Delisle
List delisle
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(on sheet: 49,5 x 37 cmdimensions: 43 x 33 cmnote: from "atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondocondition: very goodtirion publisher: albrizzicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
48 €
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Rubbed binding, minor damage to some of the headcaps and tailcaps, but good as a wholethird edition and the only one conforming to the original manuscriptcurious book by this scholarly writer, friend of philosophers, condemned to exile and whose works were burned for atheism and seditionmarbled calfskin period bindingbeginning with a history of the philosophy of ideas, the works address many other fields, including natural and human history, the origin of peoples and races, of monsters and giants, by proposing a theory on the mixing of species: the origin of bats from the mating of birds with quadrupeds, flying fish by that of birds with fishinterior in excellent conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelondon, octavo volumes; engraved frontispiece and 11 unsigned figures (of 12)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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
91 €
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Paginations: volume 1: clxlij+ pagestracked shipmentthird edition and the only one conforming to the original manuscriptvolume 3: tables + 409 pagesleather bindings, octavo format 20 x 12very lovely copiesvolume 4: tables + 401 pagesvolume 5: tables + 445 pagesvolume 6: tables + 482 pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store8 cm, lovely frontispiece, decorated smooth spines, title labels, tipped-in engravings (see photos)de la philosophie de la nature ou traité de morale pour le genre humain tiré de la philosophie et fondé sur la naturebooks in good condition (see photos)
120 €
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Guillaume de l'isle () is probably the greatest figure in french cartographycondition: goodsufficient margins, mountedhe studied mathematics and astronomy under cassini, from whom he received a superb grounding in scientific cartography—the hallmark of his workhis first atlas was published in caon the reverse strengthenedslightly browened / spotscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehaving learned geography from his father claude, by the age of eight or nine he could draw maps to demonstrate ancient historyplease 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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein he was elected a member of the academie royale des sciences and in he became premier geographe du roi
180 €
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Slightly brownedcondition: gooda nice impression on watermarked paperbottom left beautiful cartouche with title and publisher's impression shipment: registeredsufficient marginscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
66 €
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Slightly brownedcondition: gooda nice impression on watermarked paperbottom right beautiful cartouche with title and publisher's impression shipment: registeredsufficient marginscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
66 €