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(American Express Travel Department)
Tours of Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun 1931
American Express Travel Department 1931. Wraps. Good. 7" x 10" 16-pagetour booklet in striking deco-designed stiff wrappers. Issued by the travel department of American Express for the summer of 1931. Illustrated with photographs route maps. Tidemarking to the left side of the front wrapextending more lightly onto the title page and more faintly still to the rest of the pages. Unusal promotional booklet for tours to Alaska during the Great Depression. American Express Travel Department unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : E27325
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(Anonyme)
Etrennes géographiques, ou costumes des principaux peuples de l'Europe accompagnés d'un précis historique sur chaque pays, sa description, et celle des Moeurs et Coutumes de ses habitants (...)
1815 Paris, Saintin, 1815, petit in-12 de 151 pp. et 32 figures gravées hors-texte, reliure de l'époque de demi-veau brun à coins, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, pièce de titre verte, sans la page de titre, sinon bon exemplaire.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20283
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(Anonyme)
Les insignes de l'armée de l'air - Les unités navigantes
Edition Air Actualités, 1983. In-4 (31 x 24 cm) reliure éditeur en toile sous jaquette illustrée, illustrations couleurs, 151 pages. Quelques petits défauts en jaquette, sinon bon état.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26271
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(Anonyme) (Flournois Gédéon )
Les entretiens des voyageurs sur la mer
A La Haye, chez Isaac Van Der Kloot, 1740. 4 volumes reliés en plein veau havanne, dos lisse à caissons dorés et pièce de titre havane, plats à triple filets dorés, tranches rouges, 35 illustrations en taille douce hors-texte, lettrines historiées, culs de lampe, tome 1 : 4 illustrations, 352 p. - tome 2 : 16 planches, 472 p. - tome 3 : 7 illustrations, 335 p. - tome 4 : 8 illustrations, 324 p. Rousseurs éparses, mais bel ensemble cependant. 1ère édition 1683 en 2 vol. Barbier T2. Bulletin du Bibliophile tome XIV. 4 books in full contemporary calf, flat spine with gilt panels and red & brown labels, triple fillets on boards, red edges, 35 engraved plates , historical letters, tail-pieces - vol.1 : 4 pl., 352 p. - vol. 2 : 16 pl, 472 p. - vol. 3 : 7 pl., 335 p. - vol.4 : 8 pl., 324 p. Sporadic foxing. Fresh copy. Bib : Barbier Vol.2 ; Bulletin du Bibliophile, vol. 14.
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(aventures) BRIDGES T.C
Le raid mystérieux de Martin Crüsoé au cœur des Sargasses.
In 8 reliure d’éditeur demi-toile,premier illustré en couleurs,190 pages dans et hors-texte(sur papier glacé)Nathan éditeur 1926.(deux déchirures réparées sinon bon état)
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1231
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(BALZAC) - LAUNAY Jean-Jacques
BALZAC PÈRE DU TOURISME.
1950 Alençon, revue Les Amitiés littéraires et artistiques, n° 2 de la collection Les Cahiers des Amitiés, sans date (vers 1950). Plaquette de 38 pp. agrafées, 15,5 x 24 cm. Très bon état, sans annotations.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17714
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(Barrow, John)
A Family Tour Through South Holland; Up the Rhine' and Across The Netherlands o Ostend.
London: John Murray and Thomas Tegg and Son 1836. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Half morocco marbled boards gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine leather spine label. Folding map and 7 of 10 engravings. Front cover detached but present ex-library label on front pastedown edgewear and scuffing half-inch circular chip to spine contents mildly age-darkened. Despite the foregoing imperfections thiis is still an attractive little book. <br/> <br/> John Murray and Thomas Tegg and Son hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003939
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(BARTHELEMY, JEAN JACQUES).
