ENCINA, Francisco A.MareMagnum
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23x18. 736p. 759p. 745p. 4 Vols. Fotogr. Ilstr. El Vol. IV es una colección de mapas. Redacción, iconografía y apéndices de Leopoldo Castedo. Enc. Cart. Ed.
4° (ca. 27,3 x 20 cm). 217 S. Bibliotheks-Halbleinwand der Zeit. Einband berieben, Gebrauchsspuren, etwas stiockfleckig, insgesamt noch gut erhalten. Ausführliche Monographie zu Carrionische Krankheit, auch Bartonella, bzw. Verruga peruiana, hervorgerufen durch die Sandfliege, der Autor war Prof. der Medizin in Lima, Ehrendoktor der med. Fac. u. corresp. Mitgl. der Anatom. Soc. v. Paris. - Mit einem Frontispiz-Porträt in Holzstich von Daniel A. Carrion. Mit 12 Textfiguren und 10 Tafeln, teils farbig, teils doppelblattgroß.
FIRST (and only non-facsimile) EDITION OF ONE OF MEDINA'S EARLIEST AND MOST IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL WORKS. 166 items described in exhaustive detail. Facsimiles, including a large folding plate. Edition limited to 300 copies printed on fine laid paper. 4to. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter morocco and decorated boards. Light wear to extremities of binding. Internally fine and bright.
Madrid, Imprenta de Don Miguel de Burgos, 1828. Dos volúmenes en 12vo.; XXXII pp., 272 pp. y 363 pp., 2 hs. Encuadernación de época en piel, con lomera ornada y tejuelos.
Valparaiso, Imprenta Europa, 1848, 21,5 x 15 cm., holandesa tela de época, portada + VI + 455 págs. (El autor fue un franciscano y cronista español destacado durante la revolución independentista chilena. No hemos localizado ningún ejemplar de esta obra en el Catálogo Colectivo).
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 17 [of 18] plates (missing plate supplied in photofacsimile) and double-page map; original burgundy ribbed cloth, upper board letterd in white, gilt back, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Wanting the plate 'Mount Buckland' at p.190 (missing plate supplied in photofacsimile). With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE. Neate 180.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO PAULINE HAMBLIN WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
Lille, Lefort, 1855; in-8, 504 pp. + 383 pp. + 334 pp., reliure d’époque plein-veau, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouge. Les 3 volumes. Histoire du Chili rare et estimée. Traduite par L. Poillon. Bon état.
208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Man Who Turned Thief - Part I - remarkable narrative of an honest man turned criminal who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies in American history; With a Camera in Portugal - nice photo-illustrated article; Mr. Todbury's Trawler Trip - a confirmed landlubber, advised by his doctor, goes on a sea-voyage on a little trawler; A Record Laugh - A story from Kimberley, South Africa involving an unsophisticated Kaffir, a "live" wire, and a laugh that could be heard from miles away!; Mistaken Identity - H.A. Garrett went to Chile to make a living but narrowly escaped being hanged instead; Through the East by Air - Part I - Richard Carline and his brother Sydney were commissioned to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia for the National War Museum after WWI, and did so for ten months - with much adventure - article with photos; The Golden Cheeses - an expedition hopes to recover 2 million pounds of German gold from a ship torpedoed in the war; The Little Captain - some joyous fragments from the chequered life-history of one of the most irresponsible dare-devils imaginable - a young Mexican; Trailing the Gun-runners - Part III - continuation of the adventures of U.S. authorities attempting to block the flow of arms to revolutionaries in Dominica; Big-Game Shooting in Northern India - exciting stories about pursuing tigers and leopards; The Sea-Devil - two men are lucky to escape with their lives after a prolonged battle with a shark; and more. 85 pages plus 8 pages of vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Second edition, much enlarged with "the addition of a new sett of cutts", 2 vols., 12mo (165 x 100 mm), [2], 336; 275, [21]pp., imprint date omitted in vol. I, 2 folding engraved frontispieces showing the costumes of the various countries, that to volume one with tear to fold and slightly cropped at lower margin, 10 engraved plates, woodcut head and tail pieces, a nice set in contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, volume number in gilt to third compartments. Volume two concerns the Americas, including Peru, Mexico, Chile, Jamaica, Cuba, Virginia, Carolina, New-England and others, in addition to England, Scotland and Ireland. Provenance: Contemporary ink ownership signature of E. Vaughan 1741 to endpapers and at head of title page. Sabin 25670.
21,5x15. 418p. Trad. Domingo Joseph. Incluye un plano desplegable. Pérdida de texto en portadilla. Manchas de humedad en algunas páginas. Anotaciones y sello anterior poseedor. Enc. Pasta española algo rozada. Cantos pintados. Únicamente volumen de 1788.
