64 résultats
1851200114AG1851. London Edinburgh & Dublin. J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by A.H. Wray and engravings by J.b Allen. Plate Size: 30.5 cm x 25.3 cm. Sheet Size: 37.3 cm x 27.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. Published in the Illustrated Atlas And Modern History Of The World Geographical Political Commercial & Statistical Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Beautiful map of Greece from the Victorian era. The marvelous vignettes may harken back to more ancient times but this was Greece of the mid-19th Century a recently independent modern kingdom the result of a successful war of independence in the 1820s waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire that had ruled Greece for hundreds of years. The Turkish territory in the Blakans can still be seen near to the north as the Greek frontier runs across from the Gulf of Arta to the Gulf of Volo. The Greek regions are listed as Livadia and in the Peloponnese peninsula Morea. The large island Negropont is also shown. The many islands off the mainland are also included: islands such as; Andro; Tino; Naxia; Santorini; Milo; Cerigo; Zante and; Cephalonia to name but a few. The names of famous cities such as Corinth Athens and Sparta are also included on the map. The rugged and mountainous topography of the region is depicted through hachuring. The major rivers including the Aspropotamo Achelous are also shown on the map. A scale-bar is shown near the map's lower decorative border. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much-anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1818031792London: Henry Colburn 1818. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xi339 Pp. First English Edition And First English Translation 1818 Following The 1817 First Edition Published In France. Half Calf Colored Morocco Spine Labels Gilt One Recent Calf Tips Over Peach Cloth Marbled Endpapers 5 Bands Gilt Spine With Center Tools Top Edge Gilt. Light Wear Fraying At Tips Small Repaired Chip At Lower Left Edge Of Spine Refurbished. Stendhal's Too Frank Travel Observations Scarce In This First English Translation. His Observations At Geneva Begin "The Prudery Of The Women At Geneva Is Incredible And Truly Ridiculous. I Have Observed That They Say Exactly The Same Thing To Every Stranger Presented To Them. To Repeat A Certain Formula Taught Them By Their Nurses. I Would Fain Know Who The Traveler Is That First Asserted There Was Such A Thing As Liberty In Switzerland. At Geneva And Berne There Are Four Hundred Surveillans. If You Offend Them Only By The Manner In Which Your Cravat Is Tied You Immediately Become An Object Of Their Persecution." Further Observations Made The Likelihood Of A Further English Translation Small Indeed: "Nothing Can Equal My Admiration Of The English Legislature Unless It Be The Repulsion I Feel From English Society. They Are The Most Unsocial Of Beings; Perhaps For That Reason The Least Happy. To Be Held In Consideration By An Englishman The Most Perfect Air Of Coldness Must Be Assumed." I Don't See Such Observations In My Michelin Or Lonely Planet Guides Perhaps We Have Evolved Or Perhaps We Are Too Terrified To Speak Out. <br/> <br/> Henry Colburn hardcover
1854030522New York: William Taylor & Co. 1854. 2nd Edition . Original Brown Cloth. Very Good. Frontispieces. Vii 336 Pp. Second Revised Edition Not Stated As Such 1854 Copyright Date And Also The Date On Title Page With Preface By The Author Dated 1854. Original Brown Cloth Gilt Two Engraved Frontispiece Portraits. Slade's Account Of The Current State Of The Turkish Empire Particularly That Part Inhabited By The Greeks With A Discussion Of The Greek Church; Detailed Views Of Constantinople The Bulgarians Samothrace Mount Athos Etc.; And Information About The Turkish Press And Of Sebastopol Sevastopol Updated By The Author To 1854 And Further Amended With New Appendix On The Greek Church The Turkish Press And Sebastopol. Adolphus Slade C1804-1877 Was A British Naval Officer In The Turkish Naval Service Rising To The Rank Of Admiral Where He Effected Several Reforms. Covers Clean Gilt Bright Cloth Lightly Frayed Along Half Of Top Edge Of Spine A Little Light Fray At Upper Front Tip Pinpoint Frays At Other Tips Short Split To Cloth At Bottom Front Edge Of Spine. Pencil Signature Of J. D. Perkins On Front Endpaper A J. D. Perkins Was At Sandhurst In 1881 No Other Names Or Marks. Tiny Foxing Spots On Some Pages. <br/> <br/> William Taylor & Co. hardcover
