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JESSUP Frank W.
A History of Kent. with Maps and Pictures. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 16 and 15 maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Bennett p.184.
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KINGSLEY David
Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900. With Introduction by Helen Wallis. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and 40 plates of facsimiles; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SRS Vol. 72. With the separately printed corrigenda slip.
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NORTHUMBERLAND
Engraved County map of Northumberland. BRIGHT COPY WITH GOOD CONTEMPORARY COLOURING
Engraved map on paper measuring 9.0 x 7.0 ins (approx. 23 x 18 cms), COLOURED BY HAND IN FRAME AND OUTLINE, small loss at bottom (blank) left-hand corner else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Road Map of Oxford and Swindon. Sheet 28. Layers. alf Inch to One Mile. [Ellis Martin cover]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding coloured map on paper measuring 22 x 30 ins (approx. 56.0 x 76.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, wrappers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The Half Inch series was first issued in 1919 with striking 'motorist' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1935 revision; the covers are the green and brown variant with green sheet name. Browne, 12.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Carmarthen. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 89. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1923; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Hastings. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 135. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1933 revision (roads and railways) of the 1921 impression; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Land's End and Lizard. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 146. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1925 revision; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Portsmouth and Southampton. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 132. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1932 revision; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey One-Inch Map. Fifth Edition. SE London and Dartford. Mounted on Linen. Sheet 15. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on linen measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms); a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous One Inch Fifth Edition series was first published in 1934 with striking 'younger sitting hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1935 revision; the covers are the blue and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.unrecorded.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Torquay and Dartmouth. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 145. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1925 revision; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Barnstaple and Exmoor. Popular Edition. One Inch, Sheet 118. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21.x 28.5 ins (approx. 53.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 3.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 9.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers a very good bright clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'cyclist' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1932 reissue; the covers are black with red sheet name and location map. Browne, 11.1.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Clacton-on-Sea and Harwich. Popular Edition. One Inch, Sheet 98. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21.x 28.5 ins (approx. 53.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 3.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 9.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers a very good clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'cyclist' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1932 [third] reissue; the covers are black with red sheet name and location map. Browne, 11.1.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Map of Colchester and District. Coloured Edition. One Inch, Sheet 99. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21.x 28.5 ins (approx. 53.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 3.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 9.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers covers lightly browned else a very good bright clean copy. The One Inch Coloured Edition dates from 1904. The present copy is the 1914 reissue; the covers are Ellis Martin's Royal Arms with mantling, dark red and brown variant. Browne, 10.2. SCARCE.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Newquay. Popular Edition. One Inch, Sheet 143. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21.x 28.5 ins (approx. 53.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 3.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 9.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers a very good bright clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'cyclist' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1931 reissue; the covers are black with red sheet name and location map. Browne, 11.1.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Truro and St. Austell. One Inch, Sheet 143. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21.x 28.5 ins (approx. 53.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 3.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 9.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers a very good bright clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'cyclist' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1930 reissue; the covers are black with red sheet name and location map. Browne, 11.1.a
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BACON G.W.
Bacon's New Map of Central London. Divided into Half Mile Squares and Circles. Scale: Four Inches to the Mile. A RARE SURVIVAL
Folding engraved map printed on fine ivory linen, size: 21 x 28 ins (approx. 53.0 x 71.0 cms) folding in 36 panels to 6 x 3 ins (approx. 15.o x 7.5 cms), printed surface very lightly browned (rather more heavily so along central fold), a few locations marked with red ink ; original green cloth slip-case framed in blind and lettered in black 'Flexible Map of London' with deckled thumb-hole, a very good, bright copy. Covers the area from Islington (north) to Oval (south); Notting Hill (west) to Stepney (east). IN THIS CONDITION A RARE SURVIVAL. Hyde, 'Printed Maps of Victorian London', no. 201.
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LYME REGIS
Ten Miles round Lyme Regis. A Large Scale Map specially prepared for the Use of Walkers and Ramblers. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Map on paper measuring 15 x 20 ins (approx. 38 x 50 cms) folding in 8 panels to 7.5 x 5 ins (approx. 19 x 12.75 cms); original printed wrappers, contemporary signature on front wrappers, upper hinge tender else a very good, clean copy.
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MANCHESTER REGION.
