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1788réf. 48745Uppsala Joh. Edman 1788-93. 8vo. Four beautiful excellently preserved contemporary half calf bindings. Gilding and gilt title-labels to spines. 26 389 1; 32 384; 14 414 30 341 pp.Engraved vignette and 10 engraved plates og which two are folded. With all four half titles inserted. Printed one fine good paper and internally very nice and clean. Indbundet i 4 ensartede smukke og velbevarede samtidige hldrbd. Rygforgyldning og med forgyldte titeletiketter i skind på rygge. Kobberstukket vignet Goda Hoppet Udda samt 10 kobberstukne plancher hvoraf 2 udfoldelige. Med alle 4 halvtitelblade som dog er indsatte. Trykt på skrivepapir og indvendig meget rene. First edition in a very fine copy of Thunberg's account of his famous naturalist and ethnographical travels in Europa Asia and Africa. Thunberg is sometimes called "the father of South African botany" and "the Japanese Linnaeus". In the first two volumes he vividly decribes the botanical and ethnographical features of South Africa around the Cape."Thunberg’s description of his great voyage published in four parts in Swedish in 1788-1793 and soon translated into English as Travels in Europe Africa and Asia 1793-1795 as well as in French and German contains material of great ethnographical interest." DSB. unknown
1885réf. 50241Amsterdam K.N.A.G. 1885. 8vo. In recent paper wrappers with brown title label pasted on the front wrappers. As extracted from "Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap". Vol. II. Very fine and clean. Pp. 213-228. First printing of the first report on the The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference. It sought to regulate European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The General Act of the Berlin Conference can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa and is by far the most severe infringement ever on African sovereignty. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers while simultaneously eliminating most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance."For at a time when an estimated 80% of Africa remained under traditional and local control the purpose of the Berlin Conference had been for the Great Powers to establish rules amongst themselves for the colonization of Africa and the exploitation of Africa's resources. Including the division of territory the drawing of maps and the establishment of Congo -- as a personal possession of the Belgian King. Not surprisingly no Africans had been invited to the Conference." Calmettes Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa. "Owing to the upsetting of Bismarck's carefully laid balance of power in European politics caused by Leopold's gamble and subsequent European race for colonies Germany felt compelled to act and started launching expeditions of its own which frightened both British and French statesmen. Hoping to quickly soothe this brewing conflict King Leopold II was able to convince France and Germany that common trade in Africa was in the best interests of all three countries. Under support from the British and the initiative of PortugalOtto von Bismarck German Chancellor called on representatives of Austria-Hungary Belgium Denmark France the United Kingdom Italy the Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden-Norway union until 1905 the Ottoman Empire and the United States to take part in the Berlin Conference to work out policy." Ngoyo Federation of the Free States of Africa.The boarders drawn in Africa during the Berlin Conference had devastating consequences for Africa:" "The Berlin Conference was Africa's undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African Continent. By the time Africa regained its independence after the late 1950s the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to operate satisfactorily. The African politico-geographical map is thus a permanent liability that resulted from the three months of ignorant greedy acquisitiveness during a period when Europe's search for minerals and markets had become insatiable." Ibid. See The Mountains of the Moon Mapping African Exploration Princeton University. unknown
1783réf. 25416Paris chez le Sr Desnos ca 1783. 465x645 cm. Engraved map of Africa with the Mediterranean Sea at north. Contemporary handcoloured. Cartouche uncoloured. A few tears showing in right grade-scale no loss. Jaillots fine impressive map of the continent of Africa from 1695 in Brion de la Tours revision from 1783 giving much new information and details of this continent. unknown
réf. 30190LONDON HOLDSWORTH AND BALL 1831. FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS GILT DECORATATIVE SPINES. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD SET TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN. LONDON, HOLDSWORTH AND BALL, 1831 hardcover
réf. 30369HOUSE OF COMMONS 1833. THREE VOLUMES FOLIO FROM THE LIBRARY OF NEW COLLEGE OXFORD. NEW ENDPAPERS AND REBOUND IN GREY CARD AND GREEN CLOTH. A VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT SET. VOLUME 1:ENUMERATION ABSTRACT liv pp 560. VOLUME 2: ENUMERATION ABSTRACT pp 561-1067. VOLUME 3: PARISH REGISTER ABSTRACT pp 500 WITH 17 DOUBLE PAGE FOLDING MAPS AND ONE SINGLE PAGE PLAN OF LONDON. A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET WHICH WEIGHS 8.3 Kg SO POSTAGE AT COST. HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1833 hardcover
