MIDLE-SEX DESCRIBED WITH THE MOST FAMOUS CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER de Speed, John after Norden, John - [c. 1627].

Amsterdam: Visscher, Nicholas (Nicolaus), 1685. Very good, early color (perhaps some recent enhancement), few tiny worm holes, minor restoration at lower right (no image loss) and flattened center fold. Minmial browning margins. The date is approximate. Numerous biblical vignettes, some with Hebrew lettering. This was done for a Dutch bible, this one published by Visscher in Amsterday. Shirley's entry 457 is a similar map but without the Visscher imprint (and this issue does not have the tabular information in the lower central area. North America is labeled with "Japhet," and "Eden" is shown towards the cetner of the depiction of Asia. The vignettes are quite decorative. Moxon was a print and globe-maker, and he was the first tradesman to be elected to the Royal Society (online Dictionary of National Biography). The image measures 32 x 46 cm (18 x 12.5 inches), and has good margins..

London, W.Bulmer and Co., 1799
4º. xxviii,(2),372 pp., xcii. Bound to style in a fine later calf. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Blindtoolings to bands and compartments of spine. Engraved portrait as frontispiece, 2 engraved plates with music, 5 engraved plates (of which 3 are views) and 3 large folded engraved maps. One map strenghtened in foldings and edges, one map with a closed tear to folding. Wide-margined, a few margins slightly brownspotted. Light offsetting to title and portrait.
Second edition - the same year as the first - of this classic work of travel litterature.
"Until the publicationof Park's book in 1799 hardly anything was known of the interior of Africa, apart from the north-east region and coastal areas....the real opening up of Africa by the white races began with the African Association, founded in 1788 with the express purpose of exploring Africa and furthering British tradee and political influence onthe continent...Parks travels had an immediate success and was… Leer más

Quarter morocco over pictorial maroon cloth board with gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Limited edition copy No. 91 of 380 issued, this being the English Toned Paper edition. Hors textes plates with tissue guards throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout text as well. Title continued: "to which are added a chronology of one hundred voyages westward, projected, attempted, or accomplished between 1431 and 1504; biographical accounts of the three hundred pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a copious list of the original names of American regions, caciqueships, mountains, islands, capes, gulfs, rivers, towns, and harbours." Topics include: John Cabot, Gaspar Corte-Real, Christopher Columbus, Ancient Maps, First Knowledge of Florida, Colonisation [colonization] of Nova Scotia, Aliminos, Pardon Real, Lusitano-Germanic Cartography, and much more. Wear to head of spine and hinges, but still intact and sturdy. 802 pp. 9 3/4 x 11 3/4. A clean, bright volume without previous owners'… Leer más

New York: Rand McNally & Co. , 1949. RARE lithograph wall chart for the device called the "Structural Differential" which Alfred Korzybski patented in 1925 as a means to aid in visualizing the process he called "abstracting". This was to be used as a training device in general semantics, a field of study Korzybski is credited with founding. The chart is Near Fine, rubbed lower right, mounted on two stained wooden dowels with ribbon hanger 18" wide by 38" high. Korzybski's work in semantics heavily influenced science fiction authors such as A.E. Van Vogt, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, and H. Beam Piper, as well as L. Ron Hubbard and Joseph W. Campbell. His most famous quote "The map is not the territory" comes from this longer quote "A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness."( Science and Sanity, Korzybski, 1931). OCLC locates no copies; no… Leer más

1768 Forests Eu Normandy France French Agronomy Rivers MAPS Atlas Estancelin

Louis Estancelin, a 19th-century French politician, is best remembered for his book "Collection of Engravings on Forests and Woods in Eu" This work provides descriptions and views of forests, rivers, cities, and harbors in Eu, Normandy and their agronomic and economic implications in in pre-Revolutionary France.
Item number: #19556
Price: $1500
ESTANCELIN, Louis
Collection de cartes concernant les forêts, triages et bois taillés du Comté-prairie d'Eu
1768. 1st edition
Details:

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Collation:
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40 (plates)
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Wanting #2, 3, 29, 32, 34, 35
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 8.25in (26cm x 21cm)
· Exceedingly rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at upwards of $6,000
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Amsterdam: Visscher, Nicholas (Nicolaus), 1685. Very good, early color (perhaps some recent enhancement), few tiny worm holes, minor restoration at lower right (no image loss) and flattened center fold. Minmial browning margins. The date is approximate. Numerous biblical vignettes, some with Hebrew lettering. This was done for a Dutch bible, this one published by Visscher in Amsterday. Shirley's entry 457 is a similar map but without the Visscher imprint (and this issue does not have the tabular information in the lower central area. North America is labeled with "Japhet," and "Eden" is shown towards the cetner of the depiction of Asia. The vignettes are quite decorative. Moxon was a print and globe-maker, and he was the first tradesman to be elected to the Royal Society (online Dictionary of National Biography). The image measures 32 x 46 cm (18 x 12.5 inches), and has good margins..

London, W.Bulmer and Co., 1799
4º. xxviii,(2),372 pp., xcii. Bound to style in a fine later calf. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Blindtoolings to bands and compartments of spine. Engraved portrait as frontispiece, 2 engraved plates with music, 5 engraved plates (of which 3 are views) and 3 large folded engraved maps. One map strenghtened in foldings and edges, one map with a closed tear to folding. Wide-margined, a few margins slightly brownspotted. Light offsetting to title and portrait.
Second edition - the same year as the first - of this classic work of travel litterature.
"Until the publicationof Park's book in 1799 hardly anything was known of the interior of Africa, apart from the north-east region and coastal areas....the real opening up of Africa by the white races began with the African Association, founded in 1788 with the express purpose of exploring Africa and furthering British tradee and political influence onthe continent...Parks travels had an immediate success and was… Leer más

Quarter morocco over pictorial maroon cloth board with gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Limited edition copy No. 91 of 380 issued, this being the English Toned Paper edition. Hors textes plates with tissue guards throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout text as well. Title continued: "to which are added a chronology of one hundred voyages westward, projected, attempted, or accomplished between 1431 and 1504; biographical accounts of the three hundred pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a copious list of the original names of American regions, caciqueships, mountains, islands, capes, gulfs, rivers, towns, and harbours." Topics include: John Cabot, Gaspar Corte-Real, Christopher Columbus, Ancient Maps, First Knowledge of Florida, Colonisation [colonization] of Nova Scotia, Aliminos, Pardon Real, Lusitano-Germanic Cartography, and much more. Wear to head of spine and hinges, but still intact and sturdy. 802 pp. 9 3/4 x 11 3/4. A clean, bright volume without previous owners'… Leer más

New York: Rand McNally & Co. , 1949. RARE lithograph wall chart for the device called the "Structural Differential" which Alfred Korzybski patented in 1925 as a means to aid in visualizing the process he called "abstracting". This was to be used as a training device in general semantics, a field of study Korzybski is credited with founding. The chart is Near Fine, rubbed lower right, mounted on two stained wooden dowels with ribbon hanger 18" wide by 38" high. Korzybski's work in semantics heavily influenced science fiction authors such as A.E. Van Vogt, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, and H. Beam Piper, as well as L. Ron Hubbard and Joseph W. Campbell. His most famous quote "The map is not the territory" comes from this longer quote "A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness."( Science and Sanity, Korzybski, 1931). OCLC locates no copies; no… Leer más

1768 Forests Eu Normandy France French Agronomy Rivers MAPS Atlas Estancelin

Louis Estancelin, a 19th-century French politician, is best remembered for his book "Collection of Engravings on Forests and Woods in Eu" This work provides descriptions and views of forests, rivers, cities, and harbors in Eu, Normandy and their agronomic and economic implications in in pre-Revolutionary France.
Item number: #19556
Price: $1500
ESTANCELIN, Louis
Collection de cartes concernant les forêts, triages et bois taillés du Comté-prairie d'Eu
1768. 1st edition
Details:

·
Collation:
o
40 (plates)
o
Wanting #2, 3, 29, 32, 34, 35
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.25in X 8.25in (26cm x 21cm)
· Exceedingly rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at upwards of $6,000
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer… Leer más