Motoring and Hiking Map [of Manchester region]. including Accrington, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Burnley, Chester, Crewe, Liverpool, Macclesfield, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Stockport, Wrexham. NEAR FINE COPY IN PICTORIAL WRAPPERS
Folding map on paper, coloured in outline, measuring 26.0 x 22.0 ins (approx. 66.0 x 55.5 cms) folding in 20 panels to 7.25 x 5.0 ins (apporox. 18.5 x 12.5 cms); pictorial wrappers, yapped edges, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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LONDON.
Index to the Streets and Places contained in the Map of London published in the Post Office Directory for 1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S WALLET WITH RETAINER
8vo., Index of 68pp facing large folding coloured map mounted on linen, measuring 30 x 44 ins (approx. 76 x 112 cms) folding in 36 panels to 7.5 x 5.5 ins (19 x 14 cms); the whole housed in publisher's red cloth wallet, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt with black retaining band (stretched through use and somewhat loose), a very good, bright, clean copty The map (scale: 4 inches to 1 mile) extends to Hampstead and Hackney in the north, Bromley and Greenwich in the east, Kennington and Walham Green in the south, and Brondesbury and Kensal Green in the west. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Map of Southern Britain in the Iron Age. Scale 1: 625,000. About Ten Miles to One Inch. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with large folding coloured map and classified gazetteer; pictorial wrappers, yapped edges, a near fine copy. Updated version of the first edition of 1962.
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CYCLING & MOTORING MAP OF EXETER DISTRICT
Bacon's Cycling and Motoring Map of Exeter District[Cycling and Touring] Map of 60 Miles South of London, including Worthing, Brighton, Hastings, etc.. Scale Half an Inch to One Mile. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., folding map on cloth, coloured in outline, measuring 15 x 20 inches (approx. 38 x 51 cms) folding in 18 panels to 5.25 x 3.5 inches (approx. 13 x 9 cms); red limp cloth wrappers lettered in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BARTHOLOMEW'S RAILWAY MAP.
Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles showing the New Grouping. Each Group distinuished by a Separate Colour. [Scale Nineteen Miles to One Inch.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 34.5 x 29 inches (approx. 88 x 74 cms) folding in 24 panels to 9.5 inches (approx. 23 x 13 cms); wrappers lettered in red and black, certain folds neatly reinforced, some mild age-soiling and rubbing else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MICHELIN MAP SOUTHAMPTON - BRIGHTON
Michelin Map of the British Isles. No. 21. Southampton - Brighton. [Scale 3.15 miles to an Inch.] A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 18 x 42 inches (approx. 46 x 107 cms) folding in 20 panels to 9.25 x 4.5 inches (approx. 23 x 12 cms); wrappers lettered in red and black, some moderate age-soiling else a very good, b right, clean copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MICHELIN MAP EXETER - BARNSTAPLE
Michelin Map of the British Isles. No. 20. Exeter - Banstaple. [Scale 3.15 miles to an Inch.] A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 18 x 42 inches (approx. 46 x 107 cms) folding in 20 panels to 9.25 x 4.5 inches (approx. 23 x 12 cms); wrappers lettered in red and black, some moderate age-soiling else a very good, b right, clean copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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STANFORD'S MAP OF EAST DEVON
Stanford's Map of East Devon. [Scale One Inch to One Statute Mile.] FINE COPY AND A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 28 x 34 inches (approx. 71 x 86 cms) folding in 32 panels to 7 x 4.5 inches (approx. 18 x 12 cms); strongly bound in burgundy cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PALESTINE.
New Map of Palestine showing the proposed U.N. Boundaries of Israel: Jewish and Arab Towns, Villages and Settlements; Plans of Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa; Index of Place names. Scale One Inch to Four and a Half Miles. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST JEWISH CHRONICLE MAP OF PALESTINE
8vo., folding coloured map on paper measuring 40 x 30 inches (approx. 102 x 76 cms) folding in 30 panels to 8.5 x 5.25 inches (approx. 22 x 13 cms); original blue wrappers printed in black, yapped edges, a virtually unopened, unused copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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SOUTH DEVON & DARTMOOR.
Map of South Devon and Dartmoor, compiled from the Ordnance Survey shewing River, Road and Railway, distinctly defined and coloured. [Scale Two Miles to an Inch.] A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 20 x 30 inches (approx. 51 x 76 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7 x 4.5 inches (approx. 18 x 12 cms), some mild age-soiling and a few small annotations; patterned cloth boards, upper board with printed paper label, backstrip frayed else a sound copy. Locally published version of W.H. Smith's Reduced Ordnance Survey map. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BRIGHTON.
