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1720180201A Leide. Leiden.: Chez Pierre van der Aa. circa1720. Engraved panorama on watermarked laid paper 28.5 x 77.5 including captions; 31 x 79.5 cm sheet title cartouche engraved key in French and Dutch the upper margin trimmed to the platemark original folds edgewear and toning neat sealed tear to the outer edge barely visible 5mm intrusion to the image a very good dark impression. Finely composed and engraved panorama of Tokyo prepared for the monumental work "Galerie Agreable du Monde" by the master Dutch publisher Pieter Van de Aa 1659-1733. The detailed key in Dutch and French notes myriad buildings and temples on the horizon and in the foreground two processions converge: of nobles and their attendants dancers a trio of dogs and a priest or religious attending a suppliant. <br> <br>Pieter van der Aa 1659-1733 was born in Leiden Holland and started his own book publishing business when he was only twenty-three. His prolific output of highly decorated maps and atlases culminated in his magnum opus “Galerie Agreable du Monde” which illustrated the world known to Europeans in the early eighteenth century. Comprising 66 volumes it was the of plates published at that time it has been estimated that only 100 copies were published. . Chez Pierre van der Aa unknown
175692353Thomas Baskett. London. 1756. First edition. 1756. 36 pages with title page not bound but held together with paper clips. Page edges very chipped last blank page lacks portions and is very torn and worn. Stain to top of title. Was originally folded in half so paper clip marks are visible to right margin of title. SCARCE. unknown
1788024356London: Printed for J. Walker 1788. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. A very good four volume set in contemporary full tree calf binding with double lettering pieces in red and green. Complete pp. iii-vii 1 222; 2 206; 2 238 & 2 198. No half-titles which may or may not be wanting but the pagination for the prelims to vol. I might suggest that one is required Very good bindings with a little rubbing a couple of volumes slightly chipped to the head/tail of the spines corners lightly bruised. Contents clean and tight manuscript Greek initials to title pages dated 1788 otherwise unmarked no foxing paper crisp. A very good set. A Rare Eighteenth Century Novel. We have managed to located just one other copy at auction in the last thirty years and that at Sotheby's sale of July 21 1993 where it made £1000 on the hammer though seemingly not such a nice copy. Referenced by: ESTC T068744. Printed for J. Walker Hardcover
1750136782circa1750. Black and white copperplate engraving map of Java a little light even browning neat colour pencil highlighting of rivers and two settlements. Folded as issued. Good copy. 26 x 44cm. Issued in Prevost's Histoire Générale des Voyages ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre. . unknown
1774174260A Paris.: Chez Saillant et Nyon rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais Chez Panckoucke Hotel de Thou rue des Poitevins. 1774. Engraved map on laid paper 27.2 x 19.9cm 26.5 x 22.2cm sheet size edge fold slight marginal toning but in very good condition. Map of the treacherous coastal waters sandbars submerged rocks and reefs surrounding Mindanao and the Joseph Freewill Islands Mapia Atoll in the Philippines finely re-engraved for the French edition of Captain James Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771 "Relation des voyages.pour faire des decouvertes dans l'hemisphere meridional et successivement executes par le commodore Byron le capitaine Carteret le capitaine Wallis & le capitaine Cook.". . Chez Saillant et Nyon, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, [Chez] Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. unknown
1774174257Paris.: Chez Saillant et Nyon rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais Chez Panckoucke Hotel de Thou rue des Poitevins. 1774. Engraved map on laid paper 18.5 x 31cm 25.6 x 34.4cm sheet size central fold slight marginal toning but a very good dark impression. Map of Bonthain Bay situated southeast of Macassar on the island of Celebes finely re-engraved for the French edition of Captain James Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771 "Relation des voyages.pour faire des decouvertes dans l'hemisphere meridional et successivement executes par le commodore Byron le capitaine Carteret le capitaine Wallis & le capitaine Cook.". . Chez Saillant et Nyon, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, [Chez] Panckoucke, Hotel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. unknown