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire. 9 vols. - [A FICTIONAL VOYAGE TO GREECE]
Aux Deux-Ponts, Sanson et Compagnie, 1793. 8vo. Uniformly bound in nine contemporary full mottled calf bindings with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Spines with small paper-label pasted on to upper compartment. Light wear to extremities, boards with a few scratches but generally a very nice a clean copy. (4), 369 pp. (4), 359 pp. 351, (1) pp. (4), 289, (1) pp. (4), 377, (1) pp. (4), 373, (1) pp. (4), 300, (1) pp. (4), 379, (1) pp." (4), 324 pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60815
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(BARTLETT, W.H.). - SICILY.
Pictures from Sicily. By the Author of Forty Days in the Desert.
London, Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1853. Royal8vo. Uncut in a very fine orig. full cloth, richly gilt spine and covers. Engraved frontispiece, engraved titlepage (and printed). (8),III,200 pp. a. (16) pp. of publisher's adv., 1 engraved map, textillustr. in woodcut and 30 fine steel-engraved plates with tissue-guards. Text absolutely clean. Plates with some brownspots.
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(BEAUVOIR Simone) / LEVEEL Eric & al.
Simone de Beauvoir. Tout connaître du monde
Paris, La Quinzaine littéraire / Louis Vuitton, "Voyager avec...", 2008, 15,5 x 21,5, 272 pages cousues sous couverture rempliée illustrée. Photographies noir & blanc.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LITTFRAAAA916001023
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(BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BINDING). (TRAVEL - ILLUSTRATED). YRIARTE, CHARLES
LES BORDS D'ADRIATIQUE ET LE MONTÉNÉGRO
Paris: Librarie Hachette et Cie 1878. FIRST EDITION. 344x 256 mm. 13 1/2 x 10". 4 p.l. 639 pp. <br/> Publisher's tan morocco-grained cloth WITH ANIMATED DESIGN BY AUGUSTE D. SOUZE stamp-signed on front cover STAMPED IN GILT AND BLACK covers with dolphin and wave frame trident cornerpieces central panel with heraldic emblems including Venice's Lion of St. Mark and banners bearing the names of the covered territories flaming censer at foot of central panel publisher's emblem below it raised bands matching tan morocco spine elaborately gilt marbled endpapers all edge gilt. With 254 wood-engraved illustrations 75 of these full-page and seven steel-engraved maps two of them full-page. With book label of the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin laid in at front. Two-inch crease at bottom of rear joint but the joint not cracked or otherwise weakened a touch of rubbing to extremities occasional faint offsetting from illustrations other trivial imperfections but A VERY FINE COPY--clean fresh and bright internally with stately margins in a shimmering binding showing almost no signs of use.<br/> <br/> In its striking--and strikingly well-preserved--publisher's binding this grandly proportioned and thoroughly illustrated travelogue comes from a major American collection. Our author French painter and writer Charles Yriarte 1832-98 had begun travelling around Italy and the Balkans as a reporter for the "Monde Illustré" magazine. In 1871 he left the magazine to begin travelling and writing on his own. The present work was composed during this new period on a journey Yriarte took starting in Venice and along both coasts of the Adriatic Sea including the inland portions of the eastern Adriatic countries which he says in the introduction have been little-visited. His descriptions of landscapes architecture cultures and costumes he encountered are accompanied by a wealth of illustrations after a variety of artists which provide very romantic impressions of the scenery and peoples of the Adriatic coast. The binding is the work of engraver and designer Auguste Souze fl. 1857-92 who produced many dies for publisher's bindings in France during the third quarter of the 19th century. Our binding is profusely decorated with the iconography of the Adriatic region and the gilt and black are used very effectively to give depth and richness to the design. This volume comes from the splendid collection of publisher's bindings assembled over three decades by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin and exhibited at the Grolier Club in 2000. In a review of the sumptuous catalogue for the exhibition written for the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Andrea Krupp praises the "pristine condition" of this "glittering and opulent collection.". Librarie Hachette et Cie unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ST20676
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(BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (TRAVEL - FRANCE). CARR, JOHN, SIR
THE STRANGER IN FRANCE; OR A TOUR FROM DEVONSHIRE TO PARIS
