‎Zoologie‎

‎"BENEDEN, PIERRE-JOSEPH. - (H.G. BRONN)‎

‎Mémoire sur les vers intestinaux.‎

‎Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1861. 4to. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In: ""Supplément aux Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences"", Tome Deuxieme. (6),376 pp. a. 27 fine engraved plates. A punched stamp to lower margin of title-page. Clean and fine.‎

‎First edition of Beneden's pioneering work on intestinal worms.Bound with: H.G. BRONN'S prize winning memoir ""Etudier les lois de la distribution des corps organisés dans les différents terrains sédimentaires, suivant l'ordre de leur superposition."", pp. 377-918. Folded tables.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 49474

‎"BERG, KAJ.‎

‎Studies on the Bottom Animals of Esrom Lake.With 17 Plates and 183 Figures in the Text.‎

‎København, Munksgaard, 1938. 4to. Privat hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. 255 pp., textillustr. and 17 plates.‎

‎Punlished as ""Memoires de l'AcademieRoyale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark"".‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 44625

‎"BLES, EDWARD J.‎

‎The Life-History of Xenopus laevis, Daud. (Witrh four Plates).‎

‎Edinburgh, Grant & Son, 1905. Large 4to. Loose and wrappers with tears. Some traces of use. (32) pp. and 4 fine chromolithographed plates. Offprint from ""Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh."" Vol. XLI, Part III, No. 31‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 47774

‎"BOAS, J.E.V.‎

‎Studier over Decapodernes Slægtskabsforhold.‎

‎København, 1880. 4to. Uden omslag som udkommet i ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", pp. 23-208 samt 7 litograferede plancher med talrige figurer.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 39116

‎"BOMARE, VALMONT de. - OTTO FABRICIUS' EKSEMPLAR.‎

‎Den almindelige Natur=Historie i Form af et Dictionnaire. Oversat, forøget og forbedret of H. von Aphelen. 8 Bd.‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, C.L. Borup, 1767-70. Indbundet i 8 samtidige helldrbd. Ryg og kapitæler noget slidte. I hvert bind forefindes gl. ejersignaturer med angivelse af sted og tid for erhvervelsen, f.eks. ""Kjøbt 1768 i Kbhvn. O. Fabricius"" og i de senere bind ""Kjøbt 1769 (-1771) i Grønland. O. Fabricius"". Indvendig ganske velbevaret med lidt spredte brunpletter og med en del tilføjelser i marginer af Otto Fabricius, som givervis har anvendt værket ved udarbejdelsen af hans pioneerværk ""Fauna Greoenlandica"", udgivet 1780.‎

‎Første danske udgave. - Bibl. Danica II,162.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 52863

‎"BONNET, (CHARLES). - FIRST SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE TAPEWORM.‎

‎Dissertation sur le Ver nommé en Latin Tænia, & en francois Solitaire, où après avoir parlé d'un nouveau secret pour l'expulser des intestins dans lesquels il est logé, qui a eu d'heureux succès, l'on donne quelques observations sur cet Insecte. P...‎

‎Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1750. 4to. Extract from ""Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Tome I. Pp. 478-529 pp. and 2 engraved plats. With titlepage to Volume I. A small wormhole to inner margin.‎

‎First appearance of this classic study of the tapeworm (Taenia), being the first accurate description of the Proglottids.""In 1741 he began to study reproduction by fusion and the regeneration of lost parts in the freshwater hydra and other animals. The following year he discovered that the respiration of caterpillars and butterflies is performed by pores, to which the name of stigmata has since been given. He also studied tapeworms. These investigations earned him a membership of the Royal Society of London in 1743, the same year he became a doctor of laws.""""Bonnet is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He is distinguished for both his experimental research and his philosophy, which exerted a profound influence upon the naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. "" (D.S.B. II: 286).With: M. Geer ""Observation sur la propriété singulière qu'ont les grandes Chenilles á quatorze jambes & à double queue, du Saule, de seringuer de la liqueur"". Pp. 530-638 a. 1 engraved plate.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 45045

