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THUBRON Colin
The Venetians. [First European Edition.] FIRST EUROPEAN EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and coloured endpaper maps; black faux-morocco cloth, upper board with coloured illustration mounted in gilt frame, gilt back, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Published a year after the US edition.
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THUBRON Colin
Istanbul. [Second English Impression.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Roy. 8vo., Second Impression thus, with numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and coloured pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The US edition was published in 1978.
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COURAGE Major G.
The History of 15/19 The King's Royal Hussars 1939-1945. With Foreword by Brigadier Sir Henry Floyd. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps (the majority coloured in outline) and endpaper maps; blue regimental cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, boards unevenly faded else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sutcliffe, p.90; White, p.23.
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RAMSAY Sir William Mitchell
The Revolution in Constantinople and Turkey. With Episodes and Photographs by Lady Ramsay. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 34 plates; original green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Bright copy of a scarce, valuable and important eye-witness account.
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NEWBY Eric
On the Shores of the Mediterranean. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BLUMENSON Martin
The Vilde Affair. Beginnings of the French Resistance. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.190.
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KEMP Anthony
The Unknown Battle. Metz, 1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. It took Patton's Third Army, primarily the Fifth Division, over three months to subdue the German garrison in Autumn 1944.
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BLOCH Marc
Strange Defeat. A Statement of Evidence written in 1940. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Preface by Robert O. Paxton. Introduction by Frederick Maurice Powicke. Foreword by Georges Altman. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and 16 pages of plates; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. SCARCE.
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ELLIS et al Major L. F.
Victory in the West. Volume I. The Battle of Normandy [with] Vol. II. The Defeat of Germany. [Official] History of the Second World War. With Captain G.R.G. Allen, Lieut-Colonel A.E. Warhurst, Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps and charts (a number coloured in outline and folding); original series binding of green cloth, gilt backs, first volume a little loose (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. Published in the official series History of the Second World War. The set comprises Vol. I: The Battle of Normandy 1962); Vol. II: The Defeat of Germany (1968). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
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SCARFE Norman
Assault Division. A History of the 3rd Division from the Invasion of Normandy to the Surrender of Germany. New Foreword by Michael Howard. Foreword to the First Edition by Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with 35 plates on 24 and 7 maps (one double-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine coy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed updated and extended reissue of the scarce original edition of 1947. The British 3rd Division landed near Caen, linked up with the 6th Airborne and fought right through to the Surrender. Not recorded by Enser.
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SUMPTION Jonathan
The Hundred Years War. Trial by Battle [with] Trial by Fire [with] Divided Houses [with] Cursed Kings. THE 'HUNDRED YEARS WAR' TETRALOGY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS; ONE VOLUME SIGNED
4 vols,., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps and plans (many full-page) in the text; original cloth (black/blue/red/blue respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustswrapper. SECOND VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Sumption's masterly trilogy comprises Vol. I: Trial by Battle (1990); Vol. II: Trial by Fire (1999); Vol. III: Divided Houses (2009); Vol. IV: Cursed Kings (2015). COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE, THE MORE SO WITH SIGNATURE.
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COOK Theodore Andrea
The Story of Rouen. Illustrated by Helen M. James and Jane E. Cook. [Dent's Mediaeval Towns series. Third Edition]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
Sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 3 plates, 63 illustrations in the text and 6 maps (5 folding on japon), tiny contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of decorative pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp clean copy. First published in 1899.
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OKEY Thomas
The Story of Avignon. Illustrated by Percy Wadham. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 7 plates, illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one folding), tiny contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of decorative pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp clean copy.
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SORGE Ernst
With 'Plane, Boat & Camera in Greenland. An Account of the Universal Dr. Fanck Greenland Expedition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with large folding frontispiece, numerous plates, and illustrations and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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SPINELLI ALTIERO (A CURA DI)
CHE FARE PER L'EUROPA?
8°, BROSSURA A COLORI TITOLATA IN NERO, PG. 195 (9), INTERVENTI DI PERSONALITÀ VARIE (N. CARANDINI - A. GAROSCI - L. CATTANI - U. LA MALFA E TANTI ALTRI) PARTECIPANTI AL XI CONVEGNO DEGLI "AMICI DEL MONDO" SUI PROBLEMI DELL'EUROPA, INTRODUZIONE DI V. ARANGIO RUIZ, BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (C)
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BENIANS, E. A.
Sir Walter Raleigh
11 pages. Plus a full-page sketch illustration of Sir Walter Raleigh and his son Walter. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is an exceptional biographical sketch of Sir Walter Raleigh, published three hundred years after his execution on October 29, 1618. Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England. He rose rapidly in the favour of Queen Elizabeth I, and was knighted in 1585. Instrumental in the English colonisation of North America, Raleigh was granted a royal patent to explore Virginia, which paved the way for future English settlements. In 1591 he secretly married Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without the Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the Tower of London. After his release, they retired to his estate at Sherborne, Dorset. In 1594 Raleigh heard of a "City of Gold" in South America and sailed to find it, publishing an account of his experiences in a book that contributed to the legend of "El Dorado". After Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 Raleigh was again imprisoned in the Tower, this time for allegedly being involved in the Main Plot against King James I, who was not favourably disposed toward him. In 1616 he was released to lead a second expedition in search of El Dorado. This was unsuccessful and men under his command ransacked a Spanish outpost. He returned to England and, to appease the Spanish, was arrested and executed in 1618.
