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in-8° pic., pp. 198 con 32 illustrazioni f.t. Bross. edit. con sovrac. figurata. Piccolo strappo sulla prima carta d'indice rinforzato con nastro adesivo.
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Mm 145x225 Edizione a cura di Giancarlo Tartaglia, prefazione di Piero Craveri. Brossura editoriale di 417 pagine, 3 tavole fuori testo. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
DUBLIN, W.W. Watson,Whitestone,Slater, Etc...... - 1777 - Edition Originale - Complète en 3 volumes In-8 - Reliure plein veau de l'époque (frottée, coiffes usées, mors fragilisés) - Dos lisse, Titre doré- T. I) 1 gravure, VI-307 pages - T. II 439 pages - T. III) 440 pages - salissures en pages de garde, Sinon très frais intérieurement Membre du parti des Whigs, Lord Stanhope, comme il est appelé avant la disparition du Comte de Chesterfield, son père, en 1726, étudie à l'Université de Cambridge et réalise ce qu'on appelle à l'époque un Grand Tour, voyage de découverte sur le continent. La mort de la reine Anne et l'avènement de George I le font rentrer au pays et lui ouvrent sa carrière politique, assisté par son influent parent, James Stanhope. Lord Chesterfield fut un homme considérable sous les règnes de George Ier (1714-1727) et de George II (1727-1760). À peine majeur, peu après la mort de la reine Anne, le voici membre du Parlement, whig déterminé. Il devient l'ami des grands du monde littéraire, Pope, Swift, Addison, Arbuthnot, et avec eux contribue à donner du prestige à l'essai politique et littéraire qui est une des gloires modestes de l'Angleterre de son époque. À la mort de son père (1726), il lui succède dans le titre, et siège à la Chambre des lords. L'avancement ne lui fut pas difficile. Cultivé, courtois, de bonnes mœurs, excellent orateur (ses discours à la Chambre des lords sont très remarqués), après avoir été ambassadeur à La Haye (1728-1732), il devint ministre dans le cabinet Pelham (1745) (ministère de conciliation, où les whigs laissèrent quelques places aux tories) et il occupa un temps le poste difficile de lord-lieutenant d'Irlande, où il pratiqua une politique d'apaisement. Une fâcheuse aventure sentimentale, son amitié avec Mrs. Howard, la future comtesse de Suffolk, maîtresse du prince de Galles, lui valut plus tard l'hostilité de la reine Caroline, et lord Chesterfield ne put jamais atteindre les sommets de la vie politique. Cependant il fut encore secrétaire d'État dans le ministère Newcastle (1746-1748), et fit, en 1751, adopter le calendrier grégorien, que son pays avait jusqu'alors ignoré. Il mit en quelque sorte l'Angleterre à l'heure de l'Europe. Et puis, comme Candide, en parfait gentleman, il se retira pour cultiver son jardin. Aimable jusqu'à sa dernière heure, on raconte que ses derniers mots furent : « Donnez une chaise à Dayrolles », un ami venu lui rendre visite à son lit de mort. Il eut la carrière exemplaire d'un aristocrate anglais du siècle des Lumières, ami des arts et des lettres, qui se tenait loin des excès et faisait confiance à la raison et au cœur.
Title: "Mufumbiro": The Birunga Volcanoes of Kigezi-Ruanda-Kivu. Author: J. E. T. Philipps Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1923. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: Featuring a firsthand sighting of the now critically endangered mountain gorilla of Rwanda, fascinating observations of isolated tribes and in particular their religious customs, vivid descriptions of little-travelled mountain regions, and commentary on volcanic eruptions, British commissioner of the Kigezi district of Uganda, Captain Philipps recounts an expedition to the Virunga Mountains which he made in 1919. Also pertaining to the various indigenous tribes, he describes native homesteads enclosed in euphorbia fences at the foot of the mushroom like craters in the lava plains of lakes Buleru-Ruhondo, inhabitants of the sub-district of Mlera, the system for cattle quarantine on a northern islet of lake Bunyoni, and so forth. Some local vocabulary is translated. Some of the wild game of the Birunga range, described herein, includes the now highly endangered gorilla, the lion, the buffalo, the hippopotamus, and the profusely hunted red Duiker antelope. The most comprehensive view of the volcanoes, Philipps states, was from a small hill where the Belgian post of Ruchuru was situated, however the most impressive view was in the British district of Kigezi, from the lip of the Behungi ridge. His account imparts much geographical detail on the volcanic wonders lying in Kigezi, as well as hot springs, and the Kigezi caves near Muhavura, Ruanda, and Kivu. As a colonial administrator, naturally, he further assesses the political boundaries within. Interesting to note, this account was published four years after his journey, and only a few months before the League of Nations granted Belgium the right to govern Rwanda, on 31 August 1923. Philipps wrote a 'classified' report in 1919 in which he described the secret societies of Africa and the Nyabingi practice. 8vo. 26 pages including in-text sketch maps, plus additional photographic plates for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. [The University of Massachusetts Amherst holds letters written by Philipps in respect to his colonial administration in Uganda and Rwanda.] Excerpt from the text: "The Ruanda language, probably the most difficult of the Bantu tongues, is not spoken outside the Urundi-Ruanda plateau. Incidentally there does not exist even now any Enlgish-KinyaRuanda interpreter, black or white. There is little communication between the plateau and the lowlands... Arab slavers and alien raiders equally failed to penetrate this realm..." "The only road from British territory thus climbs the Behungi hill through bamboo forests..." "According to native tradition, almost unanimous among the three tribes at the western end of the range, major eruptions in the Birunga occur at a cycle of eight years... two violent explosions... in November 1920, when a part of the southern wall of the Kwerunga crater was blown out..." "Regarding gorillas: In March 1919, when about the 13,000-feet level on Mount Muhavura... I saw emerge from a thicket of hagenia trees and lobelia... two large hairy heads... The chest... black and bare... enormous apes. over six feet in height, and of enormous girth... standing fairly erect... they prepared to descend over a short cliff. At the edge the male appeared to assist the female with his arm... No knowledge then existed as to the presence of gorilla in British territory... the Duke of Mecklenburg's expedition in 1905 failed to obtain confirmation of the presence of gorilla in the Birunga [Virunga] range... I am inclined to think that this is at present the only district within the Empire where gorilla are known to exist..." "The Sultan of Ruanda is in a sense a personification of the deit Imana... The spirit of man is believed to remain dormant and inoperative until after death... The pontiff is the Liangombe, apotheosized hero-kin, protector of mankind against malevolent spirits... " "The BaChigga tribesmen of Kigezi and Ruanda... at their harvest-home... indulge in wild drinking orgies, often lasting three or four nights and days and accompanied by a species of Dionysiac rites. Murders at this point are frequent..." End Excerpt. The Mufumbiro volcanoes consist of a chain of imposing cones that rise out of the lava plain of the western rift in the extreme south-west of Uganda. The mountain range is made up of volcanic highlands over 1,500 meters, which was often referred to as "the Roof of Africa", and where some of the ultimate sources of the Congo and the Nile were found.
