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Mon 20 May

Collection de minéraux, fossiles et coquillages. - .

Mon 20 May

Lot de fossiles et minéraux. - It consists of an Almandin garnet (dimensions: 35 x 24 x 8 cm.), a rough septaria (dimensions: 119 cm.) and two fossils (dimensions: 13 and 25 cm.).

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Pretty Chinese fossil fish. 15 million years old. L. plate 10.5cm. Jianghanichtys hubeiensis. Fossilization in fine detail. French P. Catto Collection. Hubei, China. Miocene.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Beautiful flat openwork sea urchin Encope grandis. 3 - 5 million years. L. 10cm.California. Pliocene.

Sun 05 May

3 fossils "fish" - 3 fossils "fish" various prehistoric fish, in sandstone slabs, various sizes, L (fish) approx. 16-56cm, exact age undetermined, location unknown

Thu 23 May

Three different groups of madrepores, a branch and a small fossil fish from Wyoming (Eocene period) 10x5 - 12x16x21 and 10x11 cm - branch 58x54x11 cm - fossil approx. 8x8 cm. - Three different groups of madrepores, a branch and a small fossil fish from Wyoming (Eocene period) 10x5 - 12x16x21 and 10x11 cm - branch 58x54x11 cm - fossil approx. 8x8 cm.

Wed 22 May

ISABELLA ASTENGO - Bronze rigid necklace with cephalopod fossils Solid bronze choker set with two ammonoidea fossils. Inner diameters 16 x 1 4 cm. Fossils dimensions 5.6 x 7 cm. Weight 205.7 g. Item condition grading: ***** excellent.

STONE PLATE with ammonite fossil. Probably Morocco 30 x 22 cm

Tue 07 May

FOSSIL. Lady's gold and rhinestone watch. Box.

Mon 13 May

Fossil collection. Rare complete intact marine reptile on shale plate. Keichousaurus hui. 220 - 235 million years. L. fossil 20cm. Plate 21 x 33 cm. Remarkable natural preservation for this relatively large specimen. Complete unrestored fossil. French P. Catto Collection. Guizhou, China. Ladinian, Middle Triassic.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Large American fossil fish on limestone slab. Diplomystus sp. 34 - 56 million years old. L. plate 36 x 30 x 3cm. L. fish 20cm. Magnificent deep-cut specimen. Provenance: former French collection. Green River formation. Fossil Lake. Kemmerer. Wyoming. United States. Eocene.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Large polished nautilus fossil. 110 million years old. L. 13.3cm. 1.03kg. A rare survivor of the great Tertiary Cretaceous extinction. Albian, Lower Cretaceous. Mahajunga, Madagascar.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Large polished sawn pearly ammonite. Am2. L. 15cm. 100 million years old. Beautiful honey-crystallized lodges. Albian, Lower Cretaceous. Mahajanga. Madagascar.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Polished sawn iridescent pearly ammonite. Am3. L. 14cm. 100 million years old. Beautiful yellow crystallized lodges. Mahajanga. Madagascar. Albian, Lower Cretaceous.

Mon 20 May

SCALE IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 40 cm

Mon 20 May

BOWL IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 35 cm

Tue 21 May

SCALE IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 51 cm

Tue 21 May

SCALE IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 47 cm

Tue 21 May

BOWL IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 24 cm.

Tue 21 May

BOWL IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 38 cm

Mon 20 May

Plaque à accumulation de fossiles de crinoïdes. - Silurian, approx. 400 million years ago. Height: 37 cm. Presented on a metal base.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Large polished sawn pearly ammonite. Am1. L. 17cm. 100 million years old. Beautiful lodges lined with yellow crystals. Albian, Lower Cretaceous. Mahajanga. Madagascar.

Kimmeridgian crocodiles from Cerin (Ain) fossilized. Lithographic limestone Reproduction in patinated plaster

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Giant shark Megalodon tooth. Carcharodon [Otodus] megalodon. Mg1. Approximately 15 million years old. L. 11.5cm. Width 8cm. Natural beige patina. Indonesia. Middle Miocene.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Fine specimen of polished Hexagonaria fossil coral. 350 million years old. L. 10cm. One side natural, the other polished, showing the coral's hexagonal structure with internal rosette patterns. Sahara. Devonian.