Plan of Brighton [with comprehensive Street Index]. W. H. Smith's Series of Reduced Ordnance Survey Maps for Tourists by J. Bartholomew. [Scale: 2.5 inches to One Mile.] FINE COPY AND A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 17 x 23 inches (approx. 43 x 59 cms) folding in 18 panels to 6.5 x 4.25 inches (approx. 17 x 11 cms); original limp cloth wrappers printed in red and black, radial corners, a near fine copy. Includes comprehensive street index keyed to map. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WESTMORLAND AND LAKE COUNTRY.
The 'Westmorland Gazette' Cycling and Touring Map of Westmorland and the Lake Country. Scale Half an Inch to a Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY AND A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22 x 26 inches (approx. 56 x 66 cms) folding in 36 panels to 6 x 3 inches (approx. 15 x 8 cms); original limp wrappers printed in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WYLD'S MILITARY MAP OF ZULU LAND.
Wyld's Military Sketch of Zulu Land, the Transvaal and Adjoining Territories. Scale 4.5 inches to 50 miles. ZULU WAR: A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., folding coloured map on cloth measuring 31.5 x 22.5 inches (approx. 80 x 57 cms) folding in 20 panels to 7 x 4 inches (approx. 18 x 10 cms); tragically wanting front pasted wrapper (rare wrapper intact), some mild age-soiling else a very good, clean copy. Produced specifically for British military staff; the map is overprinted in red denoting the Positions of British Advancing Columns. RARE.
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Sotheby's
The Benevento Collection
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on May 5, 2010. Sale code: L10409 "CORONELLI". The sale consisted of the Benevento Collection (71 lots) of important maps and atlases. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 88 pages.
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Sotheby's
The Travel Sale: Pictures and Near & Middle Eastern Books & Maps
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. There are some handling marks here and there and a scratch to the right page-edge, and spine. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in London on October 14-15, 2003. Sale number: L03622. The sale consisted of paintings, watercolors, drawings, books, maps and photpgraphs of the Near and Middle East. 762 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 292 pages. Prices realized sheets included.
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Christie's
Indonesian Pictures Watercolours and Drawings including the J. Daniels Collection of Sea-Charts, Maps, Prints and Books Relating to the Dutch East-Indies
This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Amsterdam on Thursday April 17, 1997. The Sale Code is: Ionesco 2328. The sale consisted of Indonesian art and included the J. Daniels Collection of Sea-Charts, Maps, Prints and Books Relating to the Dutch East-Indies. 278 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, many in color. Short essay on the J. Daniels collection. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 112 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Branch, Melville C.
An Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket is a little toned and has a bit of light soil. Internally completely clean. Maps of 40 cities in Europe, Russia, America and Asia are presented in full-page color plates. All maps were drawn and published between 1830 - 42. 13" high X 15" wide, 102 pages. Large heavy book. Foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Isa, Adonias & Bruno Furrer
Mapa: Imagens da formacao territorial brasileira = images of Brazil's territorial Genesis
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Massive reference book on the Itamaraty Map Collection: thousands of maps, prints, and architectural plans relating to the formation of Brasil in the 16th century to ca.1800. Illustrated throughout in color with many fold-outs, hundreds of plates. Bibliography. 12" high X 11" wide, 400 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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DUNLOP, Robert Glasgow
Travels in Central America, being a Journal of Nearly Three Year's Residence in the Country, together with a Sketch of the History of the Republic and an Account of its Climate, Productions, Commerce, etc.
12mo [20 x 13 cm]; vii, 358 pp, lithographed folding map as frontis (short tears at stub & fold), half title page is present. contemporary half leather, marbled boards, gilt title lettering on leather spine label, light wear at edges, very good, sound and solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A narrative and intelligent description by a Scot who travelled extensively in the area, including politics, towns and cities, agriculture, natural history, indigenous peoples, business opportunities, geology, volcanoes, etc. This contains the first map of the Republic of Central America and one of the few ever published since the republic broke up shortly after into the separate nations that exist today. Sabin 21317. Parker, Travels in Central America. Markman 49: 'General description of Central America at mid-nineteenth century. Also has a description of Antigua, Guatemala and Guatemalan houses'. Welch 61. Spain & Spanish America 223. Humphreys 1707. The author's name has been spelled Dunlap in one reference. Grieb GU391: 'More than just a travelogue or journal, it includes historical accounts drawn from the existing literature. . . his accounts of contemporary political maneuvers and revolts are valuable to the historian of this era'.
