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2185.1aafXVIIIe, 18 x 25 cm 2 gravures coloriées ens. 1) Vue du Montmirail du Nord-Ouest. / 2) Vue du Montmirail du Levant 2 feuilles sous passepartout, 26 x 35 cm.
187915267Rom, Salviucci, 1879. (Text:) VI S., 1 Bl., 152 S. 1 Tafel. (Atlas:) 1 Bl. (Titel) und 12 teils gefalt. Tafeln. (Text:) Kl.-4°. OKart. (Rücken erneuert, etw. gebräunt, kl. Randläsuren, gestempelt); (Atlas:) Gr.-Fol. Lose in Kart.-Mappe des 20. Jahrhunderts mit aufgekl. vorderen OU (etw. gebräunt, kl. Läsuren). [4 Warenabbildungen]
1784120336Stuttgard. Bei Johann Christof Betulius, herzoglichen Antiquarius. 1784. Zweifarbig gedrucktes Titelblatt, (2 Seiten), 615 (recte 619) und 40 nicht nummerierte Seiten mit Register und 14 teils gefaltete Kupfertafeln mit zusammen 29 Abbildungen sowie schöner Holzschnittvignette auf Seite 1. Marmorierter Kart.-Einband der Zeit mit vergoldetem Rückenschild. (Einband an den Kanten etwas berieben. Teils mit Randanmerkungen u. Unterstreichungen. Papier vereinzelt etwas stockfleckig. Gutes Exemplar). 21x18 cm
First edition, 4to (310 x 250 mm), [12], 240pp., photographic frontispiece, photographic vignette to title page and an additional 22 mounted albumen photographs, 4 lithographed plans, front inner hinge a little tender, orig. publishers brick red pebbled cloth, blocked in gilt, some light wear, all edges gilt. Gernsheim, 545.
First Edition, 4to, viii,[i],[10]-111[i.e. 119],[1],ii,xviii,[4]pp., irregular pagination: 59*-60*, 75*-76* and 109*-111*, errata leaf pasted to verso of dedication leaf, one of 100 copies printed, signed by Peck on the title page, folded map frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, several engravings in the text, title printed in red and black, some light spotting, closed tear to U1, orig. boards, re-backed, uncut. A rare topographical work. William Peck, originally from Epworth in Lincolnshire, set up business as a Druggist in Bawtry from where he wrote his history.
First edition, 40pp. 3 vols., bound in one, 8vo (215 x 135 mm), some light dampstaining and browning, nineteenth-century half calf, marlbed boards, red morocco title label to spine. Provenance: Contemporary signature 'Rich. Booth, Basing' to title of each; bookplate and signature of James Wells.
8vo, x, [2], 59, [25]pp., large folding engraved plan, orig. boards, spine taped. A very scarce Norwich directory, Copac listing 3 copies (Leicester University, Oxford and Institute of Historical Research) giving various collations and tentative dates between 1801-83, ours conforms to the Leicester University copy.
Crown octavo. Pp. 332. Plus finely engraved folding map. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, vellum French corners, gilt lettered red morocco lettering-piece to spine, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Minor sporadic foxing, else in fine condition. ~ Second edition. From the private library of Jean Herbert with his bookplate. James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855). A dedicated traveller and a prolific writer, he wrote, among others, also "Travels In Palestine Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead" (1921); "Travels Among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine" (1925); "Travels in Mesopotamia" (1827); "Travels in Assyria Media and Persia" (1830).
Royal octavo. Pp. xx, 689, (2) publisher's catalogue. Plus double-page map and 2 plates. With 19 woodcut illustrations throughout the text; woodcut tail-piece. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full pictorial cloth by Hunter of Edinburgh, both sides as well as spine are illustrated and richly highlighted in gilt, original floral endpapers; spine-ends very slightly bumped with minor wear to corner-tips. In about fine condition. A lovely copy preserved entirely in the original state. ~ First edition. The Rev. Dixon resided in Japan for four years, occupying during that time the Professor of the English Language and Literature's chair in the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. He returned to Scotland in 1880 in order to study for the ministry, and wrote his impressions of Japan in "The Land of the Morning" in which he gives an interesting account of Japan and the Japanese. On March 4, 1882, shortly after the publication of the book, the reviewer of "The Spectator" wrote: "The judgments that the author passes on men and things, on national habits and customs, have all the appearance of reasonableness and impartiality. They lean to the favourable side, nor is this strange, considering the kindness and courtesy which the author almost uniformly met with, even in his remotest journeys. But there is nothing of blind partiality."
Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 489; 502. Appendices. Foot- and shoulder notes. Both half-titles present. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full red cloth, sunburst centrepiece with the motto "Heaven's Light Our Guide" stamped in gilt on each cover, spines richly decorated in gilt; spine ends worn, cracked inner hinges, wear to joints in places. Good set with clean, bright interior. ~ First edition. Scarce in the original publisher's binding. [Provenance:] from the private library of noted collector Joseph M. Gleason, with his handsome bookplate to each volume.
Octavo. Pp. 63. Plus handsome large folding map, lithographed on thick paper. Half-title present. Hardcover, bound in contemporary paper-covered boards, bit soiled, worn, gilt lettering to spine, spine ends strengthened with contemporary paper, dampmark to blank margin of first two leaves. Overall good, untrimmed copy. ~ First edition thus. Extrait des Annales Encyclopédiques, année 1817. Rare. Louis-Mathieu Langlès (1763-1824) was a French academic, philologist, linguist, and orientalist. He was a prolific writer and published extensively.
