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2006rif. 49945London: The Arcadian Library 2006. Three volumes. First edition in Fine condition. Volumes I & II bound in red publisher's cloth boards w/ dustjackets. Volume III . London: The Arcadian Library 2006. Three volumes. First edition in Fine condition. Volumes I & II bound in red publisher's cloth boards w/ dustjackets. Volume III is a slipcase containing a large foldout illustration. "In 1549 a Venetian print maker named Matteo Pagano published a large wood engraving in twenty-one sections of the city of Cairo. This view continued the Renaissance tradition of depicting cities from an oblique aerial perspective." Volume I: An account of the creation of Pagano's view of Cairo. Volume II: facsimile translation and commentary on details of Pagano's view. Volume III contains a large 49" x 84" foldout facsimile of Pagano's view. 31.5 cm. 216 pp; 225 pp. b/w illustrations. . The Arcadian Library hardcover
2006rif. 17414Oxford: The Arcadian Library and the Oxford University Press 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good /very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 13 7/8" X 9 3/4". Volumes I and II are bound in red cloth over boards stamped in gilt with black and white pictorial dust jackets. Mild shelfwear to dust jackets and bindings firm and sound. Volume III is a large folded map within a matching slipcase. Folding map in excellent condition; slipcase is edgeworn and bumped with some very tiny tears at extremities. All pages are clean bright and unmarked. A very presentable first edition set complete in three volumes of this stunning textual and pictorial exploration of 16th century Venice from The Arcadian Library. ABOUT THIS SET: In 1549 a Venetian printmaker Matteo Pagano published a large engraving of an aerial view of the city of Cairo; it was accompanied by a Latin text "Descriptio Alchiriae" written by the orientalist scholar Guillaume Postel. The depiction of the city is sufficiently accurate to permit a detailed interpretation of the city to be made and it remained the standard western representation of this fabled eastern city for the next 250 years. Nicholas Warner provides a context for Pagano's view of Cairo a translation of Postel's text and a commentary on the contents of the engraving itself in addition to the accompanying narrative. An index of subsequent revisions and a superbly produced enhanced facsimile of the engraving itself is included. Volume 1 208 pages includes 36 large color plates 5 black-and-white plates and a modern facsimile of the original Latin text "Descriptio Alchiriae"; Volume 2 208 pages includes 68 black-and-white images all details of the map. Volume 3--the map--is a "modern facsimile" of the original Map i.e. with blemishes etc. removed packed in a slip case. It is the same size as the original and folds out in a similar manner to an ordnance survey map. It is printed in two colors to match the original. 13 7/8" X 9 3/4". Volumes I and II are bound in red cloth over boards stamped in gilt with black and white pictorial dust jackets. Mild shelfwear to dust jackets and bindings firm and sound. Volume III is a large folded map within a matching slipcase. Folding map in excellent condition; slipcase is edgeworn and bumped with some very tiny tears at extremities. All pages are clean bright and unmarked. A very presentable first edition set complete in three volumes of this stunning textual and pictorial exploration of 16th century Venice from The Arcadian Library. ABOUT THIS SET: In 1549 a Venetian printmaker Matteo Pagano published a large engraving of an aerial view of the city of Cairo; it was accompanied by a Latin text "Descriptio Alchiriae" written by the orientalist scholar Guillaume Postel. The depiction of the city is sufficiently accurate to permit a detailed interpretation of the city to be made and it remained the standard western representation of this fabled eastern city for the next 250 years. Nicholas Warner provides a context for Pagano's view of Cairo a translation of Postel's text and a commentary on the contents of the engraving itself in addition to the accompanying narrative. An index of subsequent revisions and a superbly produced enhanced facsimile of the engraving itself is included. Volume 1 208 pages includes 36 large color plates 5 black-and-white plates and a modern facsimile of the original Latin text "Descriptio Alchiriae"; Volume 2 208 pages includes 68 black-and-white images all details of the map. Volume 3--the map--is a "modern facsimile" of the original Map i.e. with blemishes etc. removed packed in a slip case. It is the same size as the original and folds out in a similar manner to an ordnance survey map. It is printed in two colors to match the original. The Arcadian Library and the Oxford University Press hardcover
