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boards have surface rubbingmarbled page edges and endpapersâ half bound with tan calf spine and corners, marbled boardstitle translates as âthe fideicommissfrom the swedishthe spine is bumped at the top with short tears on both sides, gilt titles on a black background plus ridges and gilt decorationthe front hinge is broken at the pastedown so the front board is not attached to the text blocklight damp stain on the top margin of the first c150 pages either side of the hingethe fidelcommiss was an ancient form of ownership and restriction on land, in which property could pass only to members of the direct male line of a family, and when a time came when there were no direct male members to inherit, the property reverted to the statea novel originally written in swedish and published insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoccasional foxing in the textoxfam bookshop lymington in germanedge and corner wearfirst to fourth partrear hinge cracked before the endpaper
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marbled boards and marbled endpapersbumping to corners and some light rubbing marks to boards and spinethen here a second edition of the set that corrects some text and woodcutsbrowning and foxing to pages and litographstop of block gildedsixty impressive chromolithographsi out of ii onlydescription: volfor exact condition of each litograph please refer to picturesstrong solid bindingles plantes a feuillage colorĂ©, histoire - description - culture - emploi des especes les plus remarquables pour la decoration des parcs - jardins - serres - appartements precede d'une introduction par charles naudin membre de l'institut publie sous la direction de j4+viii+pp content: in view of the success of the first edition () the authors completed their work with a second volumeeach plant presented is accompanied by an explanatory text with a woodcut in the text and a beautiful full-page chromolithographhalf leather bound in contemporary blue morocco leatherour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebumping to top and bottom of spine resulted in minor loss to extremitiesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetop front hinge ~3cm crack
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Half-leather with corners, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt ornaments, title in gold, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, thick paper with rough edgesvan beek was, among other things, director of the national bureau for women's workunder a male pseudonym she published fiction such as ârecht van gelukâ () about female intellectualsâ, to our knowledge the city of residence of the writer at the timerolf burman (pseudflorence van beek, ) - het aardsche deel - amsterdam - allert de lange - st edition - large 8vo, cm, 423 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is possibly the author's copy, considering its luxury and the inscription on the half titl page: âalkmaar, novcondition: good (some inevitable damage, bumped corners, occasional spots, sticker remnants at the bottom of the spine)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis copy is unusually luxurious and as such uniqueplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website*very rare first edition of a novel by a completely forgotten feminist writer and lawyer
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marbled endpapersoriginal half-leather binding with richly gold gilded spine and marbled boardsfrom the original designs of hans holbein, with 30 coloured plates engraved by wup front: several pages in an old manuscript, followed by the 30 prints of this seriesall printed on luxurious heavy paper with wide margins and beautifully old hand-colouringbinding is nicewenzel hollar originally published his work in as "mortalium nobilitas"the dance of deathin good conditionalso see the photospaper is very slightly tannedwill be sent insuredprinted on velin paperthis series is supposedly made by an unknown artist, after hollar's designour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablea manuscript page is loosenevertheless, a very beautiful and rare dance of deathare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Volumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographylate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldspetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storealso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol icondition: binding copies with decent blocksscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellhowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esq2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingdespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Twentieth-century blue morocco gilt over marbled boards, endpapers marbled en suitehe worked hard, had a substantial output of cartographic material, as engraver, mapmaker or publisher, such that one might assume that he had assistants or apprentices to help, but there is no evidence of this, and, after his death in , the âmoll firmâ disappears without traceit seems likely that he came from germany, possibly bremen, and was in london bymoll first appears in as an engraver working on moses pittâs âthe english atlasâ with sir robert hooke, one of the patrons of the projecteach map leaf 297cm, and with chamfered or canted angles and laid down within a conserving paper frameshortly after the pitt atlas project failed, moll tried to establish a business as a mapmaker, or âgeographerâ as he termed himself, but was unsuccessful]; and a further five road mapsin moll commenced work on his most famous publication, âthe world describedâ, a collection of two sheet maps of the worldvery handsomely done toohowever, very little is known about his backgroundhis son gilles hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, henderina amelia moll, is little more than a name on a willherman moll (c) moll was one of the most