(Codice CV/3130) In 8º 304 pp. Atti del XIV Convegno Distrettuale. Con varie illustrazioni e ifoto a colori. Brossura editoriale, ottimo stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
8vo; 1st edition. Original paper wrappers, 21 pages ; 23 cm. Singerman Nr. 4396.Martin Morris (December 3, 1834 September 12, 1909) was an American lawyer and federal judge. In 1863, he began the practice of law in Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1867 moved to Washington to enter into partnership with Richard T. Merrick. He continued a member of the firm Merrick and Morris until the death of Merrick (1885), when he formed a partnership with George E. Hamilton, and continued actively to practice his profession, being connected with important litigation both in the local courts and in the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Grover Cleveland an associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upon the establishment of that Court in 1893. OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide. Light vertical crease, light toning, Very Good Condition. (KH-8-41)
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126 pages. Text in Dutch. Met 180 Afbeeldingen. 2E Herziene Druk. Small bookseller's sticker upon front endpaper else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Above average wear to boards with small tear at base of spine. Front board remains attractive with gilt border, lettering and emblem. Book
Gute, stabile Exemplare; Einbände stw. etwas berieben u. leicht beschabt; stw. hs. Besitzvermerk; Seiten minimal nachgedunkelt. - 3 BÄNDE / schöne Exemplare mit Kopfgoldschnitt. - Englisch. - (The Rise of the Dutch Republic. 3 Bände. 1856). - John Lothrop Motley (* 15. April 1814 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, heute ein Teil Bostons; † 29. Mai 1877 in Frampton Court, Dorset, England) war ein amerikanischer Diplomat und Historiker. ... Er schrieb zwei historische Romane über den englischen Abenteurer Thomas Morton, die er anonym veröffentlichte. Der Roman Morton's Hope enthält autobiographische Elemente und beschreibt in der Figur des Otto von Rabenmark Bismarck als eine nach außen rauflustige, nach innen aber sensible Persönlichkeit. Bald konzentrierte er sich aber vor allem auf das Studium der Geschichte der Niederlande. 1851 bis 1855 forschte er vor allem in Dresden, Brüssel und Den Haag, um Material zusammenzutragen. Die monumentalen Werke, die aus dieser Quellenarbeit hervorgingen, sind geprägt von unverhohlenem Antikatholizismus und der daraus folgenden Begeisterung für den Befreiungskampf der protestantischen Niederlande gegen Spanien. Die vier Bände von The Rise of the Dutch Republic wurden unter anderem auch ins Deutsche übersetzt und galten lange Zeit als Standardwerk. Wenn es auch für die Geschichtswissenschaft an Relevanz verloren hat, so ist Motleys Werk bis heute für seine stilistische Virtuosität und erzählerische Kraft bekannt. Daher findet es auch häufig Aufnahme in Werken zur Literaturgeschichte der USA . … Motleys diplomatische Karriere begann 1841, als er für einige Monate der amerikanischen Delegation in St. Petersburg angehörte. … (wiki) // THE rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. Without the birth of this great commonwealth, the various historical phenomena of the sixteenth and following centuries must have either not existed, or have presented themselves under essential modifications. Itself an organized protest against ecclesiastical tyranny and universal empire, the Republic guarded with sagacity, at many critical periods in the world's history, that balance of power which, among civilized states, ought always to be identical with the scales of divine justice. The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty. It is a consolation to those who have hope in humanity to watch, under the reign of his successor, the gradual but triumphant resurrection of the spirit over which the sepulchre had so long been sealed. From the handbreadth of territory called the province of Holland rises a power which wages eighty years' warfare with the most potent empire upon earth, and which, during the progress of the struggle, becoming itself a mighty state, and binding about its own slender form a zone of the richest possessions of earth, from pole to tropic, finally dictates its decrees to the empire of Charles. So much is each individual state but a member of one great international commonwealth, and so close is the relationship between the whole human family, that it is impossible for a nation, even while struggling for itself, not to acquire something for all mankind. The maintenance of the right by the little provinces of Holland and Zealand in the sixteenth, by Holland and England united in the seventeenth, and by the United States of America in the eighteenth centuries, forms but a single chapter in the great volume of human fate ; for the so-called revolutions of Holland, England, and America, are all links of one chain. To the Dutch Republic, even more than to Florence at an earlier day, is the world indebted for practical instruction in that great science of political equilibrium which which must always become more and more important as the various states of the civilized world are pressed more closely together, and as the struggle for pre-eminence becomes more feverish and fatal. Courage and skill in political and military combinations enabled William the Silent to overcome the most powerful and unscrupulous monarch of his age. ... (Vorwort)
