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28 pages, illustrated, colour map. eng
iv, 402 pages. Nice illustration plates including one fold out map. Well worn covers. Gutter of title page cracked and title page half loose but still holding. Rear pastedown gutter cracked. Wear to top/base of spine and cover corners. Binding generally ok but getting fragile.
Undated, pages not numbered, illustrated throughout in colour. eng
Good pbk. Covers soiled. 12218. eng
Undated, light creasing to covers, rusty staple. eng
In 8°, t. t. edit., pp. 44; ottimo es..
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1889, in-8 piccolo, legatura editoriale in piena tela con impressioni a secco sul piatto anteriore, pp. 64. Con illustrazioni e cartine n.t. "The Royal School Series". Ottime condizioni.
12mo, pages not numbered, black and white photographs throughout. eng
VG pbk. 17040. eng
Quarto, 34 pages, including 15 pages of wedding photographs. eng
VG paperback reprint. Inscription on the inside front cover. 9351. eng
pp. vi, (1), 455, (10) [Index, Proposals and Advertisement] + Twenty-seven engraved plates, many folding. Engraved and decorated title page. Some offsetting from plates. Foxed. All edges decorated red. 4to. Rebound in three quarters leather over marbled boards. Spine paper label. Hardbound. Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) was probably the foremost 18th century Welsh intellectual. A naturalist, zoologist, and antiquary, he is best known for this 'A Tour in Wales'. In his famous autobiography The Literary Life (1793) he states that he sometimes marvelled at his own industry. His first book was the 1766 folio, British Zoology. This made a financial loss as it had been printed on paper that was too large. Thereafter all his major works appeared in smaller formats, either octavos or quartos. The current view of his contribution to natural history is that its importance lies in the fact that he popularized and promoted its study. His tours and topographic works also display his insistence on detailed research. Among the accounts of tours he published are those of two separate visits to Scotland, a tour from Chester to London, and an account of London itself. His A Tour in Wales (1778-1783) is regarded as being quite outstanding and easily the finest work in a considerable corpus of Welsh tour literature published from ca. 1770 onwards. Pennant also became a collector more as a scholar than as a connoisseur. As a patron he tended to purchase pictures which were directly commissioned from the artist. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/7
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color lithograph map. Folded. Oblong folio. (35 x 52 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). It shows Sudan and West Africa, Atlas Ocean shores, Sahra Desert, and other parts of Africa. Scale: 1:15.000.000. A very detailed and attractive map. Slightly fading. Otherwise a very good copy. Dated Hegira: 1310 = [Gregorian 1894]. Taken from his attractive atlas titled "Yeni cografya atlasi. [i.e. New Geographical Atlas]". The cartographer, Ali Seref, or Hafiz Ali Seref (or Esref) Pasha (1840-1907) was an Ottoman soldier and mapmaker who was schooled in Paris as a cartographer around 1862. While in Paris he published his first atlas with 22 maps, called the Yeni atlas. Upon his return to Istanbul, he became the chief cartographer at the Matbaa-i Amire Printing Press in Beyazit. Chipping on extremities. Slight foxing. Overall a good copy. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBMM Map Collection.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. Folded. Oblong folio. (35 x 52 cm). In Ottoman script. Color lithograph. It shows Sudan and West Africa, Atlas Ocean shores, Sahra Desert, and other parts of Africa. Scale: 1:15.000.000. A very detailed and attractive map. Slightly fading. Otherwise a very good copy. Dated Hegira: 1310 = [Gregorian 1894]. [EARLY OTTOMAN MAP of SUDAN] Sudan. Sâye-i Türkiye Hazret Gazi Sultan Abdülhamid Hân-i Sâni'de Maarif Umûmiye Nezâret-i Celîlesi ruhsatiyle meshur Haset tarafindan Fransa Cemiyet-i Cografya âzâlarindan mütesekkil komisyona mahsûs tanzîm edilmis oldugu son defaki atlasinin tercümesi olarak bu def'a Erkân-i Umûmiyye Dairesi Besinci Fen Subesi'ne me'mûr piyade mirlivâlarindan saâdetlü Ali Seref Pasa ve rifatlubinbasi fütûvvetlü Muhyiddin Efendi maarifetleriyle tertib ettirilmistir. Ali Seref Pasa or Hafix Ali Esref. He was a soldier, who was schooled in Paris as a cartographer around 1862. Already in Paris he published his first atlas with 22 maps, called 'Yeni atlas'. Upon his return to Istanbul he became a chief cartographer at the Maatbaa-i amire Printing Press in Beyazit, which was the successor of the Muteferrika press from 1727. Among others he translated the large Kiepert map of Anatolia to Ottoman. He died in 1907, leaving his large project of a gigantic map of Anatolia in 100 sheets unfinished. Ali's name is often misunderstood or even listed as two different people: Ali Seref Pasa and Hafiz Ali Esref. Until the surname law adopted on June 21, 1934, Turks did not have surnames. They were born with one first name and were until the adulthood described only as sons or daughters of their parent's names. Later they were given titles such as Effendi (Sir), Bey (Chief) or Hanim (Madam) for higher classes, or they were given names according to their work or class. The names were not inherited by children until 1934, when the surname law was enforced. The map maker Ali received names Seref, the honourable, and Pasa, the dignitary. He was also known as Hafiz, the memorizer of Qur'an and Esref, Proud. So Ali Seref Pasa would have a meaning 'Honourable Dignitary Ali, and Hafiz Ali Esref, Memorizer of Qur'an, Proud Ali. Daruttibaa - Matbaa-I Amire Printing Press: The first press in the Muslim world, called Daruttibaa, was founded in Istanbul by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1727, with a permission of Sultan Ahmeet III. It was located in Muteferrika's house. The first book was published in 1729 and until 1742 sixteen other works followed. After Muteferrika's death, the press was supressed for printing, as printed books were considered dangerous. In 1796 the press was purchased by the government and moved to Uskudar in Istanbul, and in 1831 finally to Beyazit, where it was renamed to Matbaa-i Amire in 1866. The press was closed in 1901 and was reopened in 1908 under the name 'Âmire' In 1927 the name changed to State Printing House. The press still exists and is known for publishing school and educational books. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBMM Map Collection.
Third edition of First Series, first edition of Second Series, second edition of Third Series, viii, 160; viii, 153, [3]; viii, 192pp., errata leaf at end of Second Series, all in original limp cloth, slightly worn, spines faded. Provenance: Ownership signature of B. Johnes, 1870, on front flyleaf.
Second edition, with additions, 24pp., disbound.
8vo (190 x 140 mm), [4], 76pp., illustrated with 7 photographs by Bedford, Sedgfield and Ambrose, including one small oval one which in inset in the front cover, orig. brick red pebbled cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt, lacks front free-endpaper otherwise and very nice copy. List of photographs: [1] Photograph of Conway Castle and Bridge. [On cover.] [2] Denbigh Castle. [3] Rhuddlan Castle. [4] Conway Castle. [5] Harlech Castle. [6] Beaumaris Castle. [7] Carnarvon Castle. "This is a separate re-publication in a smaller format of part of 'Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain', 1862."?Gernsheim, 232.
Folio, xx, 316pp., orig. cloth.
Yr ail argraphiad, 12mo (175 x 105 mm), [4], 5-129, [1] pp., contemporary sheep, hinges partly cracked, small piece missing from tail of spine, a good copy. Gweinidog annheilwng o Eglwys Loegr = Griffith Jones.
