Merian, Maria SibyllaMareMagnum
6 360 résultats
196461 page softbound folio with text in German has small crease on top corner of cover. One loose sheet with biographical paragraph about Maria Sibylla Merian in six languages. 16 loose brightly colored plates (12 1/4" w x 18" h) of Merian's engravings: Pomeranze und Spiegeltrager; Granatapfelblute und Laternentrager; Batate und Spinner; Baumwollblatt-Jatropha und Schwarmer; Ingwergewachs und Castnia-Motten; Hibiskubluten und Schwalbenschwanz; Zedratzitrone und Bockkafer; Fledermausapfel und Gottesanbeterin; Mexikanischer Stachelmohn und Bockkafer; Bananenfrucht und Caligo; Passionsblume und Insekten; Gelbe Mombinpflaume und Blauling (small spot on this plate); Korallenbaum und Seidenspinner; Granatapfel und Blauer Morpho; Paprika und Schwarmer; Bluhende Banane und Automeris and one black and white plate: Guayave, Spinnen und Insekten. All in very good slightly soiled off-white cardstock portfolio with pencil writing and small blemish inside front cover, edge wear, and small tears at corners. A beautiful collection, suitable for framing. Printed and bound in Germany.
1967A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 378 pages. Full gray cloth boards with embossed beetle on cover. Previous owner's name inside.
1980A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 96 pages. Text in German. Pages are uncut (and not meant to be). Previous owner's name inside. Many black and white and some color illustrations. Edge wear to cover.
1993A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 255 pages. Previous owner's name. The study of the overwintering process can offer an insight into the development of insects, as well as predict the patterns of disease epidemic and crop destruction caused by some species.
1997A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 445 pages. Many color illustrations. Vinyl cover.
1895Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Text/interior is clean and unmarked. Green cloth boards with gold embossed lettering on cover and spine with black embossed jungle motif. Perforated stamp on title page and gift inscription on front endpaper with "1896". Corners worn and bumped, red "X" at bottom of page ends, general edge wear. Several color plates often with the tissue protective cover missing. A great many b&w engravings in fine and lavish detail. This book has pages 1-288 and covers Birds: Picarian Birds; The Parrot Tribe; The Owls and Ospreys; The Diurnal Birds of Prey, or Acciptrines; The Cormorant Group.
1998A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 171 pages.
2007Set of three CDs containing eight lessons in case with printed list of tracks. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings.
1982Book shows light wear with a crease to the front cover at lower R corner. Fold-out map at back is in excellent condition, 211 pages in four sections with 5 to 8 chapters each. Sections are Habits and habitat, The waterfowl, Places and projects, Waterfowl problems.
1938Indigo blue cloth cover with somewhat worn leather spine and corners. 251 pages. Slight foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's blind embossed name stamp. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology based principally on the collection of books containing plates with figures of birds and their eggs now in the University Library at Copenhagen and including a catalogue of these works. Photo of table of contents available. This large, heavy book requires extra charges for international transport.
1990Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 636 pages. An enormous volume (Vol. 2 of a three volume set); many photos and illustrations.
1984Former institutional library book, includes stamp on inside cover and unchecked out "date due" pocket. Book has bumped corners and a little edgewear to jacket but is otherwise very clean; page block is in excellent condition with no marking of any kind to text/interior, straight, solid binding. Thousands of color illustrations on heavy paper. Intact fold-out map at front cover. 352 pages.
1986Book is very clean, with sharp corners, very little edgewear to covers, absolutely clean text, solid binding, with no marking of any kind, dog ears, or other harm. Dust jacket shows edge wear, scuffing, no tears. "The revised edition of this book includes all bird species known by the writer to occur, or to have occurred, in Canada and its coastal waters within a limit of 320 kim off shore, up to December 1984, a total of 578 species. At least 426 species are known to breed or to have bred in Canada." With location map for every entry, measurement,s, field marks, habitat, nexting, range, or "status in Canada" if "accidental" or extinct. 428pp. Illus. w. b&w drawings and large, full page color plates, endpaper maps.
1990Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 636 pages. An enormous volume (Vol. 2 of a three volume set); many photos and illustrations.
1990Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 636 pages. An enormous volume; many photos and illustrations.
1997Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 693 pages. An enormous volume, many photos and color illustrations, many color maps with distribution of birds, tables, charts.
1990Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 636 pages. An enormous volume; many photos and illustrations.
1997Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 693 pages. An enormous volume; many photos and illustrations.
1990Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 636 pages. An enormous volume (Vol. 2 of a three volume set); many photos and illustrations.
2001A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 240 pages. Metal comb binding. Over 400 species of birds covered. Color photos.
1979Book is in excellent condition with lightly bumped corners. Binding, in light brown cloth is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind and filled with full color, full page illustrations on R. page with description and map on L. Dust jacket shows scuffing, light shelf wear, edge wear, no tears.
1979Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, light sunning, no tears. Chapters include The first encounter, The tundra for a home, Peregrine days and nights, Uneasy neighbors Eyasses. With b&w photos, map.
1937A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. 6 1/8"w x 8 3/4"h. Full gray-blue cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Blurb from dust jacket cut out and pasted to front endpapers. "Here is the story of how numbers grew from notches on a stick to figures in a row. After you have read it you may see why numbers are such fun to play with and why they cannot be shut up between the covers of your arithmetic book. Watch them surprise you every time you cut an orange for your breakfast or catch a snowflake." Lovely line drawings throughout.
1996A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. 11 7/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Slight edge wear. 130 paintings reproduced in full-color plates, as well as lithographs and color sketches.
1977A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 248 pages. 9 3/4"w x 13"h. Full blue cloth boards with gilt bird decoration. "A series of brief profiles and magnificent portraits of fifty-six of the most characteristic birds of this area." Text by John A. Livingston, full color reproductions of the paintings of J.F. Lansdowne. Printed on glossy paper.
