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The travel story was an important and popular genre in earlier centuriescondition is generally very goodsee photos for the many engravings that are present, some of which folding13 volumes + the ‘bladwijzer’, describing james cook's spectacular voyagesand there were enough explorersadventurers who set out to discover new territories, see new peoples and find out exactly how the world worksthe reports of these travels can be read in these beautiful booksbeautiful series of 14 books (complete in terms of books)the folding engravings sometimes have minor damage at the folds, see photostext is completeengravings are not complete, but more than 50 engravings are still presentjames cook was a british navigator, explorer and cartographernobody knew what to expect from these parts of the world that were unknown to europeanscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevery fascinating description of the voyagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe dared to do what few people had the courage to do: three times he sailed to discover a part of the world where no european had ever beenare 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 storeit was the only way to get to know the world beyond the horizon
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This series re-examines the important english dramatists of earlier centuries in the light of new information, new interests and new attitudes the books will be relevant to those interested in literature, theatre and cultural history, and to theatre-goers and general readers who want an up-to-date view of these dramatists and their plays, with the emphasis on performance and relevant cultural historyoxfam bookshop wallingford each generation needs to be introduced to the culture and great works of the past and to reinterpret them in its own wayssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The abundance of historical records in the archives of the crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuriesit is the sequel to the first five volumes and covers the events during the rule of king johnalthough john continued the policies of his father alphonso towards the jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his timesit is new in appearance and has a protective cellophane coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the jews of the islandtherefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary formnearly a thousand documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the jews and their relationships with the authorities and their christian neighboursduring that period the jewish minority of sicily continued to flourish economically and sociallythe inside pages are clean and brightafter years of incitement by the members of the mendicant orders, anti-jewish riots broke out in various parts of the sicilymuch new information has come to light, and many facets of jewish life in sicily have been uncoveredoxfam bookshop hampstead the jews in sicily, volume ) by shlomo simonsohn this volume in the series documentary history of the jews in italy illustrates the history of the jews in sicily from tothe worst of them was the massacre in modica in
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In centuries of change bestselling historian ian mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of western historycenturies of change is a journey into the past like no otherthere are two sections of colour illustrationswe journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilisations came into conflict with each other on an epic scalethe pages are tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionthe black cloth boards are in very good conditionour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us allit is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest changedust jacket shows some minor shelf wearthe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pageshere is a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution and cataclysmic shifts in perspective
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5 centuries of tileplease see the photos for an accurate impressioneverything is on displayregistered shipping via cttmotifs i to xviwith stamp
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Five centuries of verseexcellent conditionany questions, please feel free to contact mei accept paypalthe essential book of poetrycan be posted by arrangement
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Through five centuries published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimpeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham the old world has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the dark age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from to 800 bcas a result, our notions about the trojan war, the foundation of rome, the origins of the greek alphabet, and the golden age of solomon all have to be reexamined, revolutionizing our view of the ancient worldthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theory" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has serveddeciphering the clues from papyri and pottery, they search layer by layer through the excavated treasures of a vast area from spain to france and from denmark to the sudan, until they reach egypt - where they unearth 250 years of "ghost history
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Oxfam bookshop truro this book is the first to tell the full story of killigarth's most colourful three centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bought many years ago for £40 from gems in scarborough, many centuries old, prefer collection but will post for £3 extra, very unusual item read more
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Very old ring, many centuries old, bought from gems in scarborough ago, just been in a drawer ever since i can remember, prefer collection but will post for £3 extra read more
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Overall dimensions 61cm x 48cm buyer collects from sandbach read moresome minor blemishes around edges but main area is in excellent conditionvintage frameless bevelled mirror from 's or earlier; used in owner's childhood home! 3mm glass, 12mm plywood backing, hanging chain
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The landscape still bears witness to the changes that took place in a highly ordered and stratified polity over the course of the eighth and ninth centuriesalthough the detail of this society is difficult to recover, there is no doubt that it was successful in maintaining its independence for over two centuries before it was over-run by the anglo-saxons from the eastoxfam books & music salisbury the county of somerset cannot lay claim to have been an anglo-saxon kingdom like kent or sussex, but nevertheless it has a history as a distinct region which can be traced to the seventh century and there are hints of an earlier entity in the post-roman periodthe enthusiastic acceptance of christianity by the anglo-saxons was closely bound up with the emergence of their petty kingdoms and the ideological support offered by the church underpinned much of the new structures of their societyas new condition, appears unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein return the church prospered as a major economic and cultural force in the landscapeon the edge of the highland zone, with its diverse topography, newly conquered somerset