London: Printed for J. Johnson 1807. Second Edition. 225 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". iv 373 1 pp. <br/> Original blue paper boards and paper backstrip spine with original printed paper label EDGES UNTRIMMED. With 12 aquatint plates after sketches by Carr. A Large Paper Copy. First page of text with contemporary ink inscription reading "Ballygarth House." Lowndes I 377 1st ed. Boards with a couple of snags and faint stains corners minimally rubbed one plate with vague offsetting but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY showing very few signs of use inside or out.<br/> <br/> In its remarkably well-preserved original boards this is a beautiful copy of a popular travel narrative. Sir John Carr 1772-1832 had originally trained as a lawyer but after visiting the Continent for his health made his career as a travel writer instead. The 1803 publication of the first edition of the present work launched him into fame as a writer. His subsequent works proved just as popular and after the 1806 publication of "The Stranger in Ireland" he was knighted by John Russell 6th Duke of Bedford then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Afterward Lord Byron in a suppressed verse from "Childe Harolde" appropriately called him "Green Erin's i.e. Ireland's knight and Europe's wandering star." Our copy's inscription indicates it belonged to the library of Ballygarth House very probably referring to Ballygarth Castle in County Meath Ireland the seat of the Pepper family which dates from the 14th century. While not a rare book it is uncommonly encountered in its original publisher's binding particularly in such fine condition as seen here. Even the richly printed aquatints which would typically be found foxed or causing offsetting are in virtually perfect condition. Printed for J. Johnson unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ST20596
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(BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE de).
Voyage autour du Monde, par la Frégate du Roi La Boudeuse et la Flûte L'Étoile " en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769.
Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771. 4to. Near contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Very light wear along edges. Stamps on title-page. (8, incl. htitle),417,(1) pp., 20 engraved maps and charts (numb. 1-19 + 16 bis) of which 18 are folded, including the large world map. 2 engraved plates (numb. 1-2). Internally clean and fine, a few leaves with marginal brownspots.
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(Burke, Andrew)
Burke's Descriptive Guide; or the Visitors' Companion to Niagara Falls: Its Strange and Wonderful Localities.
Buffalo: Edson C. Eastman and Company 1850. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 107pp. Printed wraps engraved frontispiece illustrated throughout. Front wrapper missing text is lightly foxed rear cover spotted folding map in very good condition. Rare 1850 first printing ot ths early travel guide. Complete except for front wrapper. <br/> <br/> Edson C. Eastman and Company paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 004084
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(CAMPE, JOACHIM HEINRICH)
Fortsetzung der Campischen Reisebeschreibungen für die Jugend. 6 vols. 1: Reise des Grafen von Benjowsky. 2: Reise des Grafen von Benjowsky. 3: Neue Reise in die vereinten Staaten von Nordamerika, gemacht im Jahr 1788 von dem französischen Bürger J. P...
Braunschweig, Schulbuchhandlung,1794 - 1801. 8vo. Uniformly bound in six contemporary marbled paper covered cardboard bindings with gilt lettering to spine. With wear to extremities. Internally very fine and clean. VI, 192 pp. (2), 253, (1) pp. VI, 249, (1) pp. (4), 254 pp. (6), 232 pp. (4), 276 pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 61328
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(Captain) George Keppel
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY FROM INDIA TO ENGLAND BY BUSSORAH BAGDAD THE RUINS OF BABYLON CURDISTAN THE COURT OF PERSIA THE WESTERN SHORES OF THE CASPIAN SEA ASTRAKHAN NISHNEY NOVOGOROD MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURGH IN THE YEAR 1824
Philadelphia: Carey. Lea and Carey 1827. first american edition. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 1/2 in. Publisher's adverts xii 344 pp. Contemporary binding of cloth spine with paper boards and paper spine label. Condition is VERY GOOD ; spine cloth has some minor loss and splits but is overall very soild. Covers toned and corners worn. Spine label mostly rubbed away. Binding tight. Text has some mild foxing with a few large spots on margins but is perfectly clean and readable. Trav. RGR. Carey. Lea and Carey hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49495
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(Carte des Chemins de fer) Andriveau Goujon
Chemins de fer, lignes télégraphiques, communications maritimes : EUROPE
Henry Barrère éditeur, Paris, 1897. Chemise in/8 percaline éditeur verte, plat avec décor à froid et titre doré, contenant une grande carte grand format (1,2 m x 82 cm) en couleur contrecollée sur toile.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14828
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(Carte des Chemins de fer) Andriveau Goujon
Chemins de fer, lignes télégraphiques, communications maritimes : EUROPE
Henry Barrère éditeur, Paris, 1897. Chemise in/8 percaline éditeur verte, plat avec décor à froid et titre doré, contenant une grande carte grand format (1,2 m x 82 cm) en couleur contrecollée sur toile. Excellent état.