‎"BREMSER, (JOHANN GOTTFRIED).‎

‎Über Lebende Würmer im lebender Menschen. Ein Buch für ausübende Aerzte. Mit nach der Natur gezeichneten Abbildungen auf vier Tafeln. Nebst einem Anhange.‎

‎Wien, C. Schauenburg et Comp., 1819. 4to. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Red gilt titlelabel in leather. Top of spine a little worn. Otherwise fine. Titlepage with large engraved illustration (Pseudo-Helminthen). XII,284 pp. + (4) pp. of ""Erklärung zu Tafeln"", 4 engraved and coloured plates (colourprinted - handcoloured ??).‎

‎First edition of the first scientific monograph on human intestinal parasitic worms. - Nissen ZBI: 570. - Wellcome II:233.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 28353

‎"BRIDGE, T.W. a. A.C. HADDON.‎

‎Contributions to the Anatomy of Fishes. II. The Air-bladder and Weberian Ossicles in the Siluroid Fishes.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1894). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", 1893, Vol. 184 B. Pp. 65-333 and 9 fine photolithographed plates with many figs.‎

‎"BUDDE-LUND, G.‎

‎A Revision of ""Crustacea Isopoda terrestria"" with Additions and Illustrations. 3 Parts (in 2). (1. Eubelum. 2. Spherilloninæ. 3. Armadillo). 2 vols.‎

‎Copenhagen, 1899-1904. 2 cont. hcloth. 31,144 pp. and 10 fine engraved plates with many figs.‎

‎"CARLISLE, ANTHONY. - A MONSTROUS LAMB DESCRIBED.‎

‎Account of a monstrous Lamb. In a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks. Read January 29, 1801.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1801). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1801 - Part I. Pp. 139-144 and 1 engraved plate.‎

‎"CARPENTER, WILLIAM B.‎

‎Researches on the Structure, Physiology, and Development of Antedon (Comatula, Lamk.) rosaceus - Part I. Received June 15, - Read June 15, 1865.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1866). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 156 - Part II, pp. 671-756 a. 13 fine lithographed plates. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of this classic monograph on Crinoidea.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 42761

‎"Comte Aimery de Comminges"‎

‎"A travers l'Allemagne hippique"‎

‎"1911. Paris Librairie Plon 1911 2ème ed. - Broché cm x cm VIII+ 206 pages ills hors-texte - Texte du Comte Aimery de Comminges signature du Comte de Toulouse-Lautrec - Ex. à relier"‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 16241

‎"CUVIER, G.‎

‎Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux.‎

‎Paris, Baudouin, An 6 (1798). 8vo. Nice cont. full mottled calf. Richly gilt back. Light wear to lower part of back and a small hole in leather at lower hinge. Red leather titlelabel. XVI,710 pp. and 14 engraved plates with many figs. A large clean copy.‎

‎"CUVIER, GEORGES L.C.F.‎

‎Tableau élémentaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux.‎

‎Paris, Baudouin, An 6 (1798). 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, richly gilt back. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Corners a bit bumped, otherwise fine. XVI,710 pp. and 14 engraved plates with many figs. A few scattered brownspots. Printed on good paper.‎

‎"DARVIN, CH´ARLZ. [CHARLES DARWIN]‎

‎Tesakneri tsagumê. t´argmanut´yune anglerenits´, rusereni ev neratsakan hodvatse K.A. Timiryazevi. [Armenian - i.e. ""Origin of Species"". Translated by K. A. Timiryazev]. - [RARE SECOND ARMENIAN TRANSLATION OF 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES']‎

‎Erevan, Hayastani Petakan Hratarakch'ut'yun, 1963. Royal8vo. In publisher's full green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Light wear to extremities, primarily affecting spine. Inner font hinge split, otherwise a fine and clean copy. 591, (1) pp. + 2 plates.‎

‎First printing of the exceedingly rare second Armenian translation of Darwin's landmark work. The first translation (translated by S. Sargsyan) was published in 1936 and both translations are of the upmost scarcity. Due to the relatively low number of people speaking Armenian (approximately 3 million in Armenia and 7 million outside) books in Armenian were printed in comparatively low numbers. This is one of the very few translations of ""Origin of Species"" of which Freeman has not listed the collation. This suggests that he never actually saw the copy but only read of it. Freeman 631.R.B. Darwin Online, F631.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 61618

