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boards have surface rubbingmarbled page edges and endpapersâ half bound with tan calf spine and corners, marbled boardsfrom the swedishsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 stateedge and corner wearlight damp stain on the top margin of the first c150 pages either side of the hingefirst to fourth partrear hinge cracked before the endpaperoxfam bookshop lymington in germanoccasional foxing in the textthe 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 blocktitle translates as âthe fideicommissa novel originally written in swedish and published in
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marbled boards and marbled endpapersbumping to corners and some light rubbing marks to boards and spinesixty impressive chromolithographsthen here a second edition of the set that corrects some text and woodcutsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store4+viii+pp content: in view of the success of the first edition () the authors completed their work with a second volumefor exact condition of each litograph please refer to picturestop of block gildedstrong solid bindinghalf leather bound in contemporary blue morocco leatherplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebrowning and foxing to pages and litographsi out of ii onlybumping to top and bottom of spine resulted in minor loss to extremitieseach plant presented is accompanied by an explanatory text with a woodcut in the text and a beautiful full-page chromolithographdescription: voltop front hinge ~3cm crackles 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 j
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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 edgesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecondition: good (some inevitable damage, bumped corners, occasional spots, sticker remnants at the bottom of the spine)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirolf burman (pseudcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevan 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 intellectualsthis copy is unusually luxurious and as such uniquethis is possibly the author's copy, considering its luxury and the inscription on the half titl page: âalkmaar, nov*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 timeflorence van beek, ) - het aardsche deel - amsterdam - allert de lange - st edition - large 8vo, cm, 423 pp
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marbled endpapersoriginal half-leather binding with richly gold gilded spine and marbled boardsall printed on luxurious heavy paper with wide margins and beautifully old hand-colouringour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeprinted on velin paperthis series is supposedly made by an unknown artist, after hollar's designalso see the photosa manuscript page is looseplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe dance of deathin good conditionnevertheless, a very beautiful and rare dance of deathbinding is nicepaper is very slightly tannedup front: several pages in an old manuscript, followed by the 30 prints of this serieswill be sent insuredfrom the original designs of hans holbein, with 30 coloured plates engraved by wwenzel hollar originally published his work in as "mortalium nobilitas"
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Volumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesin 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 geographythe 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 stare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikialso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol irivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennelldespite 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 rewardthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cplease 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 boardall 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 gottingencatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: binding copies with decent blocks
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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 traceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki]; an actuall survey of the road from london to the lands-end [herman moll (c) moll was one of the most important figures in the english map trade in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuriesmuch 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 worldit 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 in]; a pocket companion of ye roads of ye north part of great britain called scotland [it seems likely that he came from germany, possibly bremen, and was in london byshortly after the pitt atlas project failed, moll tried to establish a business as a mapmaker, or âgeographerâ as he termed himself, but was unsuccessfulhis son gilles hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, henderina amelia moll, is little more than a name on a will]; 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 storemoll first appears in as an engraver working on moses pittâs âthe english atlasâ with sir robert hooke, one of the patrons of the project]; and a further five road mapsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeach map leaf 29]; () an actuall survey of the road from london to bath [7cm, and with chamfered or canted angles and laid down within a conserving paper framean 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 [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 rod from london to aberistwith (sic, aberystwyth) [moll later claimed that he was employed by prince rupert to assist themcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevery handsomely done too]; an actuall survey of ye road from london to sthowever, very little is known about his background
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marbled endpapershalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltno inscriptionsundated, possibly late 19th centurythe front board is detachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe 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 lifepublished in the usa by the grolier societyoccasional light foxing spotsfour other black & white illustrationsthe text block binding is tightgilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedcolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36said to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regency
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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 presentthere is lots of embossed gold detail to the spine and the edges of the front and back covers  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreboth volumes show some foxing particularly present on the first few pages up until the title pagedecorative spines with raised bands, titles in goldthere is all some minor creasing but generally the internal pages and clean the dictionary is beautifully interspersed with etched illustrationsthere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edgescompiled from the latest and best authoritiesthe front and back covers of both volumes are starting to detach slightly interally along the gutter but the binding otherwise feels tightthe leather on the front and back covers has a cross hatched embossed pattern on itoxfam bookshop keynsham the imperial gazetteer; a general dictionary of geography, physical, political, statistical and descriptivethe 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 covers
