Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

On view: Thursday 19 November 2026 – Sunday 22 November 2026, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm · Order of the sale

Lot 2282NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Maout, E. le. Botanique. Organographie et taxonomie. Histoire naturelle des damilles végétales et des principales espèces (...).

Paris, L. Curmer, 1854, (4),XXVIII,387,(1)p., num. (handcol.) woodengr. plates and ills., contemp. gilt red hmor., a.e.g. AND 1 other.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2283NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Nylandt, P. De Nederlandtse Herbarius, of Kruydt-Boeck, beschryvende de Geslachten, Gedaente, Plaetse, Tijt, Oeffening, Aert, Krachten en Medicinael gebruyck van allerhande Boomen, Heesteren, Boom-gewassen, Kruyden, en Planten, die in de Nederlanden in 't wilde gehouden, en in de Hoven onderhouden worden. Als mede de Uytlandtschen, of vreemde Droogens, die gemeenlijck in de Apothekers Winckels gebruyckt worden.

Amst., M. Doorninck, 1673, 820,(44)p., engr. title-p., 153 woodcut ills. in text, contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2284NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

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

Amst., G.L. Funke, 1872-1874, 2nd enl. ed., 4 vols, 3 text vols.: XIX,(1),496; XVIII,576; XXXIX,(1),724p., num. woodengr. ills.; plate vol.: 92 col. (1x uncol.) double-p. lithogr. plates, contemp. unif. giltlettered hcalf w. letterpiece (text vols.).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2285NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Palla, E. (ed.). Atlas der Alpenflora.

Graz, Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenverein, 1897-1899, 5 ident. title lvs., 500 chromolithogr. plates, all loose as issued in a modern marbled board lidded box. - AND 4 others on Alpine plants in 9 vols., i.a. a French bound edition of the former work (Paris 1901, 5 vols.) and A. BENNETT, The Flora of the Alps (London, 1891, 2 vols., 120 chromolithogr. plates, orig. unif. gilt cl.).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2286NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Pilling, F.O. and Müller, W. Deutsche Flora.

Gera, Th. Hofmann, 1894, 2 vols., text vol.: VII,(1),264p., ills.; plate vol.: VIII textp., col. lithogr. title and 240 col. plates, orig. unif. dec. cl. AND 1 other in 2 vols.: A. KERNER VON MARILAUN, Pflanzenleben (Leipsic/ Vienna, 1913, 3rd ed., (chromolithogr.) plates, ills., contemp. unif. gilt hcl., sm. 4to).

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2287NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Pokorny, A. Plantae lignosae Imperii Austriaci. Österreichs Holzpflanzen.

Wien, K.K. Hof- und Staatsdrückerei, 1864, XXVIII,(2),524,(2)p., 80 nature printed plates, ills., giltlettered blindst. hcalf, folio.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2288NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Pratte, A. The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, the Club Mosses, Horsetails, &c. Ed. E. Step.

London, F. Warne, 1905, 4 vols., new rev. ed., 319 col. lithogr. plates, orig. unif. pict. gilt cl.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2289NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Schneider, G. The Book Of Choice Ferns For The Garden Conservatory and Stove.

London, L. Upcott Gill., n.d. (±1892-1894), 1st ed., 7 vols., 90 (incl. 21 chromolithogr.) (col.) (fold.) plates, num. woodcut textills., orig. unif. gilt and blindst. cl., a.e.g., 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2290NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Schubert, G.H. von. Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs nach dem Linné'schen System. Nach (...) Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte (...) neu bearbeitet. Adapt. M. Willkomm.

Esslingen, J.F. Schreiber, n.d. (1887), 4th enl. ed., (8),VIII,77p., 54 col. lithogr. double-p. plates, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, spine gilt, folio.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2291NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Seguier, J.-F. Bibliotheca Botanica, sive catalogus auctorum et librorum omnium qui de Re Botanica, de Medicamentis ex Vegetabilibus paratis, de Re Rustica, & de Horticultura tractant. Accessit Bibliotheca Botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi, seu potius Ovidii Montalbani Bononiensis.

The Hague, J. Neaulme, 1740, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., 16,450; 66[recte 76]p., woodcut ornament on both title-p., contemp. blindst. vellum, 4to.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2292NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Seringe, N. Flore des jardins et des grandes cultures ou description des plantes de jardins, d'orangeries et de grandes cultures, leur multiplication, l'époque de leur fleuraison et de leur fructification et leur emploi.

