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boards have surface rubbingmarbled page edges and endpapersâ half bound with tan calf spine and corners, marbled boardslight damp stain on the top margin of the first c150 pages either side of the hingerear hinge cracked before the endpaperthe 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 statesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedge and corner wearthe front hinge is broken at the pastedown so the front board is not attached to the text blockfrom the swedishthe spine is bumped at the top with short tears on both sides, gilt titles on a black background plus ridges and gilt decorationoccasional foxing in the texttitle translates as âthe fideicommissoxfam bookshop lymington in germana novel originally written in swedish and published infirst to fourth part
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marbled boards and marbled endpapersbumping to corners and some light rubbing marks to boards and spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihalf leather bound in contemporary blue morocco leather4+viii+pp content: in view of the success of the first edition () the authors completed their work with a second volumethen 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 storetop front hinge ~3cm crackstrong solid bindingtop of block gildedeach plant presented is accompanied by an explanatory text with a woodcut in the text and a beautiful full-page chromolithographfor exact condition of each litograph please refer to picturesbumping to top and bottom of spine resulted in minor loss to extremitiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedescription: volsixty impressive chromolithographsles 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 ji out of ii onlycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebrowning and foxing to pages and litographs
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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 edgesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki*very rare first edition of a novel by a completely forgotten feminist writer and lawyercondition: good (some inevitable damage, bumped corners, occasional spots, sticker remnants at the bottom of the spine)rolf burman (pseudâ, to our knowledge the city of residence of the writer at the timeunder a male pseudonym she published fiction such as ârecht van gelukâ () about female intellectualsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storevan beek was, among other things, director of the national bureau for women's workflorence van beek, ) - het aardsche deel - amsterdam - allert de lange - st edition - large 8vo, cm, 423 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis 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, novcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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marbled endpapersoriginal half-leather binding with richly gold gilded spine and marbled boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe dance of deathfrom the original designs of hans holbein, with 30 coloured plates engraved by wour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storea manuscript page is loosethis series is supposedly made by an unknown artist, after hollar's designin good conditionall printed on luxurious heavy paper with wide margins and beautifully old hand-colouringnevertheless, a very beautiful and rare dance of deathup front: several pages in an old manuscript, followed by the 30 prints of this seriesbinding is nicepaper is very slightly tannedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitealso see the photoswenzel hollar originally published his work in as "mortalium nobilitas"catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablewill be sent insuredprinted on velin paper
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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 geographyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeall 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 foldsrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsvolume 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 boarddespite 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 full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyhowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cpetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingencondition: binding copies with decent blocks2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablealso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennelllate 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 st
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Twentieth-century blue morocco gilt over marbled boards, endpapers marbled en suiteit seems likely that he came from germany, possibly bremen, and was in london byour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemuch 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]; and a further five road mapsvery handsomely done too]; an actuall survey of ye road from london to st]; an actuall survey of the road from london to the lands-end [moll later claimed that he was employed by prince rupert to assist themin moll commenced work on his most famous publication, âthe world describedâ, a collection of two sheet maps of the world]; an actuall survey of the rod from london to aberistwith (sic, aberystwyth) [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 publicationsan 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 [moll 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 availablehis son gilles hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, henderina amelia moll, is little more than a name on a willhe 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 traceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehowever, very little is known about his backgroundit 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 [are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki7cm, 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 unsuccessfuleach map leaf 29]; () an actuall survey of the road from london to bath [herman 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 north west road from london to holy head &c
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marbled endpapershalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36four other black & white illustrationspublished in the usa by the grolier societysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe front board is detachedsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyoccasional light foxing spotscolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetno inscriptionsthe text block binding is tightshe 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 lifeundated, possibly late 19th centurythe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltgilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmed
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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 wear and tear to the outer leather coversdecorative 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 illustrationsboth 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 descriptive  see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 coverscompiled from the latest and best authoritiesthere is some small tears, stains and some significant scuffing to the leather to the top and bottom and corner edgesthe 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 tightpage is completely detached in volume 1 but still present
