NATURAL HISTORY, HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP, HUNTING, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024

249 lots

Lots

Lot 2325

[Anatomy]. Falise, A. Anatomische atlas.

Arnhem, N.V. Kluppell & Ebeling, (1923), 2 vols., text vol.: 98,(2)p., orig. dec. hcl., 4to; atlas vol.: title-leaf, 30 col. lithogr. plates by L.P. CRUYFF, loose as issued in orig. clothbacked dec. board portfolio, folio.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 2327

[Anatomy]. Lockhart, R.D. Living anatomy. A Photographic Atlas of Muscles in Action and Surface Contours.

London, Faber & Faber, 1949, 2nd ed., 71p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., sm. 4to. Peet, E.W. and Patterson, T.J.S. The Essentials of Plastic Surgery. Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1963, 1st ed., IX,448p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. (sl. soiled/ frayed) dustwr., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. a third and sixth ed. of the first.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 2328

[Anatomy]. Morgagni, J.B. Adversaria anatomica omnia.

Venice, Remondini, 1762, XVI,244p., engr. title-vignette, 11 plates, contemp. giltlettered hcalf, folio. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Epistolae anatomicae duodeviginti ad scripta pertinentes (...) Antoni Mariae Valsavae. Padua, idem, 1764/ 1762, 2 parts, XII,427; VIII,96p. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Opuscula miscellanea quorum nunc pauca nunc primum prodeunt. Venice, idem, 1763, 3 parts, (2),VI,120; 75; 84p., woodcut title-vignette, engr. frontisp. portrait.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €325

Lot 2329

[Astronomy]. Apianus, P. Cosmographia.

Antw., G. Bontius, 1553, (2),64,(2) lvs., woodcut globe on title-p., 1 fold. worldmap, 4 volvelle plates, num. ills., rebound in 20th cent. overlapping vellum w. title stamped in black on spine, sm. 4to.

Estimate €3,000 – €5,000

Lot 2334

[Aviation]. Berget, A.

De weg door het luchtruim. Dutch adapt. W.H. Cool. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1910, XI,(1),192p., 24 plates w. photogr. ills., 65 ills., modern cl. w. orig. wr. mounted on frontcover, 4to. Het vliegveld. Officieel orgaan der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Luchtvaart. Amst., N.V. Het Vliegveld, 1918-1921, 12 vols., num. ills., orig. not unif. pict. wr., 4to. AND 10 others i.a. a gelatin silverprint of A. FOKKER: "Fokker am Startplatz die Wagen besichtigend" (12x17 cm., w. tickets and stamps on verso "Berliner Bild-Bericht").

Estimate €60 – €80Result €90

Lot 2336

Beima, E.M. De aarde vóór den zondvloed.

Rott./ Leyden, H. Nijgh/ Van den Heuvell & Van Santen, 1867, XV,(1),551p., 32 (fold.) (col.) lithogr. maps/ plates, woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor. Bauer, M. Edelsteinkunde. Eine allgemein verständliche Darstellung der Eigenschaften, des Vorkommens und der Verwendung der Edelsteine, nebst einer Anleitung zur Bestimmung derselben, für Mineralogen, Edelsteinliebhaber, Steinschleifer, Juweliere. Leipsic, C.H. Tauchnitz, 1909, 2nd rev. ed., XVI,766p., 21 (col./ tinted) plates (counted as 20), 115 ills., contemp. giltlettered and blindst. hmor., 4to. Leviticus, F. and Polak, H. Encyclopaedie der diamantnijverheid. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1908, (4),526,(1)p., col. frontisp., (full-p.) ills., orig. giltlettered cl. ADDED: 3 others, i.a. P.C.T. SNELLEN, De vlinders van Nederland. Macrolepidoptera, systematisch beschreven (The Hague, 1867, lithogr. plates, contemp. giltlettered hmor.).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €70

Lot 2337

Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds.

Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1791, 2nd ed., X,483p., woodengr. title-vignette, 212 ills. and 108 vignettes by T. BEWICK, contemp. gilt calf w. black mor. letterpiece on spine.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €90

Lot 2338

Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds.

Newcastle upon Tyne, E. Walker for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, 1807, 5th ed., VIII,525,(1 advert.)p., woodengr. title-vignette, 225 ills. and 111 vignettes by T. BEWICK, contemp. calf w. mor. letterpiece and gilt supralibros of THE SIGNET LIBRARY on both covers.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2339

Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds.

Newcastle upon Tyne, E. Walker for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, 1807, 5th ed., VIII,525,(1 advert.)p., woodengr. title-vignette, 225 ills. and 111 vignettes by T. BEWICK, sl. later calf w. use of orig. backstrip w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. AND a copy of the 6th ed. of the same work.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2340

Bewick, T. History of British Birds. I. The History and Description of Land Birds. II. The History and Description of Water Birds.