178653148Madrid: Por don Antonio de Sancha 1786. First edition small 4to pp. 12 400; contemporary full vellum manuscript title faded on spine; very good and sound. Three copies in OCLC as of 1/19 only one Dominican House of Studies in the US. Palau 41034. <br/><br/> Por don Antonio de Sancha hardcover books
17865210Madrid: Don Antonio de Sancha 1786. Sm. 4to. 12400pp. Cont. limp vellum somewhat soiled hand lettered spine with a few small chips. Old faded water stains throughout & a blue oval library stamp on title page partially obscuring the text beneath it. Palau 41034. Don Antonio de Sancha hardcover books
178653148Madrid: Por don Antonio de Sancha 1786. First edition small 4to pp. 12 400; contemporary full vellum manuscript title faded on spine; very good and sound. Three copies in OCLC as of 1/19 only one Dominican House of Studies in the US. Palau 41034. Por don Antonio de Sancha unknown
176837052Nueva impresión corregida 2ª Ed.- En Madrid: En la Imprenta de Andrés Ramírez con licencia Año MDCCLXVIII 1768.- 2 Vols. 16 h. 499 p.; 2 h. 708 p. i.e. 608 ya que por error se saltaron una centena; 4º menor 215 cm; Tela moderna hacia 1930 en color marfil con tejuelo rojo en lomo.- Este ejemplar es la 1ª reimpresión de esta obra en realidad la 2ª Edición y es tan apreciada como la primera ed. que constaba de 3 tomos y se publico en 1748.- MUY RARO. Palau Nº 84422. La página 195 del tomo 1º con un trozo del margen superior restaurado sin afectar texto y pequeñas marcas de humedad en el margen superior de 13 hojas sin que lleguen a tocar la impresión. Da la sensación de que faltan las portadillas aunque los ejemplares que hemos podido cotejar tienen esa misma particularidad ver Google Books o el ejemplar de la Biblioteca Nacional de España. SIGLO XVIII ESPAÑOL Libro en español En la Imprenta de Andrés Ramírez hardcover
177051365Paris: Chez Le Rouge 1770. First edition . Oblong 4to. Engraved title leaf and seven engraved maps one folding the other six with a number of strip maps separated by thin rules detailing the route from Strasburg to Versailles. Delineates topographical features cities and villages churches forests etc. Not recorded on OCLC. Later patterned wrappers worn long tear in rear wrapper; interior soiled some old tidelines mostly marginal but affecting the image in the last two maps; several manuscript additions but a very good example of a scarce 18th-century French route map. <br/><br/> Chez Le Rouge unknown books
171761880Nuremberg.: Johann Baptist Homann. 1717. A beautifully engraved hand coloured map of North East Germany showing the area around Erfurt in detail. In the centre of the map is a small plan of Erfurt which is also shown as a panoramic view at the foot of the map and titled 'St. Petersburg'. An elaborate decorative title cartouche in the lower right corner depicts allegorical figures surrounded by the produce of the land including sheaves of wheat; a beehive; and a cornucopia of fruits. Cherubs holding a coat of arms float up from the scene on the right while on the lower left a centaur sits meditatively beneath a pine tree amongst slaughtered cattle. Physical features of the area are illustrated and farming areas shown by fields which criss-cross across the map. A clear dark impression the work of an outstanding German cartographer who in 1715 was appointed as imperial geographer by Emperor Charles VI. This map also includes "Schwan See" Swan Lake under a town of the same name which has since disappeared. Hand coloured two very minor splits at upper and lower edges on centre fold and not affecting engraved area a handsome map 54 x 61.5 cm. . [Johann Baptist Homann.] unknown
176320307Lyon, Benoit Duplain, 1763 (marque gravée au titre) ; in-8 (200 mm), veau marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, tranches rouges (reliure de l’époque) ; XXIV, 496 pp.