Gute, stabile Exemplare; Einbände stw. berieben u. gering beschabt; Seiten minimal nachgedunkelt. - 4 BÄNDE. - Englisch. - (History of the United Netherlands. 4 Bände. 1860–1867). - John Lothrop Motley (* 15. April 1814 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, heute ein Teil Bostons; † 29. Mai 1877 in Frampton Court, Dorset, England) war ein amerikanischer Diplomat und Historiker. ... Er schrieb zwei historische Romane über den englischen Abenteurer Thomas Morton, die er anonym veröffentlichte. Der Roman Morton's Hope enthält autobiographische Elemente und beschreibt in der Figur des Otto von Rabenmark Bismarck als eine nach außen rauflustige, nach innen aber sensible Persönlichkeit. Bald konzentrierte er sich aber vor allem auf das Studium der Geschichte der Niederlande. 1851 bis 1855 forschte er vor allem in Dresden, Brüssel und Den Haag, um Material zusammenzutragen. Die monumentalen Werke, die aus dieser Quellenarbeit hervorgingen, sind geprägt von unverhohlenem Antikatholizismus und der daraus folgenden Begeisterung für den Befreiungskampf der protestantischen Niederlande gegen Spanien. Die vier Bände von The Rise of the Dutch Republic wurden unter anderem auch ins Deutsche übersetzt und galten lange Zeit als Standardwerk. Wenn es auch für die Geschichtswissenschaft an Relevanz verloren hat, so ist Motleys Werk bis heute für seine stilistische Virtuosität und erzählerische Kraft bekannt. Daher findet es auch häufig Aufnahme in Werken zur Literaturgeschichte der USA . ... (wiki) // THE indulgence with which the History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic was received has encouraged me to prosecute my task with renewed industry. A single word seems necessary to explain the somewhat increased proportions which the present work has assumed over the original design. The intimate connection which was formed between the Kingdom of England and the Republic of Holland, immediately after the death of William the Silent, rendered the history and the fate of the two commonwealths for a season almost identical. The years of anxiety and suspense during which the great Spanish project for subjugating England and reconquering the Netherlands, by the same invasion, was slowly matured, were of deepest import for the future destiny of those two countries and for the cause of national liberty. The deep-laid conspiracy of Spain and Rome against human rights deserves to be patiently examined, for it is one of the great lessons of history. The crisis was long and doubtful, and the health ---- perhaps the existence ---- of England and Holland, and, with them, of a great part of Christendom, was on the issue. History has few so fruitful examples of the dangers which come from superstition and despotism, and the blessings which flow from the maintenance of religious and political freedom, as those afforded by the struggle between England and Holland on the one side, and Spain and Rome on the other, during the epoch which I have attempted to describe. It is for this reason that I have thought it necessary to reveal, as minutely as possible, the secret details of this conspiracy of king and priest against the people, and to show how it was baffled at last by the strong self-helping energy of two free nations combined. The period occupied by these two volumes is therefore a short one, when counted by years, for it begins in 1584 and ends with the commencement of 1590. When estimated by the significance of events and their results for future ages, it will perhaps be deemed worthy of the close examination which it has received. With the year 1588 the crisis was past; England was safe, and the new Dutch commonwealth was thoroughly organized. It is my design, in two additional volumes, which, Avith the two now published, will complete the present work, to carry the history of the Republic down to the Synod of Dort. After this epoch the Thirty Tears' War broke out in Germany; and it is my wish, at a future day, to retrace the history of that eventful struggle, and to combine with it the civil and military events in Holland, down to the epoch when the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Tears' War of the Netherlands were both brought to a close by the Peace of Westphalia. … (Vorwort) / INHALT (Auszug): … Position and Character of Farnese ---- Preparations for Antwerp Siege ---- Its Characteristics ---- Foresight of William the Silent ---- Sainte Aldegonde, the Burgomaster ---- Anarchy in Antwerp ---- Character of Sainte Aldegonde ---- Admiral Treslong ---- Justinus de Nassau ---- Hohenlo ---- Opposition to the Plan of Orange ---- Liefkenshoek ---- Head-Quarters of Parma at ELalloo ---- Difficulty of supplying the City ---- Results of not piercing the Dykes ---- Preliminaries of the Siege ---- Successes of the Spaniards ---- Energy of Farnese with Sword and Pen ---- His Correspondence with the Antwerpers ---- Progress of the Bridge ---- Impoverished Condition of Parma ---- Patriots attempt Bois-lo-Euo ---- Their Misconduct ---- Failure of the Enterprise ---- The Scheldt Bridge completed ---- Description of the Structure ---- Position of Alexander and his Army ---- La Motte attempts in vain Ostend ---- Patriots gain Liefkenshoek ---- Projects of Gianibelli ---- Alarm on the Bridge ---- The Fire-Ships ---- The Explosion ---- Its Results ---- Death of the Viscount of Ghent ---- Perpetual Anxiety of Farnese ---- Impoverished State of the Spaniards / (u.v.v.a.m.)
