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boards have surface rubbingmarbled page edges and endpapersâ half bound with tan calf spine and corners, marbled boardsoccasional foxing in the textfrom the swedishedge and corner wearthe front hinge is broken at the pastedown so the front board is not attached to the text blockfirst to fourth partrear hinge cracked before the endpaperlight damp stain on the top margin of the first c150 pages either side of the hingesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine is bumped at the top with short tears on both sides, gilt titles on a black background plus ridges and gilt decorationoxfam bookshop lymington in germana novel originally written in swedish and published inthe 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 statetitle translates as âthe fideicommiss
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marbled boards and marbled endpapersbumping to corners and some light rubbing marks to boards and spinedescription: volsixty impressive chromolithographstop of block gildedi out of ii onlybrowning and foxing to pages and litographsare 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 storetop front hinge ~3cm crackcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefor exact condition of each litograph please refer to pictures4+viii+pp content: in view of the success of the first edition () the authors completed their work with a second volumeles 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 jstrong solid bindingthen here a second edition of the set that corrects some text and woodcutseach 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 leatherplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebumping to top and bottom of spine resulted in minor loss to extremities
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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 edgesrolf burman (pseudflorence van beek, ) - het aardsche deel - amsterdam - allert de lange - st edition - large 8vo, cm, 423 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: good (some inevitable damage, bumped corners, occasional spots, sticker remnants at the bottom of the spine)*very rare first edition of a novel by a completely forgotten feminist writer and lawyerâ, to our knowledge the city of residence of the writer at the timevan beek was, among other things, director of the national bureau for women's workour 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, novunder a male pseudonym she published fiction such as ârecht van gelukâ () about female intellectualsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis copy is unusually luxurious and as such unique
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marbled endpapersoriginal half-leather binding with richly gold gilded spine and marbled boardsnevertheless, a very beautiful and rare dance of deaththe dance of deathalso see the photosin good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall printed on luxurious heavy paper with wide margins and beautifully old hand-colouringa manuscript page is loosepaper is very slightly tannedwenzel hollar originally published his work in as "mortalium nobilitas"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis series is supposedly made by an unknown artist, after hollar's designcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebinding is nicefrom the original designs of hans holbein, with 30 coloured plates engraved by wprinted on velin paperwill be sent insuredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteup front: several pages in an old manuscript, followed by the 30 prints of this series
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Volumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapspetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenall 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 foldslate 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 stdespite 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 rewardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: binding copies with decent blocksin 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 geographythis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsour 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 ithe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqhowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 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 board
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Twentieth-century blue morocco gilt over marbled boards, endpapers marbled en suite7cm, and with chamfered or canted angles and laid down within a conserving paper frame]; a pocket companion of ye roads of ye north part of great britain called scotland [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 publications]; () an actuall survey of the road from london to bath []; an actuall survey of the north west road from london to holy head &chis son gilles hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, henderina amelia moll, is little more than a name on a willit seems likely that he came from germany, possibly bremen, and was in london by]; an actuall survey of the rod from london to aberistwith (sic, aberystwyth) [are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishortly after the pitt atlas project failed, moll tried to establish a business as a mapmaker, or âgeographerâ as he termed himself, but was unsuccessfulit 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 inmoll later claimed that he was employed by prince rupert to assist theman 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 [each map leaf 29our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store]; an actuall survey of the road from london to the lands-end [much 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 accountsin moll commenced work on his most famous publication, âthe world describedâ, a collection of two sheet maps of the worldhe 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 trace]; an actuall survey of ye road from london to stvery handsomely done toohowever, very little is known about his background]; and a further five road mapsmoll first appears in as an engraver working on moses pittâs âthe english atlasâ with sir robert hooke, one of the patrons of the projectcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableherman moll (c) moll was one of the most important figures in the english map trade in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuriesplease 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 boardsundated, possibly late 19th centurypublished in the usa by the grolier societyfour other black & white illustrationsthe front board is detachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36gilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedoccasional light foxing spotsshe 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 lifecolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetthe text block binding is tight
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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 edgesof pieces contained approxsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral coloured full-size illustrations accompany individual pieces
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These two volumes are bound in full leather with marbled boardsboth volumes show some foxing particularly present on the first few pages up until the title pageoxfam bookshop keynsham the imperial gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptivethere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edgesthere is all some minor creasing but generally the internal pages and clean the dictionary is beautifully interspersed with etched illustrationsthe leather on the front and back covers has a cross hatched embossed pattern on itthere is lots of embossed gold detail to the spine and the edges of the front and back coverspage is completely detached in volume 1 but still presentthe top, bottom and fore edges of both volumes are marbled, the internal marbling is in beautiful conditionboth volumes show wear and tear to the outer leather coversthe front and back covers of both volumes are starting to detach slightly interally along the gutter but the binding otherwise feels tightcompiled from the latest and best authorities  see oxfam website for delivery information read moredecorative spines with raised bands, titles in gold