‎"DARWIN, C. R.‎

‎A new view of Darwinism.‎

‎London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1871. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 4, April-October 1871. Stamp to title-page and p. 1 and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with wear and light soiling, spine partly detached with a 7 cm long tear to rear hindge. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper: Pp.180-181. [Entire volume: XII, 520 pp].‎

‎"DARWIN, C. R.‎

‎Pangenesis. - [DARWIN'S FERENSE OF HIS PANGENESIS-THEORY.]‎

‎London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1871. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 3, November 1870 - April 1871. Stamp to title-page and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with considerable wear" " spine partly disintegrated and front board bended vertically, but bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper: Pp. 502-503. [Entire volume: XII, 520 pp].‎

‎"DARWIN, CARLO [CHARLES].‎

‎Sulla struttura e distribuzione dei banchi di corallo e delle isole madreporiche. [i.e. English ""The structure and distribution of coral reefs""].‎

‎Torino, Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1888. 8vo. In comtenporary half vellum with embossed title to spine. First quire partly detached. Occassional light brownspotting throughout. (2), 210, (4) pp. + 3 floded plates and 1 frontiespiece. This‎

‎"DARWIN, CARLOS.‎

‎Diario del Viaje de un Naturalista Alrededor del Mundo. 2 vols. - [FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S ""JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES""]‎

‎Madrid, Calpe, (1921 & 1922) 8vo. Bound in one half calf binding with four raised bands. Spine with wear, otherwise a fine copy. X, (6), 361, VIII, 359, (3) pp. + 1 folded map.‎

‎"DARWIN, CH. (CHARLES).‎

‎De L'Origine des Espèces ou des Lois du Progrès chez les Étres organisés par Ch. Darwin. Traduit en francais sur le troisieme Édition avec l'autorisation de l'Auteur par Mlle Clémence-Auguste Royer. Avec une Preface et des Notes du Traducteur. - [FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF THE ""ORIGIN""]‎

‎Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. Bound uncut and with the original printed front wrapper (expertly restored) in a very fine later half morocco binding with four raised bands and gilt title to spine. Very light minor brownspotting to a few pages. An exceptionally nice, clean, and attractive copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161). Fully complete.‎

‎The scarce first French edition of Darwin's masterpiece, one of the most important books ever printed. The ""Origin"" started the greatest of all intellectual revolutions in the history of Mankind.There were some difficulties with the first French edition. Mlle Royer, who Darwin described as 'one of the cleverest and oddest women in Europe' and wished 'had known more of natural history', added her own footnotes. He was not really happy until the third translation by Éduard Barbier appeared in 1876. (Freeman). Freeman No 655 (Freeman does not mention the plate, which is present here).‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 50871

‎"DARWIN, CH. (CHARLES).‎

‎De L'Origine des Espèces ou des Lois du Progrès chez les Étres organisés par Ch. Darwin. Traduit en francais sur le troisieme Édition avec l'autorisation de l'Auteur par Mlle Clémence-Auguste Royer. Avec une Preface et des Notes du Traducteur. - [FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF THE ""ORIGIN""]‎

‎Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. Bound partly uncut with the original wrappers in a very nice later full calf pastiche binding with four raised band and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Small repair to upper right corner of title-page, not affecting text. An exceptionally fine and clean copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161).‎

