Subcollections

Natural Science

A small but interesting subcollection, especially in the field of palaeontology (fossil flora and fauna, T 44-95).

Special works in this part of the collection:

The original call numbers have been added where applicable.

• Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van Linnaeus. - Amsterdam, 1761-1785. - 3 dl. [38 Bd.] (T 4)
• Oeuvres d'histoire naturelle et de philosophie / Ch. Bonnet. - Neuchâtel, 1779. - 6 dl. (T 6)
• The geographical distribution of animals and plants / Ch. Pickering. - Boston, 1854. -
  [U.S. Exploring expedition during 1838-1842 under the command of Ch. Wilkes; vol. 15] (T 12)
• Travels, through the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy and France / John Ray. - London, 1738. - 2nd ed. - 2 dl. (T 13-14)
  Zie ook: seriële publicaties van The Ray Society.
• Kulturpflanzen und Hausthiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien, so wie in das übrigen Europa / Victor Hehn. - Berlin, 1877. - 3e Aufl. (T 15)
• Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederl. Overzeesche bezittingen, door de leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indië. - Leiden, 1839-1844. - 5 dl. (T 17)
• Natural history of New-York. - New-York, 1842-1852. - 16 dl. (T 18)
• Natural History of the Red River of Louisiana. Washington, 1853.- 5 dl. (T 19)
• De historiae naturalis in Japonia / Philipp Franz von Siebold. - Bataviae, 1824. - (T 22)
• D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer / Georg Everhard Rumphius. - Amsterdam, 1741. - (T 25)
  Informatie: The first Dutch edition of Rumphius' work was published in 1705. Rumphius was employed by the Dutch East India Company and spent the greater part of his life on the island of Ambon, a small but important trading centre in the Dutch East Indies. "(It) is full of accurate and detailed observations on the invertebrate animals encountered by him and the molluscs are given special attention... First and foremost he was a brilliant field naturalist. He was a man with remarkable gift for descriptions..." (Dance p. 27). Rumphius was far ahead of his time by accurate recording of locality and the attention he paid to molluscan ecology. It is only recently known that the fine plates of this work are by Maria Sibylla Merian.
• Museum imperiale Petropolitanum. - Petropolis, 1742-1745. - 5 dl. (T 30)
• Mundus subterraneus / Athanasius Kircherus. - Amstelodami, 1678. - 3e ed.- 2 dl. (T 36)
• Monograph of the fossil reptilia of the Liassic formations / Richard Owen. - London, 1865. - (T 45)
• Afbeelding van een geheel skelet van den Mystriosaurus. - (T 46)
• On the carpal copulatory spines (or supposed horn) of the Iguanodon / Richard Owen. - London, 1872. - [Monograph on the fossil reptilia of the Wealden formation; Suppl. 4] (T 51)
• Lettre à Cuvier, sur les ossemens fosiles de la Montagne St. Pierre / A.G. Camper. - (T 53)
  [Over de vondst van het skelet van de Mosasaurus]
• Palaeontologie Suedrusslands / Alexander von Nordmann. - Helsingfors, 1858-1860. - 4 dl. (T 78)
• Description of the fossil reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum / Richard Owen. - London, 1876. - 2 dl. (T 84)