Thu 09 May

Collection of five fossil dinosaur teeth. Cretaceous period, approx. 40 million years old. Sizes: from 8 to 10 cm. A collection of five fossil dinosaur teeth. Cretaceous age, c. 40 million years old. Sizes from 8 to 10 cm.

Wed 08 May

Three pieces of Mammoth - Mammuthus primigenius - fossils, two bones and a tooth. Dimensions: (L:54 cm)

Sun 19 May

PRACTICE OF A FOSSILIZED TREE - Diameter: 64 cm - Thickness: 4 cm

Mon 13 May

Collectible fossils. Lot of five rare Raptor sp. dinosaur teeth of fine quality. 65 million years old. L. approx. 2cm. Collection P. Catto. Sahara. Cenomanian, Final Cretaceous.

Thu 23 May

Fossil collection Extensive collection with mostly smaller fossils, including ammonites (partly pyritised and with beautiful mother-of-pearl effects), sea urchins, jellyfish and teeth, sorted in a large box measuring approx. 53 x 82 cm.

EMEK (1970) - Fish fossil. Sculpture on skateboard. 80 x 21 cm. Signed by hand.

Fri 24 May

Fish fossil, on Plexiglas base H. 14.5 cm. L. approx. 16.5 cm

Sun 05 May

MAES JORIS (° 1952) sculpture in fossil stone titled "Grimas" - height and width : 80 and 43 cm - with base

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Large tooth of the giant shark Megalodon. Carcharodon [Otodus] megalodon. Mg3. Approximately 15 million years old. L. 12.8cm. Width 10.3cm. 259g. Beautiful natural shiny beige patina. Indonesia. Middle Miocene.

Thu 09 May

Plate with fossil fish. Found in the Santana Formation in eastern Brazil, Cretaceous period approx. 110-125 million years old. Size: approx. 27 x 12 cm. A plate with fossil fish. Origin Santana formation, Eastern Brasil, c. 110-125 million years old. Dimensions c. 27 x 12 cm.

Tue 21 May

BEAUTIFUL "VIDE POCHE" - IN FOSSILIZED WOOD - L: 35 cm

Tue 07 May

A Men’s Gold-Toned Green Face Watch Quartz Sports Watch by Fossil (44mm Case). Full Working Order.

EMEK (1970) - Fish fossil red eye. Sculpture on skateboard. 81 x 21.5 cm. Signed by hand.

Thu 23 May

Fossil plate Plate with fossilisation of countless trochites and belemnite rosters, l 33 cm.

Thu 23 May

Collection of fossils Found in Solnhofen/Bavaria, age approx. 150 million years, extensive collection, consisting of 30 fossilised sprat fish and twelve fossilised jellyfish/starfish, some very detailed fossils, dimensions plate max. approx. 13 x 14 cm.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Mosasaurus (Mosasaurus anceps) jaw. 65 million years old. L. 21cm. Large marine reptile predator contemporary with the dinosaurs, reaching 15 meters in length. As is (fragmentary, consolidation from use). Sahara. Upper Cretaceous.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Rare Pepper wood fossil (Shinoxylon), sawn and polished. L. 10cm. 205g. 39 - 56 million years old. Superb preservation of rings and medullary rays in the heartwood, blue agate veins. Martineau-Fabre selection. Blue Forest, Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. Lower Miocene.

Sun 05 May

MAES JORIS (° 1952) coffee table with top in fossil stone with ammonites on a double base in stone and with accompanying plexi top - 47 x 110 x 123

Thu 23 May

Fossil Found in Santana/Brazil, fossilisation of a fish divided into two segments, l 36 cm.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Beautiful, gem-quality tooth from the giant shark Megalodon. Carcharodon [Otodus] megalodon. Mg2. Approx. 15 million years. L. 9.7cm. Width 7.2cm. Beautiful natural shiny black patina. Good preservation of barbs. Florida. Middle Miocene.

