[GAUTIER DE FAGET, J.].MareMagnum
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Madrid, Imprenta del Reyno, s.a. (1744). 8vo.; 8 hs., 222 pp. Ejemplar con rastros de polilla en el margen interior blanco de 35 pp. sin afectar al texto. Encuadernación en pergamino. Un texto de notable interés histórico, desarrollado en forma de un gran diálogo dramático-político en la cumbre del Olimpo entre los reyes de Prusia, Inglaterra, Francia, Portugal, España y la República de Holanda, que contiene detalladas relaciones de acciones de guerra en tierras americanas, como las expediciones del Almirante Vernon y los ataques a La Habana, La Guaira, Cartagena de Indias, saqueo de Portobelo, etc., así como sobre el ataque a San Agustín, en Florida, por el General Oglethorpe, gobernador de Carolina. Actualmente se atribuye la obra al médico protestante francés, exilado en Inglaterra y Holanda, J. Gautier de Faget, autor de "L'Argus de l'Europe . Ouvrage historique, politique, critique ; où l'on dévelope les intérêts & les maximes des souverains, depuis la mort de l'empereur Charles VI. jusques à la fin de la guerre que son auguste fille Marie Thérèse reine de Hongrie, grande duchesse de Toscane, soutient avec beaucoup de gloire" (Amsterdam, 1742-1743) y de la refundición de la obra anterior como "L'Oracle de ce siecle, consulté par les souverains de la terre : ouvrage singulier sur les affaires critiques et politiques du temps" (Londres, 1744).
Features: According to the Law - Lieut.-Col. G.H. Keighley-Bell recalls his adventures with Kurds around 1919; Cut Out and Get Out - Tom H. Inkster recalls logging on Vancouver Island - photos; A Pint for the Man Who Breaks his Oar - fishermen at Aldeburgh, "The Wild Amphibious Race"; A Witch Doctor and the Bride - a Zulu Tale; The Sea Arab - a white man becomes a man of the sea in the tropical islands; Death to the Whites - Lolo St. Paul of the Shuswap Indians in British Columbia taught the law of the White man to the Indians, but to the pioneer-settlers he represented the law of the Redskin - excellent and little-known B.C. history with photos; Outcast of the Silent City - An Indian Adventure; I Lived in the Stone Age - studying aborigines of Australia; The Lost World of Jimmy Angel - a tale of gold, diamonds and Angel Falls, a mile-high waterfall in Venezuela; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding beginning to open at bottom but everything still holding together. Book
112 pages. Features: Cover photo of U.N. Security Council discussing the Cyprus question; Gorgeous fashion ads; The LBJ Way with Congress; Photos of prospective Republican Presidential candidates Nelson Rockefeller, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and Gov. William W. Scranton; Article on the state of Britain's 'uncommon commonwealth' with photo of Queen Elizabeth meeting Africans in their traditional attire; Cyprus - Island if Hate and Fear - a look at the Greeks and Turks who survivied four centuries as friendly enemies but have now succumbed to dark forces; New Armies Take Over Latin America - article with bloody photo from Venezuela; What must be done to Slow Down Nuclear Proliferation; The Genius of Michelangelo as seen by sculptor Henry Moore; Emperor Haile Selassie Attempts to Unite Africa - article with photo; The Sew-It-Yourself Boom; Tensor-Lite ad; Three fantastic 180 degree aerial photos of the New York skyline, Midtown and the World's Fairground; Photos of Red Cross volunteers in action; Medaglia D'Oro Coffee ad features blonde at chessboard; Two pages of men's fashion photos; Color photo of amazing Inca ruins in Grace Line ad; Ladies' raincoat fashion photos; Future Clubs; Photos of modern interior design ideas from Britain; Article on Snuff - not to be sneezed at. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
16"x12.5" when folded in half. Features: Photo-illustrated article on Venezuela and its oil industry; Large photo of "Bustle Beauty" Marilyn Munroe in bustled bikini, wearing outrageous platform shoes; Large colour full-page ad for Waterman's pens; Student Strike at Toronto's Malvern Collegiate after Principal Lorne H. Clarke Dismissed - article with three great pages of photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Tooke shirts; Two amazing pages of photos and text entitled "Troubled Palestine" - Lifting of Martial Law after 15 days brings no end to Terrorist Incidents - Mea Shearim district of Jerusalem; 104th Running of the Grand National - Caughoo, an unknown 100-1 long shot wins; Readers' Letters; We Need to Speed Exports, by Gerald Waring; Bellingham, Washington is fast becoming the centre of entertainment for BC'ers - photo with article; Do Women love Weaklings?; Leonard (Len) Wookey of Callander, Ontario - Successor to the Dionne Quints- photos and article; Some Day - short story by Beth Balcom; What's Doing on Mars? - Sydney Cooper on Rocket Travel; Spanish Maquis - 100,000 strong, they strike at Franco's government - photos and article; Bell the Cat, by Gregory Clark; Come Spring - short story by Eric Cameron; 20-page Colour Comic Section; He Who Whispers, fiction by John Dickson Carr; Devil-Charming Ritual in Vancouver; Bootleg Fur - contraband fox pelts in Ontario; Cancer research at the newly-organized National Cancer Institute of Canada; Pigeon Timber Company's "luxurious" lumber camps in Ontario's Black Sturgeon area north of Lake Superior; Alberta deer being relocated to preserve farmers' crops; Earthquake Man - Edward Mantle of Hamilton; Van Treel and an international Dope Ring Roundup on the West Coast; Sports news; Super colour full-page ad for Northern Electric radios; Photos of romantic hats; Colour ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System; Photo-illustrated article on fencing in Canada; Back page colour ad for Lux soap featuring great photo of Betty Grable; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A great vintage copy of this feature-oriented weekly which in later years became the Weekend Magazine. Book
