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frontispiece of lesagemarbled edges to the text blockthe remaining illustrations show a little foxinggilt lettering to spine and gile library numbernouvelle edition ornee de 7 vignettes gravees par ferdinand, après les dessins nap thomas preceee dâune notice biographique et litteraire par m prosper poitevinâa little wear to top and bottom of the spine coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text, entirely in french, is in two columns throughoutsome foxing front and rearoxfam books & music totnes the subtitle reads â le diable boiteux, gil blas, la bachelier de salamanque, gusman dâalfarache, theatrea heavy book so some negotiation may be required over postage coststhe only other evidence of its library provenance in this volume is a pencilled annotation on reverse of title page and a bar code taped on the inside of the rear covera handsome half leather volume with marbled cover to boards and leather to spine and corners5 raised bands to spinebook plate of charles awdry on reverse of front cover and exeter city library on facing page
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Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of drthe missionary explorer - jcondition solid and firm boardsminor wear to spine ends and boardsâ cornersrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstoneâs deathit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned marksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall pages are cleanbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by walter scottpublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardplates are brightgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinelivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe life and explorations of david livingstone, ll
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Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of drthe missionary explorer - jrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstoneâs deathit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by walter scottpublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinecondition boards lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, else this is a bright, very good copylivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe life and explorations of david livingstone, ll
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"the iliad of homer" by homer and transl by edward earl of derby john murray, london - edition - complete in two volumes - 338p, 346p, 15cmx13cm - with frontispiece of dearby in vol 1 - condition: good, in full leather prize binding (schola recia norvicensis), minor rubbing to boards, front board vol 1 loose, frontisepiece present, bookplate present, completeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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"the works of william shakespeare with a life, noes and references" by william shakespeare porter & coates, philadelphia - first thus american edition - 969p, 20cmx15cm - with engraved title page, frontispiece of shakespeake and all engraved plates - condition: very good, nicely rebound, complete and clean copy, lrs library stamp on title page, all plates presentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Published by richard bentley and son in with a frontispiece of sir anthony panizzioxfam shop steyning by robert cowtanbrown cloth boards with gilt decoration are in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst couple of pages loose from spine and top of pages a bit worn, otherwise in good condition
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frontispiece of lassiegreen boards in very good condition with gold spine titlefor all those who watched the adventures of lassie in the 50's and 60's either at the cinema or on tv will enjoy this! see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are a number of photographs of the trainingwith fifty obedience training lessons for your dog, illustrated by lassiegood copy with clipped pictorial dust jacket, jacket has edge wear and tear and is slightly grubby, the binding is tight but the interior has some foxing and tanningoxfam books & music totnes subtitled: his discover and training
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frontispiece of cat tormenting mouse by james gillray read morean essay on the art of ingeniously tormentingoriginally printed (andrew millar, the strand) this edition printed th edition (william miller, albermarle st)
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frontispiece of cat tormenting mouse by james gillray read morean essay on the art of ingeniously tormentingvery good conditionoriginally printed (andrew millar, the strand) this edition printed th edition (william miller, albermarle st)
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frontispiece of the author with tissue protectionthere is an inscription in ink on the ffep and there are also some underlinings and marginal notes and lines, which all appear to be in pencilsmall book with no djsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is goodthere is a place holderoxfam books & music totnes a little book which clearly had much appeal, being initially published in and running to many editions, even to meeting print-on-demand editions recentlyhard covers with gilt lettering to frontcloth spine cover again with gilt lettering
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki316 vf type always sought afterfor a more precise estimation of the coin's quality, please see the photosour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablecareful shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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With frontispiece and 1 folding mapwith frontispiece and a folding map with the floor plan of middelburgvervolgende de beschryving der vereenigde nederlanden, en wel in 't byzonder handelende van zeeland(frontispiece, ), ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivervolgende de beschryving der vereenigde nederlanden en wel in't byzonder handelende van zeeland; het negende deel - te amsterdam by isaak tirionin the original parchment binding - format: large 8vo; - cm condition: in contemporary parchment bindingthe map with the middelburg floor plan is of good to very good qualityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis lot will be sent by registered mail read morecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableoccasional spot[pieter boddaert] - hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, xixde deelcrisp and clean pages with hardly any discolourationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[pieter boddaert] - hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren; xixde deel
