‎Zoology‎

‎"RENEAUME, (M.L.).‎

‎Spongia Fluviatilis, Ramosa, fragilis et Piscem oleans. Eponge de Riviere, branchuë,cassante, qui a l'odeur de oisson.‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1717). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1714"". Pp. 231-239 a. 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎The first printing.‎

Bookseller reference : 45865

‎"REINHARDT, J. & CHR. FR. LÜTKEN. - ICHTYOLOGY OF BRAZIL.‎

‎Velhas-Flodens Fiske. Et Bidrag til Brasiliens Ichtylogi. Efter J. Reinhardt Indsamlinger og Optegnelser. Ved Chr. Fr. Lütken. Accedunt Tabulae lithographicae nec non Synopsis, latine scripta, characterum essentialium piscium in hoc opusculo enumerato...‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1875. 4to. Uden omslag som udkommet i ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"" Titlepage + pp. 121-252, XXI pp. samt 5 litograferede tavler med mange figurer.(Heraf 1 stort foldet).‎

Bookseller reference : 45977

‎"REINHARDT, J.‎

‎Bidrag til Kundskab om Kjæmpedovendyret Lestodon armatus. Med 3 Tavler.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Bianco Luno, 1875. 4to. Uden omslag som udgivet i ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", pp. 1-38 samt 3 litograferede plancher.‎

‎"REINHARDT, J.‎

‎Mephitis Westermanni, et nyt Stinkdyr fra Brasilien. Med en Tavle.‎

‎(Kjøbenhavn, 1857). 4to. Uden omslag, som udgivet i ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", Titelblad + pp. 349-359 samt 1 håndkoloreret litograferet planche visende stinkdyret.‎

‎"REINHARDT, J.T. og V. PROSCH.‎

‎Om Schiadephorus Mülleri (Eschr.). En Undersøgelse.‎

‎København, 1846. 4to. Ubeskåret uden omslag som udkommet i ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"" XII. Pp. 185-224 samt 5 litograferede plancher, 2 dobbeltsidede, heraf 1 i pragtfuldt farvelitografi af blæksprutten.‎

‎"RENEAUME, (M.L.).‎

‎Spongia Fluviatilis, Ramosa, fragilis et Piscem oleans. Eponge de Riviere, branchuë,cassante, qui a l'odeur de oisson.‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1717). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1714"". Pp. 231-239 a. 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎"ROESEL (RÖSEL) VON ROSENHOFF, AUGUST JOHANN.‎

‎Der monatlich=herausgegebener Insecten=Belustigung. 4 Bde. (Without the ""Beiträge"" by Kleemann later issued).‎

‎Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann, (1740) - 61. 4to. 4 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Small tears to upper compartments on 2 volumes. A crack to leather at fronthinge on one volume (covers not loose). Richly gilt spines. Bindings a bit rubbed. 4 engraved frontispieces, of which 3 are handcoloured, the portrait plain. Name cut from title-pages and crudely repaired, no loss. A small hole in title-page on volume 3 after an inkspot with loss of a few letters. A bit of dampstaining (to some leaves in volume 2) and scattered browning. With 286 finely handcoloured engraved plates (some large folded). One plate in volume 2 with 2 tears (no loss).‎

‎First edition of this highly praised entomology with the scientifically correct plates drawn by Roesel himself and the fine colouring supervised by him. Cuvier called him ""L'un de plus ingénieux observateurs et de plus habiles dessinateurs d'histoire naturelles.""W. Junk ""Rara"", Vol. II, p. 159. - Nissen ZBI: 3466.Nissen ZBI: 3466.‎

Bookseller reference : 50414

‎"RONDELETUS, GULIELMUS. - GUILLAUME RONDELET.‎

‎Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in quibus Piscium expressæ sunt. Quæ in tota Piscium historia contineantur, indicat Elenchus pagina nona et decima. Postremò accesserunt Indices necessarij. + Vniuersæ aquatilium Historiæ pars altera, cum veris ipsorum Imagi...‎