réf. 30033PARIS DEBURE AND BARROIS 1802. COMPLETE IN NINE OCTAVO VOLUMES. FRENCH TEXT. FULL LEATHER WHICH IS WORN WITH SOME EVIDENCE THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN RECASED PERHAPS WITH THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. EACH WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH BISHOP OF LINCOLN 1869-85. NICE TIGHT BINDINGS WITH FRESH PAGES. POSTAGE AT COST. PARIS, DEBURE AND BARROIS, 1802 hardcover
réf. 29883FAYARD 1997. FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES IN LAMINATED COVERS. VOL 1 1860-1943. VOL 2. 1943-1990. ANNOTATIONS IN THE FORM OF A 'V' IN THE MARGINS OTHERWISE A FINE SET. FRENCH TEXT. FAYARD, 1997 unknown
réf. 226001992 HAKLUYT SOCIETY LONDON. TWO VERY GOOD COPIES IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAPS. VOLUMES 1 AND 2. ISBN NO. FOR VOLUME 2 IS 0904180336. VOLUME 1: SECOND SERIES. NO. 175. VOLUME 2: SECOND SERIES. NO. 176 1992 HAKLUYT SOCIETY, LONDON paperback
réf. 20217EDINBURGH. GAVIN ALSTON. 1776. GEORGE ANSON LATE LORD ANSON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF A SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS SENT UPON AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH SEAS COMPILED FROM HIS PAPERS AND MATERIALS BY RICHARD WALTER M.A. CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE CENTURION IN THAT EXPEDITION. TWO VOLUMES CROWN 8vo FULL ELEGANT MOROCCO BINDINGS IN TAN GILT BY PAUL DELRUE FOLDING MAP. A VERY HANDSOME SET. EDINBURGH. GAVIN ALSTON. 1776 unknown
réf. 25202LONDON J. WILKIE 1776. WITH A TOUR THROUGH PART OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES IN THE YEARS 1773 AND 1774. FIRST EDITION REBOUND IN BOARDS LEATHER SPINE WITH 19 FOLDING PLATES. A VERY GOOD COPY. LONDON, J. WILKIE, 1776 hardcover
réf. 23193LONDON ALLEN LANE 2005. FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. SUB TITLE: WRITINGS ON INDIAN HISTORY CULTURE AND IDENTITY. AUTHOR IS A NOBEL PRIZE WINNING ECONOMIST. LONDON ALLEN LANE, 2005 hardcover
réf. 25833LONDON CADELL 1776. THIRD EDITION FULL LEATHER WORN BORDS MAP. INTERNALLY VERY CLEAN BUT FRONT BOARD ALMOST DETACHED. PRICED ACCORDINGLY. LONDON, CADELL, 1776 hardcover
réf. 13191LONDON. JOHN MURRAY. 1875. THE NEW EDITION OF 1875 IN FOUR VOLUMES. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. FIVE RAISED BANDS AND GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES. MARBLED END PAPERS AND EDGES. A VERY FINE AND HANDSOME SET CLEAN AND TIGHT. LONDON. JOHN MURRAY. 1875 hardcover
réf. 29569LONDON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1965. REPRINT QUARTO VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WORN DUSTWRAPPER. 598 PAGES ILLUS. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS CHARTS AND MAPS. POSTAGE AT COST. WEIGHS 3.5 kG. LONDON, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1965 hardcover
réf. 22561LEWES GEO. P. BACON. 1865. FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. VERY GOOD REBOUND WITH ORIGINAL SPINE AND BLIND-STAMPED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS SMALL STAIN ON FRONT BOARD CORNERS BUMPED CONTENTS CLEAN. ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLE GLUED TO FRONTISPIECE VERSO AND ENDPAPERS. ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. TO THE REAR OF THE BOOK IS A LONG INK INSCRIPTION 1931 BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER MARY LOUISA ROW MAKING REFERENCE TO THE FAMILILY HISTORY AND MENTIONING THE NAMES OF ROWE MAYNARD OF MAYFIELD AND JOHN EDWARDS WHO WAS HIGH SHERIFF IN 1744. ALSO MENTION OF WHITFELD SIR THOMAS MAY OF THE OLD PALACE AND JUDGE SIR JOHN JEFFERAY. LEWES, GEO. P. BACON. 1865 hardcover
réf. 25757LONDON SAMPSON LOW 1878. TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION SMALL OCTAVO GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES MAPS AND PLATES INTRODUCTION BY WINWOOD READE TRANSLATED BY ELLEN FREWER. VOL2. HAS ENTEBBE CLUB LIBRARY STICKER ON FRONT PASTEDOWN. PREVIOUS OWNER'S PLATE ON FEP. SOME WEAR TO THE CLOTH AND SOME FOXING TO PAGE EDGES BUT VERY GOOD OVERALL. LONDON, SAMPSON LOW, 1878 hardcover
réf. 20448G. LION. LONDON. 1751. VERY GOOD COPY BOUND IN MODERN HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARD. NEW ENDPAPERS - 23 PAGES. 'OCCASIONED BY A LETTER FROM HIS LORDSHIP TO THE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD IN CONVOCATION TO WHICH IS PREFIXED HIS LORDSHIPS LETTER'. THE LETTER IS FROM SOME 'OXFORD ELECTORS'. G. LION. LONDON. 1751 hardcover
réf. 14500GOUPIL & CO. LONDON. 1906. VERY GOOD LARGE HARDBACK IN BROWN CLOTH WITH GILT EMBOSSED TO SPINE AND FRONT BOARD. NO DUSTWRAP. THERE HAVE BEEN PRINTED OF THIS WORK QUEEN ANNE EIGHT HUNDRED COPIES ON FINE PAPER THIS BEING 481. THE PLATES HAVE BEEN ENGRAVED BY MANZI JOYANT & CO PARIS. GILT TO TOP OF PAGES SOME FOXING TO THE FEP OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN. GOUPIL & CO. LONDON. 1906 hardcover
réf. 22003COLLINS. LONDON. 1964. VERY GOOD LARGE HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP SLIGHTLY GRUBBY. A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND SOCIAL SURVEY OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN LONDON ABOUT 1750. THE 374 ILLUSTRATIONS AND 17 COLOUR PLATES OF THIS BOOKCONSTITUTE A VERITIABLE WINDOW INTO THE LIFE OF MID GEORGIAN LONDON. HERE WE MEET ALL TYPES FROM HIGHWAYMAN TO NOBELMEN THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PLACED IN SEQUENCE TO PRESENT A PICTORIAL TOUR AROUND CENTRAL AND WESTERN LONDON FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY TO PARK LANE. COLLINS