2006rif. 1093Two large hardbacks with dust jackets - volumes 1 & 2 large folded map in slipcase - volume 3. Many illustrations throughout. Like New The Arcadian Library hardcover
2006rif. BB4501Arcadian Library / Oxford University Press 2006. ~With dustwrappers. Folio: 33 x 25 cm. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable others on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardback. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 216 240 large folding map volume many illus. Arcadian Library / Oxford University Press Hardcover
2000rif. 1-0674004418Harvard Univ Pr 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 227 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. Harvard Univ Pr paperback
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1999rif. Q-0674004418Harvard University Press 1999-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harvard University Press paperback
1999rif. DADAX0674004418Harvard University Press 1999-11-01. New Ed. paperback. New. 5.25x0.50x8.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Harvard University Press paperback
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1992rif. 33333336458Norwell Massachusetts U.S.A.: Chapman & Hall 1992. This book is part of a large purchase from a Public Sector Library and except where mentioned are for the most part LIKE NEW! MOSTLY the ONLY flaws are the blacked out they insisted Library stamps which show many of them to be UNUSED! This copy is Near Fine NEAR NEW. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE!. EX PUBLIC SECTOR LIBRARY BLACKED OUT STAMPS. This is the First Edition. Glossy Boards. Near Fine NEAR NEW/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Chapman & Hall hardcover
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1972rif. 006987London ; New York ; Sydney ; Toronto : Thr Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited 1972 1966 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 256 p. : ill. ; 35 cm. ; ISBN: 0517089289; 9780517089286 ; LC: TR790; Dewey: 778.6 ; OCLC: 21130831; 400 color illustrations ; "We think we can prove to you that judgment is more important than apparatus. When you use your camera the main things you need to decide are what to take when to take it where to take it from. The purpose of this book is to help you to develop this kind of judgment quickly and easily because without it you will be disappointed by your results." ; color photographic textured boards in color photographic dustjacket ; scenes include San Tropez Amsterdam Copenhagen Dubrovnik Mykonos Durham Cathedral Segovia Port of Nice Paris Santa Clara Convent Tower of London Greffe du Franc Yosemite National Park Arch of Constantine St. Albans Grand Canyon Bergen Nuremberg Montmartre Visby Sweden Oslo Castello d'Ischia Brussels Granada Venice Seefeld New York Chinatown Rockefeller Center Trafalgar Square Place de la Concorde Seville Beekman Towe Hotel Martini Centre Las Vegas Tivoli Gardens Greenwich Village Anacapri Braubach-am-Rhein Aalanderveen Arizona Yugoslavia St Catherine's Chaumont Rhodes Baie des Anges Vesuvius crater Vigeland Notre Dame Alhambra Stockholm St Goar Interlaken Versailles Alcazar Segovia Warwick CAstle Chambord Buckingham Palace Chateau de Chillon Chenonceaux Naples Piazza San Marco Cannes Amersfoort Durham Cathedral Pompeii Tower Bridge HEidelberg San Francisco Baden-Baden Edam Little Mermaid Munt Tower Hampton Court Athens Greece Grimsel Pass Disneyland Cologne Capri Ploce Beach Epidaurus Freiburg-im-Breisgau Penshurst Kent Stadt-Theater Mainz United Nations Bruges Colosseum Phoenix Airport Williamette Youpee Miss Indian America Cilipi Grindelwald Lincoln St Anton Sacre Coeur 1964 Civil Rights Vigil Washington Waldorf-Astoria; countries depicted are Austria Denmark France Germany Great Britain Belgium Greece Holland Italy Norway Spain Sweden Sqitzerland Yugoslavia and the United States ; includes a subject index ; large heavy volume ; nick to top of dustjacket else VG/VG London ; New York ; Sydney ; Toronto : Thr Hamlyn Publishing Group, Limited, 1972, 1966 hardcover
1994rif. 46379BBLondon, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. Groß-8°. 24 cm. 245 (1) Seiten. Original-Pappband. Original-Schutzumschlag.
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rif. A9780823284634Hardback. New. Should a writer work in a former colonial language or in a vernacular The language question was one of the great intractable problems that haunted postcolonial literatures in the twentieth century. But instead of asking whether language matters The Tongue-Tied Imagination explores how the language question itself came to matter--Provided by publisher. hardcover
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2019rif. x-0823284638Fordham Univ Pr 2019. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Fordham Univ Pr hardcover