‎Lugduni (Lyon), Apud Matthiam Bonhomme, 1554 + 1555. Folio. Bound in one cont. worn full calf w. blindstamped title-label to back. Wormholes to lower front board and back. Capitals defect, lacking leather. Corners bumped, extremities worn, but bdg. tight. First t-p. in facsimile, otherwise complete. Last leaf of index of the second work w. repair to upper right corner, affecting a few letters. Internally very fine and clean, except for a later backstrip to the first and the second-last leaf. Numerous beautiful woodcut initials and vignettes. Woodcut portrait of Rondelet in both volumes, woodcut illustration to second t-p, in all about 430 woodcut illustrations of all aquatic animals, i.e. fish, marine mammals, arthropods, mollusks, riverine amphibians, beavers etc.‎

‎Scarce first edition. This work is rarely seen complete, often index or illustration-leaves are missing. In Latin w. Greek text. The rare, influential first edition of this work of seminal character, likewise the first French work ever published on fish. A French edition was published, also in Lyon, in 1558. As professor of medicine and eager student of anatomy, G. Rondelet (1507 - 1566) was also the personal physician of Francois Cardand Tournon, whom he accompagnied on many trips to towns along the coast. Here he was able to make observations of interest to natural history, for example by studying whaling.""Although he was active in several branches of biology, Rondelet's reputation effectively depends on his massive compendium on aquatic life, which covered far more species than any earlier work in that field. Despite its theoretical limitation, it laid the foundations for later ichthyological research and was the standard reference work for over a century."" (D.S.B., XI:527).Rondelet was a very popular teacher (both of anatomy and zoology), who had a great deal of influence on his students, among whom we find the two great zoologists Aldrovandi and Gesner.This his work on aquatic life is without doubt his main work, the work for which he claimed so great fame and because of which he is now referred to as ""the grandfather of modern ichthyology"" (Wood, p. 541).This work was groundbreaking in many ways, as it first of all went beyond Aristotle, and actually proved him wrong. Rondelet applies the device of observing the animals themselves, and his great anatomical knowledge enables him to present the world with entirely new material and discoveries"" for example this is the first published work containing zoological accounts of the sperm whale and the manatee. Never before had the world seen a structered compilation of zoology like this, -profusely illustrated, giving account of every known species!""He is best known by his work on sea fishes - ""De Piscibus marinis"" - which included whales, eeals, cephalopods, crustacae, and vermes. He was especially noted for his dissection of these animals, which led him to contradict many of the assumptions of Aristotle."" (Wood, p. 12).In this work many species are depicted for the first time, and with it the foundation of modern zoology is established. Nissen ZBI 3474, Wood, p. 541.‎

Bookseller reference : 28408

‎"ROESEL (RÖSEL) VON ROSENHOFF, AUGUST JOHANN.‎

‎Der monatlich=herausgegebener Insecten=Belustigung. 4 Bde. (Without the ""Beiträge"" by Kleemann later issued).‎

‎Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann, (1740) - 61. 4to. 4 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Small tears to upper compartments on 2 volumes. A crack to leather at fronthinge on one volume (covers not loose). Richly gilt spines. Bindings a bit rubbed. 4 engraved frontispieces, of which 3 are handcoloured, the portrait plain. Name cut from title-pages and crudely repaired, no loss. A small hole in title-page on volume 3 after an inkspot with loss of a few letters. A bit of dampstaining (to some leaves in volume 2) and scattered browning. With 286 finely handcoloured engraved plates (some large folded). One plate in volume 2 with 2 tears (no loss).‎

‎"RONDELETUS, GULIELMUS. - GUILLAUME RONDELET.‎

‎Libri de Piscibus Marinis, in quibus Piscium expressæ sunt. Quæ in tota Piscium historia contineantur, indicat Elenchus pagina nona et decima. Postremò accesserunt Indices necessarij. + Vniuersæ aquatilium Historiæ pars altera, cum veris ipsorum Imagi...‎

