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frontispiece of lesagea handsome half leather volume with marbled cover to boards and leather to spine and cornersgilt lettering to spine and gile library numbermarbled edges to the text blockbook plate of charles awdry on reverse of front cover and exeter city library on facing pagethe remaining illustrations show a little foxingthe text, entirely in french, is in two columns throughoutoxfam 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 costssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea little wear to top and bottom of the spine cover5 raised bands to spinethe 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 coversome foxing front and rearnouvelle edition ornee de 7 vignettes gravees par ferdinand, après les dessins nap thomas preceee dâune notice biographique et litteraire par m prosper poitevinâ
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Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of drcondition solid and firm boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe life and explorations of david livingstone, llit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societybook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320minor wear to spine ends and boardsâ cornerscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned marksplates are brightall pages are cleanour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepublished by walter scottlivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstoneâs deaththe missionary explorer - jgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinepublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Illustrated with portrait frontispiece of drcondition boards lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, else this is a bright, very good copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe life and explorations of david livingstone, llit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societybook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepublished by walter scottlivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstoneâs deaththe missionary explorer - jgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinepublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease 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 catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease 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 cowtan see oxfam website for delivery information read morebrown cloth boards with gilt decoration are in very good conditionfirst 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 trainingoxfam books & music totnes subtitled: his discover and 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 tanning
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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 morevery good conditionan 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 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 pencilthere 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 recentlysmall book with no djhard covers with gilt lettering to frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is goodcloth spine cover again with gilt lettering
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316 vf type always sought afterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor a more precise estimation of the coin's quality, please see the photoscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablecareful shippingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease 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 middelburg(frontispiece, ), ppthe map with the middelburg floor plan is of good to very good qualityare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevervolgende de beschryving der vereenigde nederlanden en wel in't byzonder handelende van zeeland; het negende deel - te amsterdam by isaak tirioncrisp and clean pages with hardly any discolourationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store[pieter boddaert] - hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, xixde deelin the original parchment binding - format: large 8vo; - cm condition: in contemporary parchment bindingthis lot will be sent by registered mail read moreoccasional spotvervolgende de beschryving der vereenigde nederlanden, en wel in 't byzonder handelende van zeeland[pieter boddaert] - hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren; xixde deelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)all authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1the texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressuniformly bound in full calf leatherare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spinepaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)all engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madethe paper of the text blocks is very freshour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storea 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 ofthe engravings were printed in londona marvellously preserved setthe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationmost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Securely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagesapart 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 countryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersinternally; is almost goodlacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still complete5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indextitles in gilt to spinediscoveries 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 artefactsbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4published by john murray, londonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversno writing or inscriptionstop of spine cover missingitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regioncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workrichly 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 leedsdouble page plan of london, metropolitan burghs and southern and eastern environs and a double page plan of the town & burgh of liverpool with birkenheadthe 6 volumes dated contain about printed pages in each volumeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidouble-page colour maps and black and white engravings in the six volumesthe imperial gazetteer of england and wales; six volumesdioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: these dated and published 6 volumes were carefully updated with new revised information at the timecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevolumes 3-6 other volumes similar layout25 pages of maps and also engraved viewspacked with interesting information on the many towns and villages throughout england and walescomprehensive gazette all towns and villages and communities without a church called hamlets throughout england and wales showing details of eachour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe volume covers are a little fragile but volumes are considered as a reading copy generally in a fair conditionarranged in double columnsall in alphabetical order the history topography industry and situation of eacheach volume has maps & engraved views protected by tissue guardsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 (ninner hinges are very good with no splitsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâvaux was born in in oxford), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellersâhis nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries (th edpublished by arthur hall, virtue, & co, london (mdcccl, )vaux's knowledge was large and varied, more especially in all that related to oriental antiquitiespalace, nimrud)â, full-page plates printed on thick papers, and wood-cut engravingsinternally, in very good condition indeedall pages are tightly held at the guttercondition solid and firm boardsownersâ name, and date , with neat ink on first title pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storenineveh 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) discoveriesthe text is very clean, and plates are bright (please see pictures)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebook dimensions: 18 x 13 cm & number of pages: 437rebound in brown boards with gilt lettering within purple labels on spinewear at extremitiesno foxing; only occasional spotting marks to few pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesthe sixth series (, first edition) has five plates, the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparatedillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographsbinding is good on all volumesmaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through tosome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series sevenoxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first editionall 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 edgewith prefaces by the authorsir 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 tothe fourth series (, first edition) has six platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first series (, sixth impression) has seven platesthe second series (, first edition) has five platesgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinesthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platesowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesthe 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 plates