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EDWARDS, Bryan
The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 3 volumes, xxiv, xxiii, 576; viii, 618; xxii, 477 pp, 22 engraved maps and plates, many folding, including frontis portrait and 11 maps. later half calf, gilt title lettering on spines, edges worn, signature, a map split at fold, only light foxing, very good set. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 21901. Cundall 2095. Welch 264. The maps include west Indies, Jamaica, Barbados, Granada, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Christopher and Nevis, Antiqua, Virgin Islands, St. Doningo, Tobago. The plates include Negro festival, plan for sugar mill, view of Trelawney town, aboriginal peoples, bread fruit, etc. The first edition was 1793 in two volumes. The earlier editions had only 5 maps, few plates. Regatz 165: 'A classic in British Caribbean literature and probably the most famous work in the field. Standard for over a century, and still in many respects the best book on the subject up to the close of the 18th century'.
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FREZIER, A. F. [Amedee Francois]
A Voyage to the South-Sea and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714; Particularly Describing The Genius & Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well as Indians, their Customs & Manners, their Natural History, Mines, Traffick
4to [24.5 x 19 cm]; [xii], [i, directions for binder], 335, [ix, index] pp, 37 engraved plates, maps & charts by J. B. Scotin, N. Guerard & others after Frezier, complete with frontis and all plates including 36 & xxxvi, musical notation. contemporary full leather, rebacked with leather spine, gilt title lettering on spine leather labels, cover with blind design, light offsetting on frontis, minor foxing, mainly marginal, a fine copy in attractive binding. A picture of this book is availab Frezier's voyage was made on the orders of Louis XIV to obtain military information for a possible operation against Spanish colonies on the Pacific coast. He surveyed the Le Maire Strait and the west coast of Tierra de Fuego and produced the most accurate description of South America to date (including Chile, Peru). Sabin 25936. Cox II, 267: 'One of the most valuable of our early records of the Falkland Islands, and to Frezier we are indebted for the clearest contemporary account of the navigation of the French seamen there. This English edition contains Dr. Edmund Halley's Postscript, correcting certain Geographical errors made by Frezier. Halley is of course most famous now as the discoverer of Halley's Comet. At the end is a 13 pp. account of the Joint Settlement in Paraguay '. Hill 115: 'Frezier brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants This first English translation contains the same engravings as the French original but is preferable to the latter because it contains Halley's postscript, which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frezier The frontispiece map, showing the route, was created for the English edition'. Borba de Moraes I 329: 'This English edition is much sought after because of Halley's postscript'. This edition also contains a section on the early settlement of Paraguay. A superb travel classic. Besides the fine maps and charts, there are plates of people, including natives in sea-kayak, early golf, natural history and botanical plates, etc.
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FREZIER, A. F. [Amedee Francois]
A Voyage to the South-Sea and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714; Particularly Describing The Genius & Constitution of the Inhabitants, as well as Indians, their Customs & Manners, their Natural History, Mines, Traffick
4to [24.5 x 19 cm]; [xii], [i, directions for binder], 335, [ix, index] pp, 37 engraved plates, maps & charts by J. B. Scotin, N. Guerard & others after Frezier, complete with frontis and all plates including 36 & xxxvi, musical notation. orig full leather boards with later spine and gilt title lettering on leather labels, light corner wear, joint cracked with repair but holding, map skillfully laid down, minor spotting, old bookplate of John Lenvis Petit, very good, interior clean & fine. Frezier's voyage was made on the orders of Louis XIV to obtain military information for a possible operation against Spanish colonies on the Pacific coast. He surveyed the Le Maire Strait and the west coast of Tierra de Fuego and produced the most accurate description of South America to date (including Chile, Peru). Sabin 25936. Cox II, 267: 'One of the most valuable of our early records of the Falkland Islands, and to Frezier we are indebted for the clearest contemporary account of the navigation of the French seamen there. This English edition contains Dr. Edmund Halley"s Postscript, correcting certain Geographical errors made by Frezier. Halley is of course most famous now as the discoverer of Halley"s Comet. At the end is a 13 pp. account of the Joint Settlement in Paraguay '. Hill 115: 'Frezier brought back information of considerable geographical and scientific value. Much data is included about the native inhabitants This first English translation contains the same engravings as the French original but is preferable to the latter because it contains Halley's postscript, which corrects certain geographical errors made by Frezier The frontispiece map, showing the route, was created for the English edition'. Borba de Moraes I 329: 'This English edition is much sought after because of Halley's postscript'. This edition also contains a section on the early settlement of Paraguay. A superb travel classic. Besides the fine maps and charts, there are plates of people, including natives in sea-kayak, early golf, natural history and botanical plates, etc.