Lyon, Charles Savy, 1847-1849, 3 vols., XXXII,605,(2); (4),588,(1),V-XXII; XII,635,(1)p., 31 engr. plates (1x col.), contemp. unif. red gilt hmor.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2293NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Sitwell, S. and Blunt, W. Great Flower Books 1700-1900. A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of finely-illustrated Flower Books.

London, Collins, 1956, X,94p., 36 (col.) plates, printed in 2045 copies (1750), orig. giltlettered hcl., folio.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2294NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Stern, F.C. A Study of the Genus Paeonia.

London, RHS, 1946, VIII,155,(1)p., 15 col. plates by L. SNELLING, ills., orig. giltlettered cl., folio.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2295NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Vilmorin-Andrieux, (H.). Les Meilleurs Blés. Description et culture des principales variétés de froments d'hiver et de printemps.

Paris, Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., n.d. (1880), VII,(1),175p., 66 col. lithogr. plates by E. GRAFF, ills., orig(?)/ contemp. gilt hmor., folio. Album Vilmorin. Ibid., idem, n.d., 9 fold. chromolithogr. plates (all ±70x50 cm.), each in 4 parts laid down on cloth, loosely inserted in contemp. giltlettered hmor. portfolio, folio. AND 1 other: VILMORIN, Supplément aux Meilleurs Blés (ibid., 1908, photogr. plates, later hmor., folio. Mould/ waterstain in lower part throughout).

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2296NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Wildeman, E. de. Icones Selectae, Horti Thenensis, Iconographie de Plantes avant Fleuri dans les Collections de M. van den Bossche, Ministre Resident, a Tirlemont (Belgique).

Bruxelles, Veuve Monnom, 1899-1909, 6 vols., 240 (fold.) lithogr. plates, later unif. antique style gilt hcalf.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2297NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Wildeman, E. de. Plantae novae vel minus cognitae ex Herbario Horti Thenensis. Plantes nouvelles ou peu connues contenues dans l'herbier de l'Hortus Thenensis. Avec les descriptions ou annotations. Vol. I (part 1-7) and II (part 1-3).

Brussels, veuve Monnom, 1904-1910, 10 vols., 101 (fold.) lithogr. plates, orig. unif. wr.

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 2298NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Willdenow, C.L. Handleiding tot de kennis der planten.

Amst., J.C. Sepp en Zoon, 1819, 1st Dutch ed., (4),568p., 11 engr. plates (incl. 1 handcol. engr. table listing 36 different natural colours), contemp. boards.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2299NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Willkomm, M. (ed.). Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs nach dem Linnéschen System.

Esslingen, J.F. Schreiber, n.d. (1887), 4th enl. ed., (8),VIII,77p., 54 double-p. col. lithogr. plates, orig. boards w. mounted col. lithogr. plate on frontcover, folio.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2300NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Withering, W. An arrangement of British Plants, according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean System.

London, printed for Cadell and Davies a.o., 1818, 6th ed., 4 vols., 35 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. unif. calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2301NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Witte, E.T Een keur van vaste-planten, geschikt voor Snijbloemen en cultuur in den tuin.

Leyden, A.W. Sijthoff, (1900), 110,(4)p., 48 chromolithogr. plates by W. MÜLLER, orig. dec. cl., 4to.

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 2302NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Witte, H.

Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen. Gron., J.B. Wolters, (1868), (2),X,VII,(1),316p., chromolithogr. frontisp. and 79 plates by G. SEVERYNS after A.J. WENDEL, orig. gilt and blindst. reddish brown cl., sm. folio.

Estimate €150 – €250

Lot 2303NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Botany]. Zeller, H. Wild Flowers of the Holy Land.

London, James Nisbet and co., 1875, XIVp., 54 chromolithogr. plates, contemp. (?) giltlettered cl., a.e.g. AND 3 souvenir booklets with dried flowers from the Holy Land (all ±1900).

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2304NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Boyle, R. Opera varia.

Geneva, S. de Tournes, 1676-1688 (dated "1680" on general title-p.), 19 parts in 3 vols., 19 ident. woodcut printer's marks, engr. portrait by F. DIODATI, 10 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. unif. vellum, sm. 4to.

