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Giacovazzi GuidoMareMagnum

Tre generazioni nel corno d'Africa. Saga di una famiglia pugliese del novecento.

SHAW, ThomasMareMagnum

Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant

large 4to [27.5 x 22 cm]; xviii, [ii, sub-title, contents], 513, [i, plate list] pp, 38 copper engraved plates, plans & maps (including 7 folding maps, folding plates), leaf of music, divisional half-titles, engraved head & tail pieces, text illus. later tan half calf, raised bands, gilt ruled, gilt title on red leather spine label, contemp marbled boards, lightly rubbed, bookplate of Peter Ward, slight foxing & offsetting from plates, sm chip to title corner, map with tear, near fine, nice binding. Cox i, p377. Pritzel 8649. Gay 391. Nissen. 3839 Casey Wood p566. Blackmer Sale 307: "His work is valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquities, geography & natural history he observed". Gibbon praised him and "his scrupulous fidelity was vindicated by James Bruce and by later African explorers. . . a noble example of typography" (D.N.B., vol 17, p 1384). "These Travels have been universally esteemed, not only for their accuracy and fidelity, but on account of the illustrations they contain of natural history, of the classic authors, and especially of the Scriptures." (Lowndes). A handsomely printed work, the best description of North Africa of the period. The author visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa, and provides much material on Tunis and Algeria. A section on Lebanon is included in the description of the Levant. More than 640 species of plants are described. There is also a list of the rarer plants of Barbary, Egypt and Arabia. The plates include natural history, botany, animals, antiquities. His geological views were enlightened for his time, while his conjectures on the subject of the pyramids have been fully confirmed by later investigators. This edition has more plates and includes the material in the supplement of 1756 that was not in the first edition of 1738. There is a section on plants, birds, animals, etc, he collected.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA1 079,28 €

SHAW, ThomasMareMagnum

Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant; [with] A Supplement to a Book Entitled Travels or Observations, &c. wherein Some Objections, lately made against it, are Fully Considered and Answered with Several Additional

folio [34.5 x 23 cm]; [viii], xv, [i], 442, [ii], 60, [viii] pp, 34 copper engraved plates, plans & maps (including 10 fldg maps, plates), leaf of engraved music, half-title & div half-titles, title in red & black, engraved head & tail pieces, text illus. contemporary full calf, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, joints cracked but firm, old wear to edges, bookplate of William Robertson, Advocate (relative of Scottish historian of same name, lightly foxed on 2 leaves, interior is crisp, fine. Cox i, p377. Pritzel 8649. Gay 391. Nissen. 3839 Casey Wood p566. Blackmer Sale 307: "His work is valuable for its accurate descriptions of antiquities, geography & natural history he observed". Gibbon praised him and 'his scrupulous fidelity was vindicated by James Bruce and by later African explorers. . . a noble example of typography' (D.N.B., vol 17, p 1384). Lowndes 2372: 'These Travels have been universally esteemed, not only for their accuracy and fidelity, but on account of the illustrations they contain of natural history, of the classic authors, and especially of the Scriptures.' A handsomely printed work, the best description of North Africa of the period. The author visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa, and provides much material on Tunis and Algeria. A section on Lebanon is included in the description of the Levant. More than 640 species of plants are described. There is also a list of the rarer plants of Barbary, Egypt and Arabia. The plates include natural history, botany, animals, antiquities. His geological views were enlightened for his time, while his conjectures on the subject of the pyramids have been fully confirmed by later investigators. There is a section on plants, birds, animals, etc, he collected. This is regarded as the best edition which includes the supplement published 6 years later and which contains his folding plate Lithostrotum Preaenestinum which is found in some historical reference works. Another folding plate in the supplement includes 6 images including 5 maps.

