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1725204942Paris: de Fer Nicolas 1725. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 5.25" x 6.25".<br/><br/> Charming miniature map of Denmark with the Coat of Arms incorporated in the cartouche. Map includes both Schleswig and Holstein while today part of the former and all of the latter are northern Germany. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a French cartographer engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin 1691 and to the Spanish King 1702.<br/><br/> de Fer, Nicolas unknown books
1719291534Paris 1719. Map. Engraving with original hand outline color. Image measures 19 x 23". Sheet measures 20 x 28".<br/><br/> Unusual map of Peru from the early 18th century. Includes part of Ecuador Bolivia and Brazil based on Jesuit activity in the area. Amazon rain forest is visualized with a dynamic design. Cartouche describes the mining industry. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a prolific cartographer engraver and publisher who took over the family map business from his mother when she retired in 1687. The business flourished and he gained a great reputation in his lifetime and was appointed 'Geographer to the King' in 1690. This map demonstrates his skill and provides a curious yet alluring mixture of history and geography.<br/><br/> unknown books
156417hardcover. Dediees a Monseigneur le Dauphin par Sontres Humble et tres Obeissant Serviteur et Geographe De Fer. Beautiful double-page engraved title page 4 38 2 60 28pp. This splendid atlas is illustrated with 32 engraved coastal charts including a folding wind chart and a general index chart of France. The double page maps have delicate outline hand coloring. An engraved divisional title page number 26 entitled "Les Costes de la Mer Mediterranee" is the 33rd plate. Short 4to 9.5 x 7.75 inches 17th Century calf well-worn; neatly rebacked; marbled endpapers red edges. Paris: Chez le Sr. de Fer dans l'Isle du Palais sur Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale. Avec Pri. du Roy 1690.<br/><br/> Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a prolific cartographer engraver and publisher who took over the family map business from his mother when she retired in 1687. The business flourished and he gained a great reputation in his lifetime and was appointed 'Geographer to the King' in 1690. This original edition the first atlas to bear his name was published in 1690 on the basis of an atlas published in 1634 by order of Cardinal Richelieu by the publisher Tassin who sold his plates in 1644 to Antoine de Fer Nicolas's father. Scarce.<br/><br/> unknown books
202640Paris: de Fer Nicolas. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 5.5" x 6.5".<br/><br/> Rare and unusual map of the Phillipines with an inset of Japan circa 1720. Names Sincapura and Balli. With centerfold. Nicolas de Fer 1646-1720 was a French cartographer engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin 1691 and to the Spanish King 1702.<br/><br/> de Fer, Nicolas unknown books
17026200Paris: Chez l'Auteur 1702. First printing. Map folio sheet 12.75"x9" 23x33cm. Copperplate engraving. Significant early map of this area locating the mouth of the Mississippi correctly as taken from the information reported by M. La Salle. The right edge includes all of Florida and most of Cuba; the left cuts off most of Baja California. Santa Fe New Mexico is shown at the top the bottom cuts off at the Isthmus of Panama. Attractive cartouche showing two Indians in full regalia. Hand-colored probably contemporaneously. Fine copy. <br/><br/> Chez l'Auteur unknown books
1715019811Paris. Very Good. 1715. Map. Lovely engraved map depicting Mexico City in the early 18th century. Map is on a 10 ¾" x 15 ¾" sheet that was taken from Nicolas de Fer's "L'Atlas Curieux" of 1715; no content on verso. Date of map was printed in upper margin along with the sheet number "125" and title; content in French. Hand-coloring is still bright. Map has very light toning to edges but is otherwise clean. This detailed map depicts Mexico City when it was surrounded by water and was linked to the mainland by the famous causeways originally designed by the Aztecs. Also pictured are aqueducts and farms and about 50 locations have been numbered on the map but the key is not present likely printed on another page in the Atlas. A beautiful map. . unknown books
199674970Rome:: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato. Near Fine. 1996. Hardcover. 8824037968 . Translated from the Italian by Hann Heck and Luciano F. Farina. Color illustrated fold-outs. First edition thus. Near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato, hardcover books
1997264338Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato Libreria Dello Stato 1997. Hardcover. 216p. an expensively gotten-up production courtesy government monies dozens of very crisp clean folding color reproductions of maps: in color sepia whatever is called for. Folio hardbound 12x8 inch buff papered boards overprinted in sepia map element and black titling of volume in hand. Upper cover yawns slightly we see no other structural flaw and no other flaws of any kind. Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets National Commission for the Celebraton of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato Libreria Dello Stato hardcover books
1996Embry 179285Istituto Poligrafico 1996. First edition first printing. Fine. Illustrated boards. Istituto Poligrafico, 1996. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1993008217New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press 1993. Translated by Brian Pearce. xiii 305p. b/w illus. dj. Oxford University Press unknown books
197543198Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall 1975. Hardcover. Very good. xi 376pp index. Very good hardback in a price clipped and slightly tanned jacket. <br/><br/> Prentice Hall hardcover books
1993Embry 135306Oxford 1993. First edition first printing. Fine in fine faintly rubbedprice-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover. Oxford, 1993. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1989Embry 183311Military Heritage 1989. First printing thus. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Military Heritage, 1989. First printing thus. unknown books
19971331583London: Scala Books 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto; pp 128; VG/VG; blue spine with white and orange text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior; strong boards; cloth clean; strong boards; text block exterior edges have minimal wear; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated. 1331583. FP New Rockville Stock. Scala Books hardcover books
199750973London: Routledge 1997. First English Language Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; xiii 402pp. Mild foxing to top edge of textblock minimal hinge creasing to spine else a tight clean near-new copy. Trivial external wear. Near Fine. Routledge unknown books
19774951For the city 1977. 8Vo. Paperbound 158 pgs numerous b&w photos of exteriors of buildings. Indudes a guide to styles repairs and maintenance. The art of renovation and who can help. White covers slightly soiled some light foxing ow a Good copy. No markings very useful For the city unknown books
42035New Bedford Office of Historic Preservation. 1977. (New Bedford) books
1988702269NY: Crown. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Crown paperback books
1988263989New York: E. P. Dutton 1988. Paperback. 215p. very good uncorrected proof paperback in blue printed wraps and clear mylar review materials laid-in. E. P. Dutton paperback books
198839585New York: E. P. Dutton 1988. Hardcover. 215p. signed by Ferro very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1983WRCLIT37172New York: Dutton 1983. Cloth and boards. First edition. Review copy with slip. An Italian-American family comes to terms with their gay son. Toe of spine bumped else fine in dust jacket. Dutton hardcover books
198314821New York: E. P. Dutton 1983. Hardcover. 244p. very good first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1983246010New York: E. P. Dutton 1983. Paperback. 218p. Advanced Uncorrected Proofs paperback review slip laid-in paperstock toned green wraps with coffee ring on rear cover and in mylar jacket. E. P. Dutton paperback books
1983112922New York: E. P. Dutton 1983. Hardcover. 244p. signed by Ferro very good first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1977245739New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1977. Hardcover. 86p. very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Ferro's first published work a novella. Not in Young. Ferro with life-partner Michael Grumley co-founded the Violet Quill authors group and after their deaths a month apart from AIDS the Ferro-Grumley Foundation was formed. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books