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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 catawikibinding remains firm, with tanning and marking to spinemeetings 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 storecontains black and white illustrationsan important reference work on africaextraordinary early accounts of travels along mountains rivers and basins,cities and remote villagesclear protective wrapsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehenry 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 letteringcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemoderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends
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Very large book, in half leather with marbled boardscorners are bumped and boards are rubbedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibound up consecutive issues of 'panurge' periodical - from the very first issue, premiĂšre annee numĂ©ro 1 (octobre ) until deuxieme annee numĂ©ro 29 (avril )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 websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinternally the pages are darkened, and one section of four pages is disbound but still present
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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 volsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigood and complete setour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemartinet year: author: joannes florentius martinet () publisher: amsterdam, johannes allart annotation: with plates; volwith supplementapart 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 websiteobvious wear and age discolouration, plates and text sometimes with old erroneous folds\t katechismus der natuur / by jcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 boardsinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe 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 greeks858 pages, 22 x 14 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storei have here for sale a book entitled a summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern by alexander adamfirst map of the world is detachedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, london6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spinecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Binding is in half red morocco and marbled boards, a little rubbed with corners slightly wornare 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 storewilhelm fröhner or guillaume frĆhner () was a curator at the musĂ©e du louvre, an archaeological researcher and collector of antiquities in parisa lovely and scarce scholarly folio devoted to the terracotta statues of tarsus in turkeythe author contrasts the production of the greeks of europe with that of the greeks of asia'l'anticomanie: la collection des antiquitĂ©s au 18e et 19e siĂšcles' () read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is an important work, whose author is the subject of: mfolio sized book: 58 pages and 40 sepia plateshellmann, "wilhelm froehner, un collectionneur pas comme les autres, ," in acatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Bound in 19thcentury quarter-vellum over marbled boards; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; edges giltbinding rubbed with some wear to extremitiesthe first represents the incompetent architect as a figure without hands and eyes, in a harsh landscape settinga few leaves with some early manuscript marginalia; title page with a couple of early ownership signatures inked outour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storei, ; fowler architectthe first and only published volumeâle premier tome de lâarchitectureillustrated 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 infrench 16th-century books, nothe volume may be referenced as follows: mortimer, harvard college library catwithout 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)a second volume was planned by the author but never completedâ (gelli, ex libris italiani, pgit 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 spokesman355; brunet, supple355) 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 parisberliner ornamentstichkatalog ; pettegree, french vernacular books ; cfadams l and millard french i, 105 (citing nd issue)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableseveral 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 rectoin all, a nice, genuine example of this rare work, exceptionally tall with very wide marginsthis is the most influential and most lavishly illustrated handbook of french renaissance architecturephilibert de lâormein addition, this work is a major source for biographical information on de lâormepalmucci 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 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 endplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoccasional light browning and some soiling (mainly marginal), a few minor ink smudgesâ (mortimer, harvard college librâde lâormeâs text systematically traces the process of building, from the choice to the smallest decorative detailsthe 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 publishedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimanzoniâs engraved bookplate is remarkable for being "one of the smallest ever regularly used as a bookplate99; clouzot, philibert de lâorme, pphis 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 experience] 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 professionparis: fĂ©dĂ©ric morelat 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 eee3rfrench 16th-century books, noâ manuscript acquisition note in french by marquis pierfrancesco palmucci [de pellicani], datedin the second cut [] the good architect, with three eyes and four hands, is speaking to a young apprentice in a garden, with classical buildings in the background
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In 20th century leather backed marbled boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe 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 bolivia(numbered in 44 d-columns)he became a founder of buenos airesschmidt, 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 storehe entered military service and took part as a landsknecht under pedro de mendoza in an expedition to today's argentina (rĂo de la plata)quarto: pictorial emblematic vignette title, folded map and 3 engraved text illushis journey led him across the rĂo paranĂĄ and rĂo paraguay and into today's paraguay, where he helped to found asunciĂłnhe 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)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea lovely and very rare dutch translation of an important historical narrativethis 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 jarencatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableulrich schmidl or schmidel () was a german landsknecht, conquistador, explorer, and chronicler
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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 catawikide kleine republiekthe classic dutch boarding school novel in a beautiful rebound versionbeitsma, [= december ][printed in an edition of 500 copies]our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store271 a printed list of the many errata in this bookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethree library stampscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 drawingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome 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 eour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe 'rapport geÂŽneÂŽral a` mon 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 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 official inauguration took place on januarywe 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 insaneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitejan golstein, 'console and classify: the french psychiatric profession in the nineteenth century' (cambridge, )some 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 yeara unique item, full of interest to the historian of medicinele ministre de l'inteÂŽrieur sur le service des alieÂŽneÂŽs en ' (paris, ) noted that only three asylums were built between and (rapport, page 63)the 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 infortuneÂŽscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethere are approximately 35 pieces, mostly mounted on tabs and the majority folding, sometimes to great sizes