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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 vgcontains black and white illustrationsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeextraordinary early accounts of travels along mountains rivers and basins,cities and remote villagesclear protective wrapsan important reference work on africaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spinecatawikiâs 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 letteringmoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine endshenry barth, phmeetings with tribes and traders are described in detail together with descriptions of their trading methods
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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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinternally 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 )
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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 volsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store\t katechismus der natuur / by jgood and complete setobvious wear and age discolouration, plates and text sometimes with old erroneous foldswith supplementplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableapart from wagenaar, perhaps the most famous work of the 18th century; here a good and complete set with all platesmartinet year: author: joannes florentius martinet () publisher: amsterdam, johannes allart annotation: with plates; vol
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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 boardsi 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 storeit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, london858 pages, 22 x 14 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pagesthe 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 greeks6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spinefirst map of the world is detached
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Binding is in half red morocco and marbled boards, a little rubbed with corners slightly wornour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehellmann, "wilhelm froehner, un collectionneur pas comme les autres, ," in athis is an important work, whose author is the subject of: mplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe author contrasts the production of the greeks of europe with that of the greeks of asiawilhelm fröhner or guillaume frĆhner () was a curator at the musĂ©e du louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in paris'l'anticomanie: la collection des antiquitĂ©s au 18e et 19e siĂšcles' () read morefolio sized book: 58 pages and 40 sepia platesa lovely and scarce scholarly folio devoted to the terracotta statues of tarsus in turkey
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Bound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltwithout 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)manzoniâs engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplateparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morelâ (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgi, ; fowler architectit 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 spokesman] 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 catawikiat 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 eee3rthe 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 publishedfrench 16th-century books, nooccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfadams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)the first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settingin addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de lâorme] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the background355) 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 paristhe 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 endthis is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecturebinding rubbed with some wear to extremitieshis 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 experiencea diminutive ex-libris to front pastedown of count giacomo manzoni (), a prominent italian book collector and bibliographerillustrated 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 volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library catâ (mortimer, harvard college librseveral 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 rectofrench 16th-century books, noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeâde lâormeâs text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative detailsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein the second cut [a second volume was planned by the author but never completedthe first and only published volumepalmucci 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, )â manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedâle premier tome de lâarchitecturea few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available355; brunet, supplein all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide margins99; clouzot, philibert de lâorme, ppphilibert de lâorme
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In 20th century leather backed marbled boardsulrich schmidl or schmidel () was a german landsknecht, conquistador, explorer, and chroniclerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis is a translation of 'warhafftige und liebliche beschreibung etlicher furnemen indianischen landtschafften und insulen'verrigt onder den spaaschen admiral pedro de mendosa, anno , en de volgende jarenhe went on an expedition to peru as far as the foot of the andesa lovely and very rare dutch translation of an important historical narrativehe entered military service and took part as a landsknecht under pedro de mendoza in an expedition to today's argentina (rĂo de la plata)his journey led him across the rĂo paranĂĄ and rĂo paraguay and into today's paraguay, where he helped to found asunciĂłnquarto: pictorial emblematic vignette title, folded map and 3 engraved text illusplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available(numbered in 44 d-columns)he became a founder of buenos aireshe 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)from there he undertook several expeditions in the gran chaco, which led him into southeast boliviaschmidt, ulrich - gedenkwaardige scheeps - togten na rio de la plata, in't zuyderdeel van america
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Half-leather with leather corners and marbled boards (covers (slightly restored) included in the binding)[printed in an edition of 500 copies]our 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 websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablede kleine republiekbeitsma, [= december ]three library stamps271 a printed list of the many errata in this bookthe 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 drawingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storesome 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 yearlanteri-laura, âla chronicitĂ© dans la psychiatrie française moderneâ, annales ethe rash of asylum building came later, and vaucluse was one suchthe official inauguration took place on januaryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikile ministre de l'inteÂŽrieur sur le service des alieÂŽneÂŽs en ' (paris, ) noted that only three asylums were built between and (rapport, page 63)catawikiâs 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 importantesquirol 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 infortuneÂŽsthere are approximately 35 pieces, mostly mounted on tabs and the majority folding, sometimes to great sizeswe 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 illustrationson 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 'rapport geÂŽneÂŽral a` ma unique item, full of interest to the historian of medicinejan golstein, 'console and classify: the french psychiatric profession in the nineteenth century' (cambridge, )