Octavo. Pp. 139. Plus 6 hand-coloured plates including frontispiece. Many monochromatic illustrations including full-page plates. Hardcover, bound in contemporary green three-quarters calf and marbled boards, richly gilt decorated spine, gilt-ruled sides, marbled endpapers, marbled edges; joints mended and endpapers partly adhered over inner hinges for support, bit stiff to open. Light foxing to frontispiece and title-page else a very good interior, perfectly clean, with all the plates bright and fresh. ~ First edition.
Two volumes in one. Crown quarto. Pp. 2 bibliography, xlv introduction, 73 Sanskrit original text; 302 translation, (4). Extended indices of Sanskrit and English names. Hardcover, bound in the original red quarter cloth and boards, bit weak at inner hinges, with the original dust-jacket, this edge worn. In a very good condition, excellent interior. ~ First edition. Publications of the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, Class C, No. 10.
ORD-9518Collection de vues pittoresques avec texte historique-topographique. Traduit de l'allemand par J. T. Thévenot. Tome 2°. La Suisse septentrionale. Darmstadt. Langé. 1864. (la page en frontispice indique 1870). Gd in-8 (175 x 250mm) dos chagrin rouge un peu râpé, 303pp., frontispice et 42 gravures h.-t. Nombreuses rousseurs.
Octavo. pp. vi, (ii), 438. Hardcover, bound in handsome contemporary marbled boards, gilt decoration to spine, orange lettering-piece lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges dyed green, corner-tips bit rubbed. In fine condition. A lovely copy. ~ First and only German edition. Translated from the English "Memoirs of India" (1824) by F. Ludwig Rhode. See Block: "The English Novel 1740-1850"; Garside, Raven and Schowerling: "The English Novel 1770-1829". Robert Grenville Wallace (1786-1851). Uncommon. KVK locates only 2 copies in Germany (Union Catalogs Northern- and Southwest Germany). Only three other copies are located in European libraries (French Union Catalog; Austrian National Library; Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark).
1770AUST2533Wien, Joseph Kurzböck 1769-1770. Front.-Portr., Tit., 5 Bll., 428 S; Tit., 327(1) S. u. Tit., 1 Bl., 222(4) (recte 240) S., 177(7) S. (,Beschreibung der Häuser in der Stadt Wien'), 8 Bll. (Subskribenten-Liste). Mit 1 gest. Portr. des Verfassers als Front. (Mansfeld fec.), 1 mehrf. gef. Plan (,Die Stadt Wien nach ihren Vierteln eingetheilet') u. einigen Holzschnitt-Vignetten Marmorierte Lederbände d. Zt. mit 2 RüSch. u. reicher Rückenvergoldung, Ecken u. Kapitale stärker berieben u. mit Wurmspuren. Im Text frisch, nur vereinzelt gering stockfleckig. Der Faltplan von Wien (34 x 49 cm) in sehr guter Erhaltung. Mayer 462; Eckl III,238; Gugitz III,12024; Wurzbach LIV,79 ff. Seltenes u. gesuchtes Werk, hier mit dem häufig fehlenden, mit eigenständigem Titel erschienenen 3. Band über Wien (,Beschreibung der k.k. Haupt und Residenzstade (sic!) Wien'). Die beiden ersten Bänden enthalten ein alphabetisches Ortsverzeichnis. War seiner Zeit "mustergiltig und einzig in seiner Art...und die verlässlichste Quelle für Alle..., die sich über die Topographie Niederösterreichs unterrichten wollten..." (Wurzb.). Der aus Sachsen stammende Verfasser Friedrich Wilhelm Weiskern (1711-1768) war in Wien erfolgreich als Schauspieler und Bühnenschriftsteller tätig. Das vorliegende Werk, an dem er "Jahre lang mit unermüdlichem Fleiße gearbeitet hatte", gab nach dessen Tod seine Witwe Pauline heraus.
Crown quarto. Pp. viii, xxviii, 260. Table. Indices. Hardcover, bound in full blue grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly discoloured. In about fine condition. ~ First edition. Alexander Wylie (1815-1887).
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous plates in monochrome and very large folding map; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a waterways classic, first published in 1950.
2 vols., in 3, 8vo., First Edition, with titles in red and black, plates and 6 folding maps (a number coloured in outline); original green pebble-grain cloth, bboards framed in black, upper boards individually blocked and captioned in gilt, gilt backs, chocolate endpapers, uncut, hinges slightly loose (but bindings wholly sound), very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean set. WITH THE FINE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF EDWARD CROPPER OF SWAYLANDS ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN OF FIRST VOLUME. Edward Cropper (1799-1877), director of British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company; sometime JP and Magistrate in the County of Kent. A bright copy with relevant and direct local provenance. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Anderson, p.150; Bennett, p.359.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 59 plates and illustrations (one in colour) and 3 folding maps in pocket at end; original ivory holland, backstrip with paper label, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and very numerous illustrations and facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled and in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, original wrappers (soiled) preserved, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SCARCE
8vo., Index of 68pp facing large folding coloured map mounted on linen, measuring 30 x 44 ins (approx. 76 x 112 cms) folding in 36 panels to 7.5 x 5.5 ins (19 x 14 cms); the whole housed in publisher's red cloth wallet, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt with black retaining band (stretched through use and somewhat loose), a very good, bright, clean copty The map (scale: 4 inches to 1 mile) extends to Hampstead and Hackney in the north, Bromley and Greenwich in the east, Kennington and Walham Green in the south, and Brondesbury and Kensal Green in the west. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
176037991Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1760. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning og skindtitel, Kanter og hjørner noget slidte. (32),511 pp. samt alle 14 kobberstukne plancher. hvoraf en del er udfoldelige. En plamche reparert for revne. På skrivepapir, med brugsspor og nogle blade med en skjold i marginer.