Gute, akzeptable Exemplare / 5 BÄNDE; die Einbände stw. berieben u. beschabt; Innengelenke tls. gelockert; Seiten gering nachgedunkelt u. stw. leicht fleckig; stw. kl. Bleistift-Anstreichungen; Gebrauchs- und Lagerspuren. - Alle 5 Bände in Frakturschrift. - Stephanie von Baden (gewidmet). - Band I: Das 18te Jahrhundert bis zum Belgrader Frieden / Band II: Bis zum allgemeinen Frieden um 1763 / Band III: bis 1788 - Erste Abtheilung bis auf die Capitulation von Yorktown / Band IV: bis 1788 - Zweithe Abtheilung. Vom Anfange des Seekriegs in Europa um 1778 bis zum Mai 1788 / Band V: bis 1797. Umarbeitung des 1823 erschienenen zweiten Theils der Uebersicht. // ... Der Verf. hatte nämlich Jahre lang über die ganze Cultur- und Literaturgeschichte, ältere, mittlere, neuere, Vorlesungen gehalten, und war, nachdem er Vorlesungen über die alte Culturgeschichte herausgegeben hatte, oft ersucht worden, auch die andern drucken zu lassen; er weiß aber zu gut, daß es etwas ganz anderes ist, Vorlesungen über eine Materie zu halten, und etwas ganz anderes, ein Buch darüber zu schreiben. Bei dem achtzehnten Jahrhundert mußte er eine Ausnahme machen, wenn sein Buch nicht unvollkommen bleiben sollte; er hat daher durch die Form den Schein der Anmaßung zu entfernen gesucht. Man wird eine leichtere, vertraulichere, mehr gemüthliche Sprache im zweiten Abschnitt finden, weil der Verf. einige Scheu hat, über so viele Männer und Bücher und Meinungen abzusprechen; er hofft indessen, daß, wenn er auch ... sich gehen läßt, er doch nicht nachlässig wird oder sich vergißt. ... (Vorwort / Band I) // INHALT / Kapitel (in Auswahl): Allgemeine Bemerkungen über die politische Lage der verschiedenen Staaten von Europa beim Anfange des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts; Zustand der Literatur in England und Frankreich am Ende des siebenzehnten Jahrhunderts; Vom Anfange des (18.) Jahrhunderts bis auf den österreichischen Successionskrieg; Geschichte der Staatsveränderungen, des bürgerlichen und häuslichen Lebens; Spanischer Successionskrieg; Ursache, Verhältnisse der Hauptmächte, die ihn führten, Oesterreich, Spanien, Frankreich, England, die Niederlande; Der spanische Sucessionskrieg; Nordischer Krieg, Gründung der russischen Militärmacht in Europa; Von der Errichtung des neuen russischen Kaiserthums und vom Anfange seines Uebergewichts über die nordischen Staaten ...; Geschichte der Hauptveränderungen in der Ansicht und der Beurtheilung der menschlichen Verhältnisse in den gebildeten Kreisen in der ersten Hälfte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts; Entstehung und Fortgang der Aufklärung in der Religion. Gegner und Spötter der herrschenden Lehre. Shaftsbury und einige Deisten; Arbuthnot, Pope, Swift, Addison, Steele, englische Journale; Literarische Cultur und geistiges Leben der Franzosen oder vielmehr Bildung der höheren Classen von Europa von 1715 bis etwas über die Hälfte des Jahrhunderts hinaus ... / von den Unruhen wegen der cours plenieres und der grands baillages um 1788 bis zum 12. Juli 1789; Das nonarchische Europa bis auf den französischen Revolutionskrieg; Europäischer Krieg und innere Geschichte Frankreichs vom Sept. 1792 bis auf den Waffenstillstand von Udine 1797 ... (u.v.v.a.m.)
XII, 864 + 444 + 583 + 269 Seiten. Orig.-Broschur (unaufgeschnitten). *Die Oberösterreichen Weistümer sind hier komplett in allen vier Teilen. 1978 erschien noch ein Registerband, der hier nicht vorliegt. Teil I als Reprint (war bereits 1939 erschienen), die anderen Bände erschienen ab 1956. Bücher de
Tavola tratta dalla Cosmographiae Universalis, edizione in latino, Basilea, metà del XVI secolo.La Cosmographiae Universalis di Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), stampata per la prima volta Basilea nel 1544 dall’editore Heinrich Petri, venne più volte aggiornata e aumentata di nuove carte geografiche e rappresentazioni urbane nelle sue numerose edizioni che arrivano all’inizio del secolo successivo. Münster aveva lavorato a raccogliere informazioni al fine di ottenere un'opera che non deludesse le aspettative e, dopo un'ulteriore pubblicazione in tedesco abbellita da 910 stampe su legno, giunse nel 1550 all'edizione definitiva in latino, illustrata da 970 silografie. Vi furono poi numerose edizioni in diverse lingue, fra cui latino, francese, italiano, inglese e ceco. Dopo la sua morte di Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri prima, e il figlio Sebastian poi, continuarono la pubblicazione dell’opera. La Cosmographia universalis fu uno dei libri più popolari e di successo del XVI secolo, e vide ben 24 edizioni in 100 anni: l'ultima edizione tedesca venne pubblicata nel 1628, molto tempo dopo la morte dell'autore. La Cosmographia conteneva non solo le ultime mappe e vedute di tutte le città più famose, ma anche una serie di notizie enciclopediche di dettagli relative al mondo conosciuto, e sconosciuto. Il particolare successo anche commerciale di quest'opera fu dovuto in parte alle belle incisioni (tra i cui autori si possono citate Hans Holbein il Giovane, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Silografia, in buone condizioni. Plate taken from the Cosmographiae Universalis, Latin edition, Basel, second half of the 16th Century. The Cosmographiae Universalis of Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), printed for the first time in Basel in 1544 by the publisher Heinrich Petri, was updated several times and increased with new maps and urban representations in its many editions until the beginning of the next century. Münster had worked to collect information in order to obtain a work that did not disappoint expectations and, after a further publication in German embellished with 910 woodblock prints, arrived in 1550 to the final edition in Latin, illustrated by 970 woodcuts. There were then numerous editions in different languages, including Latin, French, Italian, English and Czech. After his death in Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri first, and then his son Sebastian, continued the publication of the work. The Cosmographia universalis was one of the most popular and successful books of the 16th century, and saw as many as 24 editions in 100 years: the last German edition was published in 1628, long after the author's death. The Cosmographia contained not only the latest maps and views of all the most famous cities, but also a series of encyclopedic details related to the known, and unknown, world. The particular commercial success of this work was due in part to the beautiful engravings (among whose authors can be mentioned Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Woodcut, in good condition.
