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Brodrick's own copy, with 3 additional original watercolours by him

SALVIN, Francis Henry (William BRODRICK, illustrator). Falconry in the British Isles.
London, John van Voorst, 1873. 4to. With 3 additional original watercolours by the illustrator, William Brodrick, highlighted with gum arabic. And with 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates after William Brodrick, some highlighted with gum arabic. Contemporary half green morocco, gold-tooled spine. [10], 171, [1] pp. Full description
€ 35,000
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Very rare catalogue of mollusc specimen, classifying them more than a decade before Linnaeus

SCALI, Pietro Paolo. Catalogus omnium animalium testaceorum.
(Colophon:) Geneva, ex typographica Haer. Cramer & Fratrum Philibert, 1746. 4to. With a headpiece made up of typographical ornaments on the first page. Later brown paper wrappers, with the manuscript title and author on the front wrapper in a semi-opaque protective coated paper dust jacket. 43, [1] pp. Full description
€ 3,950
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Descriptions of doves and pigeons, with 100 brightly coloured plates

SCHACHTZABEL, Emil. Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Tauben-Rassen. Hundert farbige Bildertafeln mit über 400 nach der Natur aufgenommenen Darstellungen nebst Musterbeschreibungen ...
Würzburg, H. Stürtz, [ca. 1910]. Oblong 8vo. With 100 chromolithographic plates. Original publisher's decorated blue cloth. [16] pp., 100 ll. Full description
€ 450
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The country estate of one of the richest men of the Dutch Golden Age in beautiful engraved views

SCHENK, Pieter. [Afbeeldinge der voornaemste gezichten van Duinrel].
[Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, 1702]. Oblong album (ca. 18.5 x 25.5 cm). With an engraved dedication, and 16 numbered engraved numbered views (ca. 170 x 205mm) of the manor house and gardens of Duinrel in Wassenaar, near The Hague. The 16 plates each show an engraved caption in Dutch and Latin beneath the view. The dedication leaf and the 16 views (each ca. 17 x 20.5 cm) are mounted (attached only at the top of each leaf) on blank leaves (ca. 18.5 x 25.5 cm). Later half vellum, marbled paper sides. [17] ll. Full description
€ 3,500
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The finest and rarest work on falconry

SCHLEGEL, Hermann & VERSTER VAN WULVERHORST, Abraham Henrik. Traité de fauconnerie.
Leiden & Düsseldorf, Arnz & Co., 1844-1853. Elephant folio (55.5 × 73.5 cm). Tinted lithographed title-page with a pictorial border comprising 11 scenes of hawking by J. B. Sonderland, 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates of falconry equipment by Portman and Von Wouw, and 10 (of 12) hand-coloured lithographed plates of hawks by Wendel after Joseph Wolf (8 mounted on paperboard). Stored loosely in the original publishers cloth-backed printed boards. [4], 90, VI, [2] pp. Full description
€ 75,000
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A newly discovered lizard and a strange plant-animal, both with a coloured illustration

SCHLOSSER, Johan Albert. Epistola ad virum expertissimum, peritissimumque Ferdinandum Dejean, ... de Lacerta Amboinensi, novae plane hujus speciei, pulcherrimae et hucusque fere incognitae, accuratam descriptionem ac fidelem a peritis artificibus elaboratam delineationem aeri incisam, sistens. - Brief ... Behelzende eene naauwkeurige beschrijving der Amboinsche haagdis. Benevens eene zeer wel-gelijkende afbeelding deezer vostrekt-nieuwe, fraaije en tot heden toe genoegzaam onbekende soort, door bekwaame kunstenaars vervaardigd.
Amsterdam, for the author, 1768. With a beautiful large hand-coloured engraved folding plate (28.5 x 49.5 cm) of an Ambonese lizard by Simon Fokke after Gerrit Dadelbeek.
With: (2) BOLTEN, Joachim Frederick. Ad illustrem sytematis naturae authorem Carolum a Linné ... epistola de novo quodam zoophytorum genere. - Uitvoerige beschryving en naauwkeurige natuurlyk gekleurde afbeelding van een nieuwelyks ontdekt geheel onbekend plant-dier. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald.
Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp, 1771. With a large folding engraved plate (43 x 27.3 cm), hand-coloured and printed in gold, by Franz Nikolaus Rolffsen after H. Fischer. 2 works in 1 volume. Royal 4to (29 x 24 cm). Contemporary calf. [4], 18 ll.; [2], 11, [1 blank], 8 pp. Full description
€ 4,500
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Descriptions of 5 exotic animals from the cabinet of Schlosser, with striking coloured plates

SCHLOSSER, Johan Albert. Epistola ad ... Ferdinandum Dejean, ... de Lacerta Amboinensi. | Brief ... aan ... Ferdinand Dejean, ... Behelzende eene naauwkeurige beschrijving der Amboinsche haagdis.
Amsterdam, for the author, 1768. With a folding engraved plate of the Amboinese lizard in two copies, one coloured by a contemporary hand.
With:
(2) BODDAERT, Petrus. Epistola ad ... Johannem Burmannum, ... De Chaetodonte argo. | Brief ... aan Johannes Burmannus, ... Behelzende eene naauwkeurige beschrijving van den gevlakten klipvisch.
Amsterdam, Cornelius van Tongerlo, 1770. With a folding engraved plate, coloured by a contemporary hand.
(3) BODDAERT, Petrus. Epistola ad ... W. Roëll, ... De Testudine cartilaginea. | Brief ... aan ... W. Roëll, ... Behelzende eene naaukeurige beschrijving van de kraakbeenige schildpad.
Amsterdam, Cornelius van Tongerlo, 1770. With a folding engraved plate, coloured by a contemporary hand.
(4) BODDAERT, Petrus. Epistola ad ... Johannem Oosterdyk Schacht, ... De Rana bicolore. | Brief ... aan .. Johannes Oosterdyk Schacht, behelzende eene naaukeurige beschrijving van den twee-koleurige kikvorsch.
Amsterdam, M. Magerum, 1772. With 3 folding engraved plates, coloured by a contemporary hand.
(5) BODDAERT, Petrus. Epistola ad ... Hier. Dav. Gaubium, ... De Chaetodonte diacantho. | Brief ... aan ... Hieronimus David Gaubius, ... behelzende eene naauwkeurige beschrijving van den tweedoornigen klipvisch.
Amsterdam, M. Magerum, 1772. With a folding engraved plate, coloured by a contemporary hand.
5 works in 1 volume. Large 4to (31 x 25.5 cm). Contemporary half calf. [2], 18 ll.; [4], 43, [1]; [4], 39, [1]; 48; 43, [1] pp. Full description
€ 7,500
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