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(Carte)
Madagascar
H. Le Soudier éditeur, Paris, s.d. (après 1894) . Petit in-8 (17 x 11 cm) contenant une carte rempliée grand format (66 x 45 cm) en couleurs. Exemplaire en bon état.
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(Castelao, Blanchard, Cossio, etc.)
XACOBEO '99. CAMINOS - Comillas 1999 - Ilustrado
Comillas. Edit. Palacio de Sobrellano, 1999. Numerosas ilustraciones en color fuera texto. 253 p. Gran 8º. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Obras de Castelao, Pancho Cossío, Maside, Iturrino, María Blanchard, etc.
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(Catalogue de vente voyages) CHRISTIE'S
The Kissner collection
Christie's Londres 1990. In-4 27 x 21 cm broché couverture illustrée illustrations en noir et en couleurs liste des prix 383 pages. Vente du 3 au 5 octobre 1990 importante vente d'ouvrages anciens sur les pays. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26168
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(Catalogue de vente voyages) Tajan
Voyages et explorations dans les cinq continents - Précieuse collection de livres anciens du XVè au XIXè siècle
Monaco 1986. In-4 27 x 22 cm broché couverture imprimée 61 feuillets illustrés en noir et en couleurs 287 notices. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26172
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(Catalogue de vente Algérie) PIASA
Bibliothèque algérienne de Philippe Zoumeroff suivie de Livres anciens et modernes
Drouot, Paris, 2000. In-8 (24 x 17 cm) broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 58 feuillets non paginés, illustrations en noir, 604 notices, estimations in-fine.
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(Catalogue de vente voyages) CHRISTIE'S
The Kissner collection
Christie's, Londres, 1990. In-4 (27 x 21 cm) broché, couverture illustrée, illustrations en noir et en couleurs, liste des prix, 383 pages.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26168
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(Catalogue de vente voyages) Tajan
Voyages et explorations dans les cinq continents - Précieuse collection de livres anciens du XVè au XIXè siècle
Monaco, 1986. In-4 (27 x 22 cm) broché, couverture imprimée, 61 feuillets illustrés en noir et en couleurs, 287 notices.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26172
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(Catalogue de vente voyages) Tajan
Voyages et explorations dans les cinq continents - Précieuse collection de livres anciens du XVè au XIXè siècle
Monaco, 1986. In-4 (27 x 22 cm) broché, couverture imprimée, 61 feuillets illustrés en noir et en couleurs, 287 notices.
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(Catalogue de vente) CAZAUX, DUBERN, BRISCADIEU
Bibliothèque de Mme F*** - tome IV - Voyages hors France
Bordeaux, 1999. (20 x 13 cm) broché, couverture illustrée, 154 pages. 377 notices.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26174
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(Catalogue de vente) CAZAUX, DUBERN, BRISCADIEU
Bibliothèque de Mme F*** - tome IV - Voyages hors France
Bordeaux, 1999. (20 x 13 cm) broché, couverture illustrée, 154 pages. 377 notices. Expert Bernard Hauvette.