Thu 09 May

Beautiful pair of fossil ammonites (Cloniceras). Found in Madagascar, Jurassic ca. 180 million years old, ground and polished, mounted on black wooden bases. Dimensions: each approx. 26 x 17 cm. A fine pair of fossil Ammonites (Cloniceras). origin Madagascar, Jura c. 180 million years old, grinded and polished, mounted on ebonized stands. Dimensions each c. 26 x 17 cm.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Beautiful crinoid (sea lily), flower-shaped pelagic echinoderm. Scyphocrinites sp. 440 million years old. Plate length 23cm. From the calyx on the stem, the arms form a hair. Fine details on this rare and very old fossil. As is (consolidation from use). Erfoud, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Silurian.

(ESTAMPES, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES-ESTAMPES, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES) - [ Paleontology ] ESTAMPES, GRAVURES, LITHOGRAPHIES. Set of engravings from the Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire Naturelle, dealing with fossils and paleontology. Dimensions: 205 x 155 mm. Condition A-. Some marks of handling.

Sun 05 May

Aneleira em pedra / Fóssil - Stone ring / Polished Ammonite and Belemnite fossil, possibly from the high mountains of Morocco, hand-carved, Dim.: 26 cm x 13 cm

Thu 09 May

Large fossil dinosaur tooth. Tooth of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, lower cretaceous period, approx. 40 million years old. Mounted on a wooden base. Tooth length: approx. 15 cm. Height with base: approx. 20.5 cm. An impressive fossil dinosaur tooth. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, Cretaceous age, c. 40 million years old, mounted on ebonized wooden base. Length c. 15 cm, height with base c. 20.5 cm.

Thu 09 May

Large fossil tooth of the megalodon basking shark. Carcharocles megalodon, Pliocene, approx. 2 million years old, mounted on tripod. Tooth height: approx. 14.5 cm. Total height: approx. 20.5 cm. A large fossil Megalodon giant shark tooth. Carcharocles megalodon, Pliocene, c. 2 million years old, mounted on display stand. Height tooth c. 14.5 cm, height with stand c. 20.5 cm.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Tooth of Carcharodon [Isurus] hastalis, the giant mako shark, direct ancestor of the great white shark. 15 million years old. L. 6cm. Well-preserved razor-sharp edge on narrow tooth. French P. Catto Collection. Antwerp, Belgium. Miocene.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Set of four Spinosaurus (Spinosaurus aegypticus) carnivorous dinosaur teeth. 94 - 100 million years old. Max. length 6.7 cm. Sp3. Beautifully preserved. The largest known predatory dinosaur. As is (consolidation of use). Sahara. Lower Cretaceous.

Thu 16 May

PASCAL (20th century) Fossil Color print on embossed paper, numbered 24/70 and countersigned Dim. 30 x 41 cm

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Large Fossil Diplomystus Fish Plate. Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P. A large Diplomystus sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab. 8.95 kg, 59 cm (23 1/4 in.). From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Basilosaurus tooth with double root. 36 - 45 million years ago. L 9.5cm. Archaic carnivorous marine mammal, ancestor of sperm whales and whales, it grew to 21 meters and 6 tons. As is (usual consolidation, one broken root). Sahara. Eocene.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Tooth of Carcharodon [Isurus] hastalis, the giant mako shark, direct ancestor of the great white shark. 15 million years old. L. 6.5cm. On gangue. Well-preserved razor edge on narrow tooth. French P. Catto Collection. Missour. Morocco. Miocene.

Wed 08 May

A Men’s Fossil Coachman Chronograph Black Leather Watch Model CH2546. 48mm Including Crown. New Battery Fitted April 2024. Full Working Order.

Wed 22 May

Silver necklace and a bronze pendant - ring with a fossil Sterling silver rolo chain necklace with a bronze pendant usable as a ring, set with a cephalopod fossil. Chain hallmarked "925". Chain length 83 cm. Ring dimensions 5.5 x 3.5 cm. IT size 19 - US size 9. Total weight 108.6 g. Item condition grading: ***** excellent.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Attractive trilobite in its complete nodule with counterprint. Colpocoryphe sp. 458 - 467 million years old. L. nodule 7.5cm. Remarkable natural clearing, very fine details. Selection by P. Catto. Taddrist Formation. Battou, Tinghir province. Morocco. Darriwilian, Middle Ordovician.

