[InetBib] WG: [IFLA-L] Stolen books from the Goeldi Museum, Brazil

[Müller, Harald <hmueller@xxxxxxx>]

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Von: Nelson Sanjad [mailto:nsanjad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Gesendet: Mo 05.01.2009 14:47
An: ifla-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: [IFLA-L] Stolen books from the Goeldi Museum, Brazil



Dear colleagues,

According to the contacts we have made about who might help us alert the
international police, book sellers and bibliophiles regarding rare works
belonging to the Emilio Goeldi Museum of Pará, Brazil, that were recently
stolen and may be offered for sale by criminals on the antiquarian book and
art markets, you were indicated as a key person who could reach out to a
broad spectrum of rare book dealers.

I am sending below a list of the stolen items, which includes 65 volumes of
40 titles from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, concentrating on the
natural history of tropical America, with emphasis on South America. The
works include three separate works by Spix on Brazilian reptiles, frogs and
bats, Meriaen on Suriname insects, Cramer on exotic tropical lepidoptera,
and Piso on Brazilian plants, among other very rare and valuable works, both
in-folios and books.

If you could put a call out to your associates with the list, it will be
much appreciated. The Goeldi Museum, founded in 1866 in Belem at the mouth
of the Amazon, is an institution of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and
Technology, so investigations in Brazil are being carried out by the Federal
Police, and Interpol has been alerted, as well.

Even though the authorities have been advised, we also feel that the
collaboration of high-profile, reputable organizations such as yours is a
key to recovering these important parts of Brazil's national archival
heritage.

Thank you in advance for any help you may provide, including indicating the
names of other organizations you feel might provide us with assistance.

Sincerely yours,

Nelson Sanjad
Director of Communications
Emilio Goeldi Museum of Para
Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology
Av. Gov. Magalhaes Barata, 376 - Sao Bras
Belem - Para - Brazil
66040-170
Phone number: (55) 91-3249-6373
E-mail adress: nsanjad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Internet site: www.museu-goeldi.br

INVENTORY OF THE SPECIAL COLLECTION OF RARE WORKS FROM THE DOMINGOS SOARES
FERREIRA PENNA LIBRARY OF THE EMILIO GOELDI MUSEUM OF PARA, BRAZIL

RELATION OF MISSING IN-FOLIOS
22 DECEMBER 2008

Des Murs, O. Iconographie ornithologique. Nouveau recueil general de
planches d'oiseaux pur server de suite et de complément aux planches
eluminées de Buffon...Paris, 1849. 2v. Reg. 877/61(Atlas) (In-folio 66)

Hernandez, Francisco. Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu
plantarum, animalium, mineralium... Roma, Ex Typographcio Iacobi Mascardí,
1628. Reg. 428/59 (In-folio 6)

Maryaen, Maria Sybilla. ...Over de voortteeling ou wonderbaerlyke
veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten...Amsterdam, Jean Frederic Bernard,
1730. Reg. 763/61 (In-folio 60)

Mikan, J. C. Delectus florae et faunae brasiliensis... Vindobonae, Typis
Antonii Strauss, 1820. Reg. 751/61 (In-folio 50)

Piso, Willem. Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim
Amstelaedami, Apud Ludovicum et Danielem, 1658. Reg. 877/61 (In-folio 67)

Pohl, Ioanne Emanuele. Planrtarum Brasiliae ícones et descriptions hactenus
ineditae iussu et auspiciis Francisci Primi imperatoris et regis
augustissimi... Vindobonae, 1827-31. Reg. 185/62 (In-folio 95)

Sagra, Ramon de la. Album de aves cubanas reunidas durante el viagem de D.
Ramon de la Sagra dedicado a S. M. Dona Isabel II. Paris, Imp. Litografia de
Maulde y Renou, 1842. Reg. 180/61 (In-folio 30)

Spix, Jean de. Simiarum et vespertiolinum brasiliensium species novae
histoire naturelle des spèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris
observées et recueillies pendant de voyage dans l'interieur du Brasil. dans
les annés 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Monachii, Typis Francis Seraphici
Hübschmanni, 1823. Reg. 759/61 (In-folio 57)

Spix, Johann Baptist von. Species novae ranarum quas in itinere annis
1817-1820 per Brasilian jussu auspiciis Maximilliani Jophi I... operas a
spixio anno 1824 editi tabulas revisit, denuo imprimendas coloribus
imbuendas curavit dr. Car. Phil de Martius... Monachii, Imprensis Editoris,
1839. Reg. 202/61 (In-folio 33)

Wied-Neuwied, Mximilian. Abbildungen zur naturgeschichte brasilliens.
Weiner, 1823. Reg. 104/61 (In-folio 24)


RELATION OF MISSING BOOKS
22 DECEMBER 2008

Agassiz, Louis. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of
America...Boston, 1857. 2v. Reg. 134-135/61

Anstett, J. Ph. Historia natural popular, descripção circunstanciada dos
três reinos da natureza...3 ed. Rio de Janeiro, Laemmert, 1873. Falta o
registro 2320/75

