemporary boards
(matching in material, size and colour) $ 7800
= First (and only) edition of these very rare titles. The plates were drawn by
Ledermüller himself and engraved by Adam Ludwig Wirsing. All plates clean, with
the colouring bright and vivid. A complete and, apart from some water staining to
one of the boards and faintly to one title page, a very well-preserved copy. Nissen
1157-1159; Poggendorff vol. 1 , 1403.
Very first issue of Leibniz’s famous article on the integral
calculus in the first 12 vols of the Acta Eruditorum
36. Leibniz, G.
Nova methodus pro maximis et minimis, itemque tangentibus,
quae nec fractas nec irrationales quantitates moratur et singulare
pro illis calculi genus (in : Acta Eruditorum, volumes 1-12). Leipzig,
Christopher Gunther for J. Grossium, and Christoph Breitkopf for
J. Gleiditsch, 1682-1693. Small 4to. With numerous engraved plates
and tables, some folding. Apart from his famous “ Nova Methodus
pro maximis et minimis”, Leibniz published over 25 articles in
these volumes of the “Acta Eruditorum”. 12 volumes bound in 7,
contemporary vellum with titles written in contemporary hand on
spine. $ 37,500
= The 1684 volume with Leibniz’s famous article on the integral calculus here in a
very rare first state. Since the Norman auction in 1998 it has become known that
two distinct issues exist. In the Norman copy, page 467 is in an uncorrected setting,
with many printing errors in the mathematical formula. In the copy described in
Dibner’s “Heralds of science” (until then recognized as a first issue), the page is
entirely reset, with corrections. Our copy is similar to the Norman copy, with page
467 in uncorrected state. However, in our copy the plate next to page 467 differs from
both Norman and Dibner: the letters “M. Oct” are printed at the top of the sheet

underneath the plate number. Dibner, 109: “First printing of this epochal work. (...)
Fifteen years after Newton’s first work in fluxions and nine after his own independent
discovery, Leibnitz published the above, his first announcement of the differential
calculus”. Apart from this most famous article by Leibiz, there are over two dozen
other articles by him, plus articles by other famous scientists like Bernoulli and
Huygens. The articles and plates in this set illustrate the progress of science in many
fields of knowledge - human anatomy, natural history, mining and archaeology, to
name just a few. One plate in the 1689 volume is lacking, but this plate does not relate
to any Leibniz articles. Old library stamp on verso of title pages, removed paste on
inner cover. Some light uniform age toning as usual for this sort of paper. A very good
set in very good condition. Norman 1326; Dibner, Heralds of science 109; Ravier,
Biblio. de Leibnitz 84-96, 101-104 and 195-214; Printing and the Mind of Man, 160.
no. 36
37. Lucas, H.
Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères Exotiques. Paris, Pauquet, 1835.
156 pp. with 80 beautifully hand-coloured engravings in bright colours
and one hand-coloured engraved title to the plates: Papillons étrangers
peints d’après nature par Pauquet. Contemp. polished half calf with
elaborate gilt decorated spine. Top edge gilt. $ 4125
= Rare first edition in fine condition. Beautifully brightly hand-coloured engraved
plates of butterflies and moths, in which nearly 200 species are depicted. There have
been 3 editions of this, the most popular butterfly book of the 19th century. One rarely
sees this first edition, especially in such great condition. Nissen ZBI, 2581; Horn-
Schenkling 13977.

38. Milne-Edwards, A. and A. Grandidier.
Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères. Vol. 4, Atlas I only. Paris,
Impr. Nat., 1875. Royal 4to. (334 x 255 mm). Title page, half title,
and 12 beautiful large chromolithographs of the larger Lemurs or
Lémures in their natural landscape, by Bocourt and Faguet, printed
by Becquet in Paris and 112 lithographs (incl. 79bis and 2 folding
plates with double number, and a map), several tinted and incl. 6 fine
photographs of ape claws, for a total of 123 plates and one coloured
lithographed map. Loose, uncut leaves on sturdy paper in cloth
clam shell box with printed title. $ 1200
= This is the rare first atlas of the lemurs, in particular the larger and most endangered
species that epitomize the dazzling biodiversity, after 100 million years of isolation, of
the wonderful endemic fauna of Madagascar. Many plates show skeletons, skeletal
parts and musculature of the same species figured in colour as living animals. Plate
43 partly stained, top frayed, pl. 111 spotted, 113 soiled, 122 in photocopy). Most
plates however, quite fresh. In all a very good set, seldom offered complete. Nissen
ZBI, 2835.

