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Paris, G. Barba, 1843, in-16, mezza pelle coeva, titolo in oro al dorso, pp. 428. Con antiporta e una tavola incise in acciaio.
Paris, Librairie Hachette et C.ie, 1873, in-8, bella legatura editoriale in piena tela blu con grande scena impressa in oro sul piatto anteriore e sul dorso, tagli dorati, pp. [4], III, [1], 316. Con illustrazioni xilografiche a piena pagina. Bell'esemplare.
Avignon, Les Presses Universelles, 1948, br. edit., (manca l'angolo esterno superiore del coperta posteriore), pp. 412, [4]. Prima edizione.
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1912, in-16, brossura editoriale, pp. III, 426. Minimi difetti al dorso. Curioso saggio storico sui temi del viaggio (i pellegrinaggi, le crociate, i trovatori, l'uso del cavallo, le carrozze, gli alberghi nel sec. 18°, la locomotiva, l'automobilismo..), dell'arte culinaria (le ore dei pasti, l'appannaggio femminile, i Borboni a tavola, frodi alimentari, il vitto nelle prigioni rivoluzionarie), la vita militare.
Second Edition, 692pp., ex-library, orig. cloth. This revised and greatly enlarged edition includes, classified by island group and by subject, the most important of the many writings on the people of the Pacific Islands, including New Zealand.
2 Parts, 16 plates, orig. printed wrappers, 937 lots.
4to, ii,100pp., illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, 205 items.
Second Edition, 4to, cxxxii,336pp., 18 plates, orig. imitation vellum, a little soiled and stained, hinges slightly cracked, uncut, t.e.g. The Silver collection of exceedingly rare early voyages and travels (consisting of about 5,000 books and pamphlets) was largely acquired during the dispersal of the Beckford, Hamilton, Ellis, and Wodhull sales.
First Edition, 5 vols., in 7 [all published], 4to, ex-library, orig. cloth, d.w's. Vol. 1. Voyages and Travel. 1968. Illustrs., 2 maps, 428pp. Vol. 2. Biography. 2 Parts, 1971. Illustrs., 1196pp. Vol. 3. Atlases & Cartography. 2 Parts, 1971. Illustrs., 1166pp. Vol. 4. Piracy & Privateering. 1972. Illustrs., 175pp. Vol. 5. Naval History. Part 1: [All Published] The Middle Ages to 1815. 1976. 12 plates, 209pp.
2 Vols., in one, limited to 250 copies, orig. cloth. This important reference work provides an author index for 20,000 tiles and provides very detailed information regarding collations and plates. It is also strong in archaeology and the occult.
5 Vols., in 3, 4to, orig. cloth. The standard reference on Indo-China with around 20,000 items listed mainly in French and English. The index volume contains both author and subject indexes.
4to, 166pp., orig. printed wrappers.
5 Vols., numerous plates, general indices to each volume, orig. buckram, spines gilt with two contrasting morocco labels. A highly regarded reference work. The prices maybe out of date but the valuable annotations are timeless, making this a most valuable work of reference.
Large 8vo, 128pp., orig. printed wrappers, torn and defective, 1,000 items.
First Edition, frontispiece, vignette on title-page, 6 plates, 4pp. list of books at end, vi, 399, [1], 4 pp., original cloth, spine expertly rebacked with the original spine, a good copy.
First American Edition, 12mo, half-title, engraved frontispiece, folding plate, some foxing of the text in places, ix, [2], 12-244 pp., original printed boards, uncut, hinges partly cracked, pieces of the backstrip missing at head and tail, a good copy. Warden (1777-1849) was the surgeon on board the Northumberland, and this volume of Saint Helena reminiscences describes his time on Saint Helena and his frequent visits to Longwood House, Napoleon's exile home. Disapproved of by both the pro- and anti-Napoleonic camps, the work was savaged notably in the anti-Napoleonic "Querterly Review". Amongst the French contingent on Saint Helena, there was much discussion in the spring of 1817, regarding Warden's work, as to and how to reply. A reply was made in the end, first in English and later in French, in the form of the book published anonymously under the title, "Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, in reply to Mr. Warden;......", London, 1817. As to the identity of the anonymous author, many suspected it to be Napoleon, but the letters appear to have been written by Las Cases, (who was at the Cape after being banished from Saint Helena in December 1816), and sent to Lady Clavering ('Lady C.' in the book).
xvi, 351pp., frontis., 23 illustrs., orig. cloth.
4to, priced throughout, facsimiles, quarter blue morocco, 292 lots.
5 Vols., in 3, 4to, orig. cloth. The standard reference on Indo-China with around 20,000 items listed mainly in French and English. The index volume contains both author and subject indexes.
First edition, small 4to, xxviii, 344pp., orig. upper printed wrapper bound-in, cont. morocco, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, uncut.
Third edition, corrected, xiv, [2], 384pp., spotted throughout (particularly the first 40 pages) recent quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine gilt. John Clark (bap. 1744-1805) was a Scot who studied in Edinburgh with John Gregory, and graduated MD from St. Andrews. He then served as surgeon on the Talbot of the Honourable East India Company from 1768-1772. This work is "an account of his experiences on board the East Indiaman Talbot. It brought him 100 guineas from the company and a reputation in nautical medicine. Making early use of numerical and comparative methods, his work included meteorological and epidemiological data as well as therapeutic trials in scurvy and 'fevers'. Comparing the death rate of the Talbot's crew with that of seven other crews simultaneously stationed at Bengal, he argued that the below-average mortality of his men was connected with the success of his method of treating 'fevers' early and liberally with Peruvian bark (quinine)."?(ODNB).
First edition, 12mo, iv, [5]-27, [1]pp., original printed wrappers (a little chipped), stitched as issued. This little pamphlet gives a detailed explanation of the defences that Colonel Patton, governor of St. Helena, took to improve the island from attack. The island has shear cliffs on all sides which rise from 400 to 1,000 feet, and are inaccessible to an enemy from the sea. Guns and Canons were placed at the top of these heights and were able to fire directly down on any debarking troops and command that approach by sea. Patton had the advantage of employing the invention of Colonel Shrapnell's exploding 'round case shot' with fuses to explode them over the enemy. These are the shells that soon earned the name shrapnel. "Every piece of ordnance intended for the defence of the interior of St. Helena, whether mounted upon garrison or field carriages,.... ought to depress as far as fifty degrees.... and the landing places in many situations requires this depression...." Patton devised traversing and horizontal platforms for garrison guns and field ordnance at strategic elevated positions on the cliffs. The perpendicular height of every maritime post from sea level was measured and a table formed for each of the stations, that gave in yards the distances which corresponded to the degrees and minutes of the angle of depression. Of these tables three were completed, one for Ladderhill, one for Rupert's Point, and one for Goat-pound Ridge. The advantages derived from the platforms mostly depended on high situations, and therefore were most exclusively appropriated to St. Helena. **** The notes for this book were written on board his Majesty's ship Sir Edward Hughes, on Patton's homeward journey to England. He hoped that "his suggestions might possibly be found of some advantage to the service of his sovereign..... [and] for these purposes he brought models with him of the carriages and platforms which he had adopted at St. Helena."?Preface. Provenance: From the library of Quentin Keynes. Not on COPAC or OCLC.
4to, 166pp., orig. printed wrappers.
2 Vols., 64, [2]; 64pp., illustrs., orig. brown embossed cloth, slight tear to upper joint of vol. I otherwise very good copy.
