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Full title in a cartouche with neptune, sea creatures and monsters in the top left: 'the vii united provinces corrected from the observations communicated to the royal society at london, & ye royal academy at paris' john senex, was a london surveyor, engraver, bookseller and publisher in the early 18th centuryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis large format map shows the netherlands in with the coast with the ports, estuaries and islands, the still open zuiderzee, the islands of wieringen, urk and eemeloord, ij and haarlemmermeer as inland seas, voorne, schouwen, walcheren, noord beveland and cadsant as islandsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe north sea is here called 'the german sea'our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebottom right: 'iin good condition, two combined pages (69 x 95 cm), with sufficient margins, on hand-laid paper, centrefold as issued, old border colouring, verso blankbeautiful map of the seven united provinces, on two merged pages
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Jean ingen-housz - nouvelles expériences et observations sur divers objets de physique - - volume ii only of the 2 publishedobservations sur l'origine et la nature de la matière verte, la qualité de l'air que les eaux contiennent est très différente selon la différence des eaux, réflexions sur la bouteille de leyde & sur les magasins à poudre, observations sur les effets produits par un coup de foudre en sur une girouette, sur quelques manières de suspendre les aiguilles des boussoles, précis de quelques experiences sur la manganèse & des propriétés de l'acide marin déphlogistiqué, considérations sur la théorie de la détonation de la poudre à canon, de la poudre fulminante, de l'or, de l'argent et du mercure fulminans, etcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebinding in good condition, work in its period full calfskin binding, however, there is a lack on the head of the spine, lightly rubbed spine and corners, red pigmented edges, adorned ribbed spine, morocco label with gilded titlingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinside in good condition, soiling, lovely engravings including some fold-out plates (2 plates)
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Helvetius - de l'esprit avec des observations de jinside in good condition, light soiling, a stamp on the title pages and the end of the book, lovely headbands, works containing observations made by jplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerousseau - no date ( pagesrare milanese edition in french, probably contemporary with the first italian translations, of the main work of the great parisian materialist sensualist and naturalist philosopher and writerbindings in average condition, works in their period blue covers, lots of friction on the covers, a small lack on one cover, spine with tears and lacks (see photos), paperbacksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few days
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Hello i have observations hive for sell, national hive coms with: open flor observations brood box 2 super box queen excluder crown board wooden feeder roof buckfast queen from last year with blue marks on 11 brood frames and 12 super frames full of honey for winter so the colony is ready for winterany questions give me a call happy to help
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Title: observations importantes sur le manuel des accouchementsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe book contains many out-of-text plates on all types of difficult deliveries of newbornsgood general condition: black mark on the cover and slight wear, but without any impacttraduit par henry de deventer docteur en médecine & augmentées de réflexions par jacques jd ablaincourt docteur en la même facultétan-coloured fawn binding, ribbed spine, floral boxes, & title mounted on a red labelwhere we can find everything that is needed for operations that concern them & it shows how, in the case of an urgent necessity, one can, without having recourse to instruments, how put the baby back in a proper situation, or to take out by the feet, by an oblique or direct matrix, those babies which are poorly situated, alive or dead, without damaging them, nor the motheryear: , paris, printed by cavelierour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store431 pages + complete plates1 large quarto volume
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With observations on their natural history and usesdescribed, with observations on their natural history and uses, by charles johnsonrobert hardwickeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehalf leather binding with marbled plates and gold title on the spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea beautiful bright copypp: [2], xxxii, 192pp, 144 colour platesvery clean pages and colour plates on bright paperthe pages are complete with 144 colour plates by john ethe grasses of great britain by charles johnson illustrated by john eour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeimportant english herbarium with 144 colour plates by john enot only the history of plants but also their uses, medicines, edible plants, healing etc
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Guillaume-hyacinthe bougeant - observations curieuses sur toutes les parties de la physique - - first volume) there are chapters on chemistry, anatomy, plants and natural science, and astronomyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteinside in good condition, light soiling, a library stamp on the title page, lovely headbands, ornamental initials, marbled endpapers, work illustrated with a frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefather bougeant's choice proves to be audacious and exciting, the articles are fairly short and maintain interest, moving from strange and extraordinary topics to more classic ones such as the causes of a stormhe was the originator of our first volumebinding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, rare small spots of friction, red edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling on a morocco labelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysphysics is naturally understood here in the broadest sense of the word, so apart from general physics (acoustics, optics, etcbougeant was a jesuit playwright, involved in the polemics with the jansenists over the theatre