Pages 485-577, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: With the Dynamite Squad - among warring factions in Mexico; A Sportsman in the Wilds - an African hunting trip; When the "Norther" Broke - windstorms off the west coast of South America; James "Jimmy" Inness of Juneau, Alaska and his feud against bears; Jimmy's Bear; Curiosities of the Holy Land - part I - peasant life in Palestine - many sensational photos; An Unexecuted Sentence - George Singer was condemned to be hanged; Harnessing a Million Gallons - a farmer builds a reservoir in South Africa; A Prisoner of the Gitanos - author was a prisoner of gipsies for six months; Lost in the Everglades; The Wanderings of an Entertainer, Part II - Robert Ganthony; My Escape from Venezuela - what happened to an Englishman who meddled in the politics of this nation; Odds and Ends. Average wear. Binding intact. Bit of clear tape at each end of spine. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
Features: Hopper No. 47 - an adventure in Home waters which resulted in tragic events; Mra Toons 'Lemon' - an astute Oriental plans to get rich by smuggling opium into Burma; Chinchilla Ranching; South Sea Island Pests; Water-Divining in India; South American Excursion - a colourful motor-car trip in Venezuela; Out of the Past - recent alarming revelations as to the extent of drug addiction in the U.S. lend additional interest to this story, first published in 1936... it describes the perilous experience in which a particularly sinister form of 'dope' involved the narrator, Somers Paul; By Pony to Ladakh - a trip through a little-known region on the borders of Tibet, with nice photos; Prophecy Fulfilled - an interesting Indian story; Hunting the Bearded Wonder - a sinister terrorist leader, Liew Kon Kim, in the Malayan jungle; Photo of a Giant's Footprint (?) in South Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
Madrid, por Manuel Fernandez, 1745. 4to.; 4 hs., 412 pp., 8 hs. y una lámina. Portada y lámina reforzadas. Encuadernación del siglo XIX en media piel.
Barcelona, en la Imprenta de Carlos Gibert y Tutó, 1791. 4to.; 352 pp. y dos láminas fuera de texto. Ejemplar carente de las dos hojas de preliminares. Encuadernación de época, en pergamino.
In 8° (19,5x10,2 cm); 4 tomi: (2), XXX, 362 pp. e 1 grande c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegata (Golfo del Messico ed paesi adiacenti), (4), 516 pp. e 1 grande c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegato (America Meridionale) un piccolo restauro rinforzo al margine superiore della tavola a restaurare piccolo strappo senza perdita di carta, 552 pp. e una c. di tav. più volte ripiegata (Carta dei paesi sopra il mare meridionale) un piccolo alone al margine bianco superiore delle prime 10 carte ininfluente, 412 pp. e due grandi c. di tav. più volte ripiegate (la tavola con i disegni aztechi è solitamente inserita nel terzo volume, l'altra invece contiene Messico e Nuova Spagna, piccolo strappetto senza perdita di carta). Legatura coeva in tutta pergamena maculata con titolo e numero del volume impresso su pecette in pelle al dorso, strofinature e qualche lieve difetto alle cerniere del secondo volume che però si presenta in ogni caso solido e ben legato. Esemplare ancora in barbe. Prima non comune edizione italiana completa dei quattro volumi e delle tavole fuori testo. All'interno a parte i due strappetti senza perdita di carta a due delle tavole fuori testo, l'opera si presenta in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione, priva delle tipiche bruniture presenti solitamente nelle altre copie e dovute alla qualità della carta utilizzata. L'opera ebbe subito grande successo e una nuova edizione uscì già nel 1778, una terza nel 1794. William Robertson nacque a Borthwick nel Midlothian nel 1721. E' considerato con Hume e Gibbon uno dei tre grandi storici inglesi del XVIII° secolo. Figlio di un ministro presbiteriano e risiedette a lungo a Gladsmuir nell'East Lothian (1743-59). Dopo aver preso parte alle rivolte contro i giacobiti che infiammarono la Scozia negli anni quaranta del settecento. Nel 1751 divenne capo del partito moderato in seno all'assemblea generale dellea Chiesa scozzese. Iniziò anche ad interessarsi attivamente alla storiografia pubblicando varie opere che ottennero subito un grande successo. Nel 1777 pubblicò il primo volume della History of America ma i moti che precedettero lo scoppio della Rivoluzione Americana lo indussero a rinunciare temporaneamete a terminare l'opera che fu completata solo posteriormente. La prima edizione italiana, contemporanea alla prima inglese, oltre a descrivere la storia dell'America, sia meridionale, centrale che settentrionale, ne analizza anche lo sviluppo economico, commerciale, gli usi e costumi, la situazione demografica, le cure tradizionali ecc. ecc. Prima rara edizione italiana.
