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London, The Royal Society, 1789. 4to (24.0 x 17.6 cm). 16 pp. Disbound. = The author describes a method to determine with certainty the difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes and blames Linnaeus for not attempting the separate the two groups accordingly. Whether the author was right remains debatable. Published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions, volume 89. A very good, clean copy. Rare.

Paris, Maison; Leipzig, T. O. Weigel, 1846. Four parts in one. Tall 8vo (25.7 x 16.0 cm). 375 pp.; 22 engraved plates of which several partly hand-coloured [1: 47 pp.; five plates (four larger, folded; one partly hand-coloured); 2: 39 pp.; two large, folding, partly hand-coloured plates); 3: half-title, title page, 254 pp.; 13 large, folded plates (numbered 1-12, 1bis) of which one partly coloured; 4: 37 pp.; two large, folded plates]. Contemporary dark green half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt floral ornaments and title. Marbled endpapers. = A very rare publication by the French botanist Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814-1897). "Born into a wealthy family, he chose a career path in natural history rather than becoming a businessman like his father. From 1836 to 1877 he traveled widely throughout France, collecting many botanical specimens on trips to the Massif Central, the Alps, the Pyrenees as well as on excursions to locations near Lyon. As a member of the Linnaean Society of… Leer más

London, The Royal Society, 1808. Large 4to (29.2 x 23.0 cm). pp. 146-163; one plate. = Tewo papers in one, by the famous astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822). His observations on the 1807 comet - discussed here - are thought-provoking regarding the conundrum, are comets illuminous by themselves or only reflecting sunlight. An original section, taken from the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1794 (not from the later, abridged edition). This section also contains an article by Thomas Young on hydrolic investigations. Unbound, some pages loose, a good copy. Rare.

London, The Royal Society, 1799. Two papers in one. Large 4to (29.4 x 22.6 cm). 55 [33; 22] pp.; 17 [8; 9] large, folded engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. = The most detailed study of Asiatic elephants to that date. It includes a detailed account of the Bengalese "taxonomy" and nomenclature of elephants, which differ widely from the scientific ones. The plates mainly show parts of the skull and the teeth. John Corse [later: John Corse-Scott of Sinton (or Synton)] (ca. 1762-1842) was an army surgeon and naturalist who resided in India for a long time. He wrote more on elephants, but this is his most important anatomical-osteological contribution. Subsequent to Corse's paper, and announced there as a continuation, is a work by Everard Home (Some observations on the structure of the teeth of graminivorous quadrupeds; particularly of the elephant and Sus aethiopicus), which includes illustrations of the African elephant's teeth as well. Both publications were communicated by… Leer más

London and New York, NY, MacMillan and Co. 1968. Thick 8vo (26.7 x 17.5 cm). 1298 pp. (the essential paper 5 pp.: 709-713). Contemporary full buckram with printed title on the spine. = This discovery was done at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and was reason to the Nobel Prize Comittee to grand Hewish the Nobel Prize in physics. "One of his PhD students, Jocelyn Bell, noted the radio source which was ultimately recognised as the first pulsar. The paper announcing the discovery had five authors, Hewish's name being listed first, Bell's second. Hewish and Martin Ryle were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974 for work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars. The Nobel award to Ryle and Hewish without the inclusion of Bell as a co-recipient was controversial, and was roundly condemned by Hewish's fellow astronomer Fred Hoyle" (Wikipedia). We offer the complete Nature… Leer más

Paris, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, 1825. 4to. 21 pp.. Disbound. = Important early paper on the (social) intelligence of the European common seal by the French zoologist and paleontologist Frédéric Cuvier (1773-1838). "[Cuvier] was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier. Cuvier has been described as the first scientist to use terms "héréditaire" (hereditary) in 1807 and "heredity” in 1812 in their now biological context. He used both words in promoting the inheritance of acquired characteristics based on his studies of animal behaviour" (Wikipedia). Published in the Museum's Annales, volume 17. Rare. Some soiling or age-toning to the first page, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

London, The Zoological Society, 1879. Large 4to (31.8 x 25.0 cm). 36 pp.; four lithographed plates of which two beautifully hand-coloured. Disbound. = A seldom seen monograph with amazing illustrations, written by one of the foremost 19th-century British entomologists, John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893). Many species are new. Published in the Society's Transactions. Small damp stain in the lower outer edge of the plain plates, not on the full colour plates. A very good copy. Horn-Schenkling II(4) p. 422.

Vratislaviae et Bonnae, Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 1843. 4to (29.7 x 22.7 cm). Title pages in German and in Latin, to the volume and the work. xxxii, 312 pp.; 13 engraved plates of which four hand-coloured. Slightly later pebbled blue half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled red. = A seldom-seen botanical work by the German medical doctor and botanist Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (1804-1840), compiled with the assistance of several of the foremost German botanists of the time. Published posthumously. After an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Memel (Lithuania), Meyen came to Berlin in 1821, where he studied medicine at the University of Berlin. From 1826 onwards, Meyen worked as a military doctor. On the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt, he took part in a circumnavigation of the world as a ship's doctor on the Princess Louise from 1830 to 1832. This took him to Brazil, Chile, Peru, Polynesia, China, and… Leer más

Paris, Crochard, 1834. 8vo. 12 [ 6; 6] pp.; one engraved plate. Disbound. = From the Annales des Sciences Naturelles edited by Audouin and Milne-Edwards. Text and plates a bit spotted, plate with marginal water-stain, oterwise good. Rare.