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Large Basilosaurus tooth with single root. 36 - 45 million years ago. L 12cm. French P. Catto Collection. Archaic carnivorous marine mammal, ancestor of sperm whales and whales, it grew to 21 meters and 6 tons. As is (usual consolidation). Sahara. Eocene.

Wed 15 May

Bezoard or fragment of fossilized wood in a gold frame, a stone enchanted for its magical properties. Total gross weight: 116 gr XVI-XVII th century

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Exceptional tooth of Tyrannosaurus Carcharodontosaurus (Carcharodontosaurus saharicus). 93 - 98 million years old. L. approx. 8.8cm. Base width approx. 4cm. Remarkable preservation, beautiful shiny patina, fine barbed detail. A rare fossil. Former French P. Catto collection. Redoubtable theropod, 12 meters, 6 tons, recognizable by its sharp, ridged teeth reminiscent of the giant shark Carcharodon. As is (consolidation from use). Sahara. Cenomanian, Cretaceous.

Sat 25 May

Quatrefages - Hommes sauvages - Quatrefages, A. de. Hommes fossiles et hommes sauvages études d'Anthropologie. Paris, Baillière, 1884. XII, 644, 16 pp. With 1 double-page col. Map and numerous wood engravings. Gr.-8°. Black and gilt, illustrated OLwd. (slightly rubbed) - Classic study on early and fossil man and on the inhabitants of several island groups in the Pacific, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Tue 04 Jun

Anonymous - Abridged dictionary of natural history, by d'Orbigny and de Wegmann. Circa 1842. Lemercier printer. 53x43cm. Original poster, lithograph, canvas-backed. Condition A. Rare romantic poster featuring wild animals (tiger, ostrich, crocodile, vulture, tortoise, and fossils).

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - British Sigaloceras Fossil Ammonite Display. Jurassic Period, Callovian Stage, circa 165-160 million years B.P. Comprising a number of Sigaloceras sp. fossil ammonites, together with a partial belemnite; in a freestanding bowl-shaped matrix. 1.17 kg, 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). From exhausted South Cave Quarry, Yorkshire, UK. [No Reserve]

Wed 29 May

218. MODERN WORK Slate plaque decorated with fossilized ferns on a black lacquered metal frame. H: 75.5 cm - W: 44 cm (Marks of use).

Sat 25 May

Rare fossil frog #'Eopelobates wagneri from the Messel mine, approx. 49 million years old,well preserved, exceptionally fine details of raised bone structure visible, find from 1972,prepared using the reburial plastic transfer method, size of the fossil 10 x 3.6 cm, plate 17 x 12 cm, museum quality, collectible, Lit. See Messel. 'A showcase into the history of life and the earth', 1988, p. 95

Thu 16 May

Giorgio Celiberti - Giorgio Celiberti (Udine 1929) - Fossil flowers, 1973 fresco on canvas 40 x 30 cm Signed lower left: Celiberti, '73 This lot is subject to Artists Resale Rights

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Remarkable Spinosaurus carnivorous dinosaur tooth with root (Spinosaurus aegypticus). 94 - 100 million years. L. approx. 10.5 cm. Max. root width 3cm. Very well preserved, rare details of the root. Beautiful shiny patina. Former French P. Catto collection. The largest known predatory dinosaur. As is (consolidation from use). Sahara. Lower Cretaceous.

Wed 29 May

242. MODERN WORK CIRCA 1980 Large coffee table with fossilized wood top on a brown lacquered tubular metal base. H: 33.5 cm - W: 171 cm - D: 103 cm (Marks of use).

Sat 25 May

Fossilized fish, probably South America, approx. 80 million years old, two-part specimen made from corresponding halves of a fish, some with clearly visible scales, length37 cm

Mon 13 May

Collectable fossils. Dyrosaurus sp. crocodile skull. Approximately 50 million years old. L. 50cm. 6 meters long, the thinness of the visible jaw and the teeth preserved in position suggest a piscivorous diet, like today's Ganges Gharial. As is (extensive restorations and heavy consolidation to facilitate transport). North Africa. Lower Eocene phosphates, Ypresian.