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Peter Weiss, Playwright
Archive of documents concerning the publication and production of several notable literary works and theatrical plays by Peter Ulrich Weiss
New York City, Frankfurt, Stockholm, etc., 1961-1966. Substantial archive of documents concerning the publication and production of several notable literary works and theatrical plays by Peter Ulrich Weiss, including correspondence, draft agreements, contracts signed with leading publishers and producers, as well as some programmes and peer reviews, being the working files of his New York agent, Joan Daves. Together with 3 LP record box sets of the first and complete Broadway original cast music recording for the Marat/Sade play. Octavo and Folio documents and letters, ranging in size and number of pages, some signed in the original. Most are in English; some are in German; the lot neatly contained in four ring binders. The vast majority of the documents date to the 1960s, with a scant few being later including a letter regarding a special television production in 1979 with NBC. Occasional wear to extremities, otherwise in very good condition, beautifully preserved, clean and bright. A generous and comprehensive archive chronicling the work and partnership of a leading literary agent in the rise of German-American publishing, and one of her notable German writers. Provenance: From the desk of Weiss' literary agent for the US, Joan Daves. Joan Daves (1919-1997) was a leading literary agent with her own agency in New York, whose client list boasts six Nobel Prize winners including Martin Luther King, Jr. Daves had a profound effect on the very existence of German literature in America. Born Liselotte Davidson in Berlin, she escaped Nazi Germany by fleeing to Paris and England before emigrating to the United States in 1940. Her agency, established in 1948, handled the original works of several American authors. She handled Martin Luther King, Jr.'s literary property from 1957 until her death. Of great emphasis with her firm was the representation of several major German publishers, such as Suhrkamp, Piper, S. Fischer Verlag and others. It was the prime time of German writers such as Peter Weiss, Uwe Johnson, Max Frisch, Heinar Kipphardt, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Hermann Hesse. In the mid-1960s, communication with German publishers was quite different from today. A shipment of galleys was prepared with a 'by sea mail' label. When the New York Times printed the date and time the next ship would leave the harbor, delivery of the parcels of documents to that specific ship was requested. Peter Ulrich Weiss (1916-1982) was a German author, playwright, and experimental filmmaker, who gained celebrity fame on Broadway in the 1960s. He is particularly known for his plays "Marat/Sade" of 1963/65 which is largely represented in the present archive and which was enormously successful, for "The Investigation" of 1965, and for his later novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance" (1971-81). In the 1960s Weiss also embraced and promoted politically controversial groups, standing for revolutionary Cuba, standing against US intervention in Vietnam, and joining Sweden's eurocommunist party. Manuscript
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Godofredus Schutze - Schütze
De Crventis Germanorvm Gentilivm Victimis Hvmanis Liber Vnvs - De Cruentis Germanorum Gentilium Victimis Humanis Liber Unus
8vo, 124 pages plus 15 page index, bound in contemporary Continental paper boards, a very good example of this rare book. In this work, Schütze deals with human sacrifices of the Germanic and Nordic races, a long forgotten practice of the people in the Arctic Circle trying to appease the gods in order to bring about favorable results in war and harvest. This seems to be the first work on this subject and was quoted as the authorative book of the 18th century. Rare in a First Edition.
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Asia Minor
Entwurf zu einer Charte von Klein Asien. Eine Berichtigung der geographie desselben, nach den neuesten astronomischen Bestimmungen des B. Beauchamp und aus itinerarischen Angaben zusammen getragen. Auf der Seeberger Sternwarte 1799.
..........[Drafting a Chart of Asia Minor. An Adjustment to the Same Geography, According to the Latest Astronomical Observations by B. Beauchamp and Information Gathered at the Seeberger Observatory in 1799]. 8vo. 2 pages, plus a rare fold-out map measuring approximately 7.25 inches x 10.5 inches (18.5 cm x 26.5 cm). Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a remarkable early map of Asia Minor, which remains largely blank, and two pages describing the latest observations gleaned by astronomists. Map extends from the southern Black Sea coast, west as far as the ancient city Smyrna, south to Latakia or Latakiyah in Syria, and east to Erzurum. Shows historically significant locations such as Constantinople, Basra, Aleppo and the Marmara Sea. These are the original pages printed in 1799, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal. Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu), or Asia Minor is a geographic region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Iranian plateau to the southeast, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. Anatolia is known as a cradle to many civilizations throughout human history.
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Baron von Löwenörn
Einige Bemerkungen über Ebbe und Fluth an den Dänischen und Norwegischen Küsten. [Some Remarks on the Tides of the Danish and Norwegian Coasts]
8vo. 13 pages, plus a fold-out map. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. An interesting description on ocean tides, using two harbours as example. Features Skælskør (Skaelskor), now a quaint town in the Slagelse municipality, and the fortified port Corsoer, both on the Danish island of Zealand in the Baltic Sea. These are the original pages printed in 1799, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Anon
Parallele zwischen den englischen und französischen See-Häfen am Canal und an der Nord-See. [Parallel between the English and French Sea Ports on the French Canal and the North Sea.]
8vo. 11 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a report that contrasts English and French harbours with the German North Sea harbour and their suitablity for war. The author further speculates whether Napoleon is building a new war harbour at Terneuse (Terneuzen) in the Netherlands.