Horizon Books · Toronto ON, CA1 933,24 €

MARY H. KINGSLEYMareMagnum

TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA

Edizione del 1976 di questa opera di viaggio in Africa Occidentale di Mary Kingsley (1862-1900). Mary Kingsley fece due viaggi in Africa nel 1893 e 1894 per studiare le religioni primitive e raccogliere esemplari di storia naturale. Viaggiò attraverso paesi selvaggi, lontani da ogni forma di civilizzazione europea e fece importanti lavori di ricerca tra i fiumi Ogowe e Rembve. i suoi resoconti di viaggio sono pervasi da un profondo humour e divennero immediatamente dei best sellers. Nel 1900 morì a Simonstown dove stava facendo volontariato come infermiera durante la Guerra del Sud Africa. Per sua volontà venne sepolta al mare. Robinson p. 136-8. Middleton, Victorian lady travellers, pp. 149-176. Alcune planches fotografiche. In buone condizioni. Copertina in tela editoriale in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. sovracoperta assente. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 8. Dim. 25,5x15,5 cm. Pp. 276+(2) Edition of 1976 of this book of travel in West Africa by Mary Kingsley (1862-1900). Mary Kingsley spent her first thirty years at home taking care of her parents. She read most of her father's library and inherited his passion for travel. After the parent's death she made two travels in 1893 and 1894 to West Africa to study the primitive religions of the tribes and collect natural history specimens. She travelled through wild countries, away form civilisation and European influence, and she made important research work between the rivers Ogowe and Rembve. She did not dispute Britain's right to govern Africa but she warmly argued Britain's method of doing so and fought to the last of introducing intricate laws. Kingsley's two travel accounts written with a great sense of humour became immediate best sellers, both for their serious scientific content and their exuberant raciness. In 1900 she died at Simonstown where she had volunteered for nursing service in the South African War. She was buried at sea by her own wish. Robinson p. 136-8. Middleton, Victorian lady travellers, pp. 149-176. Some photographic plates. In good conditions. Editorial cloth cover in very good general conditions lightly worn in the extremities. Dustjacket lacks. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxing. In 8. Dim. 25,5x15,5 cm. Pp. 276+(2)

Libreria Sephora · Foligno, IT50,00 €

PARK MungoMareMagnum

TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1795, 1796, AND 1797. With an account of a subsequent mission to that Country in 1805. To which is added an account of the life of Mr. Park. A New Edition. (Unito a:) THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA IN THE YEAR 1805.... The second edition, revised and corrected, with additions.

In-8 gr. (mm 270x210), 2 volumi, p. pelle coeva con cornici dorate e a secco ai piatti, dorso a cordoni (in pelle moderna) con decoraz. e titolo oro, pp. XVIII,(2),458; XVII,(3),373. L’opera è molto ben illustrata f.t. da incisioni in rame, i.e.: 1 ritratto dell’A. in ovale, inciso da T. Dickinson su disegno di H. Edridge - 2 tavole di carattere botanico (Rhamnus Lotus - Shea, or the butter tree (karite’) - 3 di vedute (Ali’s tent at the Camp of Benowm - Kamalia - A bridge over the Ba-fing or Black River) - 1 tav. di musica notata (Song from Mr. Park’s Travels) e 4 grandi mappe, più volte ripieg., con i confini colorati a mano (The route of Mr. Mungo Park - Map of North Africa - Chart of variations - Map to illustrate the last mission into Africa). - Il volume 1° (in una nuova edizione pubblicata nel 1816) contiene la relazione dei “travels in 1795, 1796 and 1797. With an Appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa, by Major Rennell”. - Il volume 2° ("The Journal of a mission.."), in seconda edizione (la prima uscì separatamente nel mese di Marzo 1815), contiene “other documents, official and private, relating to the same mission. To which is prefixed an account of the life of Mr. Park”. Cfr. Gay,2788: “L’édition de 1816 et celle de 1817, renferment le journal qui s’est publié séparément sous le titre "The journal of a mission..", London, 1815. La relation de Mungo Park a été traduite dans presque toutes les langues européennes” - Brunet,IV, p. 375 - Printing and the Mind of Man,253. “L’esploratore scozzese Mungo Park (1771-1805) intraprese per conto della Società africana di Londra un viaggio di esplorazione nel bacino del Niger (1795), penetrando dalla Gambia nel Bondu e nella valle del Senegal e seguendo quindi il corso del Niger fino a Segu, nel Bambara. Il resoconto del viaggio ("Travels in the interior of Africa", 1799) lo rese popolare in Inghilterra. Ripartito alcuni anni dopo dalla Gambia (1805), Park raggiunse di nuovo il corso del Niger proponendosi di seguirlo fino alla foce, ma, mentre cercava con un battello di superare le rapide di Bussa, veniva attaccato e ucciso dagli indigeni insieme a tutti i suoi campagni. L’ardimento con cui penetrò in regioni difficili e ostili e il valore delle relazioni scritte fin poco prima della morte, fanno di lui uno dei maggiori esploratori moderni dell’Africa”. Così Diz. Treccani,IX, p. 61. Esemplare ben conservato.

Libreria Antiquaria Malavasi · Milano, IT1 900,00 €

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