‎The scarce first edition of the controversial first French translation - bound partly uncut and with the original wrappers - of Darwin's masterpiece, one of the most important books ever printed. This famed translation - done by self-taught female scholar - ended up causing quite a stir and adding to the theory of evolution some for Darwin quite unforeseen interpretations. Because of this, the translator, Clémence Royer, gained notoriety as one of the leading eugenicists of the time. Darwin was very eager to have his work published in French. It is not known exactly how he happened on Royer as the translator, but as she was familiar with the works of Lamarck and Malthus, immediately realized the importance of Darwin's work and also had close connections to the French publisher Guillaumin, she must have seemed perfect for the job. She had a naturalist help her with the biologically technical parts and made an excellent job of the translation. There was one big problem, however - she went well beyond her role as a translator and added a 60-page preface and numerous explanatory footnotes that Darwin had not seen before publication. In the preface, she challenged the belief in religious revelation, she discussed the application of natural selection to the human race, and she presented a pure eugenic theory, explaining the negative consequences of protecting the weak and the infirm. She also promoted her concept of progressive evolution, which had more in common with the ideas of Lamarck than with those of Darwin. Right after having seen the translation, Darwin wrote in a letter to the American botanist, Asa Gray: ""I received 2 or 3 days ago a French translation of the Origin by a Madelle. Royer, who must be one of the cleverest & oddest women in Europe: is ardent deist & hates Christianity, & declares that natural selection & the struggle for life will explain all morality, nature of man, politicks &c &c!!!. She makes some very curious & good hits, & says she shall publish a book on these subjects, & a strange production it will be.""After some reflection, however, Darwin began having more serious doubts, and about a month later he wrote to the French zoologist Armand de Quatrefages: ""I wish the translator had known more of Natural History" she must be a clever, but singular lady" but I never heard of her, till she proposed to translate my book."" He had now also read the footnotes and wrote to Joseph Hooker: ""Almost everywhere in Origin, when I express great doubt, she appends a note explaining the difficulty or saying that there is none whatever!! It is really curious to know what conceited people there are in the world.""Freeman No 655 (Freeman does not mention the plate, which is present here).‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 55642

‎"DARWIN, CH. (CHARLES).‎

‎De L'Origine des Espèces ou des Lois du Progrès chez les Étres organisés par Ch. Darwin. Traduit en francais sur le troisieme Édition avec l'autorisation de l'Auteur par Mlle Clémence-Auguste Royer. Avec une Preface et des Notes du Traducteur. - [FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF THE ""ORIGIN OF SPECIES""]‎

‎Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt title to spine. Very light minor brownspotting to a few pages. Previous owner's name to half title. A fine copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161). Fully complete.‎

‎"DARWIN, CHARLES.‎

‎A fajok eredete a természeti kiválás útján vagyis az elonyös válfajok fenmaradása a létérti küzdelemben. [Hungarian - i.e. On the Origin of Species... Translated by Dapsy László and revised by Margó Tivadar]. 2 vols. - [THE FIRST HUNGARIAN ""ORIGIN OF SPECIES""]‎

‎Budapest, Kiadja a Természettudományi Társulat [Academy of Sciences], 1873 & 1874. 8vo. In two contemporary embossed full cloth bindings with gilt letter- and numbering to spine. Bindings with light wear, primarily affecting hindges. Previous owner's stamp to half title and title page in both volumes. Light occassional brownspotting, primarily affecting first and last leaves. An overall nice copy. XVI, (2), 303, (1)"" VII, (1), 361, (1) pp. + 1 leaf of Advertisement + 2 plates (A frontiespiece of Darwin and one listing the evolution of the different generations).‎

