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1498002692.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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41680Weimar. Weimar. im Berlage des E.G. privil Landes = Industrie = Comptoirs. 1804. 8vo 19.6cm. in 8's viii283p. rear folding map text block no binding in clam shell box fine condition thus hoL. ~ Sabin: 100690. cf. T.P.L. 724.724 listing the French editions. Howes V-141. Not in Lande. No recent auction records the last being 1983; 1974; 1936. Weimar. Weimar. im Berlage des E.G. privil, Landes = Industrie = Comptoirs. 1804 unknown
180440723Weimar Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs 1804. Unbound but stitched. VIII283 pp. and one folded engraved map "Charte vonn Nord-America zur Erläuterung des Systems der Winde und Strömungen. Weimar 1804" <br/><br/><em>Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen.hrsg. von M.C. Sprengel 8. Bd.: 2. Theil. Having the general titlepage this with a stamp.- Sabin: 100690. </em> unknown
40523Weimar F. G. privil. Landes-Industrie-Contoirs 1804. 8vo. 2 VIII 1 1 blank 283 pp. fold. engr. map. Spotting throughout. Contemporary green paper boards spine faded. From the library of L. F. Rääf at Forsnäs with its book plate. Part 14 of Bibliothek der neuesten und wichtigsten reisebeschreibungen. herausgegeben von M. C. Sprengel fortgesetz von T. F. Ehrmann. Sabin 100690. First german translation of this important book on the climatology meteorology geography history and Indians of North Amerika. The French original was published the same year as “Tableau du climatâ€. hardcover
195317665NY: Henry Holt 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 6.5"x9.5" 772 numbered pages. 37 append. pgs. Maps. 20 index pgs. Blue textured cloth boards w/2 ink colors. The Americans Creed for paste down in front. Owl in oval back paste downs. Beautiful full color frontispiece "Emmigrants Crossing the Plains" "The Rocky Mountain" - reprint from Currier and Ives print. Spine straight binding tight pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library no DJ no bumps. Mild edge wear to boards w/slight fading to spine. Inscription on half-title page. Faint soiling to boards. Price covers extra shipping weight & secure ship in box w/track #. Harlow was Chairman of the Dept of History Prof of Americna History Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University. See photos of Contents & Maps. Henry Holt hardcover
1907004946New York:: Geological Society of America 1907. 6.25" wide by 9.25" tall. Original printed wrappers a little toned. The darkening has transferred i.e. offset to the first and last page. Staples a little rusty. No underlining. No highlighting. Illustrated with maps including one that unfolds 3 pages wide title: Structural Map of the Newark Area of New Jersey 1906. This copy is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman with his small ink stamp. A physical chemist Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907 at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947 he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics." Keywords: New Jersey Geology. Mineralogy. Offprint. Softcover pamphlet. Near Very Good condition. pp. 195-210. Geological Society of America Paperback
1852401691852. Arch. Anat. Phys. 1852. - Berlin Verlag von Veit et Comp. 1852 8° pp.391-418 Broschur. Important neurological treatise by the founder Augustus Volney Waller 1816-1870 of the "law of nerve degeneration" -cf. Garrison p.524 unknown
18032510010043Courcier imprimeur-libraire quai des Augustins no. 71 ; Dentu imprimeur-libraire Palais du Tribunat Galleries-de-Bois no. 240 Paris an XII--1803 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. xvi 534 pages: 2 folded leaves of plates 2 folded maps of North America and the United States. 21 cm. Includes the vocabulary of the Miami Indians. Includes American geology and natural science as well as observations on Indians. <br> Volney was a philosopher abolitionist orientalist and extensive traveler. He came to America to avoid imprisonment by the French government during the Reign of Terror. A friend of Jefferson he was expelled in 1798 by President John Adams under the Alien and Sedition Act due to the fear he was acting as a French agent to allow for the reoccupation of the Louisiana territory. He visited the United States from 1795-1798 and this book was the result Jefferson translated most of the work but it was ultimately completed by John Barlow. Refs: Sabin 100692 Howes 10675; Clark II:69; Pilling 4061; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49. Courcier, imprimeur-libraire, quai des Augustins, no. 71 ; Dentu, imprimeur-libraire, Palais du Tribunat, Galleries-de-Bois, no. hardcover
1391959000.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
180355052Paris: Chez Courcier & Dentu. Very Good. 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary full leather gilt decorated spine 5 raised bands red morocco label marbled eps red page edges. Two volumes in one with continuous pagination. First edition of this study on American geology with info on the customs of the Indians and colonists. Four folding plates three in color including a geological survey a section of Niagara Falls and two maps smaller one of North America and larger one of the United States. Includes 8 page Vocabulaire de la Lange des Miamis at the end. Table des matieres notice to the binder and errata page are bound at the beginning. Hinges a bit weak but holding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi524 pages . Chez Courcier & Dentu hardcover
