‎Geographie‎

‎[HISTOIRE] - LA RONCIÈRE (Monique), MOLLAT DU JOURDIN (Michel)‎

‎Les Portulans, cartes marines du XIIIème au XVIIème siècle.‎

‎Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1984; grand in-4 (253 x 346 mm), 296 pp., reliure d'éditeur pleine toile, coloris bleu foncé, dos carré, sous jaquette illustrée. Ouvrage établie avec le concours de M.-M. Azard, I. Raynaud-Nguyen, M.-A. Vannereau. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleurs.‎

‎[LORRAIN] - MAGGIOLO (L.)‎

‎Simples notes pour servir à l'histoire de la cartographie en Lorraine du XVIème au XIXème siècle.‎

‎Nancy, Imprimerie Berger-Levrault & Cie, 1881; in-8, 12 pp., broché. Envoi de l'auteur (recteur honoraire de l'Académie de Nancy, membre de l'Académie de Stanislas) à l'abbé Blanc, chanoine.‎

‎HYAMS, Edward ; traduzione di Raffaele Zanasi.‎

‎Terre e civiltà.‎

‎Cm. 20,5 x 15; pp. 397; legatura in cartonato editoriale con sovraccoperta figurata e custodia in cartoncino muto; con 54 fotografie e 5 carte geografiche nel testo.<BR>OTTIME CONDIZIONI: solo qualche danno alla custodia.<BR>Numero 33 della collana Uomo e Mito, prima edizione‎

‎AA.VV.‎

‎V Congresso Nazionale di Speleologia, Salerno 25 - 30 Ottobre 1951, Atti.‎

‎Cm. 30 x 21; pp. 151; illustrazioni b/n nel testo e fuori testo; cartine; brossura editoriale illustrata; cucito.<BR>Legatura lenta, tracce d'uso alla copertina (in particolare alcune mende al dorso e strappetti ai margini ), fioriture; complessivamente discreto.<BR>Raro.‎

‎TERMIER, H. e G.; traduzione di M. Carapezza.‎

‎Formazione dei continenti e sviluppo della vita.‎

‎16mo; pp.155 con 24 tavv. f.t.; legatura editoriale cartonata con titolo al dorso; sovraccoperta illustrata; illustrazioni in b/n.<BR>Sovraccoperta consumata al bordo superiore con piccolo strappo al piatto posteriore, per il resto in buono stato.<BR>Prima edizione. Collana Le piccole storie illustrate diretta da Sabatino Moscati.<BR>‎

‎BEAUJEU-GARNIER, J. - CHABOT, G.‎

‎Trattato di geografia urbana.‎

‎Biblioteca di Architettura e Urbanistica.<BR>In 8°, pp. 611; tutta tela editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata; cucito.<BR>CONDIZIONI PIù CHE DISCRETE: forte ingiallitura delle pagine dovuta alla qualità della carta; lievissime fioriture alle sguardie; qualche strappetto ai margini della sovraccoperta con riparazione d'epoca sul retro.‎

‎Smith, William (Editor).‎

‎A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, COMPRISING ITS ANTIQUITIES, BIOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, AND NATURAL HISTORY, With Numerous Illustrations and Maps.‎

‎776p. Illustrated. Double column. Title page crinkled. Tall 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding worn at extremities. RELIGION BOX 3‎

‎Stout, Amanda.‎

‎A SYLLABUS OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNA.‎

‎24p. 12mo. Original stiff green cloth wraps, front cover decorated and lettered in black. The author was grade supervisor, Reading, Pa., Public Schools. Excellent copy. PA PAMPH 20_5 BX2‎