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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 vgare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihenry barth, phtravels 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 letteringour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine endsclear protective wrapsan important reference work on africameetings with tribes and traders are described in detail together with descriptions of their trading methodsbinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spineplease 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 villagescontains black and white illustrations
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Very large book, in half leather with marbled boardscorners are bumped and boards are rubbedinternally the pages are darkened, and one section of four pages is disbound but still presentbound up consecutive issues of 'panurge' periodical - from the very first issue, premiĂšre annee numĂ©ro 1 (octobre ) until deuxieme annee numĂ©ro 29 (avril )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 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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Spine and boards with scuffs and wearbinding: contemporary bindings, half-leather over marbled boards, 5 raised bands on the spine, letter pieces comprising: 4 volsobvious wear and age discolouration, plates and text sometimes with old erroneous foldsapart from wagenaar, perhaps the most famous work of the 18th century; here a good and complete set with all platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigood and complete setwith supplementour 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\t katechismus der natuur / by jmartinet year: author: joannes florentius martinet () publisher: amsterdam, johannes allart annotation: with plates; volplease 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 boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii have here for sale a book entitled a summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern by alexander adamit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, londonfirst map of the world is detachedinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe 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 greekscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spine858 pages, 22 x 14 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Binding is in half red morocco and marbled boards, a little rubbed with corners slightly worn'l'anticomanie: la collection des antiquitĂ©s au 18e et 19e siĂšcles' () read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia lovely and scarce scholarly folio devoted to the terracotta statues of tarsus in turkeyour 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 asiathis is an important work, whose author is the subject of: mhellmann, "wilhelm froehner, un collectionneur pas comme les autres, ," in awilhelm fröhner or guillaume frĆhner () was a curator at the musĂ©e du louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefolio sized book: 58 pages and 40 sepia plates
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Bound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltthis is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecture99; clouzot, philibert de lâorme, ppi, ; fowler architectin the second cut [occasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesphilibert de lâormebinding rubbed with some wear to extremitiesit 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 spokesmanhis 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 experiencepalmucci 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, )a few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked out] 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 professionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrench 16th-century books, nothe first and only published volumethe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settingmanzoniâs engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplateparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morel355) 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 parisâ (mortimer, harvard college librat 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 eee3rwithout 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)our 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 backgroundâle premier tome de lâarchitecturethe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library cata second volume was planned by the author but never completedthe 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 publishedadams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)berliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cf355; brunet, supplein all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsseveral 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 rectoillustrated 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 inthe 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 endcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de lâormeâ (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteâ manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedfrench 16th-century books, noa diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographerâde lâormeâs text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative details
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In 20th century leather backed marbled boardsschmidt, ulrich - gedenkwaardige scheeps - togten na rio de la plata, in't zuyderdeel van americathis is a translation of 'warhafftige und liebliche beschreibung etlicher furnemen indianischen landtschafften und insulen'a lovely and very rare dutch translation of an important historical narrativehis journey led him across the rĂo paranĂĄ and rĂo paraguay and into today's paraguay, where he helped to found asunciĂłnare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(numbered in 44 d-columns)he became a founder of buenos airesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeverrigt onder den spaaschen admiral pedro de mendosa, anno , en de volgende jarencatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablequarto: pictorial emblematic vignette title, folded map and 3 engraved text illushe entered military service and took part as a landsknecht under pedro de mendoza in an expedition to today's argentina (rĂo de la plata)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)ulrich schmidl or schmidel () was a german landsknecht, conquistador, explorer, and chroniclerhe went on an expedition to peru as far as the foot of the andesfrom there he undertook several expeditions in the gran chaco, which led him into southeast boliviaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Half-leather with leather corners and marbled boards (covers (slightly restored) included in the binding)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeitsma, [= december ]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 availablethree library stamps271 a printed list of the many errata in this bookde kleine republiekplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe classic dutch boarding school novel in a beautiful rebound version[printed in an edition of 500 copies]
