Jaeger Prof B (7 results)

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 21 cm Abfallwirtschaft an der Technischen Universität Berlin ; Bd. 3. VIII, 324 S. Broschiert. Ill., graph. Darst. Zustand: Gut bis Sehr Gut min. gebräunt (Innen); Besitzerstempel; Einband Außen hat geringe bis leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Nichtöffentliches Archivex. mit Klebestreifenrest (Außen); * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.…

Softbound. Printed wraps. Four issues, complete as such. This is an extremely rare set of the first four issues of this Series, and may be the only four issued before the contents were then published in book form in 1854. Six lithographic plates have 31 hand-colored illustrations on them. The first two issues were printed in 1853; the last two in 1854, The last three issues were printed by McElrath And Baker in New York. Very old colored filing tape along the spines. Two exquisite color plates of butterflies. Good. Fragile, with the expected chipping to the spines and wrappers. Some darkening to the extremities of the hand-colored plates, plate 5 with some small tears that extend just a small amount into one image.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: G. .P. Putnam & Co., 1856. Quarto (8 3/4" x 5 3/4", 222mm x 140mm) With 6 full page engraved plates. Paper label adhered over publisher on lower title page. Bound in brown cloth decorated in blind with gilt title and leaves on the spine. Frontispiece shows engraving of Sir Hans Sloane, M.D., founder of the British Museum. Light toning and finger soiling. Minor offsetting. Extremities rubbed. Tissue guards. Born in Switzerland, Prof. Benedict Jaeger (1789-1869) moved to America, where he woked as a naturalist and educator. The Life of North American Insects includes insect species; illustrations and classifications; practical notes on observing and collecting insects; and an early attempt to make entomology accessible. It reflects the 19th Century interest in cataloguing and studying the natural world.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Jaeger, B (assisted by R.C. Preston, M.D.) Illustrated by. Numerous colored engravings and narratives. Providence published for the author (Sayles, Miller and Simon, Printers), 1854 Tall 8vo. Original brown cloth, blind-stamped and gilt. Six full-page color plates, tissue guarded in excellent condition and color given their age. Spine ends worn; corners slightly worn, slight foxing & soiling of end papers; foxing to frontispiece portrait. Prior booksellers markings in pencil in front matter, and what appears to be an erasure of a prior owner's name. Embossed mark of book-binder. First edition in book form, see Bennett P. 62. …

Original cloth, backstrip repaired. Light soiling to boards. Internally very good. 204 pp., uncolored frontis portrait of Sir Hans Sloan, founder of the British Museum, and six hand-colored lithographic plates of insects. This is a relatively early American natural history book to be illustrated with color plates. Bennett p. 62.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1854, 6 hand-coloured plates and uncoloured portrait plate of Hans Sloane, some spotting, library name ink stamp to foot of title, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and partly faded, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid, white ink library number at foot of spine, some light toning, Professional booksellers since 1981.…