‎Nicolaus Gurtler (1654-1711).‎

‎ORIGINES MUNDI & in eo Regnorum, Rerumpubl. Populorum.‎

‎pp. [12], 915, (41) [Index] + Engraved frontis title page (drawn by Joseph Mulder and engraved by Willem de Broen) showing an enormous globe, the author and allegorical figures; Plus + Folding engraved map of the Old World (31 x 42 cm.) - "Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti Tabula" by Christoph CELLARIUS, showing not only Europe, Africa and Asia, but also Australia; and four woodcut decorated initial letters. Regular title printed in red and black with the Wetstein's engraved whetstone publisher's device. Latin text in roman types, with extensive passages in italic and Greek, and occasional Hebrew and fraktur. 4to. 205 mm. Old damp stain on the first few leaves. The early full leather binding is quite worn. ** The front pastedown bears an early autograph ownership - apparently that of Noel Antoine Pluche (1688-1761), noted French naturalist and writer. Full Title: Nicolai Gurtleri Origines Mundi & in eo Regnorum, Rerumpubl. Populorum; horumque Duces, Migrationes, Dii, Religio, Mores, Instituta, Res gesta, civiles, sacra, bellica. Referuntur omnia ad loca & tempora sua, & ex ipsis fontibus, fereque propriis Historicorum verbis ad modum Historiae Universalis, cum maxime Ecclesiasticae reprasentantur. Cum Indicibus necessariis, iisque locupletissimis. First and only edition of a detailed history of the ancient world, covering and comparing the cultures, religions, governments, (civil and ecclesiastical) legal systems, etc. of societies throughout the Old World. After a brief discussion of the pre-diluvian world, it covers the ancient Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe country by country or region by region, citing both biblical and classical sources. The Cellarius map appears to be based on the 1664 map of the same title by Johannes Strubius (Shirley 434, in the same projection and showing the same regions, but not including Australia), but its more accurate and up-to-date cartographic data appears to have been taken from one of the world maps in two hemispheres that were common from at least 1658 (Visscher's, Shirley 406). As in those maps, the coast of Australia shows a small break at 30 degrees south latitude. Cellarius (1638-1707) had produced a series of historical maps for his Notitia Orbis Antiqui, first published at Leipzig in 1701, and the present map may be based on one from that book. A detailed ancient history, with an attractive and unusually accurate folding map of the Old World. SCARCE. NCC (5 copies); OCLC WorldCat (7 copies); STCN (1 copy). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153‎

‎Blackie & Son.‎

‎A SURVEY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Historical, Geographical and Commercial.‎

‎352p. + color maps. Numerous text maps, photographs and drawings. Decorated title page stamped with a Glasgow bookseller's label. Lacks first and last endpapers. Small 8vo. (7") Original full red cloth binding, decorated and lettered in black. Binding soiled. Hardbound. ENGLAND BOX 2‎

‎Mitchell, S. Augustus.‎

‎MITCHELL'S ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. Designed for Academies, Schools, and Families. A System of Classical and Sacred Geography. Embellished with Engravings of Remarkable Events, Views of Ancient Cities and Various Interesting Antique Remains Together with an Anc‎

‎216p. + Frontis. Numerous text woodcut engravings. Slight damp staining. Accompanying Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. Sm. 8vo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Front board printed with title page, stained. Rear board publisher's catalogue, damp stained. Small loss at head of spine. Spine repaired. Hardbound. PA71 REAR‎

‎Mitchell, S. Augustus.‎

‎A SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World, and Its Grand Divisions, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, with Their Several Empires, Kingdoms, States, Territories, Etc. Embellished‎

‎336p. + Frontis. Illustrated with numerous text woodcut engravings. Accompanying Atlas not present. NOTE: We do have a few early school atlases in stock. Please Ask. 16mo. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. PA71 REAR‎

‎Mitchell, S. Augustus.‎

‎MITCHELL'S GEOGRAPHICAL READER: A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a Description of the World, With Its Grand Divisions, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceanica. Designed for Instruction in Schools and Families.‎

‎pp. 600, 4 [Publisher's catalogue]. Mildly XLib. Age stained. Lacks first and last fly leaf. In 6's. 7 3/4". Original leather spine with loss over cloth covered boards. Front board very fragile. Hardbound. PA71 REAR‎