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(Catalogue de vente) PIASA
Bibliothèque Léon Nafilyan - Proche Orient
Drouot, Paris, 2000. In-8 (24 x 17 cm) broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 46 feuillets non paginés, illustrations en noir, 414 notices, estimations in-fine, et résultats de la vente.
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(Catalogue) BERG Hetti, WIJSENBEEK Thera, FISCHER Eric
Venter, Fabriqueur, Fabrikant - Joodse ondernemers en ondernemingen in Nederland 1796-1940
NEHA, Amsterdam, 1994. In-4 (28 x 21 cm) broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, illustrations en couleurs, 207 p. Texte en néerlandais. Catalogue du Musée Historique Juif de Amsterdam sur les entrepreneurs et les entreprises Juifs aux Pays Bas de 1796 à 1940 (diamanterie bien sûr mais également le textile, le chocolat, entreprises alimentaires...
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(Catalogue) CLAVREUIL Jean
Méditerranée (tapas...) - catalogue n°350
Librairie Clavreuil, Paris, 2002. In-4 (26 x 18 cm) broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 143 pages. 562 notices. "Que l'on considère ce catalogue comme un avant-propos, façon antipasti, mezze ou tapas...au choix ! " Pierre Clavreuil.
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(CHADENAT CHARLES. 1859-1938).
BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. CH. CHADENAT ANCIEN LIBRAIRE. GEOGRAPHIE - VOYAGES - ATLAS - OUVRAGES SUR LA MARINE - LIVRES SUR L'ASIE, L'AFRIQUE, L'AMERIQUE ET L'OCEANIE. INDEX DES NOMS D'AUTEURS ET DES OUVRAGES ANONYMES ETABLIS PAR C. COULET.
PARIS, EDITIONS DU VEXIN FRANCAIS. C. COULET ET A. FAURE. 1980. 2 VOLUMES IN-8 BROCHES (16,5 X 24 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) NON PAGINES, COUVERTURE CREME, TITRE IMPRIME EN NOIR ET EN ROUGE. ILLUSTRE D'UN PORTRAIT EN FRONTISPICE ET DE NOMBREUSES PLANCHES HORS TEXTE. 7210 OUVRAGES DECRITS. COMPLETE PAR LA LISTE DES PRIX D'ADJUDICATION REALISES LORS DES VENTES PUBLIQUES ECHELONNEES ENTRE 1942 ET 1954. BIBLIOGRAPHIE INCONTOURNABLE. BON EXEMPLAIRE.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 736
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(CHARLES, Hubert).
Course dans la Gruyère ou description des moeurs et des sites les plus remarquables de cette intéressante contrée du canton de Fribourg.
Paris, Firmin Didot 1826, 145x100mm, 117pages, cartonnage avec la page de couverture collée sur la reliure, dos percaline noire, ex-libris sur le plat intérieur. 1re édition du premier guide touristique sur la Gruyère, rarement complet avec la gravure.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1372
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(Chemin de fer Pennsylvanie)
Chemin de fer Pennsylvanie à l'Exposition Colombienne suivi de notes descriptives des villes de New York, Washington, Philadelphie, Chicago...
Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Pennsylvanie, Philadelphie, 1892. In-8 (20 x 16 cm) reliure à la bradel en demi-toile bleu pervenche, dos à pièce de titre bordeaux, cartes et illustrations (photographies, dessins), 117 p. Une petite auréole claire sur la tranche supérieure avec un petit débordement sur les feuillets à partir de la p. 54. Un amusant plan de New York avec situations des hôtels, théâtres et cercles !
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(CHOISY, FRANCOIS-THIMOLEON DE).
Journal ou Suite du Voyage de Siam.
Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1687. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities, small worm-tract to last leaves, not affecting text. A nice and clean copy. (4), 377, (3) pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60646
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(Claude Markovits)
Histoire de l'Inde moderne: (1480-1950)
Le grand livre du mois / Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1994, fort in/8, reliure souple de l'éditeur, 727 pages. Sous la direction de Claude Markovits.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 34445
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(Collectif)
400 VOYAGES DE RÊVE
Un ouvrage de 336 pages, format 205 x 275 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 2009, National Geographic, bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126745336
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(Collectif)
DESTINATIONS de REVE
Un ouvrage de 224 pages, format 235 x 295 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage sous jaquette couleurs, publié en 1996, bon, état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126730461
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(Collectif)
VOYAGES AUTOUR du MONDE
Un ouvrage de 367 pages, format 215 x 260 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage couleurs, publié en 1969, Sélection du Reader's Digest, bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126715194
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(Collectif)
VOYAGES XSANS FRONTIERES
Un ouvrage de 383 pages, format 220 x 260 mm, illustré, relié cartonnage couleurs, publié en 1970, Sélection du Reader's Digest, bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126722055
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(COLOR PLATES - TRAVEL AND VIEWS, RHINE, MEUSE, MOSELLE RIVERS). STANFIELD, CLARKSON
SKETCHES ON THE MOSELLE THE RHINE AND THE MEUSE
London: Hodgson & Clark 1838. FIRST EDITION. 560 x 380 mm. 22 x 15". 1 p.l. lithograph dedication and table of contents 1 leaf ads. <br/> Apparently unrestored publisher's red quarter morocco over pink watered silk boards flat spine gilt titling on front cover and spine marbled endpapers. WITH 30 VERY FINE SCENIC COLOR LITHOGRAPHS lithograph title and 29 views on 25 plates by T. S. Boys W. Gauci A. Picken and L. Haghe all with original thick tissue guards. Abbey Travel 32; Hardie "English Coloured Books" p. 247. â—†Covers a little soiled and with minor evidence of insect activity corners rather bumped but the original binding without major problems and still surprisingly solid for such a large picture book. Faint stains to free endpapers a few additional trivial defects but VERY FINE INTERNALLY THE PLATES ESPECIALLY CLEAN AND FRESH WITH CONSISTENTLY BRIGHT COLORING.<br/> <br/> Composed of idyllic renderings of views along the great Belgian and German rivers noted in the title the picturesque illustrations in this book are the work of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield 1793-1867 a self-taught artist and close friend of Charles Dickens who began his career as a scenic painter for dramatic productions. In addition to the dramatic landscapes castles and ruins depicted here the artist also paints a picture of daily life in the region by illustrating in great detail the activities of peasants laborers and other common folk who lived and worked in the area. Indeed the stories suggested by the characters' interactions--for example a group of women taking a break from their labors to gossip two lovers stealing a quiet moment on a hillside a solitary old woman selling her meager supply of fresh vegetables on the road--are as enchanting as the landscapes themselves. The theatrical qualities of these plates are perhaps no surprise given the artist's background in stagecraft. Stanfield worked his way up from volunteering for amateur theater productions to a paid position at Drury Lane in London's fashionable Covent Garden district. During his 12-year tenure with that theater as DNB tells us "he achieved a legendary reputation as a creator of romantic landscape scenery. . . . Stanfield's work especially 'taught pit and gallery to admire landscape art and the boxes to become connoisseurs' according to his friend W. M. Thackeray." Even after Stanfield left Drury Lane to focus on his paintings and published works the artist continued to paint scenery for Dickens and even supplied illustrations for some of his works of fiction including the "Christmas Books." DNB notes that upon Stanfield's death Dickens wrote "a moving editorial tribute . . . which described him as 'the soul of frankness generosity and simplicity. The most genial the most affectionate . . . and the most lovable of men.'" Intact copies of the present work are quite scarce in the marketplace. Hodgson & Clark unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ST19413
