Bubb Kuyper

NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026

247 lots

Lot 1684

[Anatomy]. (Anatomical model of a man).

Deventer, Æ.E. Kluwer, n.d. (±1900), 4 life-size col. lithogr. movable (1x multi-layered) plates, total size 165x55 cm., in plain board covers (margins covered w. cloth).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €80

Lot 1688

[Anatomy]. Vesalius, A. Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica. Ed. H. Boerhaave. Vol. 2.

Leyden, J. du Vivié and J. and H. Verbeek, 1725, 1 vol. (of 2), (10),577-1156,(51)p., engr. title, 12 (fold.) engr. anatomical plates by J. WANDELAAR, later richly gilt polished treecalf, gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, both covers w. gilt supralibros "Prix Donné au Nom de la République Française, par le Ministre de l'Intérieur an XI [frontcover only:] à N.A.B. Charinet 10 Fructidor An XI", a.e.g., folio.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €750

Lot 1692

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

Newcastle, T. Bewick, 1804, 3rd/ 1st ed., 2 vols., XXXVIII,346; XX,400p., ±440 woodengr. ills. by T. BEWICK, contemp. unif. gilt and embossed calf. - Both vols. w. contemp. owner's entry. Both vols. sl. chafed on joints. A fine set. AND 2 others by the same, i.a. A General History of Quadrupeds (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1811, 6th ed., num. woodengr. ills. and vignettes by T. BEWICK, contemp. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €300

Lot 1695

[Botany]. Bentham, G. Handbook of British Flora; a Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to, or naturalized in, the British Isles.

London, Lovell Reeve, 1865, 2 vols., LXXIV,503,(1); (3),504-1076p., num. ills. from drawings after W. FITCH, rebacked w. orig. gilt cl. backstrip. - Occas. sl. foxed; repaired tears. Grieve, M. A Modern Herbal, the Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with all their Modern Scientific Uses. London, Jonathan Cape, 1931, 2 vols., XVI,427; (2),428-888p., 95 lithogr. plates, orig. giltlettered cl. AND 2 others, i.a. B.S. WILLIAMS, Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants (London, 1883, num. plates, orig. gilt and dec. cl.) and J. SCOFFERN, Outlines of Botany (London, n.d. (±1850), num. ills., orig. gilt and blindst. cl.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €190

Lot 1696

[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, 2 vols., XXVI,(8),120,(4); (8),72,32,24,8,(2),4p., 2 diff. chromolithogr. frontisp. after O. EERELMAN and 124 chromolithogr. plates w. accomp. textleaf after S. BERGHUIS, all printed by G. SEVEREYNS, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. dec. cl., folio.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €550

Lot 1699

[Botany]. Britten, J. European Ferns.

London etc., Cassell & Co., n.d. (1879-1881), VII,(1),XLIV,196p., 30 chromolithogr. plates, num. woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt binding, rebacked w. modern burgundy mor. backstrip, 4to.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €100

Lot 1700

[Botany]. Brugere, F. de la. L'école du Jardinier, Amateur Fleuriste et Potager.

Paris, Arthème Fayard, n.d. (±1890), 2 vols., text vol.: (4),604p.; atlas vol.: 119 col. lithogr. (double-p.) plates, num. ills., unif. gilt cl. - Both vols. occas. sl. foxed; atlas vol. occas. waterstained in blank margin; plate "Fruits de Printemps" double. Christensen, C. Index Filicum, Sive Enumuratio Omnium Generum Specierumque Filicum et Hydropteridum. Copenhagen, H. Hagerup, 1906, LIX,(3),744p., contemp. hcalf. - AND 5 others, i.a. P.H. GONNET, Flores Élementaires de la France (Paris, Ledoyen et Giret, 1847, 2 vols., 13 (fold.) plates, orig. unif. gilt hmor) and A. POITEAU, Le Bon Jardinier, Encyclopédie Horticole (Paris, n.d. (1933), 150th ed., 1 fold. col. lithogr. map, 6 col. lithogr. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt and blindst. hcalf).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €240

Lot 1701

[Botany]. Burrows, J.E. Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies.