important figures in the english map trade in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries]; an actuall survey of the rod from london to aberistwith (sic, aberystwyth) []; an actuall survey of the north west road from london to holy head &cour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storean album of 12 two-page engraved maps delineated in contemporary hand-colouring, comprising: a pocket companion of ye roads, of ye south part of great britain, called england and wales []; an actuall survey of the road from london to the lands-end [it was the availability of an engraver that gave the impetus to so many publishers to commission maps for publications, and may account for some of the success of such publicationscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available]; an actuall survey of ye road from london to stmuch of his career was spent as a jobbing engraver for mapmakers and publishers, particularly in the book trade for people like james knapton, providing the maps for their travel accounts]; a pocket companion of ye roads of ye north part of great britain called scotland []; () an actuall survey of the road from london to bath [moll later claimed that he was employed by prince rupert to assist themit was one of the most famous english atlases of the eighteenth century, and long-lived; the atlas was completed in ; the maps, in other hand, were still being advertised for sale inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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marbled endpapershalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardssaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencygilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedno inscriptionsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltcolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetthe front board is detachedoccasional light foxing spotspublished in the usa by the grolier societysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36the text block binding is tightundated, possibly late 19th centuryfour other black & white illustrationsshe gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court life
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Oxfam shop oban a collection of sheet music from across the 's, folio size which have been bound together within green half-leather and green marbled boardsbook condition: very good, gilt spine title on red background, some wear and bumping to extremities, owner's name on ffep, marbled page edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral coloured full-size illustrations accompany individual piecesof pieces contained approx
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These two volumes are bound in full leather with marbled boardspage is completely detached in volume 1 but still presentboth volumes show some foxing particularly present on the first few pages up until the title pagethere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edgesoxfam bookshop keynsham the imperial gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptivethe leather on the front and back covers has a cross hatched embossed pattern on it  see oxfam website for delivery information read moredecorative spines with raised bands, titles in goldthere is lots of embossed gold detail to the spine and the edges of the front and back coversthe top, bottom and fore edges of both volumes are marbled, the internal marbling is in beautiful conditionthe front and back covers of both volumes are starting to detach slightly interally along the gutter but the binding otherwise feels tightthere is all some minor creasing but generally the internal pages and clean the dictionary is beautifully interspersed with etched illustrationsboth volumes show wear and tear to the outer leather coverscompiled from the latest and best authorities
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boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking3/4 leather with matching end papers, edges gilt, marbled boards, hinges & spine sl rubbed almost vghenry barth, phclear protective wrapsmoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine endsbinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spinean important reference work on africameetings with tribes and traders are described in detail together with descriptions of their trading methodsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletravels and discoveries in north and central africa including accounts of tripoli, the sahara and bornu - ward lock - - hardback - 18 x 13 cm - xxxii - 608 pp + index green cloth with black letteringcontains black and white illustrationsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteextraordinary early accounts of travels along mountains rivers and basins,cities and remote villages
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Very large book, in half leather with marbled boardscorners are bumped and boards are rubbedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinternally the pages are darkened, and one section of four pages is disbound but still presentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebound up consecutive issues of 'panurge' periodical - from the very first issue, premiĂšre annee numĂ©ro 1 (octobre ) until deuxieme annee numĂ©ro 29 (avril )