Estimate €500 – €700

Lot 2305NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Buffon, G.L.L. de. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière. Supplement tome 1-7./ De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, met de beschryving van des konings kabinet. Derde deel.

Amst.,/ J.H. Schneider, 1774-1799, 8 parts in 6 vols., engr. frontisp. portrait, 6 ident./ 2 diff. engr. title-vignettes, diff. headpieces, 2 fold. maps (1x showing the North and South Pole), 230 engr. (fold.) plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. mor. letter- and vol. piece, 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2306NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Cars]. Citroën. Expédition Citroën Centre-Asie, III-ème Mission G.-M. Haardt, Auduin-Dubreuil.

Paris, Desfossés-Néogravure, (1933), 23 lvs., num. photogr. ills., orig. wr., obl. 4to. Haardt, G.M. and Audouin-Dubreuil, L. Le Raid Citroën, La Première Traversée du Sahara en Automobile. Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1923, (2),309,(3)p., fold. map, plates, ills., orig. cl. AND 3 others, i.a. W. PFIKNER and R. URTEL, Der Automobilmotor und seine Konstruktion (Berlin, 1907, num. ills., orig. cl.) and SPIDOLÉINE, Les Secrets du Graissage Automobile (Brussels, (±1930), num. col. ills., orig. wr. Wrappers sl. fingersoiled and w. sm. tears).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2307NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Chenu, (J.C.). Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle ou traité complet de cette science (...).

Paris, E. Girard and A. Boitte, n.d. (±1865), 23 parts in 9 vols., num. woodengr. plates and ills., contemp. unif. gilt hmor., 4to.

Estimate €250 – €350

Lot 2308NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Chomel, N. Dictionnaire oeconomique: contenant l'art de faire valoir les terres, et de mettre à profit les endroits les plus stériles; l'établissement, l'entretien et le produit des prés. On y trouve un ample détail des profits et agrémens que procurent les biens de campagne, une exacte description des végétaux avec une idée sommaire de ce qui concerne les droits seigneuriaux, & ceux des Communautés & des Ecclésiastiques (...). Ed. M. de la Marre.

Paris, Ganeau, Bauche, les Frères Estienne, d'Houry, 1767, 3 vols., (4),XVI,959,(1 blank); (4),919,(1); (4),909,(1 approbation)p., 2 fold. engr. plates, over 200 woodcut ills., orig. unif. marbled calf w. gilt spine, folio.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2309NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Civil engineering]. Blanken Jz., J. Beschouwing over de uitstrooming der opper Rijn- en Maas-wateren door de Nederlandsche rivieren tot in zee, Benevens de overwegingen dezer beschouwing van de heeren Goudriaan, Van Utenhove, Moll en Donker Curtius.

Amst., Pieper & Ipenbuur, 1819, VI,128p., 1 large fold. engr. map, 1 fold. plate, 1 fold. table, contemp. hcalf, 4to. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Memorie ter verklaring van de grondbeginselen (...) van de zogenaamde werkendamsche killen (...). Ibid., idem, 1819, XII,288p., 1 engr. plate, 1 fold. map.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2310NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Civil engineering]. Frisi, P. Traité des Rivières et des Torrens. Augmenté du Traité des Canaux Navigables. French transl. by Deserrey.

Paris, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1774, XXIII,(1),248p., 2 fold. engr. maps, 1 fold. table, contemp. marbled calf w. gilt spine and burgundy mor. letterpiece, 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2311NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Civil engineering]. (Itsma, W. van).

Verhandeling van landeryen; en byzonder in de provincie van Holland en West-Vriesland, als mede in Zeeland. Leeuwarden, T. van Dessel, 1739, 118p., contemp. blindst. vellum. BOUND WITH: Kort vertoog aantoonende de onwaare en lasterlyke stellingen betreffende de Heeren Dykgrave en Hooge-heemraaden van Delfland. Delft, R. Boitet, 1739, 175p.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2312NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Civil engineering]. Mercadier, J.B. Recherches sur les ensablemens des Ports de Mer, et sur les moyens de les empêcher à l'avenir, particulièrement dans les ports de Languedoc (...).

