NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORT etc.

Auction 83, 24-28 November 2025

161 lots

Lots

Lot 2564

[Anatomy]. Bidloo, G. Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams.

Utr., J. van Poolsum, 1728, 2nd Dutch ed., (10)textp., engr. frontisp., 106 (fold.) plates (1x on 2 plates), probably engraved by A. BLOTELING after designs by G. DE LAIRESSE, each plate w. accomp. letterpress textleaf, late 19th cent. gilt calfbacked cloth covers, large folio.

Estimate €1,000 – €1,500Result €1,600

Lot 2572

[Anatomy]. Toldt, C. and Rosa, A. dalla. Anatomischer Atlas für studierende und Ärtzte.

Berlin/ Vienna, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1908, 6 vols. w. continuous pagination, 974p., 1505 (occas. partly col.) ills., orig. unif. giltlettered blindst. cl. Spalteholz, W. Handatlas der Anatomie des Menschen. Leipsic, S. Hirzel, 1932, 13th ed., 3 vols., w. continous pagination, VI,(2),975,(4)p., 1084 (col.) ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl. AND a fine set of A. BENNINGHOFF and K. GOERTTLER, Lehrbuch der Anatomie der Menschen (Munich/ Berlin/ Vienna, 1968, 3 vols., num. (col.) plates/ ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr. Spine of one dustwr. some traces of nibbling by silverfish).

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2575

[Astronomy]. Huygens, Chr.

De Wereld-Beschouwer, of Gissingen over de Hemelsche Aardklooten, en derzelver cieraad. Dutch transl. P. Rabus. Rott., B. Bos, 1699, (20),203p., 4 fold. engr. plates, contemp. calf, sm. 8vo.

Estimate €700 – €900Result €1,700

Lot 2576

[Astronomy]. Ranger VII/ Ranger VIII/ Ranger IX. Photographs of the Moon.

Washington DC, NASA, 1964-1966, 3 parts in 5 vols., plates, orig. unif. gilt cl. (3x; Ranger VII)/ orig. unif. wr., folio. Nesmeanov, A. (introd.). Pervye fotografii obratnoi storony luny (First photographs of the far side of the moon). Moscow, Akademia Nauk SSSR, 1959, 33,(3)p., 4 plates, ills., orig. giltlettered blindst. cl., 4to. - AND 1 other: H.A.G. LEWIS, The Times Atlas of the Moon (London, 1969, lunar maps, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio).

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2577

[Aviation]. "Maastricht - Aachen - Airport".

Album containing 1 tipped-in text leaf (dated "Januari 1997"), 11 tipped-in col. photographs, 10 tipped-in orig. cartoons (pen and ink and grey wash), 10 other tipped-in plates w. drawings, several sm. drawings in white chalk on album lvs., orig. silverlettered cl., obl. 4to.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90

Lot 2579

[Aviation]. Lot

of ±60 brochures, booklets, leaflets etc., ±1945-1960, various sizes.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €110

Lot 2581

[Botany]. Berghuis, S. De Nederlandsche Boomgaard, beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der Vereeniging tot Regeling en Verbetering van de Vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, met afbeeldingen naar de natuur. Tweede deel. Peren en steenvruchten.

Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1868 (general title dated 1864), 4 parts in 1 vol. (of 2), chromolithogr. frontisp. portrait after O. EERELMAN and 64 chromolithogr. plates w. accomp. textleaf after S. BERGHUIS, all printed by G. SEVEREYNS, orig. gilt and embossed cl., 4to.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €190

Lot 2584

[Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Cruydt-Boeck, volgens sijne laetste verbeteringe: Met Biivoegsels achter elck Capittel, uut verscheyden Cruydtbeschrijvers: Item in't laetste een Beschrijvinge vande Indiaensche Gewassen, meest getrocken uut de schriften van Carolus Clusius.

Leyden, Inde Plantijnsche Druckerije van Françoys van Ravelingen, 1608, 2 vols., (8),830; 831-1580,(79)p., engr. title by WILLEM SWANENBURGH, over 1470 woodcuts in text, modern unif. artif. hleather, folio.

Estimate €500 – €700Result €650

Lot 2591

[Botany]. Oudemans, C.A.J.A. De flora van Nederland.

Haarlem, A.C. Kruseman, 1859-1862, 3 text vols.: XXIII,(1),472; XXI,453; XXXIII,(1),416p., 317 woodengr. ills.; atlas vol.: 91 handcol. lithogr. plates and 1 uncol. lithogr. plate, contemp. unif. richly gilt green hmor., 4to. AND 1 other by the same: Eerste beginselen der plantenkunde (Nijm., 1898, 4th ed., num. woodengr. ills., contemp. hcl.).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €160

Lot 2592

[Botany]. Paxton, J. and Lindley, J.

Flower Garden. Ed. T. Baines. London etc., Cassell & Company, 1882-1884, rev. ed., 3 vols., IV,195,8; 183,8; 179,8p., 108 chromolithogr. plates, ills., orig. unif. gilt blindst. dec. cl., 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €450

Lot 2593

[Botany]. Tournefort, J. Pitton de. Institutiones rei herbariae.

Paris, "E typographia regia", 1719, 3rd ed., 3 parts in 2 vols., text vol.: (6 [of 8]),XXXII,(16),695,(9),58p., engr. title-vignette, 2 vignettes in text; plate vol.: 2 engr. titles, 489 plates by C. AUBRIET, 2 ills., contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. red mor. letterpiece.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €160

Lot 2595

[Civil engineering]. Tieleman van der Horst/ Polley, J. Theatrum machinarum universale; of keurige verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie waterwerken, schutsluizen, waterkeringen, ophaal- en draaibruggen.