‎Lugduni (Lyon), Apud Matthiam Bonhomme, 1554 + 1555. Folio. Bound in one cont. worn full calf w. blindstamped title-label to back. Wormholes to lower front board and back. Capitals defect, lacking leather. Corners bumped, extremities worn, but bdg. tight. First t-p. in facsimile, otherwise complete. Last leaf of index of the second work w. repair to upper right corner, affecting a few letters. Internally very fine and clean, except for a later backstrip to the first and the second-last leaf. Numerous beautiful woodcut initials and vignettes. Woodcut portrait of Rondelet in both volumes, woodcut illustration to second t-p, in all about 430 woodcut illustrations of all aquatic animals, i.e. fish, marine mammals, arthropods, mollusks, riverine amphibians, beavers etc.‎

‎"RÉAUMUR, (RENÉ-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE).‎

‎Des Differentes Manieres dont plusieurs especes d'Animaux de Mer s'attachens au sable, aux pierres, & les uns autres.‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1711"". Pp. 109-136 and 2 large folded engraved plates.‎

‎First printing of a classic paper on the various kinds of attachments by marine invertebrates.""Réamur was among the greatest naturalists of his or any age. In the breadth and range of his researches, in the patient detail of his observations, and in the brilliant ingenuity of his experiments, it would be difficult to name his equal. Thomas Henry Huxley has compared him favorably with Darwin.""(DSB XI, p. 331).‎

Bookseller reference : 44403

‎"RÉAUMUR, (RENÉ-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE). - FIRST DESCRIPTION OF SLUG MITE.‎

‎Insecte des Limacons.‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1712). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1710"". Pp. 305-310 a. 1 engraved plate‎

‎In this paper Reaumur for the first time described the slug mite.‎

Bookseller reference : 45674

‎"RÉAUMUR, (RENÉ-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE).‎

‎Du Mouvement progressif, Et de quelques autres mouvemens de divers especes de Coquillages, Orties & Etoiles de mer.‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1712). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1710"". Pp. 439-490 and 4 large folded engraved plates.‎

‎"RÉAUMUR, (RENÉ-ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE). - FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE AMBULACRAL FEET.‎

‎Observations sur le Mouvement progressif de quelques Coquillages de Mer, sur celuy des Herrisons de Mer, & sur celuy d'une espece d'Etoile.‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1712"". Pp. 115-147 and 3 large folded engraved plates with many figs.‎

‎"SCHIØDTE, J.C.‎

‎Beretning om Resultaterne af en i Sommeren 1838 foretagen entomologisk Undersøgelse af det sydlige Sjælland, en Deel af Laaland, og Bornholm.‎

‎(Kjøbenhavn, C.A. reitzel, 1838-39). Uden omslag. Ubeskåret og uopskåret. I: ""Naturhistorisk Tidsskriftt. Udgivet af Henrik Krøyer"", Andet Bind, Hefte 4. Pp. 309-396. Et par bladhjørner med en skjold.‎

‎Originaltrykket.‎

Bookseller reference : 45666

‎"SCHIØDTE, J.C.‎

‎Danmarks Cerambyces. (Særskilt Aftryk af ""Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift""). Kbhvn., 1864.‎

‎Samt. helshirtbd. 96 pp. samt 1 kobberstukket planche.‎

Bookseller reference : 17932

‎"SCHIØDTE, J.C.‎

‎Bidrag til den underjordiske Fauna.‎

‎(København, 1849). 4to. Uden omslag som udkommet i ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", pp. 1-40 samt 4 koberstukne plancher med mange figurer.‎

‎"SEPP, CHRISTIAAN.‎

‎Beschouwing der Wonderen Gods, in de minstgeachte Schepzelen. Of Nederlandsche Insecten, naar hunne aanmerkelyke Huishouding, verwonderlyke Gedaantewisseling en andere wetenswaardige Byzonderheden, volgens eigen ondervinding beschreeven, naar 't Lev...‎