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Take note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispieceall volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the textthe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationthe texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressmost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinethe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spinethe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)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 wonât find in just any storethe paper of the text blocks is very freshcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableall authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1uniformly bound in full calf leatherthe engravings were printed in londona total of fourteen volumes (complete) from the series âbell's edition of the poets of great britain complete from chaucer to churchillâ, with the collection title 'the poetical works ofa marvellously preserved setall engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madepaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)
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This will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this work5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indextop of spine cover missingsecurely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagescondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countrybook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4item description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished by john murray, londondiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layardâs important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeno writing or inscriptionstitles in gilt to spinelacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completeoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinternally; is almost goodrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings
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Volume 1 coloured chart of the bristol channel for the frontispiecevolume 2 plan of hull for the frontispiece an engraved view of liverpool coloured maps of the channel islands, and a double page plan of leedseach volume has maps & engraved views protected by tissue guardscomprehensive gazette all towns and villages and communities without a church called hamlets throughout england and wales showing details of eachare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: these dated and published 6 volumes were carefully updated with new revised information at the timedouble-page colour maps and black and white engravings in the six volumespacked with interesting information on the many towns and villages throughout england and walesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storedouble page plan of london, metropolitan burghs and southern and eastern environs and a double page plan of the town & burgh of liverpool with birkenheadcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 6 volumes dated contain about printed pages in each volumethe imperial gazetteer of england and wales; six volumesall in alphabetical order the history topography industry and situation of eachvolumes 3-6 other volumes similar layout25 pages of maps and also engraved viewsthe volume covers are a little fragile but volumes are considered as a reading copy generally in a fair conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitearranged in double columns
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The book is illustrated, with fold out âmap of part of western asia, the ancient assyria, media, susiana & persiaâ, frontispiece of âthe king (npublished by arthur hall, virtue, & co, london (mdcccl, )condition solid and firm boardspalace, nimrud)â, full-page plates printed on thick papers, and wood-cut engravingsnineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries illustrated with frontispiece, folding map and full-page engravings item description a facilitating volume providing an in depth look at nineveh and persepolis with recent (for that time) discoveriesâvaux was born in in oxfordbook dimensions: 18 x 13 cm & number of pages: 437wear at extremitiesthe text is very clean, and plates are bright (please see pictures)internally, in very good condition indeedno foxing; only occasional spotting marks to few pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellersâownersâ name, and date , with neat ink on first title pagehis nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries (th edall pages are tightly held at the gutterour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storevaux's knowledge was large and varied, more especially in all that related to oriental antiquitiesinner hinges are very good with no splitscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablerebound in brown boards with gilt lettering within purple labels on spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The sixth series (, first edition) has five plates, the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesthe seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesmaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through tothe fourth series (, first edition) has six platesall spines are bumped at the tops and bases, the front board of vol ii is bumped at the top edge, the front board of vol v has a short yellowish line near the right edgebinding is good on all volumesthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platessir herbert eustace maxwell, 7th baronet of monreith, kt, pc, frs, frgs () was a scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith prefaces by the authorthe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenthe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the platesthe first series (, sixth impression) has seven platessome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series seventhe second series (, first edition) has five platesall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparatedgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinesillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographsowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesoxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first edition
