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1849781881849 London, Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co, 1849, grand in 8° relié pleine percaline marron de l'éditeur, dos et plats ornés et dorés, 218 pages ; des rousseurs ; la dernière garde blanche manque ; petits frottis.
185121724New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A very handsome and tight copy. Very light occasional foxing. Former owner's inscription on first blank page.; Full decorative calf boards with blindstamped decoration and gilt linear design. Spine with five raised boards and gilt spine decoration. All edges gilt. Decorative dentelle binding. Numerous tissue guarded b&w illustrations from beautiful steel engravings. This is a travelogue from an extensive trip up the Nile river during the times when everybody in Europe started to show interest for Egypt. The pictures include typical scenes: A street in Cairo The Bazaar A Slave Boat at Girgeh Valley of the Tombs of the Kings The Hall of Beauty in the Tomb of Pharao Seti.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages . Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
18503166New-York/London, Putnam/Murray, 1850*. Gr. 8°. 12 Lithos, 34 Holzschn. i. T. TB, 256, 162, 36 S. (Anzeigen). Illustrierter Original Ganzleinen. (First edition ?)
188442996Washington, Government Printing Office, 1884. 8°. Mit 1 Porträt, 6 Karten u. 7 Tafeln. 164 SS. Br. mit Rückenfalz (guter Erhaltungszustand).
18784789New York, Scribner and Welford, 1878, 3 volumes, 15 X 23 cm., reliés. XXX-510 ; XII-515 ; XI-528 pages. A new edition, revised and corrected by Samuel Birch. Illustrée in et hors texte en noir et couleurs, certains planches dépliantes. Elégants demi-maroquins à coins et nerfs, tête dorée. Ex-libris de William Waldorf Astor. Mention manuscrite au crayon de bois faisant mention de l'achat de l'ouvrage par Jean (le mathématicien ?) et Renée Favard en 1947 à Londres. Feuillets et planches globalement propres et frais. Volume I : mors supérieur restauré, petites épidermures, manque dans coin inférieur page 503 sans absence de texte, et traces pages 504-505. Volume II : mors fendus en tête. Volume II et III : épidermures, coins et coupes émoussés. Néanmoins un bel ensemble.
187837074BBLondon, Murray, 1878. a new ed., rev. and corr. by Samuel Birch. 3 Bände. 8° 510/515/528 Seiten, mit hunderten Holzschnitten sowie Falttafeln. OLwd. Einband mit Goldpräg., leicht berieben und bestossen, Textbräunung.
19003712FBWestminster, Verlag Archibald Constable, 1900. 4°. 32 x 25,5 cm. 40 Seiten. 22 Tafeln. Original-Halbleinenband mit rot-schwarz gedrucktem Deckeltitel. [11 Warenabbildungen]
1898R103553Cambridge, University Press 1898 xiv + 297pp., in the series "Texts and Studies contributions to biblical and patristic literature" vol.VI no.1, 23cm., original softcover (spine reinforced), copy from the collection of the belgian byzantinist and hellenist prof. Justin Mossay (with stamp and ex-libris), text clean and bright and in good condition, R103553
1892183287London, Hutchinson & co., 1892. Mit 186 Illustrationen des Autors im Text und auf 28 Tafeln. XXXII, 341 S. Originalleinenband mit reicher Vergoldung; etwas bestoßen. [6 Warenabbildungen]
180260653London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol 1802. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Quarto 27cm. Contemporary sprinkled calf gold roll around outer perimeter of boards board edges tooled in blind titled in gilt on red leather spine label; plain endpapers; ivxxvi1951pp with postscript leaf paginated "188" inserted after p.188; 3 maps 2 folding with routes traced in color compiled by J. Rennell and engraved by J. Walker. Bookplate of John Bacon Lawrey Morritt Rokeby Park. Sound and clean mild rubbing to board edges spine leather dry and cracking internally with a few scatted spots of foxing one folding map with small tear at center fold but otherwise Very Good. Collated and complete. <br /> <br /> First English translation of Hornemann's travels previously published in German Weimar 1801. Hornemann a student at Göttingen was "engaged by the African Association in London with instructions to reach the River Niger by crossing the Sahara from Egypt." When Napoleon's army took Cairo Hornemann managed to gain Napoleon's patronage for his journey. He joined a caravan heading toward Marzuq and visited several oases before turning north to Tripoli. There he "sent despatches back to London" then joined a caravan heading south and disappeared. Later information suggested that he had successfully crossed the Sahara but died of dysentery just north of the Niger. HOWGEGO I H100. W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol unknown
18499341London, Moon, 1842 - 1849. 6 Bde. 3 Bll., 30 S., 21 Bll.; 23 Bll.; 2 S., 18 Bll.; 2 Bll., 8 S., 21 Bll.; 22 Bll.; 24 Bll. mit 120 Textabb. 3 Frontisp., 6 Titel, 1 Porträt, 118 Tafeln (alles in getönter bzw. farbig getönter Lithographie von Louis Hague), 2 Kupferkarten. Gr.-Fol. OHLdr. (restauriert, fleckig, Rücken mit ergänzten Fehlstellen).
18973267xbvkLondon, Williams and Norgate, 1897. XXVI, 259 pages. - Orig.-Leinen m. goldgepr. Rückentitel u. -Deckelwappen (etwas berieben) / Publisher's cloth w. gilt stamped title to spine and -coat of arms to front cover; 8vo.