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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 drawingsesquirol 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 infortuneÂŽswe 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 insanethe creation of such asylums was importantare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe 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 inour 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 unique item, full of interest to the historian of medicinethere are approximately 35 pieces, mostly mounted on tabs and the majority folding, sometimes to great sizesthe 'rapport geÂŽneÂŽral a` msome 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 yearsome rare tears but not affecting the texts or illustrationsthe rash of asylum building came later, and vaucluse was one suchlanteri-laura, âla chronicitĂ© dans la psychiatrie française moderneâ, annales ele ministre de l'inteÂŽrieur sur le service des alieÂŽneÂŽs en ' (paris, ) noted that only three asylums were built between and (rapport, page 63)jan golstein, 'console and classify: the french psychiatric profession in the nineteenth century' (cambridge, )please 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 staffthe official inauguration took place on january
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Bound in cardboard, brown marbled boards, 13 Ă 8 cmvolume ix: in 12: a-m ppvolume viii: in 12: a-l ppvolume i: + 1 map of the netherlands in colour, in 12: a-m ppxxiv: in 12: a-l ppvoor de vaderlandsche jeugdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitexiii: in 12: a-l ppcomplete with 12 plates per volumes (exceptions are mentioned), only in volume vii two plates seem to be missingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikixii: in 12: a-k ppxxi: 9 plates, in 12: a-m ppxix: in 12: a-l ppvolume ii: 10 engravings, 12: a-n ppxxv: in 12: a-n pp + bladwyzervolume iii: in 12: a-k ppxv: (plate 1 loose in binding), in 12: a-d11, e-n ppmost spines are missing or damaged, otherwise goodxvi: in 12: a-n ppxxiii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppvolume v: in 12: a-m ppvolume vi: in 12: a-l ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storexxii: in 12: a-m ppvolume x: plate 11 is missing, in 12: a-o ppvolume vii: portrait 5 and plate 3 are missing, in 12: a-c9, c12-g11, h-l pp255 is missing)series of 22 (of 25) volumescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablexvii: in 12: a-l ppxviii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppxi: in 12: a-o ppgeschiedenissen der vereenigde nederlanden
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19th-century cardboard binding with title on spine and marbled boardsrelation 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, (paper slightly tanned and a bit soiledare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe second map with a small tearinterior mostly 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 availablebinding with minor wear along hingeswill be sent insuredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith 2 folding maps and 2 printspaper with light spots
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marbled boards, half-leather spinethe 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 amsterdampublished by frank van dijl in an edition of 85 copies numbered and signed by hermansare 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 websiteprospectus is includedthe leather on the spine is very slightly discoloured
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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 boardsminor wear to covers and hingescondition: very goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe work offers some of the earliest examples of illustrations produced through the process of lithographycomplete with 28 lithographed plates by cour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableclean, almost no spottingshoesmith after henderson and two folding lithographed maps (one highlighted in colour)tissues renewedhenderson embarked for rio de janeiro hoping to obtain a position with the british governmentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe views are made after henderson's own drawings in situ and represent an important visual documentation of brazilian history
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Rotterdam, reinier arrenberg, , later half-parchment binding with marbled boards, xvi, ) pp2 folding engravings with 3 images each (re-bound with new endpapers)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 storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelessen over de herkauwing der runderen en tans woedende veeziekte, gehouden op het theatrum anatomicum der stad rotterdam, den , en 31 october
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Later half-parchment with marbled boardsrare first french editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding slightly soiledinterior good, paper slightly browned, with light spots in the marginslondon, [no printer]de la nature humane (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 availablewill be sent insuredplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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A beautiful complete copy of the first editionsome wormholes in the margins at the beginning and end of the bookare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiearly 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 availableregia via crucis (antwerp, ex officina plantiniana balthasaris moreti, vowill be sent insuredbinding with minor wear to spine and edgesbenedictus van haeftenpaper slightly browned and a bit soiledwith engraved title page and 38 full-page printsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 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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Original half-leather with marbled boardsbindings with light wear to spine and edgesedges slightly frayeddans les tĂ©nĂšbres de l'afrique (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 storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableparis, librairie hachette &ciewill be sent insuredboth maps with a tearwith many illustrations, 1 folding table and 3 folding mapspaper slightly browned and a bit soiledplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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's report reads like a travel story but also gives good insight into naval historybeautiful engraving (lithograph) on title pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireistogtje langs en in eenige havens aan de spaansche, fransche, italiaansche en barbarijsche kusten met de neĂȘrlandsche korvet dolfijn / door ptalma year: author: psize: 22 cm signs of use and age discolourationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe 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 gibraltarcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefine copy read moreonly a few copies are known of this titleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesolid binding, complete
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Rebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditiontitle-page repairedwe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical âcomputerâspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title label1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesitem is as picturedcharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiashdownâ to head of title-pagepencil notes on the last pageoverall, 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 sciencecircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeink mark to tail page edgetables throughoutrather, 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 tablesbabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablessmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableex-library copypencil ownership inscription of âwplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Attractive marbled boardshand written name and date on front end pageoxfam bookshop hertford being the history of the town, manor, and estates, the priory and the churchsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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