Features: A century of service for the Governor General's Foot Guards; Canadians at AFCENT - with NATO's Allied Forces Central Europe HQ in the Netherlands; Trades Training at CFB Borden; Profile of a Military Musician - Sgt. Pat Stapleton and his tuba; HMCS Iroquois; CPO Bob Hewens of Naval Reserve's HMCS Carleton retires. White Ensign Four Stackers - DD252, HMCS Niagara, USS MacKenzie/HMCS Annapolis. Quality copy. Book
Carta geografica tratta dal celebre "Teatro del cielo e della terra. Di Gioseppe Rosaccio nel quale si discorre breuemente. Del centro, e doue sia del terremoto, e sue cause. De' fiumi, e loro proprietà, de' metalli, e loro origine, del mondo, e le sue parti. Dell'acqua, e sua salsedine" edito a Venezia per la prima volta nel 1595. La carta è caratterizzata dal fatto di essere stampata da due matrici lignee, e quindi poi unita. La matrice viene usata per illustrare altre due opere del Rosaccio, il "Le sei età del Mondo" e il "Mondo e sue parti", editi tra Treviso, Bologna, Firenze, Verona, Venezia e Viterbo tra il 1594 e il 1668. Solo l'ultima edizione, quella di Bologna del 1688, ha le tavole realizzate ex novo, in una sola matrice. Xilografia, applicata su antico supporto, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Non comune. Charming wood block map of by the Italian XVIth and XVIIth century writer, humanist and cartographer Giuseppe Rosaccio. Taken from one of the editions of "Teatro del cielo e della terra" and also insert in "Le sei età del Mondo" or "Il Mondo e sue parti", works by Rosaccio himself. The book was very popular and many edition where printed in Treviso, Bologna, Florence, Verona, Venice, Viterbo from 1594 and 1688. The maps are printed from two wood block except the last edition of 1688. Woodcut, laid down on antique mounting, in very good conditions.
Tavola tratta dalla Cosmographiae Universalis, edizione in tedesco, Basilea, seconda metà del XVI secolo.La Cosmographiae Universalis di Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), stampata per la prima volta Basilea nel 1544 dall’editore Heinrich Petri, venne più volte aggiornata e aumentata di nuove carte geografiche e rappresentazioni urbane nelle sue numerose edizioni che arrivano all’inizio del secolo successivo. Münster aveva lavorato a raccogliere informazioni al fine di ottenere un'opera che non deludesse le aspettative e, dopo un'ulteriore pubblicazione in tedesco abbellita da 910 stampe su legno, giunse nel 1550 all'edizione definitiva in latino, illustrata da 970 silografie. Vi furono poi numerose edizioni in diverse lingue, fra cui latino, francese, italiano, inglese e ceco. Dopo la sua morte di Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri prima, e il figlio Sebastian poi, continuarono la pubblicazione dell’opera. La Cosmographia universalis fu uno dei libri più popolari e di successo del XVI secolo, e vide ben 24 edizioni in 100 anni: l'ultima edizione tedesca venne pubblicata nel 1628, molto tempo dopo la morte dell'autore. La Cosmographia conteneva non solo le ultime mappe e vedute di tutte le città più famose, ma anche una serie di notizie enciclopediche di dettagli relative al mondo conosciuto, e sconosciuto. Il particolare successo anche commerciale di quest'opera fu dovuto in parte alle belle incisioni (tra i cui autori si possono citate Hans Holbein il Giovane, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Silografia, bella coloritura a mano, in buone condizioni. Plate taken from the Cosmographiae Universalis, German edition, Basel, second half of the 16th Century. The Cosmographiae Universalis of Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), printed for the first time in Basel in 1544 by the publisher Heinrich Petri, was updated several times and increased with new maps and urban representations in its many editions until the beginning of the next century. Münster had worked to collect information in order to obtain a work that did not disappoint expectations and, after a further publication in German embellished with 910 woodblock prints, arrived in 1550 to the final edition in Latin, illustrated by 970 woodcuts. There were then numerous editions in different languages, including Latin, French, Italian, English and Czech. After his death in Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri first, and then his son Sebastian, continued the publication of the work. The Cosmographia universalis was one of the most popular and successful books of the 16th century, and saw as many as 24 editions in 100 years: the last German edition was published in 1628, long after the author's death. The Cosmographia contained not only the latest maps and views of all the most famous cities, but also a series of encyclopedic details related to the known, and unknown, world. The particular commercial success of this work was due in part to the beautiful engravings (among whose authors can be mentioned Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Woodcut, beautiful hand-coloring, in good condition.
Carta geografica tratta dal celebre "Teatro del cielo e della terra. Di Gioseppe Rosaccio nel quale si discorre breuemente. Del centro, e doue sia del terremoto, e sue cause. De' fiumi, e loro proprietà, de' metalli, e loro origine, del mondo, e le sue parti. Dell'acqua, e sua salsedine" edito a Venezia per la prima volta nel 1595. La carta è caratterizzata dal fatto di essere stampata da due matrici lignee, e quindi poi unita. La matrice viene usata per illustrare altre due opere del Rosaccio, il "Le sei età del Mondo" e il "Mondo e sue parti", editi tra Treviso, Bologna, Firenze, Verona, Venezia e Viterbo tra il 1594 e il 1668. Solo l'ultima edizione, quella di Bologna del 1688, ha le tavole realizzate ex novo, in una sola matrice. Xilografia, applicata su antico supporto, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Non comune. Charming wood block map of by the Italian XVIth and XVIIth century writer, humanist and cartographer Giuseppe Rosaccio. Taken from one of the editions of "Teatro del cielo e della terra" and also insert in "Le sei età del Mondo" or "Il Mondo e sue parti", works by Rosaccio himself. The book was very popular and many edition where printed in Treviso, Bologna, Florence, Verona, Venice, Viterbo from 1594 and 1688. The maps are printed from two wood block except the last edition of 1688. Woodcut, laid down on antique mounting, in very good conditions.