Uppsala, Societas Regia Scientiarum Upsaliensis, 1784. 4to (26.8 x 20.6 cm). 10 pp. Not bound. = Early observations on the mineral resources of India, and in particular of granites, quartzes (onyx, achates, etc.), calcarous stones, etc. Written jointly by the Swedish mineralogist Johan(n) Jacob Ferber (1743-1790), and the Swiss naturalist Johann Gerhard König (1728-1785). König, a pupil of Linnaeus and corresponent of Sir Joseph Banks, died in India. The paper was based on his personal observations. Published in the society's Nova Acta, volume 4. Uncut, with ample margins. Rare.

Boston, MA, The Boston Society of Natural History, 1902. Two papers in one. 4to (29.0 x 22.3 cm). 73 pp. [numbered 313-385]; 22 lithographed plates [numbered 39-61], including one hand-coloured. Later red buckram with gilt title on the spine. = Two papers written by the American malacologist and invertebrate zoologist Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925). Both papers published in the Society's Memoirs. The paper on Terebratulina septentrionalis [11 pp. two plates], bound in the rear. It was published 31 years earlier, in 1871. Stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the title page. A few, short tears in the wrapper margins, but otherwise excellent, with clean wrappers, text, and plates.

Bruxelles, Académie Royal des Sciences et Belles-Lettres, 1838. 4to (27.1 x 21.5 cm). 46 pp., three lithographed plates. Later speckled wrappers. = One of the earlier detailed studies in this field. The plates depict frogs, tadpoles and their anatomy. Published in the academy's Mémoires, volume 13. Untrimmed, with wide margins. Plates spotted, otherwise a good copy. Rare.

London, The Royal Society, 1793. 4to (27.2 x 21.0 cm). 20 pp. (numbered 201-219), with a foldout plate on linnen bound in. = A rare original issue of this paper, issued in the Society's Philosophical Transactions for the year 1793 (so not from the later, abridged edition). Disbound. Margins a bit spotted; small library stamp, unfortunately, in the plate, otherwise good.

London, The Royal Society, 1768. 4to (22.6 x 17.4 cm). 13 pp., one folded plate. Disbound. = In this paper, William Hunter, a prestigious lecturer of anatomy, compares the fossil remains found by William Croghan in the Ohio Valley in 1765 to bones of the modern elephant. Hunter concluded that the creature, dubbed the "American incognitum" was distinct from the elephant, but that it may belong to the same species as the Siberian mammoth. The pronounced knobs on the teeth had convinced him that, unlike the elephant, this animal was carnivorous. Significantly, Hunter also concluded that the beast was probably extinct. Indeed, he told his audience that they should be grateful that such a monster no longer presented a threat to men. Extract from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for the year 1768, not from the later abridged edition. Contents fine.

Paris, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1883. 4to (31.3 x 24.0 cm). 21 pp. and three fine (chromo)lithographed plates. Disbound with original rear wrapper. = A nicely illustrated monograph on this family of African flying squirrels by Joseph Huet (1827-1903) "aide naturaliste” at the Muséum. Published in the Muséum's Nouvelle Archives. With one plate of skulls, and two of whole living animals, of which one in chromilthography. The latter two plates were drawn by the famous Dutch animal painter Johannes Gerardus ("John Gerrard") Keulemans (1842-1912). Text a bit spotted, plates clean. Rare.

Pretoria, Transvaal Museum, 1960. 8vo (25.0 x 16.1 cm). 6 pp., two plates, 6 text figures. Original printed wrappers. = An important study on the origin and environmental restrictions of this enigmatic snake locomotion. The wrappers from the Museum's Annals. A good, clean copy.

Salem, Essex Institute, 1866-1868. 8vo (23.5 x 15.3 cm). iv, 103 pp.; nine engraved plates, tissue-guarded and with explanatory text., one double-folding table. Later green buckram with gilt title on the spine. Patterned endpapers. Original printed wrappers bound in. = A taxonomically important but seldom-seen work by the American marine biologist and malacologist Alphaeus Hyatt (1838-1902). This copy well-bound. Offprint from the Institute's Proceedings. Author's inscription in the top margin of the front wrapper. Pictorial bookplate of the John Crerar library on the front pastedown; their perforated stamp on the title and tiny stamp on plate versos. Plates are numbered 7-15. Plate 12 by mistake bounds in twice. A very good copy.

Philadelphia, PA, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1915. Large 8vo (25.7 x 18.7 cm). 24 pp. Disbound. = Stanislas Meunier (1843-1925) was a French geologist. Published in the Academy's Proceedings, volume 67(I), apparently interesting enough to print in its original language. Uncut. A good, clean copy.

London, the Royal Society, 1787. 4to. 14 pp. Disbound. = According to the author, the Scottish anatomist, physiologist and surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793), "the true distinction between different species of animals must ultimately, as appears to me, be gathered from their incapacity of propagating with each other an offspring capable again of continuing itself by subsequent propagations..." He continues with showing that wolf, dog, and, wrongly on account of a third party, the jackal are one species. Published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions. A light stain by an old ribbon, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1834. 4to (27.0 x 20.1 cm). 50 pp., one folding splendidly hand-coloured engraved plate. Later marbled boards. Printed label pasted on the front board. = The fine plate, also by Turpin, shows a "Byssus parietina en fructification", that is, the whole fungus as it grows on old wood. Published in the academy's Mémoires, volume 14. A very good, clean copy.