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GISBORNE, Lionel
The Isthmus of Darien in 1852; Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
12mo [20.5 x 13 cm]; vi, 238, 4 [ads dated Feb 1853] pp, 4 folding colored maps complete. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine faded but lettering clear, light stains on cover, some minor foxing on title and few other leaves, but very good overall. A picture of this book is available upon request by emai Welch 188. Sabin 27512. A narrative of the author's travels in northern Columbia, Panama, Darien, with observations of social customs, native life, the Panama railway, gold mines, climate, topography, Cartagena, forests, conditions, etc.
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HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY
Canada; to Commemorate Our 322nd Birthday; Road Atlas Plus 6 Postcards
folio [39 x 28 cm]; unpaginated, national map, maps of each province, inset maps of main cities, all maps in color, mileage chart, legend, index of towns and cities. original pictorial printed heavy paper wraps with title historic map showing trading posts, etc on cover, name on margin, near fine and clean with the postcards intact. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This copy has the 4 page insert of ads from The Bay that was included with the atlas.
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LA CONDAMINE, M. de
A Succinct Abridgment of a Voyage made within the Inland Parts of South America from the Coasts of the South Sea to the Coasts of Brazil & Guiana, down the River of Amazonas
8vo [22 x 13.5 cm]; xii, 108 pp, folding engraved map, with the half title page. contemporary marbled boards, leather spine, covers worn, joints repaired with leather, lacks front blank endpaper, map with old one inch tear repaired, interior is very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 38488. A French-Spanish expedition was sent to South America in 1736, to measure a degree of latitude in the area near Quito where the equator crossed, to determine the size and shape of the earth. The ten year expedition proved that the earth is flattened at the Poles. La Condamine returned by crossing Brazil via the Amazon. His narrative of his journey was of great importance, because for the first time the long course of the Amazon was traversed by a man of science capable of making astronomic observations, and determining longitudes.' [Borba de Moraes, I, 447] The fine engraved map of the Amazon and its tributaries accompanying the text was drawn by La Condamine himself, and is the first map in which the latitudes were observed and shown on the map. Cox ii, 273: 'La Condamine returned to the east coast of the continent by descending the Amazon, the first time it was accomplished by a scientist'. Hill 169: 'the greatest geographical event of the eighteenth century as regards South America. . . to measure one exact degree of meridian to determine the dimensions and shape of the earth. . . the work occupied eight years'. Goodman 495: 'A very useful abridgment of this indispensible work, entirely satisfactory for nearly all purposes'. Spain & Spanish America I, 369.
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LA CONDAMINE, M. de
Relation Abregee D'un Voyage Fait Dans L'interieur De L'amerique Meridionale. Depuis La Cote De La Mer du Sud, Jusqu'aux Cotes du Bresil & De La Guiane, En Descendant La Riviere Des Amazones [Voyage made within the Inland Parts of South-America . . .]
8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; xvi, 216, [iv, privege du roi] pp, folding engraved map, errata. contemporary full tree calf, gilt spine title lettering on leather label, gilt spine decorations, all edges gilted, marbled endpapers, corners and spine end worn, small inkstamp on title page, interior quite clean and fine, cover very good. A picture of t Sabin 38484. A French-Spanish expedition was sent to South America in 1736, to measure a degree of latitude in the area near Quito where the equator crossed, to determine the size and shape of the earth. The ten year expedition proved that the earth is flattened at the Poles. La Condamine returned by crossing Brazil via the Amazon. His narrative of his journey was of great importance, because for the first time the long course of the Amazon was traversed by a man of science capable of making astronomic observations, and determining longitudes.' [Borba de Moraes, I, 446] The fine engraved map of the Amazon and its tributaries accompanying the text was drawn by La Condamine himself, and is the first map in which the latitudes were observed and shown on the map. Cox ii, 272. Hill 168.
