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Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Policing the Great White North - A photo-illustrated account of the manifold perils and hardships that are the daily portion of the gallant handful of men who represent law and order in the Vast Canadian Arctic; Pathetic fate of two missing WWI Sheffield soldiers revealed - William Thompson and George Walter Howard; Bill's Bear-Cub - An American trapper adopts a bear cub and his partner foretells disaster; Three Months on an Island Inferno - J.K. Wilson explains his 'holiday' on White Island, near Tauranga, New Zealand - with photos; Further Adventures of a Tenderfoot in Canada - Part I - What happened after H.P. Musson, a transplanted London paper-pusher, lost his job as a hired hand in Western Canada and began looking for his own homestead; Trapping Wild Animals in Northern Siam - The ingenious methods by which the jungle folk trap fierce whild beasts, with great photos; Cycling Round the World - Part III of III of Kai Thorenfeldt's amazing 20,000 mile journey which took over two years - with map and nice photos; Forgotten Fortunes - Frances Dickie describes the remarkable circumstances in which two of the most amazing 'finds' in the history of European art have lately come to light in France - with photo of Mrs. M.L. Westmoreland, who discovered a valuable Goya in a Paris second-hand shop; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part II - Seeking the prehistoric Komodo dragon on a remote Dutch East Indies (Indonesian) island; A Terrible Journey - Joseph Metcalf fell into an underground conduit conveying water from a dam to Port Elizabeth - forty-five miles away!; The Greatest of All Thrills - A wonderfully photo-illustrated article on the new sport of parachuting from aircraft; "Heir Number Six" - A Winnipeg real estate agent goes to the North-West territory in search of an obscure half-breed regarding a dispute over land ownership. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
Best-seller du XVIIIème siècle, l’Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, plus communément connue sous le nom d’Histoire des deux Indes, est une encyclopédie sur le commerce européen en extrême-orient, publiée sans nom d’auteur à Amsterdam en 1770 et attribuée à l’abbé Raynal. Elle connut un succès considérable et de nombreuses éditions. L’idée de l’abbé Raynal (Ami de Diderot et de Franklin) était de faire l’histoire des entreprises européennes dans l’Inde orientale et dans le Nouveau Monde, en montrant l’influence des grandes découvertes géographiques sur la civilisation. Après avoir parlé des Portugais et de leurs colonies en Orient, l’auteur faisait l’histoire des établissements fondés par les Anglais et les Français, puis par les Espagnols et les Hollandais, dans la même contrée. Il passait ensuite aux conquêtes des Européens dans l’Amérique en faisant ressortir les atrocités de la traite des esclaves sur les côtes de Guinée et en présentant le tableau des colonies anglaises et françaises d’Amérique du Nord. À ce tableau, Raynal faisait succéder une série d’essais sur la religion, la politique, la guerre, le commerce, la philosophie morale, les belles-lettres, etc. L’Histoire des deux Indes répondait aux besoins de connaissances du public des "Lumières"soulevait les questions qui préoccupaient le XVIIIe siècle, à la veille de la Révolution.
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Devil-Stones - A strange story of West African "fetish" and its uncanny powers among the superstition-ridden natives; Too Many Bears - Experiences of a camp cook in Yosemite National Park, where bears are as plentiful as berries, and astonishingly bold - with great photos; Through the Guadalupe Wilderness - Photo-illustrated account by Carl B. Livingston of his exploratory trip into the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico, perhaps the most inaccessible and least-known region in the United States; The Last Voyage of the "Joan" - W.E. Sinclair and a partner attempt to cross the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland - until disaster strikes in mid-ocean; To Lhasa in Disguise - Part I - After two years of preparation living in a Himalayan cave, Alexandra David-Neel sets out to become the first white woman to enter Lhasa, the mysterious Forbidden City of Tibet - with photos; The Mare's Nest - an amusing photo-illustrated story from an Australian back-blocks medical practice; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part II - Two city-bred sisters continue their homesteading adventures in South Dakota; Eskimo Magic - E.W. Hawkes, who has spent considerable time among the Eskimos of the Bering Strait, recounts several uncanny instances of "native magic"; His Highness The White Elephant - Photo-illustrated article on this animal which is held in the utmost veneration in Siam; In Quest of Gold - Part III - Final part of the adventure faced by two young Americans seeking buried gold who were forced to turn back by the Savage Yaqui Indians; The Robbery At the Mine - Sundry exciting happenings at a gold mine in West Australia where the author worked; His Last Break - An unsuccessful prison escape attempt in South Africa; The Worm That Turned - A tale from Calcutta where a European official did not recognize one of his staff. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
In 4', tela ed. con fregi e tit. in oro al piatto e al dorso, ill. in n. applicata al piatto, sovrac., pp. 287, numerose tav. in n. f.t.ritratto in n. con velina protettiva in antiporta, taglio sup. in oro; strappetti e mancanze ai margini della sovrac., parzialmente restaurati dall'interno, bruniture ai risguardi, alle prime ed ultime bianche, leggere fioriture ai tagli, interno in ottimo stato, ordinari segni del tempo.
In 4° (mm 250x185). Pagg. (16), 424, (8), frontespizio con vignetta calcografica con strumenti di scienza simbolici. 7 vignette in rame a capotesta di ogni capitolo (la prima con l'ambasciata a corte di Luigi XIV), capolettera parlanti in rame e molti con ricchi fregi silografici, finalini in legno. 19 tavole (su 20, manca la tavola del rinoceronte) incise in rame da C. Vermeulen, 10 a doppia pagg. f.t. Solida piena pelle coeva con titolo impresso al dorso a cinque nervi e filetti, doppia cornice ai piatti e cantonali con losanghe in oro. <BR>Prima edizione di questo famoso viaggio in Thailandia con note sulla provincia del Capo del Sudafrica, raffiguranti animali esotici come la zebra, il rinoceronte, il camaleonte e diversi elefanti, e ancora la radice medica del Ginseng e una veduta di Bangkok. Guy Tachard fu missionario gesuita e scopritore francese, viaggio molto in Nord America esuccessivamente in Siam. L'antico nome della Thailandia ovvero il Siam rimase a lungo una regione scarsamente conosciuta agli europei. Si ebbero notizie incerte da viaggiatori durante il Medioevo e la prima età moderna, che lo avevano visitato superficialmente. Maggiori quantità di notizie ed informazioni funzionali all'espansionismo commerciale portoghese e in seguito degli olandesi e degli inglesi, si ebbero nel XVI secolo, ma la conoscenza del Siam migliorò notevolmente soprattutto grazie alle relazioni dei Gesuiti francesi, tra cui quella assai dettagliata, compilata dal padre Guy Tachard. Buon esemplare genuino stampato su carta vergellata parzialmente in barbe con note a stampa al margine. Saltuari aloni marginali da pagg. 40 a pagg. 80 e riprende verso la fine del tomo da pagg. 385 al marg. est dell'angolo inferiore. De Backer-Sommervogel VII-1802<BR>