Thu 09 May

Slice from a fossilized tree. Found in North America, Jurassic, approx. 200 million years old, polished. Size: approx. 20 x 17 x 6 cm. Petrified wood. Origin North America, Jura, c. 200 million years old, polished. Dimensions c. 20 x 17 x 6 cm.

Sat 25 May

Mixosaurus (mixed lizard), Yunnan, China, 240 million years old, a type of ichthyosaur and transitional form between primitive ichthyosaurs with an elongated body and the more modern forms, which had a shape similar to today's Define; The name of the genus refers to this transitional character, found in 1980, cleaned using sandblasting technology, so that the fossil appears three- dimensional and all head and chest parts have been perfectly preserved, fossil 29 x 14 cm, matrix plate approx. 30 x 18 x 2 cm, 2000 g, museum quality

Sat 25 May

Two pairs of Lycoptera on positive and negative plates, Liaoning (Rehe Province), China, 20 million years old, extinct fish genus that lived in today's China, Korea, Mongolia and Siberia, a pair L. 7 cm, the second split brown one approx. 6 cm, both plates 350g, 17x12 cm, museum; Lycoptera is anextinct genus of fish that lived from the LateJurassic to the Cretaceous Period in what is now China, Korea, Mongolia and Siberia. It is known from a wealth of fossils representing sixteen species and serves as an important fossil clue used to date geological formationsin China. Along with the genus Peipiaosteus, Lycoptera are considered a defining member of the Jehol Biota, a prehistoric ecosystem famous for its early birds and dinosaurs that thrived for 20 million years during the early Cretaceous period, the Jiufotang Formation here containing a rich one Lycoptera ichthyofauna. They are the oldest fossil members of the osteoglossamorpha that are still alive today

Sat 25 May

Petrified wood panel, Araucaria, Arizona, conifer, fossil, approx. 220 million years old, ground and polished wooden disc, natural colors, surrounding bark structure, also suitable as a small table top, 75 x 65 x 3.5 cm

Thu 23 May

Two fish bitten into each other Found in Santana Formation/Brazil, impressive, two-part fossil with two fish bitten into each other, the individual scales partly very clearly visible, dimensions approx. 55 x 15 x 10 cm, weight approx. 10.1 kg.

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Massive Crinoid Plate. Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P. An impressive display containing multiple intact Scyphocrinus elegans specimens showing detailed crowns and stalks. 90.5 kg, 1.73 m (68 1/8 in.). From Erfoud, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Crinoids are filter feeding sea animals, which attach themselves to the bottom of the ocean with a stalk. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. Today they are referred to as ‘Sea Lilies’, and are virtually identical to their fossil relatives, making them living fossils.

Thu 09 May

Grotesque fantasy creature from a cabinet of curiosities. 19th/20th century, a grotesque, monstrous fantasy creature composed of animal bones, crab claws and shells with a fossilized shark's tooth as a nose, glass eyes and a blue agate as a tongue, mounted on an 18th century turned and painted wooden base. The square ebonized base plate later. Height: approx. 34 cm. Very similar whimsical objects and comparable pieces can also be found in the Raniero Gnoli Collection/Collezione Raniero Gnoli, Palazzo Patrizi, Castel Giuliano in Bracciano, Italy. Cf. literature: Listri, Massimo, Cabinet of Curiosities, Das Buch der Wunderkammern, Taschen 2020, pp. 266-273. A Head of a grotesque monstrous creature. 19th/20th century, composed of animal bones, crab claws and shells, with a fossilized shark's tooth as its nose, glass eyes and a tongue made of agate, 18th century base made of turned and painted wood. The ebonized base later. Height c. 34 cm.

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Large Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth. Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P. Of exceptional quality, showing some serrations to the edges. 274 grams, 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.). From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.

Lot of costume jewelry in steel, leather, gold metal and amethyst beads: bracelets, necklaces, rings including a Fossil bracelet. Delivery address: MAGASIN DOMANIAL TOULOUSE 17 BD LASCROSSES 31000 TOULOUSE Tel: 05 61 10 80 00 Contact: CAZALS Pierre Pick-up by appointment and on presentation of proof of identity, K-BIS and power of attorney if applicable.