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Göta Kanal - With Two Maps
Geschichte der Schiffbarmachung der Götha Elf und vorzüglich der Fälle bei Trollhätta bis 1802. [History of the Navigability of the Göta älv River, Particularily in the Area of the Trollhätta Falls until 1802.]
8vo. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account, and two other of the same subject,lus 2 fold-out maps for illustration. Maps measure approximately 20cm x 16.5cm and 11.5cm x 23cm, respectively. A scarce primary resource, with 21 pages pertaining to the Gota River Canal, attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains speculation on the navigatability of the Göta älv river, contemporay to the work of Baltzar von Platen on opening a canal. Reveals proposals and potential for commerce, highlighting the area of Trollhatta, and accompanied by two scarce maps, one showing the canal route from Göteborg to Vänersborg on Lake Vänernone, and the other of featuring the section of the Gota between Trollhatta and Lake Vänernone. Further includes two separate commentaries on the following contemporary books on the same then popular subject: "Trollhätte Canalfartens Historia", by P.A. Granberg, and "Description des cataractes et du canal de Trollhätta en Suède; avec un prècis historique", by A. F. Skjöldebrand. These are the original pages and maps printed in 1805, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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LICHTENSTEIN, Martin Heinrich Carl
Nachrichten von Teneriffa. Ein Fragment aus dem Tagebuche des Hrn. Dr. Lichtenstein auf der Reise von Amsterdam nach dem Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung 1802.
...[News from Tenerife: A Fragment from the Diary of Dr. Lichtenstein on the Journey from Amsterdam to the Cape of Good Hope in 1802.] 8vo. 22 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Some foxing, otherwise in very good condition. Attractively bound booklet style in recent paper covers with label. This issue contains an excerpt from the travel journal of Dr. Hinrich Lichtenstein, featuring Tenerife of the Canary Islands. The revered German physician, explorer and zoologist, travelled from 1802 to 1806 travelled extensively in southern Africa, and whom was hired as the personal physician to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. This scarce firsthand preliminary account pre-dates and provides insight into the author's book, which would be published in 1811, 'Reisen im südlichen Afrika in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806.' A unique item to pair with the collector's edition. These are the original pages printed in 1806, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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RIMROD, Frederick Augustus
Über die Bildung der Erdfläche; besonders auch der Gegenden von der Ostsee von Hannover bis Cölln. ..
... [On the Formation of the Earth's Surface, in Particular the Environs of the Baltic Sea from Hanover to Cologne.] 8vo. 18 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains an earth science study on the formation of our planet's surface, using the areas of the Baltic Ocean (Ostsee), and the region between Hannover and Köln, as examples. Accompanied by a charming map showing the course of the lower Lahn River and its tributaries, mainly Ohm, Wieseck, Kleebach, Dill, Solmsbach, Weil, Elbbach, and Aar. Also showing part of the Rhine river and the Moselle, a tributary of the Rhine, joining it at Koblenz. These are the original pages printed in 1807, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Italy's - Monte Gargano - Historic Towns
Schilderung des Gebirges Gargano in Apulien. [Description of Mount Gargano in Apulia.]
8vo. 10 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a description of Mount Gargano, in Apulia, Italy, by Danish-French geographer and journalist, Conrad Malte-Brun, drawing from his "Annales des Voyages," translated by Dr. Nobile. The region was once part of the Kingdom of Sicily, then the Kingdom of Naples, and at the time of this publication, had recently fallen under the reign of the French. French control endured from 1806-1815, resulting in the abolition of feudalism and the reformation of the justice system. Includes features and population for the towns of Viesti, Manfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo, San Marco in Lamis, San Giovanni Rotondo, Riguano, Vico, Peschici, Ischitella, Rodi, Cagnano, Carpino, and Apricena. These are the original pages printed in 1808, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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1810 Island of Elba - French Law and Statistic
Notizen von der Insel Elba. Auszüge aus dem bulletin des Lois von Frankreich. [Notes on the Island of Elba. Excerpts from the 'Bulletin des Lois' in France.]
8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary resource. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a German translation of an official French document concerning laws imposed by the King of France during his reign over Elba island, when it was divided into only 7 municipalities. With brief notes on the structure of the criminal court or tribunal, and featuring a poulation chart which includes Portoferraio, Marciana, Rio, and Porto-Longone Capoliveri. In 1802 the island had become a French possession, and its economy flourished. Following the Treaty of Fontainebleau, French emperor Napoleon I was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication in 1814 and arrived at Portoferraio on May 3, 1814 to begin his exile there. He was allowed to keep a personal guard of six hundred men. Although he was nominally sovereign of Elba, the island was watched (more or less) by British naval patrols.
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Konstanz Bodensee
Rare Broadside Einblattdruck Konstanz Bodensee
This Broadside lists the inscriptions on the Portal of the Council Building in Konstanz am Bodensee, 1 leaf, measuring 30 x 26 cm, issued around 1790. Very good condition. Contained in a portfolio for extra protection together with a recent Photograph. The Konzilgebäude (Council Building) played a major role in the history of Constance. It was built in 1388 as a granary and a warehouse before making its mark in history. Its most famous use was when from 8 - 11 November 1417 the council was held in the upper hall where Cardinal Otto von Colonna was elected as Pope Martin V.