Amst., P. Schenk (en Zoon), 1757/ 1774, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),14; (2),9 textp., 2 ident. engr. title-vignettes, double-p. armorial plate (the often lacking "Beemster-landts wapen", i.a. depicting a cow), together 55 (fold.) double-page engr. plates on 48 lvs., numbered I-XXV, I-XXIV and I-VI, contemp. hroan, large folio.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €190

Lot 2596

[Civil engineering]. Tieleman van der Horst/ Polley, J. Theatrum machinarum universale; of keurige verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie waterwerken, schutsluizen, waterkeringen, ophaal- en draaibruggen.

Amst., P. Schenk (en Zoon), 1757/ 1774, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),14; (2),8 textp., 2 ident. engr. title-vignettes, 45 (fold.) double-p. engr. plates, numbered I-XXV and I-XXIV, 19th-cent. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, large folio.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €90

Lot 2598

Clercq, P. de. The Leiden Cabinet of Physics. A Descriptive Catalogue.

Leyden, Museum Boerhaave, 1997, 198,(2)p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. mounted plate on frontcover, 4to (Communication 271). Science in the Provinces. A Descriptive Catalogue of the 'Deventer' Collection. Ibid., idem, 2002, 214,(2)p., num. ills., bound unif. w. the above, 4to (Mededelingen 296). Fournier, M. Early microscopes. A Descriptive Catalogue. Ibid., idem, 2003, 234,(2)p., num. ills., bound unif. w. the above, 4to (Communication 300). - AND 3 others publ. by the same: Communication 305, 310 and 311.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 2601

[Entomology]. Calwer, C.G. Keverboek.

Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1930, 2 vols., (8),784; (2),785-1330p., 51 (48 col.) plates, 250 ills., orig. unif. hcl. w. gilt spine, 4to. Buekers, P.G. Onze kevers. Ibid., idem, 1912, VIII,107p., 20 col. plates by K. NEUNZIG, contemp. cl. w. orig. frontwr. laid down. Oudemans, J.Th. De Nederlandsche Insecten. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1900, XV,(1),836p., 38 lithogr. plates, 427 textills., contemp. gilt hcalf, large 8vo. AND 1 other.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €70

Lot 2603

[Entomology]. Donovan, E. The Natural History of British Insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. Together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope.

London, printed by Bye and Law for the author and for F.C. and J. Rivington, 1793-1813, 16 parts in 8 vols., 576 contemp. handcol. engr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. black mor. letterpiece, 4to.

Estimate €1,500 – €2,500Result €1,500

Lot 2605

Ficino, M. De Vita libri tres.

Lyon, Rouillé, 1560, 461p., woodcut printer's mark, contemp. blindst. pigskin, sm. 8vo. BOUND WITH: Ferus, J. (= Wild, J.). Examen ordinandorum. Ad quaestiones sacrorum ordinum, Candidatis proponi consuetas, aptae et piae Responsiones, Catholicam veritatem succincta brevitate indicantes. Ibid., idem, 1557, 180,(8)p., ident. woodcut printer's mark,

Estimate €300 – €500Result €300

Lot 2613

Humboldt, A. von.

Kosmos. Ontwerp eener natuurkundige wereldbeschrijving. Dutch transl. E.M. Beima. Leyden, P.H. van den Heuvel, 1865-1866, 2nd ed., 5 parts in 4 vols., contemp. unif. giltlettered hcl.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 2615

[Hunting and falconry]. Es, N.J.A.P.H. van. De Valkerij. (IN: De Hippische Sport en het Korps Rijdende Artillerie 1793-1908).

Arnhem, Coers & Roest/ G.J. Thieme, n.d. (1908), 1 (of 2) vols., (16),172,(18)p., 45 mostly handcol. plates and num. handcol. illustrations by J. HOYNCK VAN PAPENDRECHT, H.M. KRABBÉ, W.C. STARING and N.J.A.P.J. VAN ES, handcol. bookdecoration by TH. COLENBRANDER and K.H. ROSKAM, the plates and illustrations partly heightened w. gold and/ or silver, orig. gilt dec. cl., t.e.g., folio.

Estimate €2,400 – €2,600Result €4,750

Lot 2617

[Husbandry]. Chomel, N. Algemeen huishoudelijk-, natuur-, zedekundig- en konst- woordenboek, Vervattende veele middelen om zijn goed te vermeerderen, en zijne gezondheid te behouden (...). Vols. 1, 3, 5-7.

Leyden/ Leeuw., J. le Mair/ J.A. de Chalmot, 1778, 2nd rev. and enl. ed. by J.A. DE CHALMOT, 5 (of 7) vols., engr. frontisp. and 86 (of 100) fold. plates (1 with scores), contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. Chalmot, J.A. de. Vervolg op M. Noël Chomel. Algemeen huishoudelyk-, natuur-, zedekundig- en konst- woordenboek. Vols. 1, 5-7. Kampen/ Amst., J.A. de Chalmot/ J. Yntema, 1786-1792, 4 (of 9) vols., 23 (of 53) engr. plates, bound unif. w. the preceding, 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €200

Lot 2618

[Husbandry]. Chomel, N. and Chalmot, J.A. de. Huishoudelijk Woordenboek, Vervattende veele middelen om zijn goed te vermeerderen, en zijne gezondheid te behouden (...)./ Vervolg op M. Noël. Algemeen huishoudelyk-, natuur-, zedekundig- en konstwoordenboek (...). Ed. J.A. de Chalmot a.o.

Leyden/ Leeuw., J. le Mair/ H.A. de Chalmot, 1769-1793, 2nd rev. and enl. ed./ 1st ed., 13 (of 16) vols., fold. engr. plates, modern unif. gilt antique style hleather w. 2 contrasting letterpieces, 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €275

Lot 2620

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100