Sandton, Frandsen Publishers, 1990, XIII,359,(4)p., num. textmaps, 56 col. photogr. plates, num. (col. photogr.) (full-p.), ills., orig. gilt boards w. dustwr., 4to. Hall, C.A. Plant-Life. London, A.C. Black, 1915, 1st ed., XI,380p., 74 (col.) photogr. plates, ills., orig. gilt boards (occas. sl. foxed). - AND 3 others, i.a. D.L. JONES, Encyclopedia of Ferns, an Introduction to Ferns, their Structure, Biology, Economic Importance, Cultivation and Propagation (Portland, 1988, num. (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1704

[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, (8),1580,(79)p., handcol. engr. title by WILLEM SWANENBURGH, over 1470 partly handcol. woodcuts in text, contemp. blindst. panelled leather over (partially wooden) covers, folio.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €1,900

Lot 1705

[Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Cruydt-boeck, volghens sijne laetste verbeteringhe: Met Bijvoeghsels achter elck Capitel, uyt verscheyden Cruydt-beschrijvers: Item, in 't laetste een Beschrijvinghe vande Indiaensche ghewassen, meest ghetrocken uyt de schriften van Carolus Clusius.

Antw., B. Moretus, 1644, (36),1492,(60)p., engr. title, almost 1500 woodcuts in text, contemp. gilt panelled vellum w. the coat of arms of Amsterdam on both covers, folio.

Estimate €1,000 – €1,500Result €1,000

Lot 1706

[Botany]. Eaton, D.C. Beautiful Ferns.

Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1886, 1st ed., 88p., 10 col. lithogr. plates, orig. gilt cl., a.e.g., 4to. Price, S.F. The Fern-collector's Handbook and Herbarium. New York, Henry Holt and Comp., 1897, (16),70,(3)p., 72 ills., orig. gilt cl., 4to.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 1708

[Botany]. Fraipont. G. Le Monde Vegetal. Fleurs, Plantes, Fruits.

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1899, 1st ed., 4,VII,812p., 9 chromolithogr. plates, num. ills., orig. blindst. gilt cl., a.e.g., 4to. Cosseret, P. Le livre des fleurs. Ibid., C. Tallandier, n.d. (±1895), (4),242,(1)p., 20 handcol. woodengr. plates by LEMOINE, 80 handcol. ills. by G. FRAIPONT, orig. pict. cl., t.e.g., folio. AND 3 others, i.a. G. BELLAIR and L. SAINT LEGER, Les Plantes de Serre (ibid., 1939, 2 vols., num. ills., later unif. cl. w. mor. letterpiece).

Estimate €60 – €80Result €130

Lot 1709

[Botany]. Fuchs, L.

New Kreüterbuch. Ed. H. Marzell. Leipsic, K.F. Koehler, 1938, 2 parts in 1 vol., no pagination, num. (full-p.) ills., orig. boards, folio. - Covers browned. = Facsimile reprint of the edition Basel, 1543. Contains a commentary (80p.). AND a facs. edition of B. BESLER, Hortus Eystettensis (...) (n.pl., n.d. (Munich, ±1965?), orig. blindst. grey artificial leather, slipcase, folio).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 1710

[Botany]. Geest, W. de e.o. The Art of Floralies Azalea Plants Colour Orangery Landscaping Gardening Flowers. The art of Belgian horticulture.

Ghent, The Floralies of Ghent, 1995, 1st ed., 2 vols., 384; 80p., num. col. ills., orig. unif. wr., 4to. Casey, C. Riviera Nature Notes. London, Bernard Quaritch, 1903, XV,402p., num. plates, num. ills., orig. gilt cl. - AND 6 others, i.a. O. POLUNIN, Flowers of Greece and the Balkans. A field guide (Oxf., 1980, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr.) and B. MOLESWORTH ALLEN, Malayan Fruits (Singapore, 1967, num. (col.) ills., orig. wr.).

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 1713

[Botany]. Hoffmann, C. Pflanzen-Atlas nach dem Linné'schen System.

Stuttg., Schweizerbart´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1918, 5th ed., XII,188p., 74 chromolithogr. plates, num. ills., orig. hcl., 4to. AND 5 others, i.a. R.H. FRANCÉ, Das Pflanzenleben Deutschlands und seiner Nachbarländer (ibid., 1906, 3 vols., num. col. plates, num. ills., orig. unif. hcalf, 4to).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €110

Lot 1717

[Botany]. Knoop, J.H. Pomologia, dat is Beschryvingen en Afbeeldingen van de beste zoorten van Appels en Peeren, welke in Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engeland en elders geagt zyn, en tot dien einde gecultiveert worden. / Fructologia, of Beschryving der Vrugtbomen en Vrugten die men in de hoven plant en onderhout: waar by Derzelver differente Benamingen (...) en Huishoudelyk Gebruik, als mede het Confyten en meer andere Toebereidingen der Vrugten (...). / Dendrologia, of Beschryving der Plantagiegewassen, die men in de Tuinen cultiveert (...).