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MEYER, Rudolf and Hieronymus
Erste Besteigung des Jungfrau. Gletschers in der Schweiz. [First Ascent of Jungfrau Glacier in Switzerland.] ...
..... Reise auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher und Ersteigung seines Gipfels, durch die Herrn Rudolf Meyer und Hieron. [Travel to Jungfrau Glacier and Climbing its Summit, by Mr. Rudolf Meyer and Hieron.] Weitere Nachricht über die Reise der Gebrüder Meyer auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher. [More News about the Journey of the Meyer Brothers to the Jungfrau Glacier.] Three seperate reports in 37 pages. Text is in German. A scarce primary source account of the first ascent of the Jungfrau Glacier. This is a complete monthly issue, containing 383 pages, from which 37 pages are related to the above mentioned account. Attractively bound in period style brown cloth over blue marbled boards, titled in gilt to spine. This issue contains three separate contemporary reports on the first successful ascent of Jungfrau, a well-known Swiss mountain dominating the Lauterbrunnen valley, by two Swiss brothers, Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer, who were accompanied by two chamois hunters from the Valais. The summit was first reached on the eastern or Valais side, on August 3, 1811, almost 100 years prior to the construction of the remarkable Jungfraujoch railway in 1912. They first had to reach the Aletschfirn, or the west branch of the Aletsch Glacier, and established a base camp north of the Aletschhorn. After 3 days climbing they successfully reached the summit. Their ascent was disputed, motivating them to repeat it the following September. Used the same route to demonstrate their inital and continued success, this time they carried a flag with them. These are the original pages printed in 1811, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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Historic Poland - Lysa Gora and Sandomierz
Der Berg zum heiligen Kreuz und seine Umgebungen. [Mountain of the Holy Cross and its Environs.]
8vo. 8 pages. Text is in German. This is a complete monthly issue, containing the above mentioned account. Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. This issue contains a description of Poland's Swietokrzyskie Mountains, also known as the Holy Cross mountains, also of the contemporary administrative 'Radomski' division of the Polish Duchy of Warsaw (the Radom Department), and of the 14th century Sandomierz Voivodeship. Commentary includes the ancient sacred mountain Lysa Gora, and several towns including Radom, Staszów, Krakow, Opatow, Pilica, Wislica, Pinczów, drawing on writings by Polish philosopher and politician Józef Kalasanty Szaniawski, specifically "Korespondencja w materiach obraz kraju i narodu polskiego rozjas'niajacych". These are the original pages printed in 1813, and NOT a reprint. This narrative is from a rare multi-volume geographical and scientific journal titled "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden", which issued fifty volumes from 1798-1816 and which encompassed critical contemporary topics of geography and astronomy. Adam Christian Gaspari and Franz Xaver von Zach were editors of this important scientific journal.
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P.J. von Rehfues
Don Isidoro de Antillon Erdbeschreibung von Spanien und Portugal. [Don Isidore of Antillón's Geography of Spain and Portugal.]
8vo. 225 pages. Text is in German. This is account is complete, and as as issued, in five parts. Contained in five complete monthly issues of the Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden, attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. Published during the Peninsular War (three months prior to the Battle of Leipzig), this is an analysis and German translation of an important and comprehensive treatise by Isidore of Antillón, dealing with astronomical and political geography of Spain and Portugal, perhaps for elucidation and strategy of war. The Spanish title scrutinized, "Elementos de la Geografia Astronomica Natural y Política de España y Portugal," was published in Madrid, 1808. Thorough descriptions include Spanish provinces of New Castile, Old Castile, Extremadura, the Kingdoms of Murcia, Jaén, Cordoba, Aragon, Valencia, Seville, Granada, Navarre, Leon, and Galicia, the principalities of Asturias and Catalonia, the Basque provinces, Álava, Biscaya, and also the Balearic Islands. Also featuring important Spanish presidios or fortresses, and plazas de soberanía in North Africa, specifically Ceuta, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, Peñón de Alhucemas, and Melilla, and of course, historic ports such as Alicante. The analysis of territorial divisions and transformation goes as far back as Roman emperor Julius Caesar Augustus who divided Hispania Ulterior into three administrative regions of Lusitania, Baetica, and Tarraconensis. A separate section is further dedicated to the Kingdom of Portugal, outlining boundaries between Leon, Estremadura, and Seville, and describing towns such as Entre Duero y Minho, Bragança, Trás-os-Montes, Coimbra, so forth. Geographical observations of the Iberian peninsula encompass not only astronomical orientations of several Spanish and Portuguese towns, and population statistics from the 18th and early 19th century, but also mineral deposits including silver, gold, iron, bitumen, copper, zinc, arsenic, and titanium. Isidore d’Antillon (1778-1814), was a renowned Spanish geographer, historian, translator and editor. He is credited with 71 works in 94 publications in 6 languages, covering immense detail on demographics, geography, commerce, natural resources, arts, civil economy and law, government, and military forces of the Iberian Peninsula. His works illustrate the development and vicissitudes of Spanish science during the critical years of Spain's fight for independence, and ultimately the abatement of Spanish progress in the Age of Enlightenment.