180341748Paris: Chez Courcier et Dentu 1803. First edition two volumes 8vo. Two folding plates in volume I two folding maps in volume II marbled endpapers and sides later bookplate of the collector Stuart W. Jackson. Contemporary green half calf gilt banded spines slightly sunned some mild rubbing head of the spine of volume II repaired Paris: Chez Courcier [et] Dentu unknown
42564A Paris. chez Courcier Imprimeur-Libraire quai des Augustins no. 71; Chez Dentu Imprimeur-Libraire Palais du Tribunat Galleries-de-Bois no. 240 An XII. 1803. 8vo. 19.8cm The First Edition 2 volumes in One 8xvi300 & 4 301-532pp. paginated continuously with 2 folded engraved plates & 2 folded maps in contemporary quarter calf marbled boards gilt titles and panel borders marbled endpapers. "Vocabulaire de la Langue des Miamis" on pp. 525-532. fine condition. cgc. T.P.L. 723. Gagnon I-3676. Clark II-69. Howes V-141. Not in Lande. Sabin 100692 mentions that there were two issues of this edition: our copy includes the "Vocabulaire" in the continuous pagination" in the other issue the "Vocabulaire" is paged separately. Constantin Francois de Chasseboeuf comte de Volney was a philosopher historian and politician. A member of the noble Boisgirais family of Anjou France he travelled extensively and wrote about his observations of the people and lands he visited. He spent time in Egypt Lebanon and Palestine "Voyage en Egypte et en Syrie " J 787 and later in Turkey and Russia "Considerations sur la guerre des T urcs et de la Russie " I 788. After the French Revolution he participated in the Estates-G‚n‚ral and Assembl‚e constituante. He later journeyed to the United States where he stayed for three years and came to know Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson translated twenty of twenty-four chapters of Volney's "Les Ruines" "Ruins of Empires " I802. Volney's "Tableau du climat" is his analysis of American politics and laws as well as the physical and cultural geography of the people he studied during his visit. "This work includes a description of the Niagara frontier and a review of French-Canadian enterprise on the Ohio and Mississippi. The author toured the United States 1795-1798 but did not apparently travel in Canada". TPL. Worldcat cites only Queen's Un Library Kingston. A Paris. chez Courcier, Imprimeur-Libraire, quai des Augustins, no. 71; Chez Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, Palais du Tribunat, Gall unknown
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18250007201Paris: Parmantier Libraire / Froment Libraire 1825. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo; xix 478 pages small ink spot in 3 final leaves contemporary full sprinkled leather gilt rules marbled endpapers corners edgeworn spine rebacked with original spine laid down. Lacking the first map but has the rear map with some hand coloring shows the winds and currents of North America from the Gulf to American Siberia - aka Alaska including the Gulf Stream <br/><br/>Count Volney spent 3 years touring in the U.S.A. including visiting with Jefferson at Monticello Chapters on Florida Fort Vincennes Les Indiens Ou Sauvagesxxxxxxsxcv - with a short Appendix of a vocabulary of the Miamis tribe on the Wabash. Niagara Falls Gulf of Mexico climate. Sabin 100692: there were two variants of the 1825 edition of which this has no half-title and a different setting of type; see Sowerby 4230; Howes V141; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Buck ILLINOIS 49 - "an extensive account of the French settlements on the Wabash and in the Illinois country". "Contains an account of an extended interview at Philadelphia in 1798 with Little Turtle and Captain William Wells - Milo M. Quaife." Remarkably this folding map also shows a mountain range running east-west across lower Canada above the Great Lakes titled Chaine des Monts Algonkin Parmantier, Libraire / Froment Libraire hardcover
1803264642Paris: Courcier and Dentu 1803. First edition. One folding plate one full-page folding map plate two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300 4; 301-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. Contemporary quarter calf. Rebacked preserving spine new endsheets. Very good. First edition. One folding plate one full-page folding map plate two folding plates. 8-page Miami vocabulary at end paged consecutively with the rest of the text. 1-300 4; 301-532 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 8 x 5 inches. "Volney was an educated Frenchman of some distinction and merit . . . When he came to America he was an experienced traveler and anticlericalist and an opponent of the philosophy of Rousseau. His departure from his native land was no doubt determined upon when the government he hoped to serve threw him in prison. . . This work is not a narrative of travel. The author described in some detail the geography of the United States noting topography soil climate winds and diseases" Clark. The plates herein are sophisticated and are as follows: Plate I shows the composition of the earth in the areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio and at Louisville Ohio; Plate III contains two views of the St. Lawrence River one showing the river stretching eastward from Lake Ontario the other showing a waterfall Niagara Falls; Plate II is a map of North America; and Plate IV is a large map measuring 25-1/4 x 18-1/4 inches of the United States East of the Mississippi by L Collin. Howes V141; Sabin 100692 ; Clark II:69; Field 2449; Monaghan 1472; Buck 49; Servier 776 Courcier and Dentu unknown
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185020511Cincinnati:: John D. Thorpe 1850. First edition. disbound. Vey nice. 8vo. John D. Thorpe, unknown
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