Piano nautico tratto dal " Recueil des principaux plans des ports & rades de la Méditerranée" di Josepgh Roux, pubblicato per la prima volta a Marsiglia nel 1764 e successivamente ristampato - ampliato - a Genova da Yves Gravier con il titolo "Recueil de 163 principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mediterranée" (1804).Ulteriore edizione dell'opera, con il titolo "Plans des ports ed des rades de la Mer Méditerranée.." è stampata a Livorno da Carlo Tesi nel 1858. Incisione in rame, finemente acquarellata a mano, in ottimo stato di conservazione. First published in the "Recueil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mer Mediterranee", 1764, this nice nautical chart is taken from the rare "Plans des ports ed des rades de la Mer Méditerranée.." published in Leghorn by Carlo Tesi, 1858. Copperplate with fine colouring, in very good condition.
Tavola tratta dalla Cosmographiae Universalis, edizione in tedesco, Basilea, seconda metà del XVI secolo.La Cosmographiae Universalis di Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), stampata per la prima volta Basilea nel 1544 dall’editore Heinrich Petri, venne più volte aggiornata e aumentata di nuove carte geografiche e rappresentazioni urbane nelle sue numerose edizioni che arrivano all’inizio del secolo successivo. Münster aveva lavorato a raccogliere informazioni al fine di ottenere un'opera che non deludesse le aspettative e, dopo un'ulteriore pubblicazione in tedesco abbellita da 910 stampe su legno, giunse nel 1550 all'edizione definitiva in latino, illustrata da 970 silografie. Vi furono poi numerose edizioni in diverse lingue, fra cui latino, francese, italiano, inglese e ceco. Dopo la sua morte di Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri prima, e il figlio Sebastian poi, continuarono la pubblicazione dell’opera. La Cosmographia universalis fu uno dei libri più popolari e di successo del XVI secolo, e vide ben 24 edizioni in 100 anni: l'ultima edizione tedesca venne pubblicata nel 1628, molto tempo dopo la morte dell'autore. La Cosmographia conteneva non solo le ultime mappe e vedute di tutte le città più famose, ma anche una serie di notizie enciclopediche di dettagli relative al mondo conosciuto, e sconosciuto. Il particolare successo anche commerciale di quest'opera fu dovuto in parte alle belle incisioni (tra i cui autori si possono citate Hans Holbein il Giovane, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Silografia, bella coloritura a mano, in buone condizioni. Plate taken from the Cosmographiae Universalis, German edition, Basel, second half of the 16th Century. The Cosmographiae Universalis of Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), printed for the first time in Basel in 1544 by the publisher Heinrich Petri, was updated several times and increased with new maps and urban representations in its many editions until the beginning of the next century. Münster had worked to collect information in order to obtain a work that did not disappoint expectations and, after a further publication in German embellished with 910 woodblock prints, arrived in 1550 to the final edition in Latin, illustrated by 970 woodcuts. There were then numerous editions in different languages, including Latin, French, Italian, English and Czech. After his death in Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri first, and then his son Sebastian, continued the publication of the work. The Cosmographia universalis was one of the most popular and successful books of the 16th century, and saw as many as 24 editions in 100 years: the last German edition was published in 1628, long after the author's death. The Cosmographia contained not only the latest maps and views of all the most famous cities, but also a series of encyclopedic details related to the known, and unknown, world. The particular commercial success of this work was due in part to the beautiful engravings (among whose authors can be mentioned Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Woodcut, beautiful hand-coloring, in good condition.