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German Broadside
Rare German Tax Accounting Instructions, Issued in the form of a Broadside
[Money & Accounting] Amtsanweisung- Einblatt Druck Von Gottes Gnaden, Carl, Herzog zu Braunschweig... Von Gottes Gnade...die von den Beamten und Rechnungsfuhrern zeithero eingesandte Quartals Extracte...zum Theil nicht ordentlich formiret... so mangelhaft befunden worden... [Braunschweig 26 January 1779] First and only printing. Folio, 4 double leafs = 16 pages (40 x 35cm when opened). Text is in German. Rare antique accounting spreadsheet from 1779. A very good example of this unrecorded multi page print. An unusual set of instructions to the local magistrates on how to structure their tax accounting reports since audits by the court accountants have found many mistakes. In addition to the detailed 5 page instructions there are 8 pages (plus 3 integral blanks) of spreadsheet which show preprinted columns for Revenue and Expenditures. It is obvious that the court accountants did not expect any deficits as the instructions clearly expect a positive tax remittance to be made at the end of every quarter. Rare. No record in COPAC or KVK
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Einblattdrucke - Three German Broadsides - Postal Interest
POSTAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 'GERMAN PONY EXPRESS'
[POSTAL INTEREST] Amtsanweisung- Einblatt Druck Ludewig von Gottes Gnaden, Grossherzog von Hessen... 1. Ordonnance Pour Le Service De La Poste Aux Chevaux [mail carried by horses] 2. Die Verhaltnisse unseres Postwesen geandert haben.... 3. Verordnungen gegen Beeintrachtigung des Post-Institutes... [Darmstadt, 14 September 1812], Octavo, 16 Pages, text in French [Darmstadt, 31 March 1818], Folio, 4 Pages, text in German [Darmstadt, 20 July 1822], Folio, 15 pages 1 integral blank), text in German All 3 items in very good condition. An unusual group of Postal Regulations for the Grand Duchy of Hesse in Germany which is situated close to the border with France. These instructions cover the handling of general mail but also mail to be transported by horse and stage coach. Hesse at one time was part of the 'Rheinbund', a military alliance closely tied to Napoleon and France which may explain the postal regulations for item No. 1 above being issued in French. Rare. None found in COPAC or KVK of the German imprints. Only 1 of the French imprint in Hofbibliothek Thurn und Taxis Regensburg (Sigel: 76)
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DRAKE, Cavendish
Addison's Travels through Italy and Switzerland. (Swisserland) With Travels through France, by Sacheverel Stevens, Gent. With the Remarks of Dr. Smollet, and other Travellers.
Folio measuring approximately 8 x 13 inches. Altogether 58 pages, numbered from 587 to 644, plus 1 engraved map and 4 copper engraved plates. From the original volume. Two substantial travel narratives, and two shorter accounts, complete, as issued consecutively in the First Edition of the esteemed and extensive compilation by Edward Cavendish Drake, published in two-volumes, titled "A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..." and which contained other unrelated travel narratives. These are the original pages printed in 1768. Tear to one engraving, repaired to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Attractively bound in recent green cardstock covers with label. Two early travel narratives featuring beautiful copper engravings, including a map of Italy, illustrations of St. Peter's Basilica and the Ponte Rotto bridge in Rome, Ponte di Augusto in Narni, and a view of Paris. The first recounts a sojourn in Italy and Switzerland by English author Joseph Addison, who visited St. Peter's only 75 years after its completion. Recommended for his skills in Latin versification, Addison was introduced in 1699 to the distinguished Lord Somers and Charles Montagu from whom he obtained a pension of £300 a year, to enable him to travel and qualify himself to serve his Majesty. In the summer of 1699 he crossed into France, where, chiefly for the purpose of learning the language, he remained till the end of 1700. After this Addison spent a year in Italy and describes the customs and sights Sienna, Pisa, Lucca, Florence, Bologna, Parma, Turin and Naples amongst others. In Switzerland, on his way home, he was stopped by receiving notice that he was to attend the army under Prince Eugene, then engaged in the war in Italy, as secretary from the king. But his Whig friends were already tottering in their places; and in March 1702 the death of King William at once drove them from power and put an end to Addison's pension. Indeed Addison asserted that he never received but one year’s payment of it, and that all the other expenses of his travels were defrayed by himself. The second travelogue, compiled by several English 'gentleman' travellers, is an description of early 18th century French customs, and clearly demonstrates the rivalry and hostility that frequently manifests between these two countries. For example, of France the author writes: "They have not even the implements of cleanliness in this country. If there is no cleanliness among these, much less shall we find delicacy, which is the cleanliness of the mind. Indeed they are utter strangers to what we call common decency; amd I could mention high-flavoured instances, at which even a native of Edinburgh would stop his nose." Further includes two brief accounts entitled "A Short Account of Scotland, and the Islands Thereunto Belonging" and "A Concise Description of Ireland".
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MAY, Charles
An Account of the Wonderful Preservation of the Ship Terra Nova of London, Peter Daniel Commander, Homeward-Bound from Virginia.