39. Milne-Edwards, H. (Cuvier, G.)
Les Zoophytes, avec un atlas. 2 parts in one. Paris, Fortin, Masson,
(1850). 160 pp., 2 engraved title-pages and 103 (on 100) mostly handcoloured
or tinted engravings. New half calf in period style with
contemporary marbled boards and calf corners. $ 2250
= Rare in a coloured state. The Zoophytes volume from the so called “Disciples
edition” of Cuvier’s Regne Animale. This was a quarto sized edition of 10 text
volumes and 10 atlases, and is the most sought-after edition nowadays because of its
delicate plates. In this volume they show, among others, starfish, jellyfish and other
aquatic life. A nice copy. Plate 19 not published. A few plates with marginal foxing.
Although the binding is not original, it is nicely executed in an old style. Nissen ZBI,
1014 (under Cuvier - Le règne animal, part 10). Nissen incorrectly quotes 101 plates.
Some minimal occasional foxing, but never distracting. Overall a very good copy
with some great plates.
40. Mordant de Launay [J. C.], Loiseleur-Deslongchamps [J. L. A.]
Herbier général de l’amateur, contenant la description, l’histoire,
les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agréables. Paris:
Audot (1816-1827). 8vo. 8 vols. Half-title and title to each volume.
(1) [6], viii pp. 72 plates (1-72); (2) [8] pp., 70 plates (73-142), (3), 73
plates (143-212, 171bis, 172bis, 199bis), (4) [8] pp., 72 plates (213-284),
(5) [8] pp., 72 plates (285-356), (6) 72 plates (357-428), (7) [8] pp., 72
plates (429-500), (8) [8,8],8 pp. 72 plates (501-572); in total 575 handcoloured,
tissue-guarded plates with accompanying descriptive text
leaves (complete). The numbers 171 and 172 have been used twice and
are listed as 171bis and 172bis in the Errata to vol 3. Plate 199bis is a
true bis-plate, 199 is a double-sized folding plate. Plate 384 is present
here, which is very rarely seen in other sets. All volumes in matching
contemporary half calf over pebbled boards (some rebacked), spines
with uniform gilt lines and gilt title. $ 27,000
= “The most important French Flower Periodical of its day” (J. J. White, in Delectus
Hunteriana 26), started by de Launay, and after his death in 1816 continued and
completed by Deslongchamps. The plates are after paintings by Pancrace Bessa
(1772-1835), painter at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle Nationale in Paris and
pupil of Redouté. The accompanying text gives the generic and specific description,
synonymy, origin, history, characteristics and use, medical, ornamental or otherwise,
of each of the illustrated plants and flowers, as well as a description of the plate
figures. Stafleu & Cowan only quotes 574 plates and state that plate 384 was never
published, but we have it as “Dianthus caryophyllus, var. nommée l’OEillet des
bois”. Index to volume 6 absent. Some, mostly marginal light browning and spotting
to some leaves and tissue guards. Bindings show some wear and small repairs, but
overall this set is in very good condition. The colouring of the plates is exceptionally
realistic, bright and vivid. Nissen BBI 2323; Stafleu & Cowan 4952.

no. 40

Willemoes-Suhm’s copy bought by him shortly
before his death at sea
41. Nakamura, Teksisei
Kumno Zui Taisei Kyûkôdô. Kyoto (1789). Illustrated encyclopedia
for young people. 21 parts in 10 (all publ.). 8vo. Text in Japanese
with 150 wood-engravings. Original blue stiff stitched paper
wrappers. Contained in a nice recent drop back box with copied
illustrations from the book. $ 3900
= A nice example of an early Japanese encyclopedia, first published in 1666, with
about 1,500 identifyable subjects, including the human body, agriculture, hunting,
fishing, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, snakes, shells, insects, vegetables, fruits, trees,
herbs and flowers. In fact, the vast majority is on natural history subjects. The wood
engravings are of a great artistic quality and very well-preserved. Formerly owned by
Rudolph von Willemoes-Suhm (1847-1875) who wrote an English translation of the
title and some more notes in German, dated Osaka, Mai 1875 on the front wrapper of
part one. Willemoes-Suhm was one of the scientists on board the famous Challenger
Expedition (1873-1876). He died of Erysipelas about 4 months after his visit to Osaka
when the Challenger was sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti and he was buried at sea.