Barbosa Rodrigues, João. Plantas novas cultivadas no Jardim Botânico do Rio
de Janeiro I-VI. Descríptas...1891-98. Reg 340/60

Barbosa, Rodrigues, João. Hortus fluminensis ou breve notícia sobre as
plantas cultivadas no Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, para servir de guia
aos visitantes...Rio de Janeiro, Typ. Leuzinger, 1894. Reg. 210/58

Brabourne, Lord. The Birds of South America London, 1912-17. Reg. 73-74/58

Coudreau, Henri. Voyage au Yamundá 21 janvier à 27 juin 1899. Paris, A.
Lahure, 1899. Falta o registro 282/90

Cramer, Pierre. Pappilons exotiques des trois parties du monde. L´Asie,
l´Afrique et l´Amerique rassemblés et décrits...Amsterdam, 1779-1791. Falta
o registro 829/61

Darwin, Charles. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of
all the species...London, Ray Society, 1851-1854. 2v.Reg. 125-126/61

Engler, Adolf. Die naturlichen pflanzenfamilien...Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelman,
1887-1909. Falta o registro 216/59

Feuillés, Louis. Histoire des plantes medicinales. Qui sont plus em usage
aux Royaymes du Peru & du Chily dans l´Amérique Meridionale...[1725?]. Reg
341/60

Gaertner, Joseph. De fructibus et seminibus platarum...Stutgardiae, Typis
Academiae Carolinae, Tupingae, Typis Guilielmi Henrici Schrammii, 1788-91.
Falta registro 59/60

Goeldi, Emílio Augusto. Ensaio sobre o Dr. Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira;
mormente em relação às suas viagens na Amazônia sua importância como
naturalista. Belém, Alfredo Silva, 1895. Reg. 712/57

Goeldi, Oswaldo. 10 gravuras em madeira. Rio de Janeiro, Off. Graf. Pongetti
& Cia, 1930. Reg. 1265/60

Goode, George Brown. The fisherey industries of the United
State...Washington, Government Printing Office, 1884. Reg. 1166/61

Holbrook, John Edwards. North american herpetology or a description of the
reptiles inhabiting the United States... Philadelphia, J. Dobson, 1836. Reg.
137/61

Huebner, Jacob. Sammlung exotischer schnetterlinge errichtet von Jacob
hubner (1806)...Neue engliche facsimile ausgabe...von P. Wytsman mit
ammerkungs - Text von W. F. Kirby ...Brussel, V. Verteneuill und L. Dsmet,
1894-1908. Falta o registro 828/61

Kidder, Daniel Parish. Sketches of residence and travels in Brasil,
enbrancing historical and geografical notices of the Empire at is several
provinces. Philadelphia, Serin & Ball; London, Wiley & Putnam, 1845. 2v.
Reg.204-205/57

Koningsberger, J. C. Java zoologisch en biologisch...Buitenzorg Drukkerij
Dep., 1911-1915. 9 fasc. Falta o registro 595/61

Luciani, Arturo. O Estado do Amazonas (Brasil)...Genova, A. Motofarno, 1899.
Reg. 3339/75

Oberthur, Charles. Études de lipedoptérologie comparée...Rennes, Imp.
Oberthur, 1917. Reg. 225/66

Poeppig, Eduard. Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem amazonenstrone wahrend der
jahre. Leipzig F. Fleischer, 1835-6.  Falta o registro 739/61

Ralph, Thomas Shearman. Ícones carpologicae. London, 1849. Reg. 35/60

Seitz, Adalbert. Lês macrolépitoptèresdu Globe.Revision systematique dês
macrolépidoptères connus a ce jour, publié ane lê concoms dês spécialistes
lês plus renommés...Paris, 1913-27. Falta o registro 17/63

Shaw, George. General zoologie, or systematic natural history...With plates
from the first authorities and most select specimens, engraved principally
by Mr. Hearth. London G. Kearsley, 1802. 2v. Reg. 116-117/61

Spix, Johann Baptist von. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou histoire
naturelle des espécies nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées
pendant le voyage dans l´interieur du Brésil dans lês années
1817-1820...écrite d´aprés les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler...Monachii,
Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschunanni, 1824. Reg.317/59

Stoll, Gaspar. Representation exactement colorée d´après nature des spectres
ou phasmes, des nantes, des sauterelles, des grillons...Amsterdan, J. C.
Sepp et Fils, 1813. 2v. em 1. Reg 730/61

United States. Pacific Railroad Survey. Reports of explorations and survey
to ascerta in the most praticable...Route for a railroad from Mississipi
Rivers to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, 1853-1859. 18v. Reg. 70-87/65
(Encadernados juntos)

United States. Geographical and geological explorations, and surveys west of
the one Hundredth Meridian. Report upon geographical and geological
explorations and surveys west...Washington, Printing Office, 1875. Reg.
240/61

Westwood, John Obadiah. Catalogus of Orthopterous Insects...London, Trustes
British Museum, 1859. Reg. 772/61

Wytsman, P. Genera insetorum...Bruxelles, V. Vertenevil et Desmet, 1902-15.
33v. Faltam registros 436/61 e 1277/61.