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Flitting from observations on cheese rolling in gloucestershire to smuggling silk in sussex, from shakespeare's avon to the vanishing sign language of country trampshugely enjoyable, a real eye-opener and surprisingly useful!' alan titchmarsh a perfectly formed and beautifully presented collection of titbits from the ever-surprising pages of country lifeand all by way of a charming rumination on the origins of the simnel cakeoxfam shop bridgnorth 'not a cosy series of reminiscences but a slice of bygone realityclassic writing on the idyllic british countryside, wodehousian ruminations on fishing and golf, and moving accounts of beloved (and unusual) petssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis delightful collection of country curiosities shows rural life in the raw a hundred or more years agowith a highly entertaining blend of expert views and humorous asides, curious observationsis a perfect christmas giftwithin these lovely pages there will indeed be something for everyone
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observations et réflexions sur l'intoxication miasmatique, considérée en général dans les différents états pathologique qui en résultentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemémoire qui contient entre autres matériaux importants, une exposition et une appréciation raisonnes des principes de médecine sur lesquels il faut nécessairement s'appuyer pour arriver a une reforme sage et éclairée des constitutions sanitaireset plus spécialement dans la peste, le typhus, la fièvre jaune et le choléra-morbus épidémiquepar evaristo bertulus, chirurgien médecin de la marine royale, chevalier de la légion d'honneurour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemembre de la société royale de médecine de bordeaux, laureat de cette société, correspondant de la société de médecine et de chirurgie pratique de montpellier
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observations 20x80 binos for sale in hard caseexcellent condition
200 €
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Letter sent from certaldo, entirely handwritten, in which the publication of the call at the castle of certaldo is communicatedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe letter is signed by agostino nelliour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The music reflects to keeper's observations of daily life on the rock, the ever-changing weather conditions and sea-stateelectric and acoustic guitars interweave with other instruments, and at times the sound of the ocean, to create the atmospheric soundscapes of the lighthouse keeper, the keeper's log and land's enda maritime soundtrack for everyone who feels drawn to the coast, the lighthouses and the seathe cardboard cases have a little wear but the cds are all in excellent conditionoxfam bookshop new milton set of 3 cds by mat dickson: the keeper's log (), the lighthouse keeper () and land's end ()see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The first film to introduce his much-loved alter ego monsieur hulot, it sets the pattern for future appearances of the character, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humour ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting satiretati came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with les vacances de mmarking the third appearance of tati's hulot, the film takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on the people living within itfrancois takes up the call, and attempts to americanise his work stylehulot lives in a colourful, parisian neighborhood and, lacking employment, spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school, and subsequently escorting him to his parents' ultra-modern housethis is a collection of tati's finest films from across his careeroxfam bookshop byres road filmmaker and actor jacques tati reinvented the art of slapstick comedy, expertly dissecting the nature of sight gags and pratfalls while exploiting viewer expectations to create an ambitious, richly detailed cinematic parlor game perfect for exploring the infinite mysteries of the modern worldconcerned about his future, hulot's relatives attempt to find him gainful employment, with little successhe began the project by recording a circus show performance in sweden, the footage was then turned into a movie showcase for tati's considerable physical comedy skills see oxfam website for delivery information read morehulot weaves in and out of view, leaving a trail of bumped heads, offended sensibilities and curious glances in his wakethings perk up when a traveling carnival arrives in town, and exhibits a film about the speedy and efficient united states postal servicehulot returns with mon oncle (), a film set along the dividing line between paris' past and its futurejacques tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of playtimeparade () was tati's last film and sees the filmmaker return to his music hall rootsin tati's charming jour de fete (), the director casts himself as francois a contented and happy postman in a small, unhurried french village
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45 €
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Jones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumshis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color
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A work on quadrumans, certainly the most comprehensive work summarising the observations of the greatest specialists such as buffon, dautenton, lacepede, cuvier and de jussieuplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein addition to the in text engravings, this book includes 39 out of text engravings on thick paperare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehalf binding with ribbed spine adorned with gilded motifs, the covers are made of red paper, the text block has some spots of foxing on the very first and last pages, nearly the entire book has nonederived from the monumental encylopédie d'histoire naturelle by doctor chenu, this volume, devoted to the quadrumans (monkeys), is particularly remarkable for its accuracy and engravings
31 €