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Spine and boards with scuffs and wearbinding: contemporary bindings, half-leather over marbled boards, 5 raised bands on the spine, letter pieces comprising: 4 volsgood and complete setobvious wear and age discolouration, plates and text sometimes with old erroneous foldswith supplement\t katechismus der natuur / by jour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemartinet year: author: joannes florentius martinet () publisher: amsterdam, johannes allart annotation: with plates; volare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiapart from wagenaar, perhaps the most famous work of the 18th century; here a good and complete set with all platesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Both hinges are cracked but the boards are still in fine conditionthe highlight in this book are the 14 excellent fold-out maps which include: world in hemispheres map of america with the latest discoveries accurate map of europe a new map of africa aegyptus antiqua asiae quae vulgo minor dicituret syriae orbis veteribus notus palaestina italia antiqua graecae antiquae britannia antiqua gallia antiqua orbis romanus the solar system half dark brown leather on orange marbled boardsit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, londonfirst map of the world is detachedthe book covers the political state and principal revolutions of the most illustrious nations in ancient and modern times; their manners and customs; the local situation of cities; especially of such as have been distinguished by memorable events: with an abridgment of the fabulous history of mythology of the greeksinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pages858 pages, 22 x 14 cmi have here for sale a book entitled a summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern by alexander adamour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spine
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Binding is in half red morocco and marbled boards, a little rubbed with corners slightly wornthis is an important work, whose author is the subject of: mfolio sized book: 58 pages and 40 sepia plates'l'anticomanie: la collection des antiquitĂ©s au 18e et 19e siĂšcles' () read morea lovely and scarce scholarly folio devoted to the terracotta statues of tarsus in turkeywilhelm fröhner or guillaume frĆhner () was a curator at the musĂ©e du louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in parishellmann, "wilhelm froehner, un collectionneur pas comme les autres, ," in aour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe author contrasts the production of the greeks of europe with that of the greeks of asiaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Bound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltphilibert de lâormein addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de lâormewithout the blank ĂȘ6 (as usual), but including 2 unnumbered leaves at the end, which are rarely present, though second leaf trimmed close to text and laid down on the final blank (without loss)this is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecturein all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide margins] a device on leaf i3v depict[s] the architect as a learned man, relying for support on serpent-twined compasses as he moves cautiously from a cave of contemplation to a palm tree symbolizing the honor of his professionpalmucci was an 18th-century italian aristocrat, jurist and antiquarian from macerata, who superintended the publication of an essay on medieval bronzes âdelle tessere cavalleresche di bronzo tenute al colloâ (florence, )i, ; fowler architectthe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library catâle premier tome de lâarchitecturea diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographerthe greatest book of architecture of the french renaissance and the most beautifully illustrated the first edition, first issue, with the two very rare unnumbered leaves at the volume's endoccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesfrench 16th-century books, noat the end of the volume this idea is developed further in a summary of the attributes of the architect based on two full-page woodcuts on leaves eee1r and eee3rmanzoniâs engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplateour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the backgroundhis style is as much personal, as theoretical, and his comments on relations between patron and architect or on the practical problems involved in certain structures are based on his own experiencethe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settingparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morelbinding rubbed with some wear to extremities99; clouzot, philibert de lâorme, ppberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfa few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outâ (mortimer, harvard college librin the second cut [âde lâormeâs text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative detailscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe second volume of the architecture proposed by de lâorme at the end of the dedication and again at the end of the text, was never publishedâ manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedthe first and only published volumefrench 16th-century books, noillustrated with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large floriated and grotesque woodcut initials; leaf i4 slightly taller than the rest of the text block, to accommodate a tall column woodcut, with about 2 cm section at top folded in355) describing the illustrations of this splendid volume, mortimer writes: âamong the buildings shown in detail are the chĂąteau of anet, built by de lâorme for diane de poitiers, in his capacity as royal architect to henri ii, and de lâormeâs own house in parisa second volume was planned by the author but never completedit is characteristic of de lâormeâs approach to his subject that he should include among the illustrations three allegorical woodcuts concerned with the figure of the architect and the philosophy of a profession for which de lâorme himself was the first french spokesmanseveral minor marginal repairs not affecting text; leaf o3 with a tear slightly affecting the bottom of woodcut on verso, but without loss, repaired in blank portion of recto355; brunet, suppleadams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)â (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In 20th century leather backed marbled boardshe became a founder of buenos airesfrom there he undertook several expeditions in the gran chaco, which led him into southeast