RARITA’ CARTOGRAFICA Sconosciuta piccola carta geografica appartenente a un non documentato atlante in miniatura dal titolo “Atlante tascabile per le dame”, suddiviso in tre tomi, stampati “IN VENETIA Presso G. Zatta”, senza data ma circa 1795. Si tratta di carte da visita – con un apposito spazio bianco dove apporre il proprio nome – dove compare l’imprint o di Pietro Zancon (accompagnato dalla data 1794) o di Giacomo Zatta (con data 1794 o 1795), che, come si legge sul frontespizio, risulta l’editore dell’opera. Possiamo ipotizzare che la serie, iniziata da Zancon fu poi terminata dallo Zatta. Sulla carta dell’Italia – presumibilmente la prima tavola dell’opera – compare stampato il nome di Chiara Minelli Rota, nobildonna veneziana che sposò Antonio Rota nel 1794; tutte le restanti 65 carte recano lo spazio bianco privo di nome. In precedenza, le carte erano note solo attraverso una serie, priva di imprint editoriale, venduta 21 anni fa (1999) dall’Antiquariaat Haas di Bedburg Hau; parlando con Stephan Haas, la serie, priva di titolo e dati editoriali si componeva di 70 mappe. Le carte furono vendute separatamente sotto il nome di G. Bonatti, firma dell’incisore che si trova nella carta della Francia. In seguito, le tavole furono attribuite a Pietro Zaricen da Geoffrey King (cfr. Miniature Antique Maps, p. 181). Il nome dello Zaricen viene dedotto dalla carta della contea del Roussillon, che reca l’iscrizione “Venezia 1794 App.o P. Zancon”, letto erroneamente come Zaricen. Lajos Szantai include la carta dell’Ungheria nella sua cartobibliografia, traducendo il nome dell’autore in Zancen (cfr. Atlas Hungaricus 1528-1850). Sempre King, che non menziona nessuna carta firmata da Zatta, sostiene che “About the turn of the century a signed card of the first edition, with a map of the province of Roussillon in the south of France, was seen at an Ephemera Society Fair in London”. Questo esemplare sembrerebbe oggi quello conservato alla Yale University Library [1978 351], che lo descrive composto da 70 carte geografiche. Non sappiamo se sia il numero totale delle mappe, e l’assenza di un indice o dell’elenco non consente di stabilire l’esatto numero delle carte che lo compongono. http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3611852Confrontando le carte erroneamente attribuite allo Zaricen ci si accorge che la lastra è abrasa in corrispondenza della firma di Zancon o Zatta. Molto scarse sono le notizie sulle carte che possiamo ora definire “ex Zaricen”. Jason Hubbard nella sua bibliografia recente sulle carte del Giappone raffigura la carta priva dell’imprint “App.o G. Zatta” attribuendola - sulla base delle informazioni bibliografiche finora note – a Giuseppe Bonatti e Pietro Zaricen: “This is one of the 70-odd geographical cards, printed on one side only, acquired by the Haas brothers in 1999. The cards cover countries around the world and include detailed map of Italian provinces. The card with the map of France carries the inscription: G. Bonatti fece; and it is presumed that Bonatti engraved all of them although this is questioned by King” (cfr. J. Hubbard, Japoniae Insulae, n. 124). Il nostro esemplare della carta della Francia, che reca l’imprint “Venezia 1794, App.o P. Zancon” reca in basso a destra la firma di Bonatti sopra menzionata. Dunque, l’unica differenza tra questa serie di sconosciute carte sembra essere la presenza degli imprint editoriali di Zancon e Zatta, accompagnati dalla data 1794 o 1795. Giuseppe Bonatti è menzionato da V. Valerio nella qualità di incisore cresciuto alla scuola Remondini di Bassano, autore di alcune carte per l’atlante di Pazzini Carli (Siena, 1788-1800) e per l’Atlante Geografico di Carlo Antonio Barbiellini (Milano, 1807). Dal 1809 in poi lavorò come incisore per il Deposito della Guerra di Milano (cfr. V. Valerio, Cartografi Veneti, p. 153). Pietro Zancon era, assieme al più famoso fratello Gaetano, incisore ... A GREAT RARITY Unknown small map - without printing details - belonging to an undocumented miniature atlas entitled “Atlante tascabile per le dame” (Pocket Atlas for ladies), divided into three volumes, printed "IN VENETIA Presso G. Zatta", undated but about 1795. A rare set of visiting cards published in Italy features pretty little maps of all parts of the world - with a special white space where to put your name - where the imprint appears or of Pietro Zancon (accompanied by the date 1794) or Giacomo Zatta (with the date 1794 or 1795), who, as can be read on the title page, is the publisher of the whole Atlas. We can speculate that the series, started by Zancon was later terminated by Zatta. On the map of Italy is printed - presumably the first map of the work - the name of Chiara Minelli Rota, Venetian noblewoman who married Antonio Rota in 1794; all remaining 65 maps bear the blank space without names. Previously, the maps were known only through a series, without editorial imprint, sold 21 years ago (1999) by the Antiquariaat Haas of Bedburg Hau; speaking with Stephan Haas, the series, without title and printing details, consisted of 70 maps. The maps were sold separately under the name of G. Bonatti, the engraver's signature found on the map of France. Later, the plates were attributed to Pietro Zaricen by Geoffrey King (see Miniature Antique Maps, p. 181). The name of Zaricen is derived from the Roussillon county map, which bears the inscription "Venice 1794 App.o P. Zancon", incorrectly read as Zaricen. Lajos Szantai includes the map of Hungary in his cartobibliography, translating the author's name into Zancen (see Atlas Hungaricus 1528-1850). Always King, who does not mention any map signed by Zatta, said: "About the turn of the century a signed card of the first edition, with a map of the province of Roussillon in the south of France, was seen at an Ephemera Society Fair in London ". This copy would seem to be the one preserved in the Yale University Library [call number 1978 351], which describes it as being composed of 70 maps. We do not know if it is the total number of maps, and the absence of an index or list does not allow to establish the exact number of maps. http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3611852 Comparing the maps erroneously attributed to Zaricen one realizes that the plate is erased in correspondence with the signature of Zancon or Zatta. There are very little information on the maps, that we can now define as "ex Zaricen". Jason Hubbard in his recent bibliography on the maps of Japan depicts the map without the imprint "App.o G. Zatta" attributing it - on the basis of the bibliographic information so far known - to Giuseppe Bonatti and Pietro Zaricen: “This is one of the 70-odd geographical cards, printed on one side only, acquired by the Haas brothers in 1999. The cards cover countries around the world and include detailed map of Italian provinces. The card with the map of France carries the inscription: G. Bonatti fece; and it is presumed that Bonatti engraved all of them although this is questioned by King” (cf. J. Hubbard, Japoniae Insulae, n. 124). Our copy of the map of France, which bears the imprint "Venice 1794, App.o P. Zancon", also shows the signature of Bonatti mentioned at the bottom right. Therefore, the only difference between this series of unknown maps seems to be the presence of the addresses of Zancon and Zatta, accompanied by the date 1794 or 1795. Giuseppe Bonatti is mentioned by V. Valerio as an engraver raised at the Remondini school in Bassano, author of some maps for the atlas of Pazzini Carli (Siena, 1788-1800) and for the geographical atlas of Carlo Antonio Barbiellini (Milan, 1807). From 1809 onwards he worked as an engraver for the Milan Deposito della Guerra (see V. Valerio, Cartografi Veneti, p. 153). Pietro Zancon was, together with the most famous brother Gaetano, a native engraver of Bassano del Grappa, who grew up at the Remondini printing school, suc...