Wed 15 May

FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND. Essay on the natural history of the Trapp rocks. Paris, Rue et hôtel Serpente, 1788. In-12, (2) ff, 159 pp, (1) p. errata, brown calf, triple gilt fillets, ornate smooth spine, green title page, gilt edges. First edition. Minor rubbing. Also included: GENTON DU BARSAC (François Auguste de). Mémoire sur les fossiles du bas Dauphiné. Avignon, François Seguin, 1781. In-12, red half calf, spine ribbed (B. Magnin). Rare first edition. From the library of Paul Couturier de Royas, with 2 bookplates. Spine faded. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp

Thu 09 May

Geology - Titius, Carl Heinrich. Classification of the mineralogically simple fossils according to their constituent parts together with the karstic classification of the mountain species. Leipzig, Hartknoch, 1805. XVI, 395 p. 20.5 x 12 cm. Interim paperback of the period (spine rubbed, joints torn). First edition. - Schuh, Bio-Bibliography, Titius 1 - Fischer, Mineralogie in Sachsen, 141-157 - Freiesleben, Sächsische Mineralien-Verzeichnisse, No. 77 - Wilson, History of Mineral Collecting, 226 - Browned. VAT: *

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Large Fossil Fish Plate. Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P. A large rectangular matrix with four variously sized Diplomystus sp. and a Knightia alta sp. fish. 13 kg, 59 cm (23 1/4 in.). From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Fossil Wolf Skull in Matrix. Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene Period, circa 5.3 million-60,000 years B.P. The majority of Canis teilhardi skull in matrix with some other bone fragments. 1.28 kg, 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Fossil Crocodile Skull and Vertebrae. Paleocene Epoch, circa 66-56 million years B.P. Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. 5.3 kg, 50.5 cm (20 in.). From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]

Wed 15 May

NATURAL HISTORY. - MUTEL (A.). Flore du Dauphiné (...) précédée d'un précis de botanique. Grenoble, Prudhomme, Paris, Treuttel, 1830. 2 volumes in one vol. in-12, burgundy basane, gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, marbled pages (Ep. binding). 4 folding plates. "La Flore du Dauphiné may serve for the study of botany in almost all of France; for this province, very rich in varied exposures, contains almost all the plants of France, except those of the seashores and those of particular localities mainly in the Pyrenees and in La Provence". Spine faded. Also included: - GUILLOT aîné. Notice sur les chéloniens, sauriens, batraciens et les ophidiens qui habitent le département de l'Isère. Grenoble, Prudhomme, 1841. In-8, bradel modern red boards, cons. cover. 3 plates. - GRAS (Albin). Description des mollusques fluviatiles et terrestres du département de l'Isère. Grenoble, Prudhomme, 1840. In-8, green half-maroquin, smooth spine, cons. cover, untrimmed (modern binding). 6 plates. Light foxing. - GRAS (Albin). Description des oursins fossiles du département de l'Isère. Grenoble, Vellot et comp, Paris, Victor Masson, 1848. In-8, pink half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, black title page, cons. cover (modern binding). 7 plates. Hardback: SAVIN (L.). Revisions des echinides fossiles du département de l'Isère. Grenoble, Descotes, 1905. 8 plates. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp

Thu 23 May

Extensive Fossil Collection Germany Mostly German sites such as Bornstedt near Potsdam and the Zechstein Limestone near Gera, estimated approx. 1,000 specimens, including sea urchins, fossilised wood, snails, beetles, corals, trilobites, teeth in various sizes, bones and bone fragments, some with old location labels, probably late 19th century, here mostly historical collection label with note "Sammlung E. Leisner, Waldenburg i. Sch.(lesien)", sorted in 20 drawers, dimensions of each box 32 x 36.5 x 3.5 cm.

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Large African 'T-Rex' Fossil Dinosaur Tooth with Root. Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P. A large Carcharodontosaurus saharicus dinosaur tooth with much of the root remaining and visible serrations; repaired. 100 grams, 15.7 cm (6 1/8 in.). From Morocco, North Africa. Acquired from Richard and Mark Hawkes of Stone Treasures, Nottinghamshire, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a Stone Treasures identification card.