42. Naturgeschichte der Thiere in Bildern nach Oken’s Eintheilung zusammengestellt.
Mainz, J. Scholz, n.d. (ca. 1850). Oblong 8vo. Lithographed illustrated
title page and 48 lithographed plates, all in fine contemporary
colouring. Original decorative blindstamped boards with
gilt lettering. $ 1100
= Rare plate book showing all sorts of animals. Printed for an international market:
the plates all have an imprint in four languages (German, Dutch, French and
English). This copy was distributed in Holland: though the title page is in German,
the title on the cover is in Dutch. As the title indicates, the plates are mainly after
Oken’s Naturgeschichte. The decorative plates show, among others, a whale, polar
bear, parrots and other birds and insects. With a very decorative title page showing
various wild animals in natural surroundings. Covers loose, edges somewhat rubbed.
Contents very good with some light age toning, the original colouring still vivid and
bright. Not in Nissen.
43. Nieuwenkamp, W.
Bali en Lombok “zijnde een verzameling geïllustreerde
reisherinneringen en studies omtrent land en volk, kunst en
kunstnijverheid” N.pl. (Edam), de Zwerver, 1906-1910, 3 parts in 1 vol.,
oblong folio (375 x 312 mm). (8), vii, (1), (2 blank), 234pp., IV, (2)p., Each
page with beautiful illustrations and many full page plates. Original
gilt decorated vellum. $ 3000
= A very good copy of this rare work, in the original vellum gilt decorated binding.
Vellum and contents with some scattered foxing but never disturbing. Nieuwenkamp
was one of the first Dutch artists to visit Bali in the first years of the 20th century.
This first edition of his impressions of that visit is famous for its beauty and detail.
Including two of the original prospecti for the first two parts of this publication
(added loosely). Many initials and captions in red. One of only 400 printed copies,
this one being number 299 and signed by the author.
44. Ottolander, K., a.o.
Nederlandsche Flora en Pomona. Beschreven en uitgegeven door
het bestuur der Pomologische Vereeniging te Boskoop. 1879, J.
B. Wolters, Groningen. Folio (322 x 250 mm), 2 vols. viii, xii, 235 pp.
of text with 81 chromolithographed plates. Original cloth pictorial
binding with gilt floral patterning on spine. $ 3500
= Beautiful large plates taken from drawings of A. Wendel and chromolithographed by
G. Severijns from Brussels of flowers and fruit growing in the Netherlands. Intended
for growers, it provides practical information as well as accurate illustrations. One
of the 3 Dutch illustrated works on pomology published during the 19th century.
Occasional light foxing throughout text block, otherwise good. Hinge repair to both
vols, both resewn. Small repair to one spine in fold. Some wear to covers, corners and
spines, but nothing affecting the beautiful gilt work, which is slightly faded caused
by age. Plates generally clean and in very good condition. Nissen BBI, 1474.

no. 44

45. Pavlov, I.
Lektsii o rabote glavnikh pishchevariteljnikh zhelez. (lectures on
the work of the principal digestive glands) Moscow, 1917. In Russian.
8vo (19.5 x 13 cm) xvi, 230 p., (1). Contemporary cloth with original
wrapper mounted on front. $ 3750
= Second Russian edition of Pavlov’s work on the the digestive glands, one of the
most important books in neurobiology. The first edition was published in 1897. Even
this second edition is now extremely difficult to find. Old ex-owners signature and
private stamp on front cover and title page, paper a bit uniformly age toned, but
overall a very good copy. Printing and the Mind of Man no. 385 (for first edition).
Dibner 135; Garrison and Morton 1022.
46. Prschewalskij, Nikolai von
Reisen in der Mongolei, im Gebiet der Tanguten und den Wüsten
Nordtibets in den Jahren 1870 bis 1873. Jena, Costenoble, 1877. (1),
xl, 538 pp. with one coloured lithograph folding map and 10 plates. In
contemporary half leather, title in gilt. $ 2700
= First German edition of this report on Prschewalskij’s first expedition to Mongolia
and Tibet. He undertook three more expeditions in later years, which made him
the great discoverer of the region. He was one of the first foreigners to set foot on
and describe the Lop Nor desert, the Altyn-tagh mountains, and other areas. A few
small paper flaws in the marbled paper covers, but the binding is tight. Private exlibris
pasted on inside cover, first blank with some browning on the outer margins,
otherwise internally a fine and clean copy of this rare work. Henze IV, 437.
47. Reichenow, A.
Vogelbilder aus fernen Zonen. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen
der Papageien. Kassel, Theodor Fischer, 1878-1883. Folio. 33 tinted
and hand-coloured lithograph plates, each accompanied by one or
more leaves of descriptive text. Later half cloth binding with original
decorated board mounted on front cover. $ 5600
= Excellent and beautifully illustrated survey of the parrots of the world. Each plate
shows a variety of parrot species. The grouping is made logically by family. Covers
with some shelfwear, first hinge strengthened. Contents good. Some scattered foxing
in the text, plates mostly clean, a few with some spotting in the margins. 2 plates with
a small dampstain in outer margin. Nissen IVB 767; Wood p.532; Zimmer p. 514.
48. Roemer, J.
Genera Insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata. Vitoduri
Helvetorum. (Winterthur), Steiner and Socios, 1789. 4to. VIII, 2 ll., 86 pp.,
2 ll. and engraved title vignette and 37 fine engravings by Schellenberg.
19th century h.calf with marbled boards. $ 2700
= One of the most attractive Swiss publications on entomology, but in the apparently
rare uncoloured edition. The plates are very beautifully drawn and engraved by the
famous Swiss artist J. Schellenberg, being an entomologist himself, and the plates
show the smallest details, not obscured by colouring, depicting up to 30 insects per
plate. Some very light foxing in the text, but plates are fine and untouched. Within the
text (p. 37) there is an engraved plate called: Systema Fabricii with a key to 8 different
genus names and 4 images of insects (three named) not quoted in any bibliography.
The vignette on the title page depicts another 6 numbered insects. Horn-Schenkling,
18262; Nissen ZBI, 3461.