Montpellier, J. Martel ainé, 1788, (2),XIV,164,(2), engr. frontisp. portrait of the author, 10 fold. plates and maps, contemp. marbled calf w. gilt spine and burgundy mor. letterpiece, 4to. BOUND WITH 2 others by the same: Tables de la hauteur et de la longitude du Nonagésime, Calculée pour l'Observatiore de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres de Toulouse (n.pl., n.d. (±1785), (14)p.) and Mémoire sur l'accord du clavecin Et sur le système de M. de Boisgelou, concernant les intervalles musicaux (n.pl., n.d. (±1785), 32p.).

Estimate €500 – €700

Lot 2313NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[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., W. Holtrop and N.T. Gravius/ P. Schenk, (1790)/ 1774, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),14; (4),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-p. engr. plates on 48 lvs., numb. I-VI, I-XXV and I-XXIV, contemp. hroan, large folio.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2314NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Civil engineering]. Velsen, C. Rivierkundige verhandeling, afgeleid uit waterwigt- en waterbeweegkundige grondbeginselen, en toepasselyk gemaakt op de rivieren, den Rhyn, de Maas, de Waal, de Merwede, en de Lek.

Amst., I. Tirion, 1749, 1st ed., (16),256p., 2 (of 3) fold. engr. maps and 3 fold. plates, later hcl.

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2315NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Cubières, S.L.P. Histoire abrégée des coquillages de mer, de leurs moeurs et de leurs amours.

Versailles, P.D. Pierres, 1799-1800, (4),VIII,202p., engr. vignette, 21 engr. sanguine-col. plates by R. GALLIEN, later giltlettered hcl., 4to.

Estimate €400 – €500

Lot 2316NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Darwin, C. 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. green cl. w. gilt spine.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2317NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Darwin, C. Expression of the Emotions of Man and Animals.

New York, Appleton and Comp., 1896, VI,374p., 7 plates, 21 woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered red hmor., t.e.g. Idem. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. Ibid., idem, 1890, new rev. and augm. ed., XVI,688p., 78 woodengr. ills., orig. giltlettered red hmor. (unif. w. the preceding), t.e.g. Idem and Darwin, F. (ed.). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter. Ibid., idem, 1896, 2 vols., VIII,558; (6),562p., 6 plates (incl. facs.), orig. unif. giltlettered red hmor. (unif. w. the preceding), t.e.g.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2318NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

(Dezallier d'Argenville, A.J.). L'Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont l'une traite de pierres et l'autre des coquillages.

Paris, De Bure l'Aîné, 1742, 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, (8),491,(1)p., engr. frontisp., 32 plates, contemp. calf, gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece, 4to.

Estimate €200 – €300

Lot 2319NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Einstein, A. The Collected Papers. Vol. 1-9. Ed. J. Stachel a.o.

Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1987-2004, 9 parts in 10 (of 18) vols., plates/ ills., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr., 4to.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2320NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

Ellis, J. Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des corallines, et d'autres productions marines du même genre, qu'on trouve communement sur les cotes de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande; auquel on a joint une description d'un grand polype de mer, pris auprès du Pole Arctique, par des Pêcheurs de Baleine, pendant l'été de 1753.

The Hague, P. de Hondt, 1756, 1st French ed., XVI,125,(3 publ. catalogue)p., engr. frontisp. and 39 (fold.) plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2321NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. Goedaerdt, J. Metamorphosis et historia naturalis insectorum.

Middelb., J. Fierens, n.d. (1662-1667), 2nd Latin ed. (vol.1)/ 1st Latin ed., 3 vols., (27),236; (16),259; (16),159p., 2 (of 3) diff. contemp. handcol. engr. frontispieces, contemp. handcol. portrait of the author heightened w. gold, contemp. handcol. coat of arms of Hendrick Thibaut heightened w. gold, 142 contemp. handcol. ills. on (fold.) plates, contemp. unif. gilt panelled mottled calf, sm. 8vo.

Estimate €2,000 – €3,000

Lot 2322NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. Kleemann, C.F.C. Vervolg op de natuurlyke historie der insecten; van August Johan Rösel, van Rosenhof.

Haarlem/ Amst., C.H. Bohn en H. Gartman, n.d. (±1790), (2),104p., 16 handcol. engr. plates, contemp. limp boards, 4to.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2323NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. McCook, H.C. The Natural History of the Agricultural Ant of Texas. A Monograph of the Habits, Architecture, and Structure of Pogonomyrmex Barbatus.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1880, 1st ed., 310,(1)p., 24 lithogr. plates, orig. gilt cl.