boliviahe entered military service and took part as a landsknecht under pedro de mendoza in an expedition to today's argentina (rĂo de la plata)verrigt onder den spaaschen admiral pedro de mendosa, anno , en de volgende jaren(numbered in 44 d-columns)his journey led him across the rĂo paranĂĄ and rĂo paraguay and into today's paraguay, where he helped to found asunciĂłnulrich schmidl or schmidel () was a german landsknecht, conquistador, explorer, and chroniclerschmidt, ulrich - gedenkwaardige scheeps - togten na rio de la plata, in't zuyderdeel van americaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is a translation of 'warhafftige und liebliche beschreibung etlicher furnemen indianischen landtschafften und insulen'he also accompanied juan de ayolas on his first trip in quest of provisions, and afterward went with ayolas in his expedition up paraguay river, and was one of the soldiers that were left in charge of the vessels in puerto la candelaria (modern fuerte olimpo)a lovely and very rare dutch translation of an important historical narrativeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitequarto: pictorial emblematic vignette title, folded map and 3 engraved text illushe went on an expedition to peru as far as the foot of the andes
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Half-leather with leather corners and marbled boards (covers (slightly restored) included in the binding)three library stampsbeitsma, [= december ][printed in an edition of 500 copies]271 a printed list of the many errata in this bookour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablede kleine republiekare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe classic dutch boarding school novel in a beautiful rebound version
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One very large folio volume, in half cloth and marbled boards, contained plans, maps, drawings and scale descriptions for the construction of a lunatic asylum in vaucluse (seine department), with several plans being original ink drawingsthe rash of asylum building came later, and vaucluse was one suchwe know from foucault's work 'discipline and punish' that the design of asylums was critical to the management of the sick, the poor and the insanesome rare tears but not affecting the texts or illustrationsthe official inauguration took place on januaryesquirol in his report to the government in had called not only for separate asylums to be built for the insane but for separate buildings to house different categories of the insane [des eÂŽtablissemens des alieÂŽneÂŽs en france, et des moyens d'ameÂŽliorer le sort de ces infortuneÂŽsthe 'rapport geÂŽneÂŽral a` mlanteri-laura, âla chronicitĂ© dans la psychiatrie française moderneâ, annales esome plans open up to 200 cms! the creation of the asylum of vaucluse was decided by the departmental commission of the seine during a deliberation, dated december , approved by a prefectural decree of august 26 of the following yearthere are approximately 35 pieces, mostly mounted on tabs and the majority folding, sometimes to great sizesle ministre de l'inteÂŽrieur sur le service des alieÂŽneÂŽs en ' (paris, ) noted that only three asylums were built between and (rapport, page 63)a unique item, full of interest to the historian of medicineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe planned creation was divided into two distinct operations: 1 - an asylum for 5 to 600 destitute lunatics 2 - a farm for the exploitation of the land, on which the sick would be employed the lunatic asylum of vaucluse, the third asylum in the seine department after sainte-anne and ville-Ă©vrard, opened inthe creation of such asylums was importantjan golstein, 'console and classify: the french psychiatric profession in the nineteenth century' (cambridge, )are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteon november , the seine department became the owner of the former gilqueniĂšre estate located in the seine-et-oise department, now the essonne department, to build, in , a lunatic asylum designed to accommodate around 600 patients, plus hospital staff
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Bound in cardboard, brown marbled boards, 13 Ă 8 cmxix: in 12: a-l pp255 is missing)volume vi: in 12: a-l ppcomplete with 12 plates per volumes (exceptions are mentioned), only in volume vii two plates seem to be missingxii: in 12: a-k ppvolume v: in 12: a-m ppvolume ii: 10 engravings, 12: a-n ppxvii: in 12: a-l ppxviii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppvolume viii: in 12: a-l ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storexxv: in 12: a-n pp + bladwyzerxxiii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppvolume iii: in 12: a-k ppxxi: 9 plates, in 12: a-m ppxxiv: in 12: a-l ppmost spines are missing or damaged, otherwise goodvolume x: plate 11 is missing, in 12: a-o ppseries of 22 (of 25) volumesvoor de vaderlandsche jeugdvolume ix: in 12: a-m ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume i: + 1 map of the netherlands in colour, in 12: a-m ppxv: (plate 1 loose in binding), in 12: a-d11, e-n ppxvi: in 12: a-n ppgeschiedenissen der vereenigde nederlandenxiii: in 12: a-l ppxxii: in 12: a-m ppxi: in 12: a-o ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume vii: portrait 5 and plate 3 are missing, in 12: a-c9, c12-g11, h-l pp
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19th-century cardboard binding with title on spine and marbled boardswith 2 folding maps and 2 printspaper slightly tanned and a bit soiledwill be sent insuredpaper with light spotsinterior mostly goodrelation des malheurs et de la captivite pendant deux ans et cinq mois du capitaine david woodard, et de quatre de ses compagnons dans l'isle de celebes, (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 availablebinding with minor wear along hingesthe second map with a small tearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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marbled boards, half-leather spinepublished by frank van dijl in an edition of 85 copies numbered and signed by hermansthe deluxe edition of the novella that was published at de bezige bij a few months earlierprinted on 110 g/mÂČ hollands druk vergĂ© and bound by phoenix in amsterdamour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe leather on the spine is very slightly discolouredare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprospectus is included