1839030612London: William S. Orr & Co. 1839. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xxiii 356 Pp. First Printing 1839. Quarter Calf Calf Tips Over Marbled Boards Marbled Endpapers And With Matching Marbling To Edges Of Page Block. Captions Printed On The Tissue Guards. Binding Is Early Or Original Wear But Nicely Refurbished New Morocco Spine Label Hinges Intact And Solid. Contents Very Clean Light Foxing To A Few Plates But Almost All Are Entirely Clean And With Clean Intact Tissue Guards. Wordsworth Was The Youngest Son Of The Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth Master Of Trinity And A Nephew Of The Poet William Wordsworth. He Was The Younger Brother Of The Classical Scholar John Wordsworth And Charles Wordsworth Bishop Of Saint Andrews Dunkeld And Dunblane. He Was Educated At Winchester And Trinity Cambridge. Like His Brother Charles He Was Distinguished As An Athlete As Well As For Scholarship. He Won The Chancellor's Gold Medal For Poetry In 1827 And 1828. He Became Senior Classic And Was Elected A Fellow And Tutor Of Trinity In 1830; Shortly Afterwards He Took Holy Orders. He Went For A Tour In Greece In 1832-1833 And Published Various Works On Its Topography And Archaeology The Most Famous Of Which Is "Wordsworth's" Greece 1839. In 1836 He Became Public Orator At Cambridge And In The Same Year Was Appointed Headmaster Of Harrow A Post He Resigned In 1844. In 1844 Sir Robert Peel Appointed Him As A Canon Of Westminster 1844-1869. He Was Vicar Of Stanford In The Vale Berkshire 1850-1869 And Archdeacon Of Westminster 1864-1869. In 1869 Benjamin Disraeli Appointed Him Bishop Of Lincoln Which He Retained Until His Death In 1885. <br/> <br/> William S. Orr & Co. hardcover
1809035992London: William Miller 1809. Second Edition stated . Full Morocco. Very Good . 9 9/16" Tall. 200 Plates. Second Edition. 4 Vii 1 54 200 Plates At End. Full Red Polished Calf Elaborately Gilt Spine Almost Invisibly Reinforced Externally Cloth Hinges Internally Gilt Rules And Corner Embellishments With Three Interior Elaborate Blindstamped Designs Gilt Decorated Edges And Turns. Hinges Sound Reinforced. Edges Of Page Block Polished And Marbled. Contents Clean Near Fine Pages Square With Just A Line Of Rubbing At Two Lateral Edges Of Page Block. Heraldic Bookplate Of William Cecil Chambers. <br/> <br/> William Miller unknown
1835036268John Murray 1835. First Hardcover Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volumes. Full Black Calf With "Illustrations Of Byron" And Volume Numbers On Spine In Gilt Covers And Spine Elaborately Stamped In Blind Yellow Silk Endpapers. No Text. Simple Half-Title Followed By Table Of Contents In Each Volume 53 Plates In First Volume And 67 Plates In The Second Volume; Originally Issued In 24 Parts 1833-1834 With 120 Plates In Total Then This First Hardcover Issue Undated But 1835 With All Plates Bound In Two Volumes. Later The Complete Set Of 123 Plates With 3 Vignettes Was Published In 3 Volumes And Still Later It Was Enlarged To 126 And Then 130 Illustrations And Incorporated Into Sets With Explanatory Text Included. Slight Wear At Lower Edges And Corners And Fresh But Volume I Has A1/2" X 1/2" Chip At Upper Right Corner Of Spine And Volume Ii Has A 1" X 3/4" Chip Which Is Detached And Laid In Loosely. No Marks But Gift Card Of Mrs. Hosmer A. Johnson Dated In 1899 To Her Granddaughter. Hosmer Allen Johnson M.D. L.L.D. 1822 - 1891 Was An American Physician Academic And Mason From New York. After Graduating From The University Of Michigan He Moved To Chicago Illinois To Attend Rush Medical College. There He Became An Understudy Of William B. Herrick And Joined His Medical Practice. Receiving A Doctor Of Medicine In 1852 Johnson Was Named Lecturer On Physiology At Rush Eventually Chairing A Department There. In 1859 He Co-Founded The Chicago Medical College At Lind University Which Later Became The Feinberg School Of Medicine Of Northwestern University. During The Civil War Johnson Was The Top Medical Aide In The State Presiding Over The Board Of Medical Examiners For The State Of Illinois. Hosmer Johnson Was Initiated Into The Masonic Order In 1853 And Rose To Become Grand Orator Of The Grand Lodge Of Illinois. He Organized A Knights Templar Chapter For Illinois And Was First Officer Of That Branch For Two Terms. He Became A Member Of The Supreme Council Of The Scottish Rite Northern Jurisdiction In 1861 Later Becoming And Officer. He Could Speak Seven Foreign Languages Fluently And Also Had A Strong Knowledge Of The Ojibwe Language. He Served On The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Chicago And Northwestern University. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