Charles May, serving as mate aboard the Terra Nova, provides a succinct and vivid first-hand recollection of how the crew overcame perilous elements, on a journey from Port Royal, Jamaica August 1688, to London, finally arriving in February the following year. He recounts arduous and innovative reconstruction of the ships's most critical features damaged in ravaging sea storms, as well as food rationing and an attempt to consume animal hyde. He also lists some of the treasure acquired, a cargo which included a large quantity of gold. Excerpt from the text: "Some days after we had fixed our new rudder, we met with another storm, which lasted a few days, and one night we shipt a sea, which falling upon the bunt of our main-sail, tore it to rags, and carry'd our main-top mast by the board. The mast we got up again, though about two foot shorter than before. We cut up an old top-sail to make a main-sail, and for want of twine to fix it, we cut a piece of a white steering hauser, which we open'd and made hemp, and holding one end in our teeth, with our hands made small threads, and the captain and boatswain sewed them up. Thus we made the sail, and quilted it all over, and it proved serviceable." End Excerpt. "After sailing from Port Royal Jamaica, Dec. 24, 1688, the crew encountered storms that broke all over the ship and flooded the interiors, drowning all the live stock carried for provisions. The account is full of good detail, described in the nautical terms of the day"(Cox II p.457). Folio, measuring approximately 13.5 inches x 9 inches. 15 pages, numbered from 357 to 371. In itself complete, this account is from Churchill's eight-volume work which contained numerous travel narratives, and was titled "A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts. Others Now First Published in English." These are the original pages printed in 1752. Foxing, otherwise in very good condition, with wide margins, a fine example of early printing. Attractively bound in recent green cardstock covers with label.
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CHATEAUVIEUX, Frederick Lillin De
Travels in Italy, Descriptive of the Rural Manners and Economy of that Country.
8vo. 100 pages, plus 3 sketch illustrations. These are the original text pages and sketch illustration printed in 1819. Excellent condition, attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label. A series of dated entries from the author’s travel journals, 1812-1813, with very detailed description of the three agricultural regions of Italy, extolling the virtues and successes of each reaching. The first region is Piedmont, commencing at the Alps of Suza, and of Mount Cenis, and extends to the shores of the Adriatic, comprising all the plain of Lomardy, cultivating Indian corn, beans, hemp, and wheat, by using the system of crop rotation. The second region, being called the "Region of Olives" (or of the Canaanitish Cultivation), stretching along the southern slope of the Apennines , from the frontiers of Provence, to the boundaries of Calabria. The third region is called the "Region of Malaria" (or of the Patriarchal system), famous for the ancient ruins, extending along the shores of Mediterranean, from Pisa to Terracina. Chateauvieux describes in detail historic buildings and scenes, customs and festivals, agriculture and cultivation, natural commodities, ancient ruins, and more.
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King William IV
Official Royal Navy document dated June 5th 1827, signed in the original hand of William IV, whom a short time later would become King of the United Kingdom.
Folio, signed and inscribed document on laid, watermarked paper. Printed to one side, completed in manuscript by William IV of the United Kingdom when he was Lord High Admiral. The official warrant, by the Royal Navy, commissioning Charles Sharp to serve on His Majesty's ship 'Herald.' Single leaf measuring approximately 32cm x 20cm. Small tears to lower margin, unobtrusive to the text, otherwise in very good and original condition. Scarce signed royal personalia item. Manuscript
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Horses and Schleswig Holstein - Verruf - Einblatt Druck - Edict - Proclamation
Placat wodurch die Ausfuhr der Pferde aus den Herzogthümern Schleswig und Holstein, der Herrschaft Pinneberg, Grafschaft Ranzau und Stadt Altona in die Fremde bis weiter verboten Wird
Broadside preventing the Export of Horses to Foreign Lands........ [Christiansburg 1 October 1788]. Folio (22 x 32cm), 1 leaf folded, uncut and unbound as issued, very strong impression, light discoloration at bottom margin, otherwise in very good condition. Text in German. An interesting broadside issued by the King of Denmark in 1788 who at the time ruled over the Province of Schleswig Holstein (today part of Germany) and the City of Altona (today part of Hamburg) attempting to prevent the export of horses…"by land or sea…" This edict was most likely issued as a result of the 'Theatre War' which had started just a week prior on 24 September. Any available horses were most likely needed for the war effort. Rare and Unusual. No Copies in KVK.
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Broadside - German WWI U-Boat
Rare original broadside announcing the return of the Civilian German U-Boat 'Deutschland' from its second trans-Atlantic voyage .
Hamburg: Extrablatt der Hamburger Nachrichten, 10 December, 1916. 2 Uhr 50 Min. Broadside measuring approximately 46cm x 31cm. Features date and exact time of printing. Printed on recto only. Text is in German. A fabulous plakat in very good condition.
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Extrablatt Hamburger Nachrichten - Deutsches Handels-Tauchboot
Rare Original Broadside Announcing the Return of the Civilian German U-Boat 'Deutschland' from its Second Trans-Atlantic Voyage.
2 Uhr 50 Min. Original Broadside printed on 10 December, 1916, measuring approximately 46cm x 31cm. Features date and exact time of printing. Printed on recto only. Text is in German. A fabulous plakat in very good condition.
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GILBERT, Sir John
Original Photograph of Sir John Gilbert.
Original Woodbury-Type Photograph. A single leaf, in Very Good Condition. Sheet measures approximately 11 inches x 8 inches (28cm x 21cm ). This Woodbury-type photographed portrait, presented in a cameo border, is from Thompson Cooper's book, "Men of Mark: A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, Law, Medicine, etc." SIR JOHN GILBERT was an English Romantic Painter, Illustrator and Engraver. He is especially remembered for his woodcut illustrations for the works of Shakespeare (1858-60) and Scott. He Preferred medieval chivalric subjects, and such pictures as Sir Lancelot du Lake (1887) earned him the epithet "the Scott of Painting." A prolific watercolourist. Gilbert was associated with the Old Water-Colour Society from 1852 and became its president in 1871, shortly after which he was knighted. He was made a member of the Royal Academy in 1876. His imaginative drawings, notable for their breadth of scale and dramatic chiaroscuro, enhanced the popularity of the Illustrated London News.