49. Rothschild, J.
Musée Entomologique illustré. Histoire Naturelle Iconographique
des Insectes... vol. 1: les Coléoptères, organisation, moeurs, chasse,
collections, classification. Iconographie et histoire naturelle des
Coléoptères d’Europe. Paris, Rothschild, 1876. 4to. Text with numerous
fine woodcuts and 48 hand-coloured lithographs. Cont. h.red morocco
with gilt edges. $ 1000
= A very beautifully illustrated monograph on beetles in a very fine copy. Nissen ZBI,
4698; Horn-Schenkling, series II, p. 505.
50. Say, T.
American Conchology or descriptions of the shells of North America
illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed
from nature. New Harmony, IN: Privately published (printed at The
School Press, and the M Press) 1830-(1838), 1840. 8vo. Nine parts in
four, containing part VII, the “glossary”, and “part VIII”. Later half
calf with the gilt lettered label on the spine and the contemporary
boards preserved (parts I-VI) and three separate new half calf archival
folders, with matching gilt linings. $ 16,500
= The set contains 68 fine lithographic plates that are beautifully hand-coloured (plus
1 b/w lithographic plate), each with accompanying explanatory text. Most of the
drawing and colouring is by Lucy Say and ranks among the best ever done, being
far superior to that of many contemporary natural history illustrations in detail and
in subtlety. The very rare “Glossary”(in less than 15 copies) is present in facsimile.
It should be emphasised that the glossary is not an integral part of the American
Conchology but rather meant as an incentive to the subscribers of the latter work.
Perhaps Thomas Say felt that if more people became familiar with the conchological
terminology then more people would appreciate his American Conchology. It was
published simultanously with part V and probably caused some confusion: some
copies of the posthumously published part VII were erroneously titled part VIII.
More realistically, the follow up paper published by Lucy Say in 1840 deserves to be
regarded as part VIII, because, according to Mrs Say, “the following descriptions...
were originally published...prior to the publication of the American Conchology, into
which they were to have been copied with illustrative drawings”. One more plate,
apparently belonging here, was published by Binney in 1858 (the complete writings
of Thomas Say, included here as a reproduction). Part VII (published after Say’s death
and edited by Timothy Conrad), with the original front wrapper, all the text, and
the hand-coloured plates; Part “VIII” being Say’s descriptions of new land shells
as collected and published by Lucy Say in 1840 (first published in the Transylvania
Journal, and the New Harmony Disseminator), in new wrappers, text slightly foxed,
and with the single finished plate, published by W. Binney in 1858 added in facsimile.
Thus comprising the whole American Conchology (i.e., parts 1-7) plus the associated
glossary”(in facsimile) and the subsequent completions by Lucy Say (art. VIII) and
William Binney (plate to art. VIII in facsimile). Perforated stamp on title page (and
verso), library labels on front pastedown and front flyleaf, text and plates clean. In
all the complete original plates and text of the American Conchology as published by
Say and all the associated and subsequently published material by Thomas Say, Lucy
Say, and William Binney. Nissen ZBI 3614.

51. Seder, A.
Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe. Verlag für Kunst und Gwerbe,
Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna, 1886-1887. Imperial Folio (540 x 380
mm). 2 vols. With 3 lithographed title pages (of which one with 2
portraits), 4 ll of Index and 1 nice chromolithographed title signed
by F. Patek. And 195 (of 196) stunning art-nouveau botanical motif
plates in chromolithograph or some heliogravures. Some of the
chromolithographs heightened in gold or silver, others in two tones
like sepia or shades of green. Most of the fine plates were designed by
Anaton Seder, others are by artists such as Unger, Birkinger, Patek and
Schulmeister. Original decorated half cloth portfolios. $ 12,500
= An extraordinary work that is hardly ever on the market in a near complete state
like this. The plates show extremely detailed and rich designs which were very
influential during and after the Art Nouveau period. All plates have a botanical
theme, but apart from stylized botanical designs there are designs for decorative
art objects using botanical motifs, including vases, chandeliers, gates and furniture.
Apart from plants, the images sometimes also show birds, small reptiles and cherubs.
The beautiful plates are excellent examples of the dramatic effects that can be realized
by chromolithography when using its full potential. Most of the plates were designed
by the famous painter Anton Seder and bear his A.S. monogram, which is sometimes
delicately incorporated into the design. The portfolios are divided in the sections
“Naturalistischer Teil” and “Stilistischer Teil”. One cloth spine a bit damaged and
one plate with a marginal repair, some faint dust soiling to the margin of some plates,
but overall this set is in exceptionally good condition.