18394613Berlin: Georgium Andream Reimerum. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Institution bookplate on inner cover. 2 Library stamps to titlepage- 1 cancellation stamp to endpaper. No other library markings. Bound in gorgeous Half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Spine decorated in gilt with title label and raised bands. Spine ends and corners lightly worn.; Fullest account of the topography of Thessalonica and its history especially from the 5th to the 15th century. Cap. I. Belleii Thessalonicensia; Cap. II. Eustathius Thessalonicensis; Cap. III. Marmor viride veterum; Cap. IV. Tributa Atticorum seculo XII praestita; Cap. V. Beniamini Tudelitani itinerarium specimen novae editionis; Cap. VI. Codex Baroccianus CXXXI.; 553 pages . Georgium Andream Reimerum hardcover
1808047237Edinburgh: Mundell Doig & Stevenson: et al 1808 Ex-Library. Very Good. Leather. Signed by Authors. Archaeologia Graeca or The Antiquities of Greece is a classic influential book by John Potter first published around 1697 that served as a comprehensive guide to ancient Greek culture customs religion military and daily life becoming a foundational text for classical studies for centuries' This edition is in two 8vo volumes- Edinburgh 1808 - in contemporary full diced calf rubbed at edges now re-backed with elegant new spine.A bookplate has been removed from each vol. but both retain the armorial bookplate of Sir James Stuart Chief Justice of Lower Canada 1841-1853 with his signature at head of each title. Volume I : Preface - A Life of the Author 12p The Civic Government of Athens ; The Religion of Greece 521 p plates index. Volume II : The Military Affairs of the Greeks ; Some of their miscellany of Customs. xii 418 p plates fold-out map index. Overall a tight sound vintage set with very little marking or foxing. NOTE : Heavy shipment 1.5 KG will cost more to deliver. Mundell, Doig, & Stevenson: et al hardcover
187824663NY: Scribner Armstrong & Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1878. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full burgundy cloth decorated in gilt and black beveled edges t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with maps four color Chromolithograph plates over 500 full page and in-text illustrations 21 glossy monochrome plates and eight plans including three fold-out. Includes Index and Appendices. Preface by W. E. Gladstone M.P. This is the first American edition. "Mycenae" was first published in Germany in German in 1877. Following the publication of his findings from the spectacular excavations at Hisarlik the Turkish government revoked Schliemann's permission to dig and sued him for a share of the treasure trove Schlieman had uncovered. He was thus obliged to establish a new dig which he did at Mycenae in the Peloponnese and which was attended by similarly remarkable results culminating in the uncovering of the famous "Mask of Agamemnon". . Head and heel moderately worn with minor loss some white soiling on spine front hinge cracked internally otherwise unmarked tight and square. A lovely copy of this historically important publication. VERY GOOD. . Maps Plans and Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. lxviii 384 plus maps and plans pp . Scribner, Armstrong & Company hardcover
1819elala1286<p>London: Printed For J.Harding. 1819. 1819. 8vo. pp. xv 172. with half-title. contemporary half calf some light wear. First Edition. Grece’s informative guide provides details regarding agriculture the cost of clearing land and other useful facts and strongly advises emigrants to choose Canada over the United States. The author himself emigrated to Canada in 1805 settling as a farmer near Montreal and becoming involved in the unsuccessful attempt to cultivate hemp in Lower Canada a costly endeavour that was being encouraged by the imperial and colonial governments. He was a member of both the Montreal and Quebec Agricultural Societies. Selections from his ‘Essays on Husbandry Addressed To The Canadian Farmer’ Montreal: 1817 are included in the appendix pp. 89-121. Casey I 1059. Dionne II 978. Gagnon I 1549. Howes G-352. Kingsford pp. 61-62. Kress C.312. Lande 397. Morgan p. 161. Sabin 28480. TPL 1169. DCB VII pp. 357-58. 1st Edition.</p> London: Printed For J.Harding., 1819.
