labram j d (5 resultados)

Six volumes in total, numbered 1-6 on late-19th / early-20th century English bindings by J. Kelly of 15 Gower Place, his narrow paper label at upper edges of versos of all front flyleaves. HELVETIENS FLORA enthaltend die phanerogamischen Gewächse Helvetiens. Zuerst bearbeitet von Joh. Rudolf Suter vermehrt herausgegeben von Joh. Hegetschweiler. 14x9.5cm. Two volumes numbered 1 & 2 on bindings and on title-pages, dated 1822; each with half-title, title-page in German, title-page in Latin, and single blank preliminary & final leaves. pp(2)/CXXII,408/(2) with lengthy introduction in German and text in Latin, and pp(2)/(4),504/(2) with text in Latin, index and errata. SAMMLUNG VON SCHWEIZER PFLANZEN nach der Natur und auf Stein gezeichnet von J. D. Labram. Text von Dr. Joh. Hegetschweiler. 17x10.5cm. Four volumes numbered 3, 4, 5 & 6 on bindings only; with 517 lithographed colour plates accompanied by 515 leaves of German text. First volume (numbered '3' on binding) with the only title-page (not dated) in German and almost-blank following leaf, all four volumes with single blank preliminary & final leaves. Pencilled reference numbers at lower outer corners of plates, corresponding pencilled numbers in margins of related sections of Vols. 1 & 2 (Helvetiens Flora). All six volumes in uniform half green leather, with marbled paper-covered boards and green endpapers. Spines with gilt decorations, and gilt-bordered maroon leather label bearing gilt title 'Flora Helvetica' and volume number; Vols. 1 & 2 with four raised bands, Vols. 3-6 with five. Spines lightly rubbed, slight loss at heads of Vols. 4 & 5. Green of spines of Vols. 3-6 moderately faded, gilt still perfectly clear. Spine label of Vol. 1 chipped at one corner, no loss to title or volume number; labels of Vols. 2 & 5 missing. Hinges lightly rubbed. Boards rubbed along lower edges, and lightly so along upper- & fore-edges; tips of outer corners variably rubbed and/or a little worn and/or a little curled. Edges of text-blocks of all volumes red-speckled; top edges a little dust-marked, minor blemishes at fore-edges of Vols. 1, 3 & 5. Bindings holding firmly and of very decent appearance, contents clean and tight. Overall condition VERY GOOD. (Helvetiens Flora complete, Sammlung von Schweizer Pflanzen with 517 plates of a total of 882 in the complete work.).

Condición: Very Good. , 128 plates (126 hand-col). . PB. 16 parts (of 19), 8vo (208x125mm), unbound in orig. printed blue/brown wrappers (Heft 2 + 4 in brown wrappers, rest in blue), several covers detached, some wear; some pages unopened; light foxing to text, plates mostly clean. Very good set. Text Latin and German. One of the rarest works on Coleoptera. Originally intended to be published in two volumes, each consisting of 10 Hefte (fascicules) (each with 8 plates and 8 leaves of descriptive text), however the final part of the second volume was never published. Of the 19 published Hefte, we offer here 16 (1-14, 17, 18), with 128 (of 152) mostly hand-coloured plates. Co-authored by two Swiss naturalists, Jonas David Labram (1785-1852), a botanical and entomological artist, and Ludwig Imhoff (1801-1868) a physician and zoologist. It is very unusual to find this work in its original state, with original parts in their printed wrappers. The 'Heft' numbers are hand written on each of the printed wrappers, which are dated, 1838 (Heft 1-5), 1840 (Heft 6-12), 1845 (Heft 13-14, 17, 18). Bousquet gives dates of publication: Hefte 1-2 (1838), 3-4 (1839), 5-7 (1840), 8-9 (1841), 10 (1842), 11 (1843), 12-13 (1845), 14 (1847), 15 (1848), 16-17 (1849), 18 (1850), 19 (1851). A title page and preface (dated 1838), a title page to Part 1 (fasc. 1-10) (dated 1842) and index to Part 1 (fasc. 1-10) are present. No preface or index were published for Part 2.Horn-Schenkling 12582; Nissen ZBI 2339; Litteratura Coleopterologica (Bousquet, 2016), p. 310.

[1. Folge]. In 6 Bden. Mit 474 (von 480) kolorierten lithogr. Tfln. Zu jeder Tafel je 1 Blatt Beschreibung. - Beigebeben: 24 kleinere altkol. Lithographien. Lose in Karton-Schubern der Zeit mit roten goldgepr. Rückenschildern. Nissen 838. - Lit. über Labram (1785-1852). Verh. d. Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bd. 51, Teil 2. - Brun, Schweiz. Künstlerlexikon, Bd. 2, S. 212: "Die Arbeiten L.s sind ausserordentlich getreue, auch technisch gelungene und selbst künstlerisch nicht unfeine 'Bildnisse nach der Natur'. Besonders die Pflanzenbilder geben mit unübertrefflicher Sicherheit den Habitus und die charakteristischen Einzelheiten der Originale wieder und sind in ihrer Art Meisterwerke." Sprache: deutsch.

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 332. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1845 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume c.1 3 Language: German Pages: 332 Volume c.1 3.

8vo 15x21.5 cms. Title in German. Complete with 100 hand coloured lithos. by E. Hindermann. Basel 1835-6. A good complete copy in a contemporary quarter leather binding, a little rubbed.