Leeuw., A. Ferwerda and G. Tresling, n.d. (1758), 2nd ed., 3 works in 1 vol., (2),36; (4),70; (4),87,(5)textp., first and second work in total 39 fold. handcol. engr. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. burgundy mor. letterpiece, folio.

Estimate €700 – €900Result €700

Lot 1719

[Botany]. Le Maout, E. Leçons élémentaires de botanique fondées sur l'analyse de 50 plantes vulgaires et formant un traité complet d'organographie et de physiologie végétale.

Paris, Fortin, Masson etc., n.d. (1837-1844), 2 vols., (2),XV,(3),280; (2),281-888p., 50 woodengr. plates, 583 woodengr. ills., rebacked w. contemp. hmor. - Sl. foxed. = Nissen, BBI 1172; Pritzel 5207. Le Maout, E. and Decaisne, J. Traité Général de Botanique Descriptive et Analytique. Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1876, (10),762p., num. woodengr. ills., gilt hleather, folio.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 1722

[Botany]. Lindman, C.A.M.

Bilder ur Nordens Flora. Stockholm, Wahlström & Widstrand, 1922-1926, 3 vols., (6),178; (4),179-360; (4),361-635p., 663 chromolithogr. plates, contemp. unif. buckram w. gilt mor. letterpiece.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €600

Lot 1725

[Botany]. Lowe, E.J. Ferns: British and exotic.

London, Groombridge & Sons, 1856-1860, 1st ed., 8 vols., 479 col. lithogr. plates, woodcut textills., orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl., 4to. Idem. A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns: containing species and varieties, none of which are included in any of the eight volumes of "Ferns, British and Exotic". London, Groombridge and Sons, 1865, VIII,192p., 72 col. lithogr. plates, ills., orig. gilt blindst. cl., 4to.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €300

Lot 1732

[Botany]. Nederlandsche flora en pomona.

Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1875-1878, 2 vols., (8),XII,127,(1 blank); (4),129-235,(1),IXp., 81 chromolithogr. plates by G. SEVERYNS after A.J. WENDEL, orig. gilt and dec. cl., folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €250

Lot 1733

[Botany]. Nicholson, G. The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, a Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists./ The Century Supplement to the Dictionary of Gardening (...).

London, L. Upcott Gill, 1884-1901, 12 vols. (incl. the 4 supplements), 12 col. lithogr. frontisp., 25 plates (incl. 23 col. lithogr.), num. woodengr. ills., supplement w. num. photogr. and woodengr. ills., unif. orig. dec. and giltlettered cl., a.e.g.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €160

Lot 1737

[Botany]. Oudemans, A.C. Onze flora.

Zutphen, W.J. Thieme & Cie., 1900, 1st ed., 8,XLII,191,XXIIp., 80 chromolithogr. plates, num. ills., orig. cl., 4to. Clerq, F.S.A. de. Nieuw plantkundig woordenboek voor Nederlandsch Indië. Amst., J.H. de Bussy, 1927, 2nd ed., XXIV,443p., orig. cl., 4to. AND 3 others, i.a. A. SCHWARZ, Beelden uit de inheemsche plantenwereld (Rott., n.d. (1899), 12 col. plates, num. ills., modern plain cl.) and N. BLANCHAN, The American Flower Garden (New York, 1909, num. col. plates, orig. cl.).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €180

Lot 1739

[Botany]. Redouté, P.J. Choix des plus belles fleurs, prises dans différentes familles du règne végétal, et de quelques branches des plus beaux fruits groupée quelquefois, et souvent animées par des insectes et des papillons. Gravées, imprimées en couleur et retouchée au pinceau avec un soin qui doit répondre de leur perfection.

Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, n.d. (after 1833), (4),20p., 144 numb. engr. plates by Langlois, Bessin, Chapuy and Victor after P.J. REDOUTÉ, printed in colours and finished by hand, contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., folio.

Estimate €15,000 – €20,000Result €18,000

Lot 1740

[Botany]. Roze, E. a.o. Les Fougères, Choix des espèces les plus remarquables pour la décoration des serres, parcs, jardins et salons, précédé de leur histoire botanique & horticole/ Les Fougères, (...), publié sous la direction de J. Rothschild suivi de l'histoire botanique et horticulture des Selaginelles.

Paris, Libraire de la Société botanique de Fance, 1867/ 1868, 2 vols., X,286; 242,(2)p., 2 col. lithogr. frontisp., 155 col. lithogr. plates, num. woodengr. ills., a.e.g., orig. unif. gilt. hleather.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100