184490951En Athenais: Ek tou Vasilikou typographeiou 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 1 2 738p. Contemporary 1/4 leather with tiny leather corners. 22 cm. Cover moderately scuffed and rubbed. Small surface chip along top of front cover. Light staining on upper portion of last sixty leaves. All edges gilt. Greek text. The printed record of the Greek National Assembly of 1843 convened after the Third of September revolution of 1843 which produced the first Greek constitution. The minutes begin on Sept. 3 1843 and end on March 18 1844. The constitution formally established a constitutional monarchy. King Otto remained on the throne until he was deposed in 1862. One feature of the 1844 constitution progressive at the time was that it called for universal male suffrage. OCLC locates 3 copies in the United States Harvard Univ. of Cincinnati and Cal. State at Sacramento. Ek tou Vasilikou typographeiou hardcover
1824027252London: Richard Priestley 1824. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Maps and Plates. Xv 409; Iii 341; Iii 392 Pp With Half Titles In Volumes 2 And 3. A Complete Set In Original Brown Cloth Spines Over Gray Boards With Original Paper Spine Labels 4.7 Cm Tall Volume Numbers In Arabic Numerals Also Known With Taller Spine Labels With Roman Numerals Priority Unknown. Taylor's Corrected Second Edition Adding His Notes Which Were Omitted From The First Printing. Worn With Some Fraying At Corners Volume 1 With Cracked Front Joint Along Which Is A 2 1/2" X 1/4" Loss Of Spine Cloth Not Affecting The Labels. Bookplates Of Francis Davies Of Pershore With Rampant Lion And Motto "Lucem Spero" No Other Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia General Sir Francis John Davies Kcb Kcmg Kcvo 1864 - 1948 Was A Senior British Army Officer Who Commanded The 8Th Division During The First World War. Davies Was Born In London The Son Of Lieutenant General Henry Fanshawe Davies And His Wife Ellen Christine Alexandra Hankey. His Grandfather Was General Francis John Davies Brother And Heir Of Thomas Henry Hastings Davies Mp For Worcester And His Great-Grandfather Was Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The Family Seat Was Elmley Castle Pershore Worcestershire. His Younger Brother Was Major General Henry Rodolph Davies. He Was Educated At Eton College. In October 1899 He Served As A Daag Responsible For Intelligence At Army Headquarters In South Africa And As Acting Commissioner Of Police For Johannesburg In 1900. In 1902 He Was Temporarily Employed In The Intelligence Department Until He Became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General Daqmg At The War Office On 7 September 1902. Two Years Later He Was Appointed Assistant Director Of Military Operations In 1904 He Was Made General Officer Commanding Goc Of The 1St Guards Brigade. He Then Took Over As Brigadier General General Staff Bggs Of Aldershot Command. He Was Promoted To Major General In May 1913 And In October Of That Year Became Director Of Staff Duties At The War Office. In October 1914 Davies Was Appointed As Goc Of The 8Th Division. The Division Along With Its Goc Was Soon Sent To The Western Front. Towards The End Of July Davies Was Posted Away From The Fighting In France And Belgium To Take Over The Command Of Viii Corps Then Heavily Engaged In The Gallipoli Campaign. Davies Promoted To The Temporary Rank Of Lieutenant-General30 Took Over As Its Goc On 8 August . He Brought With Valuable Combat Experience And It Is Said " Over The Five Months Of His Tenure His Ideas And Energy Were The Catalyst For A Myriad Of Tactical And Systematic Improvements Which Greatly Improved The Fighting Efficiency Of His Force Allowing His Troops To Achieve Tactical Superiority Over The Enemy Facing Them". In The Aftermath Of The Evacuation Of British And Allied Forces From Gallipoli In January 1916 Davies Was Moved On To Being Goc Of Ix Corps. Davies Was In Command Only Until June When He Returned To The United Kingdom To Serve As Military Secretary At The War Office. He Held This Post Until After The End Of The War.His Rank Of Lieutenant General Became Substantive In January 1917. Later That Year Davies Was Appointed General Officer Commanding-In-Chief Goc-In-C Of Scottish Command In June 1919. After Being Promoted To The Rank Of Full General In July 1921And After Serving As Lieutenant Of The Tower Of London Which He Had Been Appointed To In June 192335 He Retired From The Army In April 1926. He Had Been Appointed An Aide-De-Camp General To King George V In April 1922. <br/> <br/> Richard Priestley hardcover
18541274641854. GROTE George. A History of Greece; from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great. London: John Murray 1851-57. Twelve volumes. Octavo early three-quarter green morocco gilt raised bands top edges gilt uncut. $3500.Early mixed edition of Grotes celebrated history of Greece illustrated with a large folding map of Greece and 25 engraved maps and plans 16 folding handsomely bound by Morrell.A banker member of Parliament staunch social reformer and one of the founders of the University of London Grote was among the first to attempt to write a comprehensive work on Greece's political and intellectual heritage. His History extends from the mythical beginnings of Greek culture and legend to the reign of Alexander the Great. ""The work of a master The political lessons and ethical judgments so characteristic of the History render it the most instructive of histories"" DNB. Grote ""incontestably won for himself the title not merely of a historian but of the historian of Greece"" Allibone I:747. Grote's History ""is notable for its accurate geographical details for the spirit and vigor of its passages descriptive of martial exploits and above all for its obvious purpose of showing the elevating and inspiring influence of freedom upon human activity Each chapter is in a way a monograph in itself and the work as a whole is one of the greatest masterpieces of historical research that have ever been put forth"" Peck 753. Some folding maps heightened in color by hand. First published in 12 volumes in 1846-56. A mixed edition with volumes from the second third editions and fourth editions. Maps and text generally fine spines uniformly toned. A very handsome set. hardcover
1890biblio1372<p>This is truly one of the world's rare and valuable books: A first edition near fine copy of Mrs. Edmonds sketch of the 18th century Greek hero. Includes a laid-in series 3 of N.Y. Times 1897 stories of the Greek-Turkish War at that time.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Longmans, Green, And Co. hardcover