provided the early anglo-saxon kings and aristocracy with a rich prize, which they were quick to exploitsomerset provides good evidence of long-term monastic survival from the late post-roman world through to the great rebirth of the tenth centuryevidence of christianity in post-roman somerset is strongthe westward expansion of the anglo-saxons of hampshire and wiltshire was a step in the formation of wessex, both as a kingdom and as a self-conscious societythis book traces the way in which the king and his warrior followers shaped the countryside to meet the particular needs of a society which was still in the process of formation when it created somersetinstead the shire came to feel the influence of gaul and ireland through its ecclesiastical links and also through the vikings, who had a commercial side to their contacts with western britainthe influence of the church on this society was profound, successfully replacing the gods of the romano-british world with the faith which now dominated the eastern empire and the barbarian successor states of the western empireit is at some of its church sites that we should look for the continuity between the post-roman and the anglo-saxon worldsalthough profoundly rural and agricultural even somerset felt the impact of trade with the outside world, though a connection with distant parts of the mediterranean did not last longthe book also examines the response to the challenge presented by the attacks of the vikings and traces the impact of the new technologies introduced into agriculture which underpinned a profound change in the structure of society at all levels and provided the economic impetus for a growth in population and the final shaping of the landscape we see today
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Naipaul returned to india, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlierout of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatised by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe sees both the burgeoning space program and the volunteers chanting mantras to purify a defiled temple; the feudal village autocrat and the naxalite revolutionaries who combined maoist rhetoric with ritual murderdrawing on novels, news reports, political memoirs, and his own encounters with ordinary indians: from a supercilious prince to an engineer constructing housing for bombay's homeless, naipaul captures a vast, mysterious, and agonised continent inaccessible to foreigners and barely visible to its own peoplein , at the height of indira gandhi's emergency, vrelentless in its vision, thrilling in the keenness of its prose, india: a wounded civilization is a work of astonishing insight and candour
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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 manuscriptsthis is a highly informative book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in euripides and manuscript historysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Today, verdi scholars build their work on a vast foundation of earlier researchoxfam bookshop wallingford the works of no great composer between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries have undergone a more spectacular reassessment than those of giuseppe verdiit is not surprising that a figure such as verdi should have inspired an enormous amount of books, articles, essays, and critical evaluationhis death brought a crowd of several hundred thousand people to mourn not only the passing of a great artist but also a beloved national herothis verdi biography is dealt with as a simple story to be read in one go - in which thoughts concerning personal and professional events in his life flow in simplicity, while continuing to respect the importance of chronological ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is primarily for these researchers that this volume is intended, although it is hoped that specialists will also find it to be usefulits purpose is to index and describe some of the most significant studies about the composer and his music, presenting enough material - in a sort of stream of consciousness, using annotations that readers may survey the myriad directions verdi research has gone, ascertain the relevance of individual items to their individual interests, and easily pursue significant patterns and threads in which they are interestedfor those who have not spent years with verdi literature or who may just be starting to explore some aspect of the giant's life and works, this foundation may seem daunting indeed
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Volume iii: susan higman (edseventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppvolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark jfifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppitalian and spanish booksvery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jbibliographical info and an indexeach volume is a clothbound hardcover with dustjacket and b/w illcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washingtonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppvolume ii: susan higman (edsixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppmillard architectural collectionvolume iv: frances kianka (edsun wear on spine of dust jacketplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketnorthern european books
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Hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated, notes/bibliography, photo and facsimile section, with an overview of four centuries of amsterdam canals in vision: facades, interiors and life on the canalsabout part of the amsterdam herengracht, called ‘de gouden bocht’, in which the canal palaces were carefully inventoried in terms of architecture and art history, and three centuries of history about power, art and life culture were brought together - 24 x 31 cmprinsengracht - 285 ppeight hundred canal gardens within the canal areaall guides in hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated (drawings, sketches, photos, ground plans), list of sourceswith the collaboration of eighteen authors, richly illustrated in colour, bibliography, index, notesamsterdamse grachtentuinen - zwolle, waanders, - four volumes, complete series: 1catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevan singel tot singelgracht - 304 ppkeizersgracht - 300 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikian inventory of approxmilko den leeuw, martin pruijs, edglossary on the dust jacket - 31 x 27 cmde gouden bocht van amsterdam(onvergelijckelijcke pronck van de werelt) - the hague, stichting itarr, cawillemien dijkshoorn, erik de jong, lodewijk odé, edpaul spies, compilation - het grachtenboek - the hague, amsterdam, sdu/ d'arts, ppherengracht - 232 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover, cardboard, ribbon marker