Newcastle, Beilby & Bewick/ T. Bewick, 1797-1804, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXX,(2),335,(1); XX,400p., 208; 237 woodengr. ills., contemp. boards/ gilt calf. Idem. A History of British Birds. I. The History and Description of Land Birds; and a Supplement, with Additional Figures. Ibid., T. Bewick, 1821, 7th/ 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., vol. 1 only, XL,43-330; (2),46,(2)p., 267 woodengr. ills., later hmor. AND an edition (without text) with 35 (of 38) woodengr. ills. of both Supplement vols. (1821, modern calf, 4to. Lacks title-p. to first Supplement and 3 plates. Roscoe 39 and 41. Rare).

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2344

[Botany]. Blankaart, S.

De Nederlandschen Herbarius. Of Kruidboek der voornaamste Kruiden, tot de medicyne, Spysbereidingen en Konstwerken dienstig, handelende van zommige hier te Lande wassende Boomen, Kruiden, Heesters, Mossen, enz. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1714, 2nd ed., (8),614,(26)p., engr. frontisp. and 36 full-p. plates, contemp. hroan, sm. 8vo.

Estimate €800 – €1,000

Lot 2345

[Botany]. Commelin, J. and C. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum Tam Orientalis, quàm Occidentalis Indiae, aliarumque Peregrinarum Plantarum (...). Beschryvinge En Curieuse Afbeeldingen Van rare vreemde Oost-West-Indische en andere Gewassen Vertoont in den Amsterdamsche Kruyd-hof.

Amst., P. and J. Blaeu and (widow) A. van Someren, 1697/ 1701, 2 vols., (18),220; (12),224,(4)p., 2 diff. engr. titles, 5 large plates w. coats of arms of J. Huydecoper (2x), J. Commelin, G. Pancras and F. de Vroede, 225 ills. on 223 plates (vol.I, plate 42 shows 3 plants numb. 42-44 and vol.II, plate 4 consists of 2 plates (recto: 4,1 and verso 4,2)), contemp. unif. calf w. central gilt coat of arms of "Mr. Bonnier de la Mosson" on both frontcovers and with a gilt banner with the name "Mr. Bonnier de la Mosson" in gilt lettering on both backcovers, richly gilt spines, folio.

Estimate €7,000 – €9,000Result €9,500

Lot 2346

[Botany]. Commelin, J. and C. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum Tam Orientalis, quàm Occidentalis Indiae, aliarumque Peregrinarum Plantarum (...). Beschryvinge En Curieuse Afbeeldingen Van rare vreemde Oost-West-Indische en andere Gewassen Vertoont in den Amsterdamsche Kruyd-hof.

Amst., P. and J. Blaeu and (widow) A. van Someren, 1697/ 1701, 2 vols., (18),220; (12),224,(4)p., 2 diff. engr. titles, 5 large plates w. coats of arms of J. Huydecoper (2x), J. Commelin, G. Pancras and F. de Vroede, 222 (of 223) plates, contemp. richly gilt calf w. central gilt-tooled (not unif.) ornament on both covers surrounded by 2 double gilt fillet line borders and 4 cornerpieces, richly gilt spine, a.e.g., folio.

Estimate €5,000 – €7,000Result €5,000

Lot 2352

[Botany]. Munting, A.

Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen, waar in de veelerley aart en bijzondere eigenschappen der boomen, heesters, kruyden, bloemen, met haare vrugten, zaden, wortelen en bollen, neevens derzelver waare voort-teeling, gelukkige aanwinning, en heylzaame genees-krachten. Leyden/ Utr., P. van der Aa/ F. Halma, 1696, (38),929[in columns],(64)p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, 12 vignettes and 243 full-p. plates, contemp. calf, folio.

Estimate €2,000 – €3,000Result €3,750

Lot 2354

[Botany]. Thomé, O.W.

Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Gera, F. von Zezschwitz (3x pasted over w. address Berlin-Lichterfelde, H. Bermühler Verlag), 1903-1905, 2nd ed., 4 vols., 616 chromolithogr. plates, contemp. gilt hmor. (1x)/ contemp. unif. publisher's bindings w. gilt spine.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 2358

[Botany]. Weinmann, J.W. Taalryk register der plaat- ofte figuur-beschryvingen der bloemdragende gewassen. Waar in de benamingen uit de beste schryvers (...) na de ordre van het A.B.C. niet alleen zeer geschiktelyk worden ter neer gestelt, maar te gelyk de geslachten en kentekenen, met der zelver gebruik (...). Dutch transl. J. Burmannus.