Absolutely fantastic Art Nouveau plates with
dragons, fish and other creatures
52. Seder, A.
Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst. Verlag für Kunst und Gwerbe,
Gerlach & Schenk, Vienna, 1896. A large folio portfolio with 14 stunning
plates showing animals in Art Nouveau style. The original quarter cloth
portfolio has an impressive dragon on front, with the title artistically
arranged around it. $ 10,000
= An extremely rare title, and one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau book
design. A second part on birds was also published, but is not present here. The plates
in this portfolio show images of dragons, reptiles, shells and other sea life. It is hard to
underestimate the beauty and importance of this work by the famous Art Nouveau
painter Anton Seder. Each plate is a true highlight of artistic design and absolutely
breathtaking. Seder’s original work has had many followers in the Art Nouveau
and Art Deco movements and afterwards. Portfolio stained and worn. Some faint
waterstaining to the corners of some plates, upper margin sometimes dust-stained,
but always well away from the image. Overall a good copy.
53. Siebold, Ph.F. von
Fauna Japonica, sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per
Japoniam... Imperium Tenent suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit,...
illustravit P.F. de Siebold. Aves. Edited by S. Tanaka. Tokyo 1934.
Decorated title page, 2, 345 pp. of text and 161 mostly coloured plates.
Folio. . Original h.calf with 5 raised bands and gilted spine. $ 2700
= The best fascimile reprint of the original edition (Lugduni Batavorum, 1833-1850).
Leather of spine quite thin and somewhat crumbling, but the plates are of great
quality and the entire volume is in very good condition. This publication was limited
to 350 copies and sold out fast, and is very hard to find now. The colour plates have
been checked against the originals and found to be identical.
Formidable and enormous atlas of Indonesia.
54. Stemfoort, J. W. and J. J. ten Siethoff
Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië. The Hague, Departement
van Koloniën, 1898-1907, (2nd ed.). Imperial folio (650 x 500 mm)
Double-page coloured lithograph title page and 16 double-page
coloured lithograph maps. In contemporary cloth binding with gilt
lettering (faded). $ 2950
= The most detailed and largest atlas of Indonesia (former Dutch East Indies),
commissioned by the Dutch ministry of Colonies. This copy in the rare and better
revised (and enlarged) edition. Many different islands such as Borneo, Sumatra and
Java are shown in fine detail. Very decorative title page also showing a map, two
globes and a coat of arms. A few maps a little finger-soiled in lower margin; first 8
pages with a very small inkstain in outer edge of upper margin; some minor repairs.
Contents otherwise fine. A nice copy of a rare and valuable atlas. Koeman VI, Stem
A2; not in Rouffaer/ Muller.

55. Topographical puzzles.
Paris, “Au paradis des Enfants”, Perreau fils. No date (ca. 1845). A
wooden box, covered with red shiny paper, containing three puzzles
composed from three-dimensional quadrants. Because each side
of the quadrant is a piece of another puzzle, the three puzzles can
show 18 different maps (two of America, one of Asia, one of Africa
and 13 of Europe). In the original mid-19th century box. Top of
the box with 3 (of 4) metal decorative knobs. $ 3500
= A lovely ensemble. Very special to see the puzzles still in the original box. This box
was sold by Maison Perreau Fils, a 19th century shop for childrens toys in the Rue
Rivoli in Paris. They called themselves “au Paradis des Enfants”. Of course toys like
these were only for the well-to-do. Few have survived in such a complete state. The
box with some light wear, a few expert restorations on corners. Inside of the box
covered with light blue paper and the orignal Perreau fils vignette.

56. Val, P. du
Les Tables de Geographie reduites en un Jeu De Cartes. Paris,
1669. Oblong sheet with title and four small engraved maps of
the four continents, plus 51 (of 52) playing cards (hearts= Afrique,
diamonds= Asie, clovers= Amerique, and spades= Europe). Each set
of playing cards deals with a different continent and contains four
illustrated cards, showing inhabitants of that region. $ 7500
= A near complete set of Pierre du Val’s rare geographical card game. It was originally
published on one single sheet. This copy was turned into the card game it was meant
to be, at an early stage. The cards themselves were mounted on stiff paper; the sheet
with the maps and title information is not mounted. The last copy of a complete set
that we could trace on the market was in map dealer Arkway’s catalogue no. 58, in
1991. On the maps, California is still shown as an Island. A large southern continent
is also to be found on the America map. A very good set. The cards are all in very
good condition, undamaged, with just some occasional spots. The title sheet with an
expertly repaired tear and with some tiny repairs along the edge.