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Lot - 35 commemorative nordic gold 2 zlotych coins from polanduncirculated in acrylic protective holderslot contain: th anniversary of the warsaw uprising x 2 - slaskie voivodship - pomorskie voivodship - mazowieckie voivodship : - historical cities in poland - kolobrzeg x 2 - historical cities in poland - cieszyn - polish painters of the turn of 19th and 20th centuries:tadeusz makowski () x2 - konstanty ildefons galczynski () - the 100th anniversary of the birth - 60th anniversary of the ending of world war two - history of the polish zloty: sailing vessel - 2 zloty and 5 zloty of issue x 2 - an international exhibition expo japan th anniversary of june '76 - the centenary of the warsaw school of economics th anniversary of karol szymanowski's birth () - polish painters of the turn of 19th & 20th centuries: leon wyczólkowski () - historical cities in poland - swidnica x 2 - historical cities in poland - przemysl : - xxixth olimpic games - beijing x 2 - 65th anniversary of warsaw ghetto uprising : - historical cities in poland - czestochowa - history of polish popular music: czeslaw niemen : - cities in poland – old town in warsaw : - history of the polish cavalry – uhlan of the second republic of poland : - polish olympic team – london : - centenary of the polish theatre in warsaw x 3 - polish ships – gdynia missile boat x 2 read morecatawiki’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
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Oxfam bookshop coventry anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , england's parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthis work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometerit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakinglacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on landrunning time approximately 3 hoursread by david rintoulthe scientific establishment throughout europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer
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Mutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundanthe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillitymany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moonwe all feel we know the wallmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonestimates of its length vary from to mileseven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timeshe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliafor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightsit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripbut we are wrongthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesmyths surround itin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at all
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriespresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the periodrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationsthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinwhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timehe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dust
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfullacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usetext block cleanin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingdust jacket unmarkedthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notes
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With us being an online retailer of games & movies some stock levels arrive at our department earlier than expected giving us the power for earlier or day release of contentall questions can be answered with the email or phone number providedwe deliver physical copies of content rather than downloadablecall of duty: mw2r is set to be released april 30thto purchase simply visit paypalme/comer317 providing delivery address & contact number for us to reach youkind regards & thank you for your customhi thank you for visiting our sales page
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A really delightful hand painted jug, or earlier, pink and gold and cream, would look lovely filled with milk on the breakfast table or with spring flowers; a gentle touch of an earlier erasadly there is a small chip on the rim and some discolouration on the interior due to ageing, but it is a beautiful piece
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With this release, vince clarke and andy bell move away from the strictly-synthesized hi-nrg dance-pop of their earlier albums, adding horns and gospel-tinged backing vocals for a more soulful, organic sound, while maintaining the disco vitality of earlier albums like wonderland or the circus
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Royal doulton made balloon seller figures many years ago, this is a plate of the balloon seller with full stamp in ex/cond appox 10" dia, very rare these days but highly collectable to go with the figurines, there are four in the series to collect made appox , the figures are made a lot earlierthis item along with the figures were made in the uk, unlike some of the new smaller figures which are made abroad and those ones are not worth as muchwe are also selling the figurines in all colours and sizes all ladies with pretty dresses,plus the ballon seller collection - balloon man £100, x1 mine, or my mam's figures all to match balloon man at £, biddy,£, old balloon seller £, silks & ribbons £, the balloon seller lady figure £, all have hn numbers, full stamps, ex/cond, made in the uk appox 's or earlier, welcome to view, selling cheap due to house move thanks read more
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If my new hutches arrive earlier then these can be collected earlierboth have been kept indoors and never been outside so not at all weatheredthese are amazing hutches and are ideal for guinea pigsi can take a non refundable deposit if required read morethey are amazing hutches and are selling for from home and roosti've been using them while my animals have been very smallplease note these will be ready in 2 wks time and are collection onlyone of them is like brand new as it's only been used for a few wks, the other one has chew marks on the inside down the corners which doesn't affect the use at alldue to the covid there will be no viewings,they will be stored in the garage ready to be collectedthey are a bargain and would prefer them to go together if not they will be sold separatelyi have 2 stackable hutches for sale,these are 3ftvery small rabbit etcthese will be ready for collection in 2 wks time as i'm having to have new hutches made as nowhere has the size i want due to covid and suppliers not having any stock
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This book appeared earlier under the title “la methode du blason”in the preface he complains that this earlier work has been plagiarised and that these unauthorised reprints are so full of errors that he decided to make a new editioncondition: leather binding in very good conditioncollation: () pp¶ the jesuit scholar menestrier (), professor of rhetoric in lyon, wrote several theoretical works about emblems, hieroglyphics, handles, etcbeautifully stamped spine with letter piecein this book he explores a topic that is closely related to the art of emblems; coats of arms and the rules of heraldic designhe had previously written about heraldry in “abrégé méthodique des principes héraldiques”this new book is a true encyclopaedia of the science of heraldry; all relevant expressions are shown and explained in the form of a dictionaryabout 600 coats of arms of the noble families of france are depicted on the engraved plates, so it is a very valuable reference workcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe title engraving is missing and 1 of the coats of arms is cut from the engraving, but with several engravings in the text and 32 copper engravings with (mainly) coats of arms (usually 20 coats of arms per engraving)are 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 storeweak in the hinges, front endpaper loose from board, binding threads a bit weak
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