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(composite : Luigi Fiorillo; Rafael Garzòn; Félix Bonfils ; Hippolyte Arnoux ; Frères Rubellin ; Frères Zangaki ;Christopher Oscanyan etc)
Bel album de photographies sur l’Egypte, le Liban et la Palestine, comportant d’impressionnantes photographies de momies prises au moment de leur découverte (Ramses II, Setie Ier)
Circa 1870-1880. Album in plano (30,5 x 24,5cm) composé de 52 feuilles cartonnées. Pleine percaline noire d’époque, muette, tranches dorées. Rares rousseurs, quelques photos au contraste faible, une photo avec une légère déchirure en marge, sinon très bon état de conservation. L’album est composé de soixante photos, la plupart de grand format (24 x17 cm).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3132
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(CONNECTICUT STEAMSHIP TRAVEL)
Autographed Business Letter
New York 1846. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches New York City December 8 1846. In this letter a salesman has booked travel for a favored client: "I have sent for you by the steam boat CHAMPION which leaves here this afternoon for New Haven marked as you directed by Springfield railroad with three kegs of printing ink." An interesting memento from the days when steamships were owned by the wealthy railroads who attempted to monopolize travel and trade. In this case the steamboat Champion actually the New Champion 1846 - 1851 would leave the Port of New York and set sail up the Long Island Sound eventually entering the Connecticut River bound for New Haven. The passenger could choose to sail as far up as Springfield Massachusetts or transfer for the much faster train at New Haven all owned by Hartford & New Haven Railroads. Several folds; small chip in the left margin. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 253662
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(CONSTANTINOPLE - EARLY 19TH CENTURY TRAVEL TO, FACSIMILE PUBLICATION). MELLING, ANTOINE IGNACE
VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE CONSTANTINOPLE ET DES RIVES DU BOSPHORE. A PICTURESQUE VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE SHORES OF THE BOSPHORUS
Bern: Ertug & Kocabiyuk 2002. No. 46 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES of a total edition of 350. 670 x 508 mm. 26 3/8 x 20". 3 p.l. 10 pp. 63 leaves. <br/> Publisher's scarlet morocco by Buchbinderei Burkhardt AG covers with gilt-rolled border cornerpieces tooled in gilt upper cover with gilt calligraphic Arabic centerpiece lower cover with gilt central heraldic device marbled endleaves all edges gilt. With a portrait frontispiece of Emperor Selim III 48 DOUBLE-PAGE PLATES AND THREE DOUBLE-PAGE MAPS. ◆A virtually as-new copy.<br/> <br/> This is one of the deluxe copies of a modern facsimile of Melling's massive and magnificently illustrated work devoted to 18th century Constantinople a book that provided the earliest interior views and plans of the harems and palaces of Sultan Selim III when it was published in 1819. The illustrations remain the best and certainly most attractive record we have of the city during this era in its history. Our edition was produced from a copy of the elephant folio first printing in the collection of the facsimile's publisher Ahmet Ertug with images faithfully reproduced in their original mammoth size 650 x 970 mm. After his arrival in Constantinople in 1795 architect and painter Antoine Ignace Melling 1763-1831 was appointed imperial architect by Selim III. In the course of his duties he designed and landscaped a seaside palace for Selim's sister Princess Hatice and produced these striking panoramic views of the city and its environs. After completing the palace and a number of other building projects for Selim he returned to Paris and in 1804 issued a prospectus for this work. He established an engraving studio in 1809 to reproduce these drawings and began publishing the completed prints as a series of fascicles that were sent to subscribers. The last one appeared in 1819. The outstanding success of an exhibition of the paintings on which the "Voyage Pittoresque" was based earned Melling the rank of painter to the Empress Josephine. When "Voyage Pittoresque" was originally published booksellers in England sold copies for £84 a huge sum for a book at the time. The original edition in pleasing condition now fetches between $75000 and $100000. Our handsomely bound actual size facsimile offers an attractively priced alternative. Ertug & Kocabiyuk unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : CJW1322
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(D'ARGENVILLE, A.N. DEZALLIER) - PARIS.