57. Wegener, A.
Die Entstehung der Kontinente. In 3 parts. Leipzig, Petermanns
Mitteilungen, 1912. 20pp. (=185-195, 253-256, 305-309) and 6
figs, 1 folding map. 4to. Cont. half leather with gilt lettering on
spine. $ 2400
= Absolute first edition of this literally ground breaking work, being the journal issue.
See Norman 2192: “Wegener was the first to propose the theory of continental drift,
and this is his first publication on the subject. At first, his writings attracted little
attention, and it was only with the publication of a second edition of this treatise in
1919 that his theory became the subject of wide controversy. In the 1920s, the theory
fell into obscurity but it was later revived with the discovery of new paleomagnetic
evidence in the 1950s”. Included is Friedlander’s, Ueber den Usu in Hokkaido und
über einige andere Vulkane mit Quellkuppenbildung with 3 plates and 2 folded
coloured maps. We offer the complete vol. 58(1) of Petermanns Mitteilungen aus
Justus Perthes’ geografischer Anstalt (1912) with several other geographical papers
often with (full colour and folding) maps and photos. A complete copy with vague
stamp on title page and some stamps on verso of some maps, otherwise very good.
58. Wirsing, A.
Marmora et adfines aliquos lapides coloribus suis. Amsterdam: J. C.
Sepp (1776). 4to (285 x 216 mm). 5 (French, English, German, Dutch,
Latin) titles each with a different engraved vignette, 5 (Dutch, German,
English, French, Latin) letters to the reader, half title (in 5 languages,
Bayreutse Marmer on top) [14] pp., 78 figs on 13 plates (1-13); half-title
(do., Wurtenbergsche Marmer [12] pp., 72 figs on 12 plates (14-25);
half title (do., Neresheimsche Marmer), [6] pp., 45 figs on 5 plates (26-
30); half title do., Durlachse Marmer) [8] pp., 36 figs on 6 plates (31-
36); half title (do. Saltzbursche Marmer) [6] pp., 36 figs on 6 plates (37-
42); half title (do., Zwitsersche Marmer uit het Canton Bern) [7] pp.,
28 figs on 7 plates (43-49); [5] pp., 8 figs on 3 plates (50-52); half-title
(do., Tyroolsche Marmer) [3] pp., 12 figs on 2 plates (53-54); Half title
(do., Marmer uit Brabant) [11, blank, 4] pp., 48 figs on 8 plates (61-68);
half title (do., Marmer uit Saxen) [10] pp., 30 figs on 5 plates (69-73);
Florentinische Marmer [caption to plates, no text pp.] 36 figs on 6 plates
(74-79). In total 86 descriptive text pages, 73 beautifully engraved handcoloured
plates including 409 figs. Contemporary full tree calf with
5 raised bands, morocco label with gilt title, 5 richly gilt ornamented
compartments. $ 30,000
= Magnificent and outstanding colour plate book of the Mineral Kingdom,
depicting an almost infinitely-varied series of marbles and allied ornamental stones
from deposits in Germany and nearby countries, including Belgium, Switzerland,
and Italy. Apparently each of the rectangular panels represents the appearence of a
polished slab, with most plates depicting six such pieces, but others two, four, and
as many as nine. While one is immediately captivated by the richness and depth of
the watercoloring, often heightened by the application of opaque white for veinlets,
it can be seen that under each painting lies a complex, lightly-incised network of
lines, almost like rouletting, over which the colors have been laid. Of this second
edition only a few copies are known with a maximum of 98 plates of which we
hold the vast majority. Only one copy with 98 plates has ever been auctioned. The

other few copies recorded all lack 20 or more plates, usually at the end. This copy is
remarkable for having one part of the Italian section, with 6 plates. Each plate except
one is tissue guarded. The text in Latin appears at the bottom of each page and in four
modern languages in rectangular columns above. Each section has its own title and
preface; the accompanying text ends with plate 73. The next section “Florentinische
Marmer” is only indicated by the caption of plate 74. Brunet IV may be in error listing
text up to plate 75. All the pages clean and the plates with the colouring very fresh
and vivid, a fine copy.

