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(22 maps & plates- Canada, Northwest American Coast Exploration): Voyage Autour Du Monde..A La Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique..1785, 1786, 1787, 1788..Par Le Capitaines Portlock et Dixon
de Dixon, Capitaines George (dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks)
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Crozet, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Paris: Maradan, 1789. Small 4to (10 inches); first French edition (there was a smaller and later 8vo. edition in 2 volumes). Contemporary vellum spine separated at front edge (boards attached and binding sound), with somewhat later boards and endpapers, with red gilt-lettered label intact though a bit scuffed and slightly chipped at the right lower edge. Boards a bit scuffed at edges; binding tight, interior very good or better with all 22 engraved plates (numbered 1-21, plus the large folding frontis map (color coded for voyage routes and titled "Carte des Voyages du King George et de la Reine Charlotte...). This is 499 pp, including appendix I, plus appendix II of 46pp, followed by the 2 pp Approbation. One of the plates is of a Native American, plus there are several maps and views, along with the later engravings of several birds (very attractive). This is an increasingly uncommon and very nice copy of this detailed explorations of the Pacific Northwest and Queen Charlotte Islands, with all the maps and plates in excellent condition. Howes D365; Sabin 20366.. First Edition Thus. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Librería
- The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3082
- Título
- (22 maps & plates- Canada, Northwest American Coast Exploration): Voyage Autour Du Monde..A La Cote Nord-Ouest De L'Amerique..1785, 1786, 1787, 1788..Par Le Capitaines Portlock et Dixon
- Autor
- Dixon, Capitaines George (dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition Thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Maradan
- Lugar de publicación
- Paris
- Fecha de publicación
- 1789
- Palabras clave
- Fr, Maps, Mapping, Cartography, Geography, American, Pacific Northwest, Nathaniel Portlock, Travel, Exploration, Atlases,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- H. Books--Travel & Exploration; E. Books--Atlases;
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
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Crozet, Virginia
Sobre The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books is owned and operated by Joel & Deborah Kovarsky. We first opened in 1998, but have had a decades-old interest in old maps, books, and paper, stemming from a comparable long-standing interest in how knowledge is used. Our business is run via the internet. We do not run an open shop, however we do welcome visitors by appointment only. Before attempting a visit, please contact us. We are a specialty business, dealing in antiquarian maps and related books (atlases, history of cartography, selected reference books, etc.). Please feel free to contact us for specific inquiries.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