‎Wu, Yan-li (Editor).‎

‎CHINA. A Handbook.‎

‎915p. + large folding maps. 4to. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Original dust jacket, spine very faded. Hardbound. Very Good copy. ORIENT BOX 1‎

‎Roddy, H. J.‎

‎PHYSICAL AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.‎

‎115 p. + Illustrations and folding maps. XLib. Library Binding.‎

‎Mayo, Robert (1784-1864).‎

‎A VIEW OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AND ANCIENT HISTORY. CALCULATED FOR THE USE OF SEMINARIES, &C.‎

‎Two volumes in one. pp. (8), 197; 115 (1). Foxed. Age stain. 8vo. 22 cm. Contemporary full leather binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120‎

‎Spofford, Jeremiah.‎

‎A GAZETTEER OF MASSACHUSETTS: Containing a General View of the State, with an Historical Sketch of the Principal Events From Its Settlement to the Present Time, and Notices of the Several Towns Alphabetically Arranged. With a Map of the State.‎

‎348 p. Folding colored map of Massachusetts. The map could use some minor repairs at folds, etc. 12mo. Contemporary full leather binding. American Imprints 35374; Howes S-839; Sabin 89563. Atlas Case. QUITE SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎McSherry, James (1819-1869).‎

‎A HISTORY OF MARYLAND; From its Settlement in 1634 to the year 1848, with an Account of its First Discovery, and the Various Explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to, its settlement; To which is added, A Copious Appendix, Containing the Names of th‎

‎pp. 418, (2)[Publisher's Advertisements]. Lightly foxed. 12mo. 20 cm. Original cloth boards stamped in blind. Spine cloth taped. Includes useful lists of Maryland officers in service during the Revolutionary War, 1776-1781 (pp. 381-393). W148. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Barnes, Hubert Lloyd.‎

‎HOW TO PROSPECT FOR URANIUM.‎

‎117p. Paper browned and potentially brittle. 8vo. Dover paperback. SPACE/5‎

‎U.S. Executive Messages - Maps and Views.‎

‎MAPS AND VIEWS TO ACCOMPANY MESSAGES AND DOCUMENTS. 1854-5. Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress. Part III, Illustrations Belonging to Reports‎

‎(2) pp. [Title-page with list of contents on the verso] + 45 maps and plans, of various sizes (some quite large), most folding. Some damp stain and foxing, but nothing too substantial, except to the endpapers. Original full black cloth binding, stamped in blind, and lettered in gold gilt. Lightly worn. 4to. 300mm. These maps and plans illustrate the Reports of: the Commissioner of the General Land Office (8): Commissioner of Public Buildings (1-4); National Hospital for the Insane (1); Colonel of Topographical Engineers (31); and the Report of the Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography (1) [Officers Quarters at Annapolis]. Significant regions covered include parts of: Kansas; Nebraska; Arkansas; Florida; Michigan; Iowa; California; Minnesota; Wisconsin; Ohio; District of Columbia; New York; as well as a Topographical Map of a portion of the Isthmus of Darien, in site of proposed inter-oceanic navigation (canal). These reports were apparently an adjunct to the MAPS AND CHARTS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY. A wonderful addition to any collection of U.S. Maps. . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W155 CTR‎

‎Coleman, Lyman (1796-1882).‎

‎AN HISTORICAL TEXT BOOK AND ATLAS OF BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY. New Edition Carefully Revised.‎

‎165 p. Text in double columns (330 cols) + Seven (7) hand colored maps, from plates engraved on steel by W. Williams, Philadelphia. A page of descriptive letterpress accompanies each map. Some age stain and foxing. 4to. 27 cm. Original full cloth binding; worn at extremities; front board lettered in gilt; rear board lettered in blind. Manuscript Ownership of: John H. Walker, Fannettsburg, PA (Path Valley, Franklin County, PA). PALIB 6‎