Amst., Z. Romberg, 1736-1739, 3 vols. (vol.1 and 2 with text and plates, vol. 3 w. plates only), (2).280; (2),480p, 775 (of 1025) (fold.) engr. and mezzotint plates printed in colours and finished by hand, contemp. unif. hcalf w. gitlettered mor. letterpiece. 19th cent. covers, folio.

Estimate €10,000 – €15,000Result €27,500

Lot 2360

[Cars]. La 2 litres 6 cylindres Berliet II cv.

Lyon etc., Berliet, n.d. (±1928), (16)p., photogr. ills., decoration printed in blue, orig. cordbound wr., 4to. - AND 1 other: PEGASO. TIPO 102 (Madrid, (1953), col. ills., orig. wr., obl. 4to).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 2363

[Civil engineering]. Annales des Ponts et Chaussées.

1ére Série. 2e Série. (Paris, (Carilian-Goeury)/ Librairie des Corps Impériaux des Ponts et Chaussées et des Mines, 1831-1841), 2 series in 3 vols., 296 (fold.) engr. plates by ADAM, contemp. unif. giltlettered hcalf, obl. folio.

Estimate €120 – €150Result €120

Lot 2364

[Coaches]. Thomas, B. Traité de menuiserie en voitures.

Paris, the author, 1870-1886, 2 text parts in 1 vol.: VIII,52; (2),47,(1)p., 2 diff. woodengr. title-ills., orig. giltlettered blindst. cl., folio; plate vol.: 23 (fold.) lithogr. plates, loose as issued in orig. giltlettered cl. portfolio w. ties, folio.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2365

[Conchology]. Rumphius, G.E. Lot of 54 engr. plates from

D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer, Amst., F. Halma, 1705, 1st ed., 54 (of 60) engr. plates by i.a. A. VAN BUYSEN, J. LAMSVELT, J. DEUR, J. DE LATER, all under passepartout, loose in clothbacked board portfolio, large folio.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €400

Lot 2366

Darwin, C. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait à bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 à 1836. French transl. E. Barbier.

Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1875, first French ed., (4),VIII,552p., woodengr. ills., orig. gilt green cl. by LENÈGRE(?). Idem. La faculté motrice dans les plantes. French transl. E. Heckel. Ibid., idem, 1882, 1st French ed., XXVI,599,(1),20(publ. cat.)p., 174 woodengr. ills., bound unif. w. the preceding. Idem. La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle. French transl. J.J. Moulinié. Introd. C. Vogt. Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie., 1872, 1st French ed., 2 vols., (4),XV,(1),452,24(publ. cat.); (4),III,(1),494,(1)p., 76 woodengr. ills., orig. unif. gilt green cl. by LENÈGRE.

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 2371

[Dogs]. Bylandt, H.A. van. Les Races de Chiens. Leurs Origines, Points, Descriptions, Types, Qualités, Aptitudes et Défauts.

Brussels, Vanbuggenhoudt Frères, 1897, 4 parts in 1 vol., 1160p., 1392 plates/ ills., orig. gilt hmor., sm. folio. Leighton, R. (ed.). The New Book of the Dog. A Comprehensive Natural History of British Dogs and their Foreign Relatives, with Chapters on Law, Breeding, Kennel Management, and Veterinary Treatment. London etc., Cassell and Company, 1907, XVI,(2),624p., 21 col. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt embossed and dec. cl., a.e.g., 4to. AND 2 others, i.a. A.J. SEWELL and F.W. COUSENS, The Dog's Medical Dictionary (London, 1932, reprint ed., orig. cl.).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €110

Lot 2373

[Engineering]. Leupold, J. Theatri machinarum Hydraulicarum. Oder Schau-Platz der Wasser-Künste. Bestehend in einer volkommenen Beschreibung und Unterricht meist aller erfundenen Machinen, die Wasser dadurch in die Höhe zu treiben, oder aus der Tieffe zu erheben.

Leipsic, B.C. Breitkopf und Sohn, 1774, later ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (14),172,(2); (20),165,(3)p., 105 (double-p.) engr. plates (tab.XXI-XXIV on 2 plates), contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, folio.

Estimate €500 – €700

Lot 2377

Estimate €700 – €900Result €750

Lot 2382

[Entomology]. Merian, M.S. Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium.

London, Pion, 1980-1982, 2 vols., facs. vol.: (4)p., 60 full-p. col. plates and accomp. textp.; text vol.: XI,(1),198,(1)p., (full-p.) (col.) ills., printed in 990 numb. copies, orig. unif. blindst. and giltlettered dark green (h)leather, t.e.g., large folio.

Estimate €250 – €350