59. Woodville, W.
Medical Botany: containing systematic and general descriptions, with
plates of all the medicinal plants, comprehended in the catalogues of
the Materia Medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians
of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. Third edition, in which thirtynine
new plants have been introduced. The botanical descriptions
arranged and corrected by Dr. William Jackson Hooker.... The new
medico-botanical portion supplied by G. Spratt. London, John Bohn,
1832. 5 volumes. 4to (255 cm x 190 mm). pp. (8), 1-88; (4), 189-392; (4),
393-632; (2), 633-824, (32, index); (6), 1-157, (1), (14, index), with 310
(70+71+81+52+36) fine hand-coloured engraved plates. Uniformly
bound in contemporary green half-calf, gilt lettered spines, gilt vignette
of the coat of arms of the State of Hannover with motti “Nunquam
retrorsum”, and “Suscipere et finere” on front boards. $ 6900
= A fine, complete copy of the rarest and most complete edition, containing a 5th
volume with 36 extra plates. “This work contains systematic and general descriptions
of all the plants in the catalogues of the materia medica published by the Royal
Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh, and is illustrated with excellent
plates drawn and engraved by James Sowerby. Woodville’s ‘Medical Botany’ remained
the standard work illustrating plants of the British Pharmacopoeia” (Henry II, pp.
31-32). Plate 112 was never published, and 181 has a bis plate as in all copies. Plate
106 is incorrectly bound between plates 110 and 111. William Woodville (1752-1805)
was a British physician and botanist. Old hand stamp to verso of title pages of the
Bibliotheca Fideicomm. [= Fidei-Commissum] Ernesti Aug[usti], that is: the library of
the former Duke of Cumberland, King of Hannover, Ernst August (1771-1851). Ends
of spines only lightly rubbed, 2 volumes with some light discolouring to side panel,
otherwise a very fine set in a contemporary uniform binding and with a clean interior
and fresh & vivid colouring. A beautiful copy. Stafleu & Cowan 18.271; Nissen BBI,
2183; Pritzel 10398.

Illustrated items outside our usual fields
60. Aluminium foil sample books.
Kluge & Winter GmbH. Two patterned aluminium foil catalogues. The
first sample book is entitled “Neuheiten Kollektion 41”. Hamburg,
1937. Oblong 8vo (250 x 155 mm), 42 leaves showing 190 (of 200)
overlapping samples of colour patterned aluminium foil. Stapled
original buff wrappers printed in red and black. The second sample
book is entitled “Aluminium-Folien. Weiss dreifarbig bedruckt”. Also
published in Hamburg, no date given (ca. 1950). Oblong 12mo (13 x
8 cm). 20 leaves of colour patterned aluminium foil sheets, complete.
Stapled original buff wrappers printed in green. $ 3,400
= A spectacular example of a most unusual survival. The 8vo volume is an especially
early source on the use of aluminium foil (it was only used in the US since 1913).
The samples are by nature extremely fragile, which makes sample books like these
exceptionally scarce. The sample books show how foil design developed. These
samples do not yet have any lettering but contain abstract pattern designs. The first
sample book shows many typical 30s designs, the second booklet is already quite
different and clearly dates from the late 1940s or early 50s. Very good condition.
Staples in the 8vo volume rusted, covers somewhat worn and stained, old ink stamp
partly erased to upper cover. The majority of the fragile samples with some degree
of wear or loss, but never really distracting. The 12mo booklet in fine condition with
all samples intact.
61. Beauty bird calendars.
Sample catalogue of calendars with images of birds, made from
real feathers. Westin Line. No date (ca. 1955). Folio (345 x 230 mm).
A ringbound catalogue containing 6 samples of real feather bird
picture calendars, and 4 samples of other calendars, preceded by a
few leaves of explanatory text. Original paper boards. $ 600
= A curious and remarkable item. In the 1950s, calendar publisher Westport Line
issued a series of calendars that were decorated on front with a picture of a bird,
made of real feathers. According to the introduction, the calendars were handmade,
using “actual feathers in natural colours of tropical birds”. A production technique
that might not have such a good reception when used nowadays... Depending on
taste, this might be kitsch rather than art, but it certainly is an interesting footnote in
the history of bird illustration.
62. Diamant Brokat - Gold Brokat.
Two trade catalogues showing wallpaper samples from the thirties. No
publisher nor date, Germany (ca. 1930). Two oblong 8vo trade sample
catalogues, containing over 250 sample sheets of wallpaper in various
colourful designs. In original stiff wrappers with gilt title. $ 2400
= Very diverse and bright samples. Some of them would certainly be very fashionable
again today. We could not find any information about which firm issued these
catalogues. It seems that this was a luxurious line of wallpapers, since the designs are
often very artistically composed. This is underlined by the words “Marke Excellenz”
on the covers. Wrappers slightly worn on corners, samples all clean and bright and
in mint condition.

no. 62
63. Diderot, D. and J. d’Alembert (Ed.).
Menuisier en voitures. Paris, (ca. 1770). A suite of 30 plates plus
explanatory text, showing the manufacture of horse carriages. This
is a complete section from one of the atlases of the great French
eighteenth-century Encyclopedie by Diderot and d’Alembert.
Unbound. $ 420
= Fine illustrations of the way 18th century carpenters constructed wooden carriages.
Unbound, the contents in very good, clean condition with just an occasional spot.
64. Diderot, D. and J. d’Alembert (Ed.).
Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins (BOUND WITH) Tapisserie
de basse-lisse des Gobelins. Paris, (ca. 1770). Two suites with a
total of 31 plates (7 double page) on tapestry and weaving, from
the great French eighteenth-century Encyclopedie by Diderot and
d’Alembert. With several pages of explanatory text, bound in later
simple plain wrappers. $ 450
= The fine plates show the way the famous Gobelin tapestry was produced. These
pictorial tapestries were painted; embroidered; woven in colours, gold, and silver
thread, and so forth. The plates show details of the process and large views of the
weaving machinery, the weavers at work, etc.
65. Fleury, G.
Decors et ameublements au goût du jour. Paris, Massin & Cie, 1925.
Contemporary illustrated portfolio in folio size, containing a title sheet,
8 leaves of text and 32 plates in photogravure. $ 380
= Beautiful large plates of Art-Nouveau interiors, presented by the famous decorators
of the time, like Lucie Renaudot, Lahalle & Revard, Robert Mallet Stevens and other.
A near fine copy.