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Sizzling with acid observations, and textured with wicked humour and gentle humanity, between the assassinations is a triumph of voice and imaginationjourneying through kittur's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and outer limits, adiga conjures a remarkable fictional landscapemuslim, christian and hindu, high-caste and low-caste, rich and poor: all of indian life - the 'sorrowful parade of humanity' - is heresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, an entire indian world comes vividly and unforgettably to lifefrom a middle-aged communist to an islamic terrorist; from the young children of a tamil building-site worker to a privileged and alienated schoolboy; from an idealistic journalist to a brahmin housemaid, adiga has produced a microcosm of indian life in the 80s, the years between the assassinations of indira gandhi and her son rajivoxfam bookshop cheltenham in his compelling new work of fiction, aravind adiga has imagined the small indian city of kittur, an everytown nestling on the coast south of goa and north of calicut
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Will it expand forever, or collapse in a big crunch, perhaps a big bang in reverse? from aristotle to newton, einstein and quantum mechanics, this book recounts the revolutions in physics and astronomy which underlie the present-day scientific picture of the universenobody knows what it isoxfam bookshop cheltenham 90% or more of the matter in the universe is unseensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit describes the scale of things, from atoms to galactic superclusters, and sketches the cosmological theories, based on einstein's theory of general relativity, used to describe the universe's expansionit discusses the significance of the cosmic background satellite observations, and explains why current theories have nothing reliable to say about whether the universe had a "beginning"the universe expands, but nobody knows how long the expansion has been going on
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A lovely first edition in which one finds the blueprint for a new system of medicine, which is also in keeping with the observations of the ancients & the discoveries of the contemporariesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, charming initialsmaubec - traité de la dyssenterie - binding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, friction from use, levelled crowns and rubbed corners, pigmented red edges, adorned ribbed spine, a small lack on the spine, gilded titling on a morocco label
46 €
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This edition of the complete poems and plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from prufrock and other observations () to four quartets (), and includes such literary landmarks as the waste land, old possum's book of practical cats and murder in the cathedraleliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry'each year eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble' ted hughes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road poet, dramatist, critic and editor, t
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Based upon earlier observations made by alexander turyn in the byzantine manuscript tradition of the tragedies of euripides, the text contains rigorous analysis of the euripidean manuscripts together with images from themoxfam books & music crouch end originally published in , this book is concerned with the process through which the plays of euripides were transmitted across seventeen centuries and finally copied into late byzantine manuscriptssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a highly informative book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in euripides and manuscript history
15 €
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The story is relentlessly thrilling, while containing beautifully written observations of underwater lifewith him are his loyal servant conseil and the redoubtable canadian harpooner ned landthey are captured and imprisoned by its master, the sinister captain nemothey soon find that their enemy is no sea beast, but a brilliantly designed submarinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dorchester the most exciting underwater adventure ever! in , a mysterious giant whale savagely attacks shipping in international seasa famous french marine biologist, pierre aronnax, joins the hunt to track down and incapacitate the creature
49 €
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available5 cm - 336 pages some illustrations in the text; a tipped-in engravings paperback, no dust jacket part of the jacket is preserved and glued neatly on the covervaillant-carmanne, liège, x 15the two authors’ signatures on the title pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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It critically examined the effect of ta support on the academic progress of pupils, made extensive observations of nearly 700 pupils and over 100 tas, and collected data from over questionnaire responses and interviews with over 470 school staff and pupilsthis book reveals the extent to which the pupils in most need are let down by current classroom practicethe authors go on to show how schools need to change if they are to realise the potential of taswith serious implications not just for classroom practice, but also whole-school, local authority and government policy, this will be an indispensable text for primary, secondary and special schools, senior management teams, those involved in teacher training and professional development, policy-makers and academicsthe authors present the provocative findings from the ground-breaking and seminal deployment and impact of support staff (diss) projectcondition: covers and spine very good, pages clean and tightthe authors present a robust challenge to the current widespread practices concerning ta preparation, deployment and practice, structured around a conceptually and empirically strong explanatory frameworkoxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was the largest, most in-depth study ever to be carried out in this fieldedmunds this key and timely text examines the impact of tas on pupils' learning and behaviour, and on teachers and teaching