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With a frontispiece and illustrated title, title page and three hundred illustrations, partly on plates) wild animals of the globeor the hunting and hunters of all nationstwentieth thousandrare hunting book, a marvellous product of its timeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiexhibiting the modes adopted by gerard, cummings, and other celebrated hunters, in taking the (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein linen with a new spine, new flyleaves and ribbon markerthe text block has browned, otherwise in good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrontispiece, illustrated title and some hand coloured illustrations
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'white fang" - the review of reviews company, ny - first thus american edition - 325p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, with frontispiece 3"when god laughs" - the review of reviews company, ny - first thus american edition - 319p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, with frontispiece 4"love of life and other stories" - introduction by george orwell - paul elek, first thus uk edition - 290p, 14cmx12cm - conditoin: good, with dust jacket with some wearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available"the son of the wolf" - everett, london - first thus uk edition - 256p, 12cmx10cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 5"the daughter of the snow" - tplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenelson, london - first thus uk edition - 312p, 12cmx10cm - condition: good, some wear and soiling to boards read more
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This book features impressive illustrations and photographs throughout including a chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of the queen"sixty years a queen - the story of her majesty's reign" by sir herbert maxwell eyre & spottiswoode, london - first uk edition - 35cmx25cm, 240p - condition: half leather binding with some wear and rubbing to boards ands spine, complete internally, incl colored frontispiece a beautifully illustrated book on the life and reign of the english royal, queen victoria by sir herbert maxwellare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimaxwell wrote this work in a chronological manner giving special attention to the imperial celebrations which pay homage to the lady ruler read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Inscription inked inside; heavy foxing to frontispiece, frontispiece verso and facing page, light foxing to title page and the occasional text page, but overall, the text pages are clean and goodoxfam bookshop kingsbridge published in , this is a very comprehensive history of the town of wednesbury, west midlands, historically part of staffordshiremany illustrations, maps, and reproductionscovering saxon times & the domesday book; the middle ages - the manor and church; the manor in later times; the place and people to the end of the eighteenth century, including mining, industries, communications and trade; the parish and the poor; the church from the reformation to john wesley; industries in the first half of the 19thc and the last 100 years; the churches since the early 19thc; the beginning of modern town government; schools and colleges; wednesbury corporation; appendices see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno dust jacket, black cloth, spine a little sunned, page edges slightly tanned with some spotting
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Full-page illustrations and frontispiece (collated)twelve black and white illustrations / frontispiecewith twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storevery good hardcover copy in green buckram with bright gold titles and decorationcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablea narrative of the voyages round the world performed by captain's james cookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebickers and son, london - 23 x 14 cm
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A scarce edition especially with the engraved frontispiece pages very clean no foxing,19 th century binding heavily rubbed,small loss to foot of spine front board slightly loose,ownership stamp to title page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop canterbury the odes satyrs and epistles of horace jacob tonson done into english by thomas creech engraved double frontispiece,dedication to dryden,preface,570 pgs 3 pg tonson catalogue  printed for jacob tonson at the judges head in chancery-lane near fleetstreet, and anthony stephens bookseller near the theatre in oxford physical description() p
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"the life and adventures of martin chuzzlewit" by charles dickens chapman & hall, london - first thus uk edition - with frontispiece by frank stone - 496p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, nice half leather binding with decorative spine, bookplate to front endpaper, some foxing frontispiece present read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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"the gilded age" by mark twain - chatto & windus, london - new edition - 472p 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, original blue binding, some rubbing to boards, name to ffep, frontispiece and illustrations present read more"a yankee at the court of king arthur" by mark twain - chatto & windus, london - new edition - 521p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, original blue binding, some rubbing and wear to boards, name to front endpaper, frontispiece and illustrations present, minor foxingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Clean inside extras: a book decorated with a frontispiece of the author during his captivity in prisonoctober - octavo- paris, at the author's house - 1st edition - french - 415 pages - portrait in frontispiece - period brocade binding: period paperbackare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirare work by a woman politician imprisoned and emblazoned with the author's signature! secure tracked shipment by bpost or mondial relay with tracking number read morespine, corners, head cap, tail cap, and covers in good overall conditionle normand - souvenirs de la belgique, cent jours d'infortunes ou le procès mĂŠmorable; avec des notes historiques et politiques, ectour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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I