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Subscriber's copy with the suppressed plate 23, a brazilian sesta, showing a scantily-clad lady, which was omitted from the copies made available to non-subscribers elegantly bound in half brown calf with raised bands and title label to spine, marbled boardsclean, almost no spottinghenderson embarked for rio de janeiro hoping to obtain a position with the british governmenttissues renewedthe work offers some of the earliest examples of illustrations produced through the process of lithographythe views are made after henderson's own drawings in situ and represent an important visual documentation of brazilian historycondition: very goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableminor wear to covers and hingescomplete with 28 lithographed plates by care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteshoesmith after henderson and two folding lithographed maps (one highlighted in colour)
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Rotterdam, reinier arrenberg, , later half-parchment binding with marbled boards, xvi, ) pplessen over de herkauwing der runderen en tans woedende veeziekte, gehouden op het theatrum anatomicum der stad rotterdam, den , en 31 october2 folding engravings with 3 images each (re-bound with new endpapers)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 availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Later half-parchment with marbled boardslondon, [no printer]binding slightly soiledinterior good, paper slightly browned, with light spots in the marginsde la nature humane (will be sent insuredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablerare first french editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Benedictus van haeftenantwerp, ex officina plantiniana balthasaris moreti, vowith engraved title page and 38 full-page printsregia via crucis (will be sent insuredearly 19th-century half-leather cover with gilt title on the spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablea beautiful complete copy of the first editionpaper slightly browned and a bit soiledare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding with minor wear to spine and edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome wormholes in the margins at the beginning and end of the book
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Jules verne - capitaine grant voyage autour du monde- j hetzel - hardbacks - undated circa s -18 cm x 13 cm vol pages + table of contents vol pages + table of contents vol pages + table of contents all 3 books are in good clean bright condition no inscriptions occasional small mark excellent bindings clear gilt titles to spines marbled boards - nice set jules verne tours of captain grant voyages autour du monde - amerique du sud aand australie 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 availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Original half-leather with marbled boardsbindings with light wear to spine and edgesedges slightly frayedwill be sent insuredparis, librairie hachette &cieboth maps with a tearour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepaper slightly browned and a bit soiledare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedans les tĂ©nĂšbres de l'afrique (with many illustrations, 1 folding table and 3 folding maps
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Talma publisher: amsterdam: ten brink & de vries contemporary binding, half leather over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine, letter piece number of pages: iv, 112 pptalma year: author: ptalma's report reads like a travel story but also gives good insight into naval historyreistogtje langs en in eenige havens aan de spaansche, fransche, italiaansche en barbarijsche kusten met de neĂȘrlandsche korvet dolfijn / door psolid binding, completefine copy read morebeautiful engraving (lithograph) on title pageonly a few copies are known of this titlethe journey that began in did not end until , not unnoticed the belgian revolution took place at home; it went to spain and italy, north africa and gibraltarour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesize: 22 cm signs of use and age discolourationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Rebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionpencil notes on the last pagebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablespencil ownership inscription of âwex-library copyashdownâ to head of title-pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storetables throughout1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablessmall tears to some margins, affecting text on poverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and scienceink mark to tail page edgetitle-page repairedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablewe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical âcomputerâcircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiitem is as picturedspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelcharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine norather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()however, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tablesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Attractive marbled boardsoxfam bookshop hertford being the history of the town, manor, and estates, the priory and the churchhand written name and date on front end pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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