Voyage pittoresque des Environs de Paris, ou description des Maisons Royales, Chateaux & autres Lieux de Plaisance, situés à quince lieues aux environs de cette Ville. Troisieme edition. Corrigée & augmentée.
Paris, De Bure pere, 1768. Small 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf. Back gilt and worn. Leather at lower compartment lacks. Spine ends gone. First leaves dampstained, decreasing toward end. Engraved frontisp. 462,(6) pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24720
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(D'ARGENVILLE, A.N. DEZALLIER) - PARIS.
Voyage pittoresque des Environs de Paris, ou description des Maisons Royales, Chateaux & autres Lieux de Plaisance, situés à quince lieues aux environs de cette Ville. Troisieme edition. Corrigée & augmentée.
Paris, De Bure pere, 1768. Small 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf. Back gilt and worn. Leather at lower compartment lacks. Spine ends gone. First leaves dampstained, decreasing toward end. Engraved frontisp. 462,(6) pp.
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(DANIEL, GABRIEL). - AN IMAGINARY TRAVEL IN THE CARTESIAN WORLD.
Iter per Mundum Cartesii and Novae Difficultates a Peripatetico Propositae Auctori Iteneris per Mundum Cartesii Circa cognitionem Brutorum. Cum Refutatione duplicis defensionis Systematis Mundi Cartesii. 2 vols.
Amsterdam Abraham Wolfgang 1694. Uncut in contemp. blank boards. Title handwritten on spine. Spine a little rubbed. 22307 pp. and 8159 pp. Textillustrations in woodcut illustrating Cartesian physics and world system. A large copy few marginal brownspots. Previous owners name on fly-leaf Vilhelm Maar Danish historian of medicine. <br/><br/><em>First Latin edition The French original from 1690 Voyage du Monde de Descartes of this imaginary travel to find Descartes on the moon and in the upper spheres. The work is one of the most importent anti-Cartesian polemics of the 1690's and it attacs the whole of Descartes system in a satirical way."It aimes principally at the sharp Cartesian distinction between body and soul related in a satirical fashion the voyage of the disembodied souls of the narrator of Mersanne and of another old friend of Descartes in the upper spheres. On their way to visit Descartes in the third heaven they meet the souls of Aristotle and the disciples of descartes clearly refelcting here the philosophical opinions of Gabriel Daniel himself. One of the articles of that treaty stipulates that the Cartesians will refer to Aristotle with more respect whereas the Aristotelians will refrain from calling Descartes "Enthusiast" "Madman" "Heretick" or "Atheist" - all of these evidently labels commonly used by the opponents of Descartes at that time." Michael Heyd in "Be Sober and Reasonable". The work was published anonymous and earlier sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. - </em> hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36324
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(Davison, Gideon M.)
The Fashionable Tour In 1825. An Excursion to the SpringsNiagara Quebec and Boston.
Saratoga Springs: G.M. Davison 1825. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 169pp. Brown marbled boards black leather backing gilt lettering to spine. Cover is moderately worn contents are foxed front endpaper missing binding is tight. A compact little tour guide. Howes D-143. <br/> <br/> G.M. Davison hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003992
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(DEZALLIER D'ARGENTVILLE, ANTOINE-NICHOLE).
Voyage pittoresque de Paris ou indication de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette ville, en peinture, sculpture et architecture. Sixieme Edition.
Paris, Freres de Bure 1778. 8vo. In contemporary full sprinkled calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Head and foot of spine chipped with minor loss of leather. Hole in front hinge showing cords. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A nice and clean copy. (2), XII, (2), 492, (4) pp. + frontispiece and 6 plates (plates numbered 2,3,4,5,6,8).
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 60902
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(DOYLE, CHARLES).
Briefe aus Aegypten geschrieben während des brittischen Feldzugs daselbst im Jahre 1801 von einem Staabsoffiziere der brittischen Armee. Auszugsweise aus dem Englischen übersetzt.
Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comptoirs, 1805. Unbound, but stitched, first sheet loose. XII,111 pp.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40759
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