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LEIGHTON, Frederick
Original Photograph of Leighton Frederick.
Original Woodbury-Type Photograph. A single leaf. In Very Good Condition. Sheet measures approximately 11 inches x 8 inches (28cm x 21cm ). This Woodbury-type photographed portrait, presented in a cameo border, is from Thompson Cooper's book, "Men of Mark: A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, Law, Medicine, etc." FREDERIC LEIGHTON was a Famous English Painter and Sculptor His first exhibited picture, which showed Cimabue's Madonna being carried through the streets of Florence, was purchased by Queen Victoria in 1855. Leighton was president of the Royal Academy from 1878 until his death. His popular pictures dealt with subjects taken from antiquity.
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BURTON, Richard Francis
Original Obituary for Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-90, renowned English explorer, writer, and Linguist.
7 pages. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is the obituary for the remarkable English scholar, explorer and Orientalist, Richard Francis Burton, who was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. He died at the age of 69 on Wednesday 22 October 1890, at Trieste. Burton's best-known achievements include traveling in disguise to Mecca, making an unexpurgated translation of "The Book of One Thousand Nights and A Night", and the "Kama Sutra" as well as journeying with John Hanning Speke to discover the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. He was a prolific author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including travel, fencing and ethnography. He was a captain in the army of the East India Company serving in India. Following this he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa and led an expedition which discovered Lake Tanganyika. In later life he served as British consul in Fernando Po, Damascus and, finally, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1886.
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A.C.D. Crommelin - Einstein
An Adaptation of Major Grant's Graphical Method of Predicting Occultations to the Elements Now Given in the Nautical Almanac.
8vo. 6 pages, plus 2 large folding diagrams. A rare separate offprint printed for the Royal Geographical Society. Publisher's blue titled wrappers, string-tied and bearing the society's crest. Some light foxing, otherwise in very good and original condition. The results from these observations were crucial in providing confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity, which Albert Einstein had proposed in 1916. The author, a respected astronomer and well-known authority on comets, renders praise to the primary research and calculations of Major S.C.N. Grant in 1896, which forms the basis for his dissertation. With meticulous and detailed instruction Crommelin presents a simplified method to predict and decipher the instantaneous and momentary occultation of stars. He further introduces the application to the Solar Eclipse phenomenon. Exceedingly rare dissertation by an important nineteenth century astronomer. Six years prior to Crommelin's study, Grant published a six page report and illustration, titled "Diagram for Determining the Parallaxes in Declination and Right Ascension of a Heavenly Body, and its Application to the Prediction of Occultations." Crommelin was famed for his computations of cometary orbits. He took part in expeditions to observe total solar eclipses in 1896, 1900, 1905, 1912, and 1927. In 1919 he participated in the solar eclipse expedition to Brazil which aimed to determine the amount of the deflection of light caused by the gravitational field of the Sun.
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Seaver, George - Edward Wilson Antarctic
Original Book Prospectus for the First Edition of 'Edward Wilson of the Antarctic: Naturalist and Friend'.
Double-leaf, double-sided, including order form, measuring approximately 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In near fine condition, this leaflet has been nicely preserved. A rare and lovely ephemera piece to pair with the collector's copy of the book. This is the seldom seen original prospectus piece - order form for the very stirring biography of a truly noble hearted Englishman, written by George Seaver, 'Edward Wilson of the Antarctic: Naturalist and Friend', first published in 1937. The prospectus shows part of the 'Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard'. "In the epic of South Polar exploration no name is more rightly honoured than Edward Adrian, friend of Robert Falcon Scott and Lawrence Edward Oates, with whom he reached the Pole and with whom he died in the heroic and tragic struggle back."
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Dr. Skevos [Georges] Zervos
Rhodes and the Dodecanese
8vo, 7 pages, plus list of other related publications. Scarce offprint in publisher's original titled wrappers. Near fine, original condition, scarce. Historically significant, this treatise employs an emphatic declaration of the island nation's unequivocal Greek heritage, to present a compelling solicitation for the re-establishment of its authentic connection to Greece. In itself a testament to the stronghold of Greek allegiance, this document is powerful, laconic, and rare. Since the Classical Period, the Dodecanese have been prey to numerous invasions and annexations, "a bitter martyrdom" as described by the author, who recapitulates the tumultuous history, concluding with the declaration on behalf of his people, and the Dodecanese Statesman Eleutherios Venizelos, "We claim our liberty because we are Greeks now, and have been Greeks for three thousand five hundred years. We demand our liberty and our political union with Greece, our mother country..." The author was the president of the Dodecanesian Delegation at the Peace Conference held in Paris, an active executive committee member of the latter, influential Greek aristocrat, prominent medical professor and scientist. The Paris Peace Conference 1919-1920 was the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers following the armistices of 1918. It involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities. Together, Dr. Zervos and Paris J. Roussos wrote the original conference publications, titled "White book. The Dodecanese; resolution and documents concerning the Dodecanese, 1912-1919" Dr. Zervos further wrote and published circa 1919, "The Dodecanese, the history of the Dodecanese through the ages, its services to mankind and its rights".