66. Japanese pattern sample books.
Showing hand-coloured designs for Kimonos and other fabrics.
No date, Taisho period (1912-1926). A set of five royal 8vo volumes
(24 x 16 cm), numbered 1-5. Each book containing 50 folded sheets.
Original Japanese sewn, decorated bindings. $ 7500
= A stunning set of Kimono design samples. Each sheet is beautifully decorated on
both sides with fine motifs of plants, flowers, animals or compelling non-figurative
decoration. The influence of the Art Deco movement is visible in some of the patterns.
The books were most probably meant as sales catalogues for kimono fabrics. Small
hand stamp on back covers. Very well preserved copies with fantastic designs, the
vivid coloring still very bright.

67. Muller, R.
Original fashion drawings from the thirties. A portfolio, containing 30
original drawings, 18 of these hand-coloured, 1925-1935. The drawings
showing ladies in fashionable outfits. Different sizes but mostly 4to
or small folio (average size ca 360 x 240 mm). Some drawings are
signed by Ruth Muller and dated. Kept in a contemporary simple
half-cloth portfolio with ties. $ 3750
= A fine set of manuscript Art Deco fashion designs. The annotations make clear that
the artist was Ruth E. Muller from St. Albans, Long Island. We could find no other
details about her. She certainly was a talented fashion artist, though. The drawings
really have a compelling power. Some show Art Deco themes or costumes, others
more traditional fashion. A number of drawings have smaller sketches of clothes in
the margin or on the verso. A few coloured drawings were cut out and mounted on
black paper, one is decorated with little beads. Portfolio worn on edges and a little
grubby, but the drawings in very good condition. Some with pencil annotations by
the artist, others with ink annotations on verso.
68. Oberthür, R. and H. Dauthenay.
Répertoire de couleurs pour aider à la détermination des couleurs
des Fleurs, des Feuillages et des Fruits. 2 vols. Rennes and Paris,
1905 with 365 colour plates of colour swatches. Orig. cloth portfolios
(faded). $ 450
= A nice and complete collection of plates for the determination of colours in flowers,
leaves and fruits. Some staining and fading to cloth portfolio of the first volume,
otherwise in good condition.
69. Pustaha manuscript.
Sumatra (19th. century). Manuscript on tree bark, folded in harmonica
fashion, written on both sides in black ink. Illustrated with some
figures and signs, painted red. 16mo (46 x 65 mm.). Covers made of
bone, each with a carved, primitive illustration. $ 1650
= The pustaha of the Batak peoples of Sumatra, living on the banks of Lake Toba in the
north of the Island, deal with magic, medicine, divination, fortune telling, etc. These
manuscripts are often written in an archaic Southern Batak dialect - in some cases,
no one today speaks or knows how to read them. The books were often kept near
the cooking-stove and consequently are seriously darkened by soot (as is the case
with the present copy). This copy has two intriguing carved illustrations on the bone
covers, one showing a bird and the other a kind of lizard. Apart from the blackening
by soot, a well preserved item.
70. Wolfrum, F. (publisher)
Farbige Flächendecorationen im modernen Stil. Serie 1. Vienna
and leipzig, Wolfrum, n.d. (ca. 1910). Folio size. Portfolio, containing
title page and 17 (of 18) coloured plates. Original cloth and paper
portfolio with title and nice Jugendstil logo of the printer. $ 1800
= A very rare portfolio of Art Nouveau designs by Clara Aubertz, Hans Bauer, Carl
Ducke, Robert Holubez, August Patek and others. Several of these artists are from the
famous Viennese school of Koloman Moser. Some plates a little age toned or foxed,
binding with light shelfwear, but a very good copy.

no. 67

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IBAN: NL69 SNSB 0635 1104 90 BIC: SNSBNL2A
Deutsche Postbank, Essen, Deutschland
Accountnr.: 559 375 434 BLZ: 360 100 43
IBAN: DE45 3601 0043 0559 3754 34 BIC: PBNKDEFF
Postbank N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Accountnr.: 370 45 49
IBAN: NL92 PSTB 0003 7045 49 BIC: PSTBNL21
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