‎The exceedingly rare first Hungarian translation of Darwin's ""Origin of Species"". Together with the Serbian and the Spanish, the first Hungarian translation of the ""Origin"" is arguably the scarcest of all the translations of the work and very few copies of it are known. The Hungarian public was introduced to Darwinism early on when Ferenc Jánosi reviewed The Origin of Species in the Budapesti Szemle (Budapest Review) half a year after it first appeared in English. Darwin's principal works were first published in Hungarian translation by the Royal Hungarian Natural Science Society (Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat). Translator Dapsy László had been actively working to make Darwin and his idea known in Hungary. Through his articles, he consistently presented Darwinism as a possible model for the type of progressive society that Hungary should attempt to achieve, thus being one of the very earliest to apply Darwin's theories to human society and politics in general. ""Dapsy's translation, inspired by liberal ideals of progress, increasingly became part of the conservative discourse of Hungarian politics, reinterpreted and appropriated according to the nationalist agendas merging in Hungarian Society"". (Mund, The Reception of Charles Darwin in Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Society).Prior to his translation in 1872, Dapsy wrote Darwin: ""I am sorry to say that as yet, here such tendencies are received with a good deal of aversion, but I believe that by-and-by they will accept it, and it would be a great advancement for our political life too"". (Dapsy to Darwin, 12 June 1872). Darwin's response is not known. ""It is characteristic of the enlightened spirit of the country in this period that Darwin received academic recognition earlier in Hungary than in England. Although Cambridge did not honor Darwin until 1879, he was elected an honorary member of The Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1872, the same year on this occasion the renowned Hungarian zoologist Tivadar Margó visited him at Down.Historical circumstances played a major role in this quick appearance of Darwinism and its popularity in Hungary. The failure of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence seemingly put an end to progressive political discourse, signaling an ideological crisis among the intelligentsia. In this context, the natural sciences with their 'eternal truths' promised a way out, inasmuch as science's promised objectivity might well serve as a politically neutral expression of progressive values"" (Mund, The Reception of Charles Darwin in Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Society).The present book was one of four scientific works published between 1872 and 1874 by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the others being Bernhard von Cotta's Geologie der Gegenwart (1865), Huxley's Lectures on the Elements of Comparative Anatomy (1864), and Tyndall's Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (1863). An advertisement for these books occurs on the final leaf of vol. II.During Darwin's lifetime, 'Origin' was published in eleven different languages, some of them in more than one edition: The first foreign translation was the German (1860), followed by a Dutch (1860), French (1862), French (1862), Italian (1864), Russian (1864), Swedish (1869), Danish (1872), Hungarian (1873), Spanish (1877) and Serbian (1878), the last three by far being the rarest. OCLC locates only three complete copies: Paris Mazarin Library, University Library of Szeged and The Huntington Library, CA. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin only hold volume 1. Freeman 703.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 60158

‎"DARWIN, CHARLES.‎

‎Briefe von Darwin. Mit Erinnerungen und Erlaeuterungen. (i.e. English ""Letters on Geology""). - [RARE FIRST TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK]‎

‎Berlin, Gebrüder Paetel, 1891. Large8vo. In a nice contemporary half calf binding with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Deutsche Rundschau"", Band 67, 1891. Green leather title-label and red leather tome-label to spine, Small paper label pasted on to top left corner of front board. Two stamps to first leaf and one stamp to P. 476. Light wear to extremities, internally very fine and clean. Pp. 357-390. [Entire volume: IV, 480 pp.]‎

‎The Exceedingly rare first (and only 19th century) translation of Darwin's first published work ""Letters on Geology"" from 1835. The pamphlet was initially published without Darwin's consent and he was ""a good deal horrified"" when he learned about the publication, which explains the posthumous translation. The work contains extracts from ten letters written by Darwin to John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861) during his five-year voyage on the Beagle. Henslow, the charismatic and well-connected Regis Professor of Botany at Cambridge, was Darwin's close friend and first mentor in natural history and responsible for obtaining for Darwin his position as ship's naturalist aboard the Beagle. Henslow had this pamphlet printed without Darwin's knowledge for distribution amongst the members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ""in consequence of the interest which has been excited by some of the Geological notices which they contain, and which were read at a Meeting of the Society on the 16th of November 1835"" an act which secured Darwin's reputation with the scientific community even before his return to England in October, 1836. ""It has always been assumed that it was issued, to members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, in December 1835 and this is probably so , but I have not seen a copy with a dated ownership inscription, or accession stamp, for that year"" (Freeman).The original pamphlet was reprinted in facsimile in 1960, again for private circulation in the Cambridge Philosophical Society and for friends of that Society. Only two translations has been made: The present first and a Russian from 1959 (Freeman 7).Freeman No. 6.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 53191

‎"DARWIN, CHARLES.‎

‎Descendenta omului si selectia sexuala. (i.e. English: ""Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex""). - [FIRST ROMANIAN TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S ""DESCENT OF MAN""]‎

‎[Bucuresti], Editura Academici Pepublicii Socialiste România, 1967. Folio. In publisher's full cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to spine forming 6 compartments. Light occassional brownspotting to margins, otherwise fine. XVI, 553 pp. + frontiespiece of Darwin.‎