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Bound in cardboard, brown marbled boards, 13 Ă 8 cmvoor de vaderlandsche jeugdour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeseries of 22 (of 25) volumesvolume ix: in 12: a-m ppxxiv: in 12: a-l ppvolume vii: portrait 5 and plate 3 are missing, in 12: a-c9, c12-g11, h-l ppgeschiedenissen der vereenigde nederlandenxviii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppxxv: in 12: a-n pp + bladwyzerxix: in 12: a-l ppxii: in 12: a-k ppvolume i: + 1 map of the netherlands in colour, in 12: a-m ppvolume vi: in 12: a-l ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemost spines are missing or damaged, otherwise goodvolume viii: in 12: a-l ppxxii: in 12: a-m ppcomplete with 12 plates per volumes (exceptions are mentioned), only in volume vii two plates seem to be missingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitexxi: 9 plates, in 12: a-m ppxi: in 12: a-o ppxv: (plate 1 loose in binding), in 12: a-d11, e-n ppvolume ii: 10 engravings, 12: a-n ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume x: plate 11 is missing, in 12: a-o ppxxiii: 10 plates, in 12: a-l ppvolume v: in 12: a-m ppxiii: in 12: a-l ppxvii: in 12: a-l ppvolume iii: in 12: a-k ppxvi: in 12: a-n pp255 is missing)
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19th-century cardboard binding with title on spine and marbled boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirelation 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, (binding with minor wear along hingespaper slightly tanned and a bit soiledour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storewith 2 folding maps and 2 printsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepaper with light spotsthe second map with a small tearwill be sent insuredcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableinterior mostly good
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marbled boards, half-leather spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprospectus is includedour 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 earlierplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepublished by frank van dijl in an edition of 85 copies numbered and signed by hermansprinted on 110 g/mÂČ hollands druk vergĂ© and bound by phoenix in amsterdamthe leather on the spine is very slightly discolouredcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 boardscondition: very goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiminor wear to covers and hingesthe 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 governmentshoesmith after henderson and two folding lithographed maps (one highlighted in colour)complete with 28 lithographed plates by cour 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 websiteclean, almost no spottingthe views are made after henderson's own drawings in situ and represent an important visual documentation of brazilian historytissues renewedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Rotterdam, reinier arrenberg, , later half-parchment binding with marbled boards, xvi, ) ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilessen over de herkauwing der runderen en tans woedende veeziekte, gehouden op het theatrum anatomicum der stad rotterdam, den , en 31 octoberour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store2 folding engravings with 3 images each (re-bound with new endpapers)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Later half-parchment with marbled boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikide la nature humane (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeinterior good, paper slightly browned, with light spots in the marginsbinding slightly soiledplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelondon, [no printer]rare first french editioncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablewill be sent insured
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith engraved title page and 38 full-page printsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepaper slightly browned and a bit soiledbenedictus van haeftenbinding with minor wear to spine and edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea beautiful complete copy of the first editionwill be sent insuredantwerp, ex officina plantiniana balthasaris moreti, voregia via crucis (some wormholes in the margins at the beginning and end of the bookcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableearly 19th-century half-leather cover with gilt title on the spine
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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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Original half-leather with marbled boardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiedges slightly frayedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storewith many illustrations, 1 folding table and 3 folding mapspaper slightly browned and a bit soileddans les tĂ©nĂšbres de l'afrique (both maps with a tearparis, librairie hachette &ciebindings with light wear to spine and edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablewill be sent insured
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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 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitalma year: author: pour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storesolid binding, completefine copy read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereistogtje langs en in eenige havens aan de spaansche, fransche, italiaansche en barbarijsche kusten met de neĂȘrlandsche korvet dolfijn / door psize: 22 cm signs of use and age discolourationbeautiful engraving (lithograph) on title pagethe 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 gibraltaronly a few copies are known of this titlecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletalma's report reads like a travel story but also gives good insight into naval history
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Rebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionhowever, 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 storerather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()circular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pageink mark to tail page edgepencil ownership inscription of âwspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelsmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableoverall, 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 scienceashdownâ to head of title-page1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesplease 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 catawikiwe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical âcomputerâcharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine nobabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablestitle-page repairedpencil notes on the last pageex-library copyitem is as picturedtables throughout
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Attractive marbled boardshand written name and date on front end pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford being the history of the town, manor, and estates, the priory and the church
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