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On Swedish algae and seaweed

SCHARSTRÖM, Theodoro and Jacob Georg AGARDH. Novitae florae Sveciae ex Algarum familia, quas in itineribus ad oras occidentales Sveciae annis 1832-35 collegit et cum observationibus diagnosticis et geographicis, ...
Lund, Berling, 1836. 4to. Disbound. [4], 16 pp. Full description
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On the artillery changes in the French army of 1765, with 29 engraved plates

SCHEEL, Heinrich Otto de. Memoires d'artillerie, contenant l'artillerie nouvelle, ou les changemens faits dans l'artillerie Françoise en 1765. Avec l'exposé et l'analyse des obiections qui ont été faites à ces changemens.
Copenhagen, Claude Philibert and August Frédéric Stein, 1777. 4to. With an engraved illustration on the title-page, 29 folding engraved plates and 6 folding letterpress tables. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. [4], XVI, [8], 440, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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First edition of an account of Tsar Peter's visits to the Dutch Republic, with 3 plates

SCHELTEMA, Jacobus. Peter de Groote, keizer van Rusland in Holland en Zaandam in 1697 en 1717.
Amsterdam, Hendrik Gartman, 1814. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 2 engraved title-pages showing a portrait of Peter the Great, 1 letterpress title-page and 2 half-titles, and 3 engraved plates. Mid-19th-century tree calf, each board with a gold-tooled fillets, gold-tooled spine and board edges, antique spot marbled endpapers, green ribbon markers. XXVI, 339; [2], XXXI, [1 blank], 328 pp. plus engraved titles and plates. Full description
€ 1,500
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Magnificent 18th-century view Leiden's trade and commerce centre

[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - LEIDEN]. SCHENK, Leonardus [and Abraham RADEMAKER]. Gesigt van de Visbrug, de Waag en Vismarkt, te sien naar de Hooglandsche kerk en Stadhuys tooren, tot Lyden. | Vüe du Visbrug, du Pois et Poissonerie, vers l'eglise de Hooglande et la tour de la Maison de Ville a Leide.
[Amsterdam], Leonardus Schenk, [ca. 1728/35]. Large engraved wall print on 2 sheets, (together 58 x 97 cm) the sheets overlapping each other slightly, showing the traditional business centre of the city of Leiden. The title, both in Dutch and French, is printed in a banderole at the head, with putti on each side supporting the arms of Leiden and Holland. Leonardus Schenk's name appears as engraver and publisher at the right tip of the banderole. In black passepartout and gilt frame (82 x 121 cm). Full description
€ 8,500
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Beautiful 18th-century view of Leiden

[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - LEIDEN]. SCHENK, Leonardus [and Abraham RADEMAKER]. Gesigt van de stadt Leyden beroemt door syn hooge schoole geleege in Holland op den verstopten Ryn. | Vue de la ville de Leide fameuse par son academie située en Hollande sur le Rhin bouché.
[Amsterdam], Leonardus Schenk, [ca. 1728/36]. Large engraved wall print on 2 sheets (together 57.5 x 97 cm) showing the Leiden city wall between the Koepoort and Zijlpoort, with various windmills and prominent buildings in the background identified by name. The title appears in a banderole at the head, with putti on either side holding the arms of Leiden and Holland. Leonardus Schenk's name appears as engraver and publisher at the right end of the banderole. Framed (82.5 x 121 cm). Full description
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Hand-coloured heraldic chart of German nobility and clergy

[HERALDIC CHART - GERMANY]. SCHENK, Pieter. Germaniae compendium tria continens imperii collegia forumdemque insignia et sessiones ut et circulorum divisiones una cum suis annotationibus. | Kort begryp van Duytsland, desselfs ryx collegien hunne zittingen en wapens, kreitsverdelingen, en aantekeningen daar op.
Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, [1707]. Engraved chart (50 x 57) on a single sheet of paper (52.5 x 61 cm), coloured by a contemporary hand, depicting various coats of arms and including a small map (15.5 x 15.5 cm) of Germany. Full description
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64 papers on fish, especially dealing with the eel's larvae and migration patterns

SCHMIDT, Johannes. Havundersøgelser [A collection of more than 60 papers on fishes].
"1902"[=1904]-1927. 64 papers bound in 1 volume (33.5 x 28 x 15 cm). 4to and 8vo. With a manuscript title-page, portrait of the author in grey washes, manuscript letter, and numerous illustrations in text, plates, tables and maps (many folding). Contemporary fish-skin, with the spine and front boards decorated with bands of eelskin. Approximately 1600 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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