Veduta tratta da Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings di William Brokedon, pubblicato a Londra da John Murray, nel 1833. Incisione in rame, finemente colorata a mano, in ottimo stato di conservazione. View taken from Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by William Brokedon, published in London by John Murray, in 1833. Copper engraving, finely hand-colored, in excellent condition.
Carta geografica tratta dal Descrittione di tutta Italia di Leandro Alberti, stampato per la prima volta nel 1561. L’opera offre numerose notizie di carattere geografico-storico-etnologico ed è arricchita dalle carte geografiche per la prima volta nel 1568. Si tratta della più importante guida di viaggio in Italia della prima età moderna, contenente ampie informazioni su corografia, storia, etnografia e cultura artistica. La seconda parte contiene la Descrittione di tutte le isole e l'aggiunta della descrizione di Venezia ed è illustrata da 7 carte geografiche intagliate in legno. Le due parti furono pubblicate insieme o separatamente. Leandro Alberti (1479-1552) era uno studioso domenicano di Bologna, conoscitore di Achille Bocchi e Andrea Alciato. Scrisse numerose storie, servendo l'Inquisizione come censore e poi inquisitore ufficiale dal 1550 alla sua morte. Fu noto soprattutto per la sua attività contro la stregoneria. La Descrittione riassume i suoi lunghi viaggi (1525-1528) attraverso la penisola italiana con il generale dell'Ordine domenicano Francesco Silvestro da Ferrara per visitare i conventi domenicani e fu poi usata come modello dai cartografi olandesi, come Abraham Ortelius. L'opera comprende capitoli su 18 delle 19 regioni d'Italia, fornendo informazioni su paesaggio, costumi, personaggi importanti, antichità e monumenti, specialmente fortificazioni e chiese. Una lunga introduzione dettaglia le risorse naturali dell'Italia, la sua favorevole posizione geografica e il clima, così come la topografia e i confini, le origini del suo nome e i primi insediamenti tra Lazio e Toscana. Ogni capitolo si concentra su una regione diversa e comprende excursus etimologici e storici, con riferimenti a figure eroiche e rappresentanti del mondo della cultura. I capitoli più significativi ed estesi riguardano le città di Roma, la sua fondazione e il suo governo, i luoghi di rilevanza storica e i resti archeologici; e Firenze, notevole per la sua storia e patria di gloriosi sovrani, studiosi e artisti. Il resoconto delle province meridionali d'Italia costituisce una novità in quanto l'Alberti fu uno dei primi viaggiatori a descrivere le zone di Terra di Lavoro e della Puglia, registrando il nome dei luoghi nei dialetti, la natura e i luoghi di pellegrinaggio come il Santuario dell'Arcangelo Michele nella grotta sul Monte Gargano. L'opera si ispira principalmente all'Italia illustrata di Flavio Biondo, ma Alberti non si attiene completamente al suo schema, raccogliendo informazioni di prima mano e utilizzando nuove fonti come storie locali e mappe, oltre ad altri autori della prima età moderna. Xilografia, impressa su carta vergata coeva, ottima impressione con margini, perfette condizioni. Map taken from the Descrittione di tutta Italia by Leandro Alberti, printed for the first time in 1561. The work offers numerous news of geographic-historical-ethnological character and is enriched by maps for the first time in 1568. The book is the most important early modern travel guide to Italy, containing extensive information on chorography, history, ethnography and artistic culture, published without part 2 containing the Descrittione di tutte le isole and the added description of Venice. The two parts were issued together or separately. Leandro Alberti (1479-1552) was a Dominican scholar from Bologna, acquainted with Achille Bocchi and Andrea Alciato. He wrote numerous histories, serving the Inquisition as censor and then official inquisitor from 1550 to his death. He was mostly known for his anti-witchcraft activity. The Descrittione summarised his long travels (1525-1528) across the length of the Italian peninsula with the Dominican Order s General Francesco Silvestro da Ferrara to visit Dominican convents and was later used as a model by the Dutch cartographers, such as Abraham Ortelius. The account of the Southern provinces of Italy constitute a novelty since Alberti was one the first travellers who described the areas of Terra di Lavoro and Puglia, recording places name in dialects, nature and pilgrimage sites such as the Sanctuary of the Archangel Michael in the cave on Mount Gargano. The work was mainly inspired by Flavio Biondo s Italia illustrata but Alberti did not adhere to its pattern completely, collecting first-hand information and using new sources such as local histories and maps, as well as other early modern authors. Woodcut, printed on contemporary laid paper, very good condition.
Veduta tratta dalla celebre La Cosmographie Universelle de tout le Monde, traduzione francese della Cosmographia di Sebastian Muenster.A differenza del Muenster, questa opera è pubblicata in una sola edizione, e risulta pertanto molto rara. Le carte incluse sono differenti, e derivano da Ortelius, Braun & Hogenberg oltre che dal Muenster.Alcuni legni sono invece ripresi utilizzando le matrici pubblicate per la prima volta nel 1552 nella Cosmografia di Lione da Guèroult & Balthazar Arnoullet (1517-1556), nel Premier livre des figure set pourtraitz des villes plus illustre set renommées d’Europe, contenente 9 immagini urbane, perlopiù copiate dalla Cosmographia di Sebastian Muenster.Silografia, in buone condizioni. Rara. In 1575, François de Belleforest published a new edition of the Cosmographie Universelle of Münster (Germany).One section of city maps which in this work was reprinted, and this was the case for this map engraved in wood with finesse by Cruche.Woodcut, cut in the right side, in good condition.