‎Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, (1728-62). 4to. (26 x 20 cm.). Bound uncut in contemp. hmorocco. Profusely gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Marbled covers. Light wear to covers, edges and corners. Engraved and handcoloured frontispiece (De Wonderen Gods in de minst-geachte Schepselen). Printed general title (the variant title described by Horn & Schenkling, but the same as in Nissen ZBI). 6 printed ""Stuck""-titles with the year 1762. The general title bears the name Jan Christiaan Sepp. The ""Stuck""-titles bears the name Christiaan Sepp. (8),4,(2),44,20,30,100,8,32 pp. and 50 (all) fine engraved plates in fine original handcolouring. A very fine, clean copy on thick heavy paper and uncut.‎

‎"SIMROTH, HEINRICH.‎

‎Die Nacktschnecken der portugiesisch-azorischen Fauna in ihrem Verhältniss zu denen der paläarktischen Regionüberhaupt.‎

‎Halle, 1891. 4to. Uncut without wrappers. ""Nova Acta Leopoldina"" Bd. 56,Nr. 2. - Pp. 201-424 a. 10 lithographed plates in colours. Clean and fine.‎

Bookseller reference : 43141

‎"SIMROTH, HEINRICH.‎

‎Die Nacktschnecken der portugiesisch-azorischen Fauna in ihrem Verhältniss zu denen der paläarktischen Regionüberhaupt.‎

‎Halle, 1891. 4to. Uncut without wrappers. ""Nova Acta Leopoldina"" Bd. 56,Nr. 2. - Pp. 201-424 a. 10 lithographed plates in colours. Clean and fine.‎

‎"SPENGLER, LORENTZ.‎

‎Beskrivelse over en nye og sielden Koral-Art, kaldet Madrepora fimbriata. (In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 5"").‎

‎(Copenhagen, 1799). 4to. Without wrappers. In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 5"". Minor soiling to outer margin. Pp. 607-614 + folded plate.‎

‎First description of the Hammer Coral Euphyllia fimbriata. Other names this coral is known for, though inaccurately, are Anchor Coral and Frogspawn Coral.‎

Bookseller reference : 59731

‎"SPENGLER, LORENTZ.‎

‎Nogle nyligen opdagede smaa Snekkers Beskrivelse (+) Beskrivelse over nogle i Havsandet nylig opdagede Kokillier, med forstorrede afbildninger. (In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1"").‎

‎(Copenhagen, 1781). 4to. Without wrappers. In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1"". A few leaves detached. Pp. 240-248 + plate. Pp. 365-373" Pp. 373-38.‎

Bookseller reference : 59766

‎"SPENGLER, LORENTZ.‎

‎Beskrivelse over en nye og sielden Koral-Art, kaldet Madrepora fimbriata. (In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 5"").‎

‎(Copenhagen, 1799). 4to. Without wrappers. In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 5"". Minor soiling to outer margin. Pp. 607-614 + folded plate.‎

‎"SPENGLER, LORENTZ.‎

‎Nogle nyligen opdagede smaa Snekkers Beskrivelse (+) Beskrivelse over nogle i Havsandet nylig opdagede Kokillier, med forstorrede afbildninger. (In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1"").‎

‎(Copenhagen, 1781). 4to. Without wrappers. In ""Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1"". A few leaves detached. Pp. 240-248 + plate. Pp. 365-373" Pp. 373-38.‎

‎"STRØM, HANS.‎

‎Beskrivelse over Norske Insekter. Anden Prøve.‎

‎(Kjøbenhavn, Waeysenhuuses Bogtrykkerie, 1770). 4to. Uden omslag. Udsnit af ""Skrifter, som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Lærdoms og Videnskabers Elskere ere fremlagte og oplæste i Aaret 1765-69"". Tiende Deel."" Pp. 1-28, 2 kobberstukne plancher.‎

‎Originaltrykket.‎

Bookseller reference : 58326