177322841Londres Robert Sayer 1773 une carte géographique dépliante entoilée saumon, CARTE D'EPOQUE, format plié : 16 x 22 cm, format déplié : 84 x 90 cm, Publié à Londres par Robert Sayer en 1773 et gravé par J. Gibson, il s'agit d'un bon exemplaire de la "Carte des routes de l'Europe de John Rocque". Rocque fut l'un des cartographes les plus importants de son époque. tissu et disséqué en vingt-quatre sections et conserve son étui d'origine la carte mesure 84 x 90 cm. avec une coloration à la main originale, la carte est en bon état, L'etui d'Epoque (16 x 22 cm) recouvert de papier marbré peigné orange est orné en son centre (partie haute) d'une pièce de titre sur fond vert avec roulette "or" en encadrment, titre doré "ROUTES D'EUROPE", plats et dos de l'étui dans un encadrement d'une roulette "or", l'or à terni légèrement mais l'étui est superbe, Bel exemplaire finement aquarellé à l'époque. 1773 Londres Robert Sayer Editeur,
17992111902160200187Washimi Tamotsu 1799. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Washimi Tamotsu paperback
1776GF308981776 Paris - Ribou - 1776 - 1 volume in8 broché d'origine de papier gris avec titre imprimé sur une étiquette blanche "Route de Rouen par St Germain - Numéro 2" - 46 pages - minimes accrocs à la couverture -
1776GF308991776 Paris - Ribou - 1776 - 1 volume in8 broché d'origine de papier gris avec titre imprimé sur une étiquette blanche "Route de Beauvais - Numéro 3" - 47 pages -
1776GF309001776 Paris - Ribou - 1776 - 1 volume in8 broché d'origine de papier gris avec titre imprimé sur une étiquette blanche "Route d'Amiens - Numéro 4" - 70 pages - petit accroc en queue -
1777GF309041777 Paris - Ribou - 1777 - 1 volume in8 broché d'origine de papier gris avec titre imprimé sur une étiquette blanche "Route de S. Omer par Amiens et Arras - Numéro 9" - IV - 48 pages - (couverture un peu tachée au dos) -
1777GF309061777 Paris - Ribou - 1777 - 1 volume in8 broché d'origine de papier gris avec titre imprimé sur une étiquette blanche "Route de Noyon et Saint Quentin - Numéro 12" - IV - 71 pages -
1777GF309071777 Paris - Ribou - 1777 - 1 volume in8 broché d'origine de papier gris avec titre imprimé sur une étiquette blanche "Route du Havre - Numéro 7" - 58 pages - (notes au crayon sur la couverture ) -
180057070c1800. Copper engraving with handcolouring map shows Germany and parts of France Italie Hongrie Pologne and Prusse sic. Minor hole upper border few closed tears and some browning edges otherwise a clean and bright image. Map measures approximately 34 x 46cm. . unknown
1739174921London.: The Gentleman's Magazine. circa1739. Engraved map 22.2 x 31.4 31.1 x 33 cm sheet size elaborate explanatory key in three columns at the foot original folds sealed 2 cm tear to the lower part of the inner margin one other small fold tear no loss inner margin of the key trimmed with some loss an original fault paper browned and spotted on the verso but an historic map in good condition. . [The Gentleman's Magazine]. unknown
1781814581781 A Salomopolis, chez Androphile, à la Colonne inébranlable. 1781. Seconde édition retouchée par le Fr. Circonspect. 1 vol in-8 ( 20x12 cm), broché ( brochage d'époque), étiquette de titre collée au dos. 546 pages. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
173729354London Gilliver and Clarke 1737. 8vo. Near contemporary half calf with gilt title label. 16622 pp. and 8 engraved plates 1 folding. 4cm tear to bottom of title page - proffesionally repaired with no loss. A fine clean copy. <br/><br/><em>First edition. Phillips recognized that a layer of gravel if resting on a well-drained dry sole would be beaten by the traffic into a firm road surface. He was thus the pioneer in the development of the Macadam method. The present work is described in Gregory: The Story of the Road p.207-211. Very uncommon. </em> unknown