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PHILIP, George & Son
Philips' Mercantile Map of Europe
4to [29 x 25 cm, 11.5 x 9.7 inches]; large folding colored map measuring 78 x 122 cm or 37.5 x 48 inches that folds to 29 x 25 cm. original cloth covers, title lettering on cover and spine, joint cracked but firm, marbled endpapers, original ribbon ties, map near fine and clean, linen-backed sectional map as originally issued, in very good original cover. A picture of this book is av A very detailed map, showing all of Europe including Western Russia to Iceland, part of north Africa, Lebanon, most of Caspian Sea. It shows cities, railways, mail and other steamers routes, wireless stations, canals, Lloyd's signal states, each country is shown in different color, also shows altitudes, etc. The scale is 72 mile to the inch or 1:4,500,000.
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SOTHEBY'S
The Travel Sale: Books, Maps, Atlases, Natural History and Topographical Pictures
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 225, [i] pp, hundreds of colored & uncolored illustrations & maps, including many full-page, bibliography, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, few minor notes, near fine, clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books, maps and paintings on Africa, Australasia, Near & Middle East, Americas, Asia, Europe, wall maps, atlases, etc describing 447 lots in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London 2 December 1999. A very useful reference. Sale L09215.
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SOTHEBY'S
The Travel Sale; Pictures and Near & Middle Eastern Books and Maps
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 292 pp, hundreds of illustrations, almost all in color, including many full-page, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on spine and cover, light corner wear, else fine, clean and unmarked, includes the loose list of prices realized. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. One of Sotheby's better sales of book and paintings on the middle east, describing 762 lots in detail, very well-illustrated. Sale L03622.
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SOTHEBY'S
The Travel Sale: Books, Maps, Atlases, Natural History and Topographical Pictures
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 272 pp, hundreds of colored & uncolored illustrations & maps, including many full-page, bibliography, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, few minor notes, near fine, clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books, maps and paintings on Africa, Australasia, Tahiti, South Seas, North & Central America, Caribbean, Europe, etc describing 454 lots in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London 14 December 2000. A very useful reference. Sale L00720.
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SOTHEBY'S
The Travel Sale: Mediterranean & Middle East
4to [27 x 21 cm]; 219, [iii] pp, hundreds of colored illustrations & maps, including many full-page, some black & white illustrations, bibliography, index. original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title on cover and spine, fine, clean, with the prices realized on loose sheets. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of books, maps and paintings on the middle east, describing 603 lots in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London 17 October 2001. A very useful reference. Includes large sections on Greece, Turkey, North Africa, etc. Sale L01956.
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LA CONDAMINE, M. de
A Succinct Abridgment of a Voyage made within the Inland Parts of South America from the Coasts of the South Sea to the Coasts of Brazil & Guiana, down the River of Amazonas
8vo [21x 13 cm]; xii, 108 pp, folding engraved map, with the half title page. contemporary full leather, spine worn, joints repaired, light foxing including on map, but mostly marginal, internally clean and very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Sabin 38488. A French-Spanish expedition was sent to South America in 1736, to measure the degree of latitude in the area near Quito where the equator crossed, to determine the size and shape of the earth. The ten year expedition proved that the earth is flattened at the Poles. La Condamine returned by crossing Brazil via the Amazon. His narrative of his journey was of great importance, because, for the first time, the long course of the Amazon was traversed by a man of science capable of making astronomic observations, and determining longitudes.' [Borba de Moraes, I, 447] The fine engraved map of the Amazon and its tributaries accompanying the text was drawn by La Condamine himself, and is the first map in which the latitudes were observed and shown on the map. Cox ii, 273: 'La Condamine returned to the east coast of the continent by descending the Amazon, the first time it was accomplished by a scientist'. Hill 169: 'the greatest geographical event of the eighteenth century as regards South America. . . to measure one exact degree of meridian to determine the dimensions and shape of the earth. . . the work occupied eight years'. Goodman 495: 'A very useful abridgment of this indispensable work, entirely satisfactory for nearly all purposes'. Spain & Spanish America I, 369.
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Lenon, Barnaby J.; Cleves, Paul G.
Techniques and Fieldwork in Geography
Worn covers, staining along top edge. eng
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