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Her observations and experiences expose the bourgeois society of the south as rootless and shallow and in stark contrast to the age-old culture of the solid and less fanciful northsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenarrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her member of parliamentoxfam bookshop cheltenham when the americans make an offer to buy land in iceland to build a nato airbase after the second world war, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country
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For this biography, author john edward weems gained unrestricted access to peary's papers, including his diary and recorded observations of the journey to the north pole and backslight browning and wear to page edges, otherwise text block cleanoxfam bookshop newport a biography of robert edwin peary, the first man to reach the north pole inunclipped dust jacket shows some scuffs, wear and tear, and corner bumping, with brown spotting and discolouration to inside flaps see oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack and white photographs, including diary extract, in centre of book (see image 2 for example)in general, good condition for its age, no highlighting or other notes
9 €
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Filled with the observations of a personable and witty guide, this is a book that opens up for a reader's delight the rich cultural terrain of modernism" the book reconsiders major figures like james joyce while underscoring the value of minor figures and addressing new attention to others rarely studiedoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon yale university presswhile critics of and apologists for modernism have defined modern art and literature in terms of binary oppositions-high/low, old/new, hard/soft, poetry/rhetoric-scholes contends that these distinctions are in fact confused and misleadingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclosely examining specific literary texts, drawings, critical writings, and memoirs, scholes seeks to complicate the neat polar oppositions attributed to modernismhardback with unclipped d/j in excellent condition - some light marking to back of jacket otherwise book is as newit includes twenty-two illustrations of the artworks discussedsuch oppositions are instances of "paradoxy"-an apparent clarity that covers real confusionhe argues for the rehabilitation of works in the middle ground that have been trivialized in previous evaluations, and he fights orthodoxy with such paradoxes as "durable fluff," "formulaic creativity," and "iridescent mediocritya reconsideration of the all-too-neat assumptions we make about modernism in art and literature in this lively, personal book, robert scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in the arts during the crucial half-century from to
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff a beautifully written and illustrated 2 volume set the jewish historian, containing twenty books of the jewish antiquities, seven books of the jewish war, and the life of josephus, written by himself, translated from the original greek, according to havercamp's accurate edition, together with explanatory notes and observations, parallel texts of scripture, the true chronology of the several histories, an account of the jewish coins, weights and measures, and a complete index by the late william whiston amprofessor of mathematics in the university of cambridge, a new edition, now first revised and improved by the revthomas smith, in two volumes see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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His distinctively rich, cut glass voice and his vividly eccentric observations of life on and off the pitch, have made him a household name, not only in britain but around the world, wherever cricket is playedborn in norfolk and educated at eton and cambridge, henry calthorpe blofeld obe, nicknamed blowers by the late brian johnston, is best known as a cricket commentator for test match special on bbc radio 4 and bbc radio 5 live sports extrablowers has been close the the heart of the game for over fifty years and his career has taken him to the far corners of the earththe quintessentially english cricket commentator, writer, oenophile, bon viveur, collector and national treasure, fondly known as blowers, tells his colourful life storysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis autobiography, stuffed to the gunwhales with delicious anecdotes, brings his astonishingly colourful story bang up to date
(England)
14 €
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" he was a pioneer in the study of brain diseases and a member of the national academy of medicine in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe developed in-depth knowledge in the filed of anatomy and pathology and asserted a close correlation between the study of physiology and pathological investigation, especially the study of some aspects of the nervous systemlallemand () is a professor of surgical clinic at the faculty of montpellierour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"i think the most positive knowledge can only come from medicine
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Full title: the holy bible, with notes and observationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegolden frames on the plates and gold coat of arms in the middle of the platedecorated spinexiii-lxxxii-(575) with beautiful lithographic cover page and frontispiece in colour, numerous maps and large tipped-in chromo-lithographs in colour and b/w, which illustrate the various episodes of sacred historybrown john london, william mackenzie, circagold title and edgesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefirm binding, crisp interior with beautiful lithographic cover page and frontispiece in colour, numerous maps and large tipped-in chromo-lithographs in colour and b/w, which illustrate the various episodes of sacred historyimpressive full leather binding with gold impressionsself-interpreting family bible: containing the old and new testaments; to which are annexed an extensive introduction, marginal reference, and illustrations, an exact summary of the several books; a paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts; explanatory notes, evangelical reflections, &clarge folio volume, original full leather binding with embossing on the plates, golden title on the spine, golden edges, pp
114 €