Estimate €60 – €80

Lot 2324NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. Sepp, J.C. Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minstgeachte schepzelen of Nederlandsche insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelyke huishouding, verwonderlyke gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige byzonderheden. First series, vol. 1-5.

Amst., J.C. Sepp, (1762-1810), 5 vols., 4 (of 5) diff. engr. titles, 246 (of 250) engr. plates, all titles and plates in very fine handcolouring, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces (vol. 1-4)/ loose in quires without binding (vol. 5), 4to.

Estimate €1,500 – €2,500

Lot 2325NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. Sepp, J.C. Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minstgeachte schepzelen of Nederlandsche insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelyke huishouding, verwonderlyke gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige byzonderheden. First series, vol. 1 and 2.

Amst., J.C. Sepp, (1762-1787), 2 vols., 3 diff. engr. titles, 100 engr. plates, all titles and plates in very fine handcolouring, contemp. unif. gilt marbled calf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

Estimate €800 – €1,000

Lot 2326NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. Swammerdam, J. Bybel der Natuure, of Historie der Insecten. Verrykt met ontelbaare waarnemingen van nooit ontdekte zeldzaamheden in de natuur. Ed. H. Boerhaave. Latin transl. H.D. Gaubius.

Leyden, I. Severinus, B. and P. van der Aa, 1737/ 1738, 3 parts in 2 vols., (62),362; (4),367-910,(36); 124 ("uitlegging der tafereelen")p., engr. title-vignettes, juxtaposed Latin and Dutch text, 53 engr. plates (52 fold.) by J. VAN DER SPYK, modern unif. gilt rexine, folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000

Lot 2327NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Entomology]. Swammerdam, J. Historia Insectorum Generalis, ofte Algemeene Verhandeling van de Bloedeloose Dierkens. Waar in, de waaragtige Gronden van haare langsaame Aangroeingen in Leedematen, klaarelijk werden voorgestelt; kragtiglijk, van de gemeene dwaaling der Vervorming, anders Metamorphosis genoemt, gesuyvert: ende beknoptelijk, in vier onderscheide Orderen van Veranderingen, ofte natuurelijke uytbottingen in leeden, begreepen. Het eerste deel [all published].

Utr., M. van Dreunen, 1669, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (28),168; 48p., 13 engr. (fold.) plates, fold. letterpress table, contemp. vellum, sm. 4to.

Estimate €1,000 – €1,500

Lot 2328NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Forestry]. Evelyn, J. Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. To which is annexed Pomona, or an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in Relation to Cider (...) also Kalendarium Hortense; or, Gard'ner's Almanac.

Menston/ London, The Scolar Press, 1973, 2 parts in 1 vol., (2),120; (4),83,(1)p., printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. blindst. gilt dec. leather, cl. clamshell box, folio.

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 2329NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Galton, F.]. Pearson, K. The Life, Letters and Labour of Francis Galton.

Cambr., Univ. Press, 1914-1930, 4 vols., 5 fold. tables loosely inserted in rear pocket of vol. 1, num. plates and ills., orig. unif. gilt dec. cl., 4to.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2330NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Gardens and gardening]. (Boitard, P.). Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins.

(Paris, n.publ., ±1835), VI,(2),156p., engr. frontisp., 97 plates (1x handcol.), contemp. marbled calf w. red mor. letterpiece, large obl. 8vo.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2331NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Gardens and gardening]. (Dezallier d'Argenville, A.J.). La theorie et la pratique du jardinage, ou l'on traite a fond des beaux jardins apellés communément les jardins de propreté, comme sont les Parterres, les Bosquets, les Boulingrins, &c.

Paris, J. Mariette, 1709, 1st ed., (8),208p., 32 fold./ double-p. plates/ plans, woodcut ills., contemp. calf w. gilt spine, 4to.

Estimate €250 – €350

Lot 2332NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Gardens and gardening]. Laar, G. van. Magazijn van tuin-sieraaden. Of verzameling van modellen van aanleg en sieraad, voor groote en kleine lust-hoven, voornamelijk van dezulke die, met weinig kosten, te maaken zijn (...).