1900229490Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane Fenwick & Wade ca. 1900. 1900. First edition. 8vo. 8 b/w figures. Original 1/2 light brown cloth over tan boards spine and upper cover with printed labels lower right corner is worn. Very good. 138 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane, Fenwick & Wade, ca. 1900]. hardcover books
1900229490Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane Fenwick & Wade ca. 1900. 1900. First edition. 8vo. 8 b/w figures. Original 1/2 light brown cloth over tan boards spine and upper cover with printed labels lower right corner is worn. Very good. 138 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane, Fenwick & Wade, ca. 1900]. hardcover
1873300066ABLondon, King, 1873. VI, 298pp. With 13 wood-engr. plates. Contemp. half calf with gilt stamped library crest to spine and front cover.
187334384ABLondon, Strahan and Trübner, 1873. VIII, 316pp. Orig. dec. cloth.
184915626BBParis, A. and W. Galignani and Co., Baudry's European Library, 1849. 2 Bl., 207 Seiten (zweispaltiger Druck). Halblederband der Zeit, Papierrückenschildchen., 15626bb Etwas berieben.
1866G61372Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott 1866 Complete in 4 volumes: 576 + 607 + 595 + 626pp., cart.cover (marbled plates, spines in leather with gilt decorations), marbled edges, marbled endpapers, 22cm., beautiful copy, ["Translated from the French From the latest London edition carefully revised and corrected"]
188416153Paris, Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1884 ; 2 tomes in-folio ; demi-chagrin à coins vert foncé, dos à nerf, titre doré ; (4), 468 ; (4), 512 pp. et en tout 44 planches hors-texte gravées sur acier dont 2 frontispices et 3 cartes en couleurs (dont 2 à doubles pages) et le plan de Jérusalem et plusieurs centaines d'illustrations gravées sur bois.
184626560London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 17.25" x 24" the captioned image is 13.25" x 21" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. An image of the interior of the Grand Portico at the Temple of Esna. Highly colored as printed and very atmospheric.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available views of Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
184726861London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1847. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 23" x 17.5" the captioned image is 19.25" x 13" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL TRAVEL AND COLOURPLATE BOOKS. This is an especially attractive plate showing one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. The temple is located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna after the chief god Horus-Apollo. The temple of Edfu is the largest temple dedicated to Horus.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt there are also views available of Tyre Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
1895476CBIglau, J. Rippl & Sohn (= Progr. Nr. 19), 1895. gr.8°, 19, 36 S., original Heft, Erstausgabe schöner alter Stempel der Lehrerbibliothek eines alteingesessenen Frankfurter Gymnasiums und hanschriftl. Notiz (1895. Oester. Progr. No. 19) auf Titelseite, sonst gute kaum altersspurige Broschur (Li1, Ordner26),
1829REIS0943Nürnberg, Verlegt von Haubenstricker und von Ebner 1828-1829. 9 Tle in 3 Bdn. 16°. Gest. Frontisp., 119 S. (1 Kupfertafel fehlt), 1 gef., gest. Karte, S. (121)-248, 1 gef., gest. Taf., S. (249)-376; 1 gef., gest. Taf., S. (377)-500, 1gef., gest. Taf., S. (501)-620, 1 gest. Kte, S. (621)-740; 1 gest. Kte, 112 S., 1 mehrf. gef., gest. Kte, S. (113-)238, 1 unbedr. Bl., 1 gest. Taf., S. (239-)365 S. Nette Pappbändchen d. Zeit, Rücken mit Zierlinien u. je e. Rückenschildchen in Goldprägung, Einbanddeckel marmoriert, berieben u. bestoßen. Seiten u. Tafeln meist wenig vergilbt u. fleckenlos, zuweilen mäßig stockfleckig, einige Blattecken schwach wasserrandig. Mit je e. Buchhändlerstempel (A. Amonesta Buchhandlung & Antiquariat Wien IV.) auf den Rückseiten d. Tafeln u. Titelblätter, teilw. auch auf Schlussblättern. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca, Suppl I,8f. Vgl. ADB 13,531f. - erster bis dritter Teil einer Kompilation von Reiseberichten Ägyptenreisender zugleich 8. 9. 11; 14. 27. 33 u. 35. 42. 64 Bändchen der 'Reiseberichte Taschen-Bibliothek der wichtigsten und interessantesten See- und Landreisen, von der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst bis auf unsere Zeiten'. Der auf vielen Gebieten interessierte Bibliothekar und Lokalhistoriker J. H. Jäck (1777-1847), in der Jugend Angehöriger des Zisterzienserordens, der selbst ausgedehnte Europareisen unternahm und beschrieb, sammelte und edierte u. a. die Berichte bekannter Weltreisender. [2 Warenabbildungen]
182910133ABNürnberg, Haubenstricker & von Ebner, 1829. 12°. 112 S. + Zwischentitel + S. 253 - 376. Priv. Hld. der Zeit., Abbildung
1894825341894 Paris, Dentu (Petite Collection Guillaume), 1894, petit in 12 étroit relié demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée, plat supérieur de couverture illustré conservé, 107 pages ; cachet-ex-libris sur la première garde blanche ; quelques rousseurs.