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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.
64363Paris, Flammarion/Champs, 1997. 11 x 18, 455 pp., broché, bon état (quelques surlignages au fluo jaune).
95805Paris, Editions Fayard, 1998. 15 x 24, 587 pp., broché, bon état (tranche inéfieure tachée).
165017958Frankfurt, Merian,, um 1650. Ca. 8 cm x 30,5 cm (Bild).
149618756Augsburg, Schönsperger, 1496. Ca. 8,5 cm x 19 cm (Bildfläche); ca. 27 cm x 19,5/40 cm (Buchseite). [2 Warenabbildungen]
197857340(Mockba). (1978). 239, (1) Seiten. Mit zahlreichen meist ganzseitigen u. einigen farbigen Abbildungen. Ill. Original-Leinwand-Einband u. ill. Schutzumschlag. (Teils mit geringeren Gebrauchsspuren. Schutzumschlag etwas eingerissen). 26x20 cm
1958012737broché Couverture Illustrée Bruxelles 1958 65 pages en format 23 - 31 cm - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en N/B - TBE
(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
1875W2105Paris France: Ferrier Soulier and Levy 1875. Stereoview #1773 by Ferrier Soulier and Levy. The image is a panoramic view of the Bay of Naples Italy and Mount Vesuvius. From the collection of Robert N. Dennis who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70000 stereoviews from his collection many of which can be viewed on the library's website. Please note that my scanner does not do well with glass stereoviews. All of the glass views I have listed have superb images especially when observed through a stereoscope. Early Printing. Glass. Fine-. 3 1/4" by 6 3/4". Photo. Ferrier, Soulier, and Levy
1875W2233Paris France: Ferrier Soulier and Levy 1875. Stereoview #7532 by Ferrier Soulier and Levy. Provenance: from the collection of Robert N. Dennis who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the United States. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70000 stereoviews from his collection many of which can be viewed on the library's website. Please note that my scanner does not do well with glass stereoviews. All of the glass views I have listed have superb images; when observed through a stereoscope the stereoview has an excellent 3-dimensional effect. Early Printing. Glass. Fine-. 3 1/4" by 6 3/4". Photo. Ferrier, Soulier, and Levy
1844400195Lausanne, chez Spengler et C.e, Dec. 1844. quer-gr.folio (53 x 68 cm), gefaltet auf gr.8°. Lithographie auf starkem Papier, in den Faltspuren vorn leicht nachgedunkelt, rückseitig ebenda stärker angestaubt u. mit einigen kl. Filmoplast-Hinterlegungen.
198568681ABNew York., Museum of Modern Art., 1985. 30,5 x 22,8 cm. 689 S. [Volume I & II]. Illustrierter OKarton in OPappschuber., 68681A 2 Bände. Zweite Auflage. Rücken etwas lesespurig und berieben. Einbände minimalst angestaubt. Innen papierbedingt wenig lichtschattig. Schuber lichtschattig und mit kleinen Einrissen. Sonst gutes Exemplar.
170019502um 1700. 48 cm x 58 cm (Platte), 53 cm x 62 cm (ganze Blatt).
182517-0-21Florenz / Firenze, Vincenco Batelli, um 1825. Blatt: ca. 22 x 14 cm
63979Paris, L'Harmattan, 2000. 16 x 24, 427 pp., plusieurs cartes, broché, bon état.
95667Paris, Europe, 1992. 13 x 22, 220 pp., broché, très bon état.
165017959Frankfurt, Merian,, um 1650. Ca. 11,5 cm x 30,5 cm (Bild).
1939104595Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1939. 32 S, Or.kt, kl.8°. Softcover Flugschriften zur Weltpolitik
198034140ABWarschau, 1980. Querformat, ca. 29,5 x 43,5 cm. 42 Seiten (Textheft) und 16 faksimilierte, mehrfach gefaltete Karten sowie eine faksimilierte Tabelle. Original-Leinenmappe, inliegend - wie vorgesehen - die losen Karten und das Textheft.
1964R300265695Europe. 1964. in-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. Paris, Europe, 1964, revue in 8, broché, 364 pp.. . . . Classification Dewey : 940.3-Première Guerre mondiale 1914-1918
1617200101572 - 1617. Ca. 37 cm x 47 cm (Platte), 41 cm x 55 cm (ganze Blatt).
123126o.J. * Lose in Leinenflügelmappe der Zeit (42 x 64 cm; etwas angeschmutzt und stockfleckig, Bindebänder defekt) mit großer eingelassener Ansicht des Ätna auf Sizilien in Original-Temperamalerei (Farbabsplitterungen), monogrammiert und datiert: (18)84. [5 Warenabbildungen]
198922168BBKöln. 1989. 268 S., [6] Bl. Ill., graph. Darst. kart. Buchrücken u. teilw. d. Buchdeckel leicht ausgebl.,