‎Dixon, James.‎

‎PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A TOUR THROUGH A PART OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.Third Edition.‎

‎560 p. Age stain. XLib bookplate of First M.E. Sabbath School of Port Carbon (PA). Penciled manuscript ownership of James Thomas June 16th, 1872 Wilkes Barre, PA on first fly leaf. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full embossed cloth binding. Loss at head and tail of spine. Extremities rubbed. Title continues: "With Notices Of The History And Institutions Of Methodism In America. Third edition. Dixon travelled from Halifax Nova Scotia to Boston, and then west to Pennsylvannia, Ohio and Illinois, then from Niagara through Toronto, Kingston, etc. to Quebec, returning through the Hudson River route to New York. Containsm uch on slavery in the United States. Sabin 20370. Hardbound. AI BX 2‎

‎(Phillips, Sir Richard) [1767-1840].‎

‎THE HUNDRED WONDERS OF THE WORLD. And Of The Three Kingdoms Of Nature, Described According To The Latest And Best Authorities, And Illustrated By Engravings. By The Rev. C.C. Clarke. First American From The Tenth London Edition.‎

‎pp. xi, (1) [List of plates], 660. Illustrated with numerous engraved plates. Some plates printed on tissue like paper. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Thomas Corydon Moore, 1865 on frontis and some plates. XLib bookplate of Mt. St. Mary's College Library on front paste down. XLib stamp on title page. 12mo. 175 mm. Original worn and rubbed leather binding. Original leather spine label, loss on one corner. Head and tail of spine worn with some loss. S&S/AI 6473. First American Edition. Hardbound. Good. Ron bought before consign. AI BX 8‎

‎Tegg, Thomas.‎

‎YOUNG MAN'S BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE. [See below for fuller title].‎

‎Fuller title: YOUNG MAN'S BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE; Containing a Familiar View of the Importance of Religion, The Works of Nature, Logic, Eloquence, the Passions, Matter and Motion, Magnetism, Mechanical Powers, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Optics, Acoustics, Electricity, Galvanism, Geometry, Geography, Astronomy, Chronology, History, &c. First American, from the Twentieth London Edition. To which is Added an Epitome of American History, and appropriate reflections on the prosperity, influence and importance of the United States. pp. 404 + Woodcut frontis engraving. Decorative title page. 12 mo. 200 mm. Original full cloth binding; spine lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Rubbed at extremities. Hardbound. Very Good. Thomas Tegg (1776-1845) was an English bookseller, author, and publisher. He was prolific and had an wonderful feel for the needs of his audience. In forty years (1800-1840) Tegg, published four thousand titles - most of which sold for low prices and reached a vast readership. This book was freely pirated in the U.S. Though stated as the First American Edition at least four previous editions had appeared. PA LIB 6‎

‎Byrd, William.‎

‎WILLIAM BYRD'S HISTORIES OF THE DIVIDING LINE BETWIXT VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. With Introduction and Notes by William K. Boyd.‎

‎pp. 341 + Illus. & Large folding map. Modestly XLib. 8vo. 250 mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Good. Colonel William Byrd II (1674-1744). From Wikli: He was a planter, slave owner and author from Charles City County in colonial Virginia. He is considered the founder of Richmond, Virginia. Byrd's life showed aspects of both British colonial gentry and an emerging American identity. His education included the classics, apprenticeship with London global business agents, and legal studies. He was admitted to the bar and served for years as Virginia Colony's official agent in London where he opposed increasing the power of royal governors. A member of the Royal Society, he was an early advocate of smallpox inoculation. Upon his return to Virginia, Byrd expanded his plantation holdings, was elected to the House of Burgesses, and served on Virginia Governor's Council, also known as Virginia's Council of State from 1709 until his death in 1744. He commanded county militias and led surveying expeditions along the Virginia-Carolina border and the Northern Neck. This is his 'Secret History' of the 1728 expedition. OVERSIZE 5 / YORK HS‎