have here a rare book entitled by the waters of carthage by norma lorimer with coloured frontispiece by bentonfletcher and 32 illustrations from photographs by garrigus of tunis published by hutchinson & cothis is a first edition bookthis book deals with the unhappy life of an englishwoman married to a moor of tunis, and gives pictures of the life and sights of tunis and ancient carthageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikislight bumping to top and bottom of the spinefront board has an illustration of an arab on a camelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storegilt lettering on the spinecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableall pages are tight and clean and the book is in good condition internallyfaded maroon cloth boards with evidence of damp damageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Beautiful portrait of buffon on the frontispiece of the first volumeoverall a beautiful collection, very rare to find complete with all 90 volumesbibliographic note: important italian edition of buffon's work, completed and revised in light of subsequent discoveries and cataloguing, as stated in the manifesto of mrwork in 90 volumes; the bindings, all original (half leather with corners, with gold titles and friezes on tags on the spine), are in overall good condition: slight peeling at the hinges and headpieces and at the edges of the plates; some volumes have problems: loss of tags (volsbuffonâs natural history was published between and and immediately became an absolute reference in natural history studies), storia naturale delle conchiglie contenente la loro descrizione, le abitudini degli animali che rinchiudono, e loro usi, con disegni tratti dal naturale di lbuffonâs work is in our edition translated and updated in the first 36 volumes that include teoria della terra (vol3-4), quadrupedi (voll), storia naturale de' rettili con figure disegnate al naturale del cde jussieu, da gconservation in a humid environment has left traces on the overall condition of the work: some volumes have slight marginal water stains on the pages and a slight waving of the pages), storia naturale dei vermi contenente la loro descrizione e le loro abitudini con disegni tratti dal naturale di l), indicated on the hald-cover page as âstoria naturale di buffon alla quale sono state aggiunte le osservazioni e le scoperte dei piĂš celebri naturalisti moderni intorno alla mineralogiaâcon disegni tratti dal naturale, e un genera completo, secondo il sistema linneano, con de' rinvii alle famiglie naturali di a2), discorsi generali sulla storia naturale (vollare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicontain continuazione della storia naturale del buffon divisa per argomenti: storia naturale de' pesci di bloch colle figure disegnate al naturale opera classificata per ordini, generi, e specie giusta il sistema di linneo coi caratteri generici da renato riccardo castel (voll), storia naturale dei crostacei contenente la loro descrizione e abitudini con disegni tratti dal naturale di l31) and storia naturale dei minerali contenente la lor descrizione, quella del lor giacimento, la teoria della lor formazione, le relazioni che hanno colla geologia e storia della terra, l'esposizione delle loro proprietĂ , e dei loro usi, la loro analisi chimica, ecsonnini e del pthe size of all 90 volumes is 14of the 786 plates indicated 1 is missing (plate no5-11), uccelli (volllatreille (voll), storia naturale degli insetti, ricavata dalle opere migliori intorno ai medesimi, e da quelle specialmente di linneo fabricius reaumur geoffroy degeer e roesel; redatta giusta il metodo di olivier, con note, molte nuove osservazioni e con disegni tratti dal naturale dal sigour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storexii and xiii are double)1), preceded by elogio del conte di buffon written by condorcet, epoche della natura (vol), storia naturale de' vegetabilj classificata per famiglie, con la citazione della classe e dell'ordine di linneo, e l'indicazione dell'uso che si può far delle piante, nelle arti, nel commercio, nell'agricoltura, nei giardinaggi, nella medicina, ecc), indici generali dei quadrupedi es uccelli (vol), aggiunte alla storia naturale de' quadrupedi e degli uccelli (vollthe work is beautifully illustrated by 783 tipped-in plates (out of the 786 listed in the indices), designed by jacques eustache deseve and engraved by maurizio de magistris and guglielmo silvestribaptist missiaglia of venice in the appendix to volcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available), some volumes have cuts along the hinges and defects to the headpiecesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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frontispiece and 116 photographsfaded stripe down the right hand side of the front covera little fore-edge foxingbinding: hardcover read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikired cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and gilt and black illustrations on the front boardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt page edgesmissionary heroes of africa by sarah geraldina stock with seventy-five illustrations and a map second edition published by london missionary society, london, inin this book there is a full-page map of africa and 22 of the 75 b/w illustrations are full-pagethis is the record of an expedition in to photograph the native tribes of the sudan as a record of "the life of primitive people who will only too probably be a mere memory in a few years' time"204 pages plus catalogue 11 pagesgilt title block with black lettering on the spineall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegari-gari the call of the african wilderness - bernatzik hugo adolf - first edition us - henry holt and company, new york - 146pp - 26,5 x 16,5 cm book description: a very good copy in brown cloth with illustrated upper board
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B/w frontispiece portrait of the poethis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneythe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intactfrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)edward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damagetitle etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinea keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war ihowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"
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