Amst., J. Allart, 1802, 1st ed., 2 vols., (4),IV,72; 73-120[=118],VIIIp., engr. title w. vignette, 186 (of 190) contemp. handcol. plates, 20th cent. unif. cl., 4to.

Estimate €600 – €800

Lot 2333NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Gardens and gardening]. Laar, G. van.

Magazijn van tuin-sieraaden. Of verzameling van modellen van aanleg en sieraad, voor groote en kleine lust-hoven, voornamelijk van dezulke die, met weinig kosten, te maaken zijn (...). Amst., J. Allart, 1802, 1st ed., (4),IV,104 (of 118)p., engr. title w. vignette, 160 (of 190) contemp. handcol. plates, later hcalf, 4to.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2334NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Gardens and gardening]. Schabol, R. La pratique du jardinage.

Paris, Debure Pere, 1770, 2 vols., (2),XX,(4),384; (2),385-693p., engr. frontisp. and 18 fold. plates, contemp. unif. speckled boards.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 2335NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Geology]. (Becchetti, F.). Teoria generale della terra esposta all'accademia Volsca di Velletri.

Rome, P. Giunchi, 1782, 410p., engr. frontisp. by P. MACCHIAVELLI after P. PIANI, engr. vignette, woodcut headpieces, contemp. giltlettered vellum.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2336NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Geology]. Binkhorst, J.T. Esquisse géologique et paléontologique des couches crétacées du Limbourg.

Maastr. etc., Van Osch-America et Cie. etc., 1859, (6),XVIII,268,(2)p., 1 fold. col. lithogr. map, 5 fold. plates, 1 fold. table, later clothbacked boards w. orig. frontwr. laid down. AND 1 other: DRIOUX and CH. LEROY, Atlas universel et classique de géographie (...) (Paris, 1877, ((stencil-)col.) woodengr. maps, contemp. gilt hmor., folio. Several maps w. closed tears/ splits. Binding dam./ partly crudely restored).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2337NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Geology]. Guide book.

Nos. 1-10. Ottawa (and 1x Toronto), Geological Survey Department of Mines, 1913, 10 parts in 12 vols., num. fold. col. maps and profiles (partly in rear pockets), ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl.

Estimate €80 – €100

Lot 2338NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Glass]. (Holbach, P.H.D. de) (ed. and transl.). Art de la verrerie, de Neri, Merret et Kunckel. Auquel on a ajouté Le Sol Sine Veste D'Orschall (...); Le Chapitre XI. du Flora Saturnizans de Henckel, Sur la Vitrification des Végétaux; Un Mémoire sur la manière de faire le Saffre; Le Secret des vraies Porcelaines de la Chine & de Saxe (...). Traduits de l'Allemand, par M. D***.

Paris, Durand/ Pissot, 1752, (4),LV,(1),629,(3)p., 16 fold. engr. plates, woodcut ills., contemp. marbled calf w. gilt spine, 4to.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2339NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Horses and horsemanship]. Bergnaud, A.D. Praktischer Unterricht in der Reitkunst für Herren und Damen insbesondere zur Selbstbelehrung. Enthaltend Die Civil= und Militair=Reitschule, die Reitschule für die Damen (...).

Quedlinburg/ Leipsic, G. Basse, 1840, 2nd ed., X,(2),199,(1)p., 12 lithogr. plates (w. minimal handcolouring), early 20th cent. giltlettered hcl., orig. frontwr. pres.

Estimate €70 – €90

Lot 2340NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Hunting and falconry]. Fotherwell, G.A. An Old Raby Hunt Club Album.

Edinb., G. Waterston & Sons, 1899, (4),35p., tinted lithogr. title, 2 mounted photographs, 63 (mostly) col./ tinted lithogr. plates by G.A. FOTHERGILL, orig. gilt hmor., large folio.

Estimate €300 – €500

Lot 2341NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.

[Hunting and falconry]. Roosevelt, T. African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist.

London, J. Murray, 1910, 1st Engl. ed., XVII,(1),534p., photo-engr. frontisp. portrait, 1 map w. intinerary indicated in red, 48 photogr. plates i.a. by K. ROOSEVELT, orig. cl. Otho Paget, J. Hunting. Ibid., J.M. Dent & Co., 1900, 1st ed., (8),287p., photo-engr. frontisp. portrait, 11 plates, orig. gilt cl., t.e.g.

Estimate €100 – €150

Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026

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