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Bound in cardboard, brown marbled boards, 13 Ă 8 cmseries of 22 (of 25) volumesxix: in 12: a-l ppvoor de vaderlandsche jeugdvolume i: + 1 map of the netherlands in colour, in 12: a-m ppvolume iii: in 12: a-k ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomplete with 12 plates per volumes (exceptions are mentioned), only in volume vii two plates seem to be missingvolume x: plate 11 is missing, in 12: a-o ppxvi: in 12: a-n ppxv: (plate 1 loose in binding), in 12: a-d11, e-n ppxi: in 12: a-o ppgeschiedenissen der vereenigde nederlandenmost spines are missing or damaged, otherwise goodxxiv: in 12: a-l ppvolume v: in 12: a-m ppvolume ix: in 12: a-m ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storexxii: in 12: a-m pp255 is missing)xii: in 12: a-k ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitexxv: in 12: a-n pp + bladwyzerxxi: 9 plates, in 12: a-m ppvolume vii: portrait 5 and plate 3 are missing, in 12: a-c9, c12-g11, h-l ppvolume vi: in 12: a-l ppxviii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume ii: 10 engravings, 12: a-n ppxiii: in 12: a-l ppxvii: in 12: a-l ppxxiii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppvolume viii: in 12: a-l pp
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19th-century cardboard binding with title on spine and marbled boardsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storewill be sent insuredrelation 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 with light spotswith 2 folding maps and 2 printsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipaper slightly tanned and a bit soiledcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinterior mostly goodthe second map with a small tearbinding with minor wear along hinges
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marbled boards, half-leather spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe deluxe edition of the novella that was published at de bezige bij a few months earlierprospectus is includedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished by frank van dijl in an edition of 85 copies numbered and signed by hermanscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableprinted on 110 g/mÂČ hollands druk vergĂ© and bound by phoenix in amsterdamthe 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 boardsshoesmith after henderson and two folding lithographed maps (one highlighted in colour)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeclean, almost no spottingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe views are made after henderson's own drawings in situ and represent an important visual documentation of brazilian historycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletissues renewedminor wear to covers and hingescondition: very goodcomplete with 28 lithographed plates by cthe work offers some of the earliest examples of illustrations produced through the process of lithographyhenderson embarked for rio de janeiro hoping to obtain a position with the british government
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Rotterdam, reinier arrenberg, , later half-parchment binding with marbled boards, xvi, ) ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storelessen over de herkauwing der runderen en tans woedende veeziekte, gehouden op het theatrum anatomicum der stad rotterdam, den , en 31 octoberplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available2 folding engravings with 3 images each (re-bound with new endpapers)
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Later half-parchment with marbled boardsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storede la nature humane (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirare first french editioncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebinding slightly soiledlondon, [no printer]will be sent insuredinterior good, paper slightly browned, with light spots in the margins
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Antwerp, ex officina plantiniana balthasaris moreti, voour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepaper slightly browned and a bit soiledbinding with minor wear to spine and edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome wormholes in the margins at the beginning and end of the bookcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablea beautiful complete copy of the first editionwith engraved title page and 38 full-page printswill be sent insuredbenedictus van haeftenregia via crucis (early 19th-century half-leather cover with gilt title on the spine
315 âŹ
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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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
(England)
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Original half-leather with marbled boardsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storebindings with light wear to spine and edgespaper slightly browned and a bit soiledplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableedges slightly frayedwill be sent insuredboth maps with a tearparis, librairie hachette &ciedans 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 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storefine copy read moreonly a few copies are known of this titlesize: 22 cm signs of use and age discolourationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletalma's report reads like a travel story but also gives good insight into naval historybeautiful engraving (lithograph) on title pagereistogtje langs en in eenige havens aan de spaansche, fransche, italiaansche en barbarijsche kusten met de neĂȘrlandsche korvet dolfijn / door ptalma year: author: pthe 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 gibraltarsolid binding, complete
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Rebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelpencil notes on the last pagepencil ownership inscription of âwcharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine no1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablesitem is as picturedwe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical âcomputerâink mark to tail page edgehowever, 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 tablesour 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 websiteex-library copyashdownâ to head of title-pagerather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()tables throughouttitle-page repairedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pcircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-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 science
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Attractive marbled boardsoxfam bookshop hertford being the history of the town, manor, and estates, the priory and the churchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehand written name and date on front end page
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