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STARK, Freya
Alexander's Minor Campaigns in Turkey.
12 pages, Including black and white plates. Plus a Colour Map. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. In this report, Miss Stark, clever and entertaining, has brought to life the more obscur campaigns of Alexander on his way to Issus. In his youth was not held back by the thought that there were no more worlds to conquer at the age of twenty-six or twenty-eight. He went right through Asia Minor into India, to Secunderabad, and died at Babylon. Fifteen centuries after Alexander conquered Anatolia the Turks came in from the opposite direction, first from the Seljuk Turks, followed by the Ottoman Turks. Miss Freya Stark was known as an authority on the history and archeaology of Turkey, famous for her work especially on the Hellenistic period. After the passage of nearly twenty-three centuries Miss Stark has described the country so vividly that one can almost imagine the language used by the Macedonian Hoplites as they cut steps up the granite cliffs of Climax.
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STARK, Freya
Landscapes in Caria.
12 pages, in TWO Issues. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Two Complete Issues, seldom found in such good and original condition. An exceptional travel account, in two parts, describing the author's sailing from Samos to Bodrum and her land expedition through the ancient cities of Caria. Miss Freya Stark was known as an authority on the history and archaeology of Turkey, famous for her work especially on the Hellenistic period. She elaborately depicts the awe-inspiring beauty of the northern part of the Turkish coast with ancient historical cities, magnificent ruins and archaeological sites, as well as providing a glimpse into the amazing history of the Alexander's march and the Greco-Persian Wars. Stark visited the island city of Iasus, ruins of a Byzantine castle, bay of Güverinlik - a "place of doves", ruined monastery in Bodrum, ancient city of Myndus, acropolis tower and ancient market in the ancient inland city of Alinda, an ancient cult site of Lagina, ancient city of Alabanda - well-known for its singing girls and scorpions, Stratoniceia (Stratonikeia) - one of the most important town of Caria, and Mylasa - the religious center of Caria, where according to Strabo, a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher, no town was more beautifuly embellished with porticos and temples.
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LOCK, William George
Askja the Largest Volcano of Iceland; With a Short Description of the Odadahraun - 08
13 pages. Plus a fold-out colour map. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. A detailed account of the remarkable Askja Volcano, located in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland, accompanied by a stunning colour map illustrating the East Coast of Iceland, with an inset showing Askja Lava field. Askja's great eruption of 1875, devastated a large area - especially in the eastern fjords of Iceland, the ashfall was heavy enough to poison the land and kill livestock - this gave rise to the importance and study of the area. The author had visited Askja twice, in 1879 - 3 years after the great eruption - and in 1880, and published this valuable report, which pre-dates his Book, "Askja, Iceland's Largest Volcano, with a Description of the Great Lava Desert in the Interior; and a Chapter on the Genesis of the Island," published the same year in 1881.
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PEEK, Cuthbert E. & MORGAN, E. Delmar.
Across Iceland By The Sprengisandre Route. [Plus] Excursion to Askja
Two accounts in one issue, altogether 20 pages. Plus a colour map and a plan on a fold-out sheet, the map measures approximately 7.5 x 10 inches (19 x 25cm) and the plan measures approximately 7.5 x 6 inches (19 x 15cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Although many persons annually visit Iceland, there are few who travel far into the interior to examine the barren wastes and lava fields which exist in the centre of the island. In July 1881, Mr. Coles, Mr. Delmar Morgan and Cuthbert Peek left Leith by the mail-steamer Valdemar to explore this little-known country. Their chief objectives were to visit and examine the world-famed Geysir, and the hot springs in its immediate vicinity, to traverse the little known Sprengisandre Route, and if possible, to fix the northern termination of the great lava stream which flowed from Askja. Accompanied by a colour route map of Iceland and a plan of the Great Geysir and neighbourhood from a survey by Mr, Cuthbert E. Peek and Mr. John Coles.
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FRESHFIELD, Douglas W.
The Alpine Pass of Hannibal. [With Color Map]
7 pages plus a fold-out colour map measuring 12 x 13 inches (30 x 33cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Armed with the newest geographical information from contemporary expeditions into the Alps, Freshfield presents theories and attempts to bring some clarity for historians and geographers into historic events which have plagued mankind since the time of Polybius and Livy. A most captivating report examining the perplexing controversy of Hannibal's passage over the Alps, and the cripling blows and crushing victories he achieved in the name of mighty Carthage. Accompanied by an exceptional fold-out color map, this mountaineering report is one of the earliest reports that takes into account the mysteries of the Alps, and its treacherous passes, with regards to Hannibal's daring and verve as a general bent on the destruction of Roman wrath and her power over the Italian peninsular. Hannibal, (247B.C.- 182B.C.), was a Carthaginian general, an implacable and formidable enemy of Rome. Although knowledge of him is based primarily on the reports of his enemies, Hannibal appears to have been both just and merciful. He is renowned for his tactical genius. With a relatively small army of select troops, Hannibal set out to invade Italy by the little-known overland route. He fought his way over the Pyrenees and reached the Rhône River before the Romans could block his crossing, moved up the valley to avoid their army, and crossed the Alps. This crossing of the Alps, with elephants and a full baggage train, is one of the remarkable feats of military history. Which pass he used is unknown; some scholars believe it was the Mont Genèvre or the Little St. Bernard.
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