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1836Embry 159239J. J. Dubochet London: 1836. First printing thus. Occasional light to moderate foxing bookplate to each front pastedown joints and edges rubbed very good with hinges and joints solid. Illus. by Jean Gigoux and extra illustrated with 24 additional engraved plates by R. Smirke. One-half tan calf over marbled boards spine simple gilt. Translated by Tobias Smollett. J. J. Dubochet, London: 1836. First printing thus. hardcover books
181923561London: J. Mawman 1819. Three volumes; octavo 22cm.; full contemporary mottled calf black gilt spine labels Vol. III recently rebacked in the same style all edges speckled brown later 19th-century endpapers; frontispieces to each volume that of Vol. II hand-colored; additionally 43 plates throughout including 15 hand-colored added plates from the McLean edition published six months later. Leather a bit dried and extremities rubbed some shallow loss of leather at spine ends of first two volumes Vol. II shows some soiling to four leaves else a Very Good and sound set housed in a recent cloth clam-shell box. J. Mawman unknown books
1826289060Venice: Tasso 1826. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 15.75" x 11". In very good condition.<br/><br/> Extensive explanatory text in Italian at bottom. The map is from Le Sage's "Atlante Storico Geografico Genealogico Cronologico e Letterario." It is in excellent condition with beautiful hand coloring and crisp lettering. Wide margins as issued. Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph comte de Las Cases 1766--1842 was a French atlas-maker aka Le-Sage and author.<br/><br/> Tasso unknown books