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With a frontispiece and illustrated title, title page and three hundred illustrations, partly on platesthe text block has browned, otherwise in good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein linen with a new spine, new flyleaves and ribbon markerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storetwentieth thousandfrontispiece, illustrated title and some hand coloured illustrations) wild animals of the globeor the hunting and hunters of all nationsexhibiting the modes adopted by gerard, cummings, and other celebrated hunters, in taking the (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterare hunting book, a marvellous product of its time
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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 4are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"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 wearcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available"the daughter of the snow" - tour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store"the son of the wolf" - everett, london - first thus uk edition - 256p, 12cmx10cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 5nelson, london - first thus uk edition - 312p, 12cmx10cm - condition: good, some wear and soiling to boards read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemaxwell wrote this work in a chronological manner giving special attention to the imperial celebrations which pay homage to the lady ruler read moreplease 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 goodmany illustrations, maps, and reproductionsno dust jacket, black cloth, spine a little sunned, page edges slightly tanned with some spotting see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge published in , this is a very comprehensive history of the town of wednesbury, west midlands, historically part of staffordshirecovering 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
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Full-page illustrations and frontispiece (collated)twelve black and white illustrations / frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibickers and son, london - 23 x 14 cmvery 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 cookwith twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease 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 catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease 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 catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablerare 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 moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storele normand - souvenirs de la belgique, cent jours d'infortunes ou le procès mĂŠmorable; avec des notes historiques et politiques, ectspine, corners, head cap, tail cap, and covers in good overall conditionplease 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 & coall pages are tight and clean and the book is in good condition internallyfront board has an illustration of an arab on a camelare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifaded maroon cloth boards with evidence of damp damagecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storegilt lettering on the spinethis is a first edition bookslight bumping to top and bottom of the spinethis 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 carthageplease 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 volumesonnini e del pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe size of all 90 volumes is 14), storia naturale dei vermi contenente la loro descrizione e le loro abitudini con disegni tratti dal naturale di lwork 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 (volsconservation 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 pages2), discorsi generali sulla storia naturale (voll1), preceded by elogio del conte di buffon written by condorcet, epoche della natura (vol5-11), uccelli (voll), storia naturale delle conchiglie contenente la loro descrizione, le abitudini degli animali che rinchiudono, e loro usi, con disegni tratti dal naturale di lde jussieu, da g), 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 sigoverall a beautiful collection, very rare to find complete with all 90 volumes), some volumes have cuts along the hinges and defects to the headpieces31) 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, ec), storia naturale de' rettili con figure disegnate al naturale del c), indici generali dei quadrupedi es uccelli (volthe 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 silvestribuffonâs natural history was published between and and immediately became an absolute reference in natural history studies), 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, ecccontain 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 (vollour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store3-4), quadrupedi (vollbibliographic note: important italian edition of buffon's work, completed and revised in light of subsequent discoveries and cataloguing, as stated in the manifesto of mrof the 786 plates indicated 1 is missing (plate nobuffonâs work is in our edition translated and updated in the first 36 volumes that include teoria della terra (volbaptist missiaglia of venice in the appendix to volcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablexii and xiii are double)), aggiunte alla storia naturale de' quadrupedi e degli uccelli (voll), storia naturale dei crostacei contenente la loro descrizione e abitudini con disegni tratti dal naturale di lcon disegni tratti dal naturale, e un genera completo, secondo il sistema linneano, con de' rinvii alle famiglie naturali di alatreille (voll), 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 mineralogiaâplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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frontispiece and 116 photographsgilt page edges204 pages plus catalogue 11 pagesbinding: hardcover read moremissionary heroes of africa by sarah geraldina stock with seventy-five illustrations and a map second edition published by london missionary society, london, inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigilt title block with black lettering on the spinecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein this book there is a full-page map of africa and 22 of the 75 b/w illustrations are full-pagered 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 storegari-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 boardfaded stripe down the right hand side of the front coverall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good conditiona little fore-edge foxingthis 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"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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B/w frontispiece portrait of the poetthe 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 damagehis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyedward 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 dunsanyour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)inside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brightduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availablethe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea 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 ifrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"title etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinehowever, 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 freedom
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