Thu 09 May

Geology - Oppel, Albert. The Jurassic formation of England, France and southwestern Germany. Classified and compared according to their individual members. With 1 lithographed folding map with blue coloring and 1 folded table of strata. Stuttgart, Ebner & Seufert, 1856-58. IV, 857 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Contemporary half leather binding with faded gilt spine (rubbed and bumped). First separate edition, previously published in the Württembergische naturwissenschaftliche Jahreshefte. - Poggendorff III, 987 - Authoritative fine division of the Jurassic formation into 36 biostratigraphic zones (biozones), compiled on the table with their leading fossils. - Endpapers with ownership note of the Tübingen paleontologist Friedrich von Hüne (1875-1969) and antiquarian stamp. - Foxing, map with fold tear. VAT: *

Thu 09 May

Geology - Scopoli, Giovanni Antonio. Introduction to the knowledge and use of fossils. For students. Riga and Mitau, Hartknoch, 1769. 10 p., 195 p. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary paperback with gilt-stamped spine label (somewhat rubbed and bumped). First edition. - Schuh, Bio-Bibliography, Scopoli 4 - "Scopoli's first text book on mineralogy. It is an introductory work in mineralogical science, written for the student, and based upon the author's own experience in studying and arranging his mineral collection ... arranged according to his own classification system containing two classes: (1) earths and (2) mined substances." (shoe). - Inside cover with crossed-out bookplate and ownership note of the Swiss naturalist and alpinist Samuel Wyttenbach (1748-1830). - Title with later but old name stamp, backing on verso, somewhat browned and foxed. VAT: *

Sat 25 May

Valentini - Schau-Bühne Teil 1 - Valentini, M.B. Museum Museorum, Oder Vollständige Schau-Bühne Aller Materialien und Specereyen Aus andern Material- Kunst- und Naturalien-Kammern, Oost- und West-Indischen Reißbeschreibungen, Curiosen Zeit- und Tag-Registern, Natur- und Arztney-Kündigern, wie auch selbst-eigen Erfahrung... ... written. Part 1 (of 3) in 1 vol. Frankfurt, Zunner, 1704. 13 vols., 520 p., 2 vols., 76 p., 2 vols., 119 p., 6 vols. With 1 engraved title by Montalegre. Title by Montalegre, 16 (of which 4 double-page) copper plates and over 130 text engravings. Folio. Old cloth with RTitel (spine restored using the original, corners repaired).- Nissen BBI 2035 and ZBI 4217; Ferguson II, 493f.; Sabin 98357.- Comprehensive repertory describing the overseas products (later: colonial goods) used in medicine, technology, economy and household at that time, from dyes to medicinal plants and metals to coffee and fossils. The partly curious copper with depictions of plants, including coffee, cocoa, vanilla, pepper etc., furthermore animals such as rhinoceros, elephant and camel, fossils etc.- Without the second part 'Anhang von verschiedenen Kunst- und Naturalien-Kammern' and third part 'Neu-auffgerichtetes Rüst- und Zeughaus der Natur' with the descriptions of the technical inventions. Small handwritten inscription on front cover (dated 1738) as well as a note by the same hand on a small mounted plate on the flyleaf - Occasional light spotting, the last few with restored outer corner.

Tue 04 Jun

Natural History - Enormous Two Metre Section of Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Spine. Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P. The spine section comprising sixteen large, perfectly lined dorsal vertebrae with transverse processes with another at each end lying flat, various other vertebrae and rib sections resting next to the spine; on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 60 kg, 1.79 m (70 1/2 in.). From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.

Thu 09 May

Mineralogy - Henckel, Johann Friedrich. Flora Saturnizans, Die Verwandschafft des Pflanzen mit dem Mineral-Reich, nach der Natural-Historie und Chymie ..., Nebst einem Anhang vom Kali Geniculato Germanorum oder Gegliederten Saltz-Kraut, insonderheit von einer hieraus neu-erfundenen dem allererschönsten Ultramarin gleichenden Blauen Farbe. With engraved frontispiece by J. B. Brühl and 9 copper plates. Leipzig, J. Chr. Martini, 1722. 5 pp., 671 p., 8 pp. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding, covered with contemporary marbled paper, with spine label (rubbed, paper with cover defects). First edition. - Ferchl 225 - Gmelin II 590 i - Poggendorff I 1065 - Pritzel 3955 - Hoover 399 - not in Duveen, Ferguson and Nissen. - Johann Friedrich Henckel (1679-1744) was a Saxon mining councillor in Freiberg, "also worked on the alkali content of plants, believed that the alkalis in the plants were not only formed during cremation, already knew the soda-ultramarine at that time, considered it to be Berlin blue." (Ferchl). - The beautiful frontispiece with allegorical depiction of a garden and a tunnel with miners, the plates show fossils and plants. - Endpapers and frontispiece with small hole, title with backing at lower corner. Frontispiece and title loosened, the following dedication leaf somewhat protruding and edged, browned. VAT: *

Thu 09 May

Geology - Naumann, Carl Friedrich. Textbook of geognosy. 2 text volumes and atlas in 4 volumes. With 346 wood engravings and 70 lithographed plates on rolled China. Leipzig, Engelmann, 1850-1854. XI, 1000 pp.; XIV, 1222 pp. 23 x 15 cm (text)/ 26.5 x 20 cm (atlas). Contemporary half-leather bindings with gilt spines and 2 original half-linen folders with mounted title label (rubbed, corners bumped, joints partly restored; folder cover somewhat torn inside, 1 clasp loose). First edition. - Poggendorff II, 257 - NDB XVIII, 765 - Katalog Bergakademie Freiberg 478 - "Recognized as the most complete and thorough compendium of this science, which has served as a guide for all students of geology for decades." (Zittel 219). At the same time, it was the first textbook to devote significant space to questions of geotectonics, with Naumann partly going beyond Alexander von Humboldt. "His 'Lehrbuch' contained all of the scientific information known about earthquakes at that time. Naumann held that certain earthquakes occurred independently of any volcanic activity and might therefore be termed 'plutonic'. This view was in opposition to that of Humboldt, who believed earthquakes and volcanoes to be merely different manifestations of the same causes ... Naumann's most important work." (DSB IX, 620). - The plates with illustrations of the most important key fossils from the animal kingdom for the individual geological formations. - Text browned and foxed, plates browned in margins, title and cover labels with old stamp. VAT: *

Mon 13 May

EUGENIO MERINO, (Madrid, 1975). "Deadball", 2011. Patinated bronze. Measurements: 27 x 19 x 27 cm. We see here a skull with an overdeveloped skull, which takes the shape of a soccer. Inspired, with his usual sarcasm, in the cranial elongation that was practiced among the oligarchic classes of the most ancient cultures (as can be seen in the fossils of Paracas), Eugenio Merino slips here a sarcastic commentary on the mental reformatting that soccer has turned into a big business of technocrats and millionaires. Eugenio Merino is, above all, known for the controversy he creates with his works: from the "Jaffar suicida" of the exhibition "Mondolirondo" in 2006, to the installation "Starway to heaven", passing through "Always Franco" (presented at ARCO) or "For the Love of Go(l)d". He began working in painting, with works of less content than the current ones (according to his own words, the turn in his career was due to boredom with the same processes and not feeling anything as a spectator of his own works). Showing his political work, typical of a creator who, conditioned by his time, transfers his social ideology to his hands and from there to the sculptural work that splashes the viewer (as it should be). With a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, he has had solo exhibitions at Unix Gallery (Houston, USA), Unix Fine Arts (New York, USA), ADN Galería (Barcelona, Spain), Jerome Zodo Gallery (Milan, Italy) and Louis 21 (Madrid, Spain), among other venues. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and has participated in a variety of art fairs, such as Volta NY, Volta Basel, ARCO (Madrid). Art Brussels, FIAC (Paris), Armory Show, Arte Fiera (Bologna), Art BO (Bogota), MACO (Mexico), Art Wynwood (Miami) and has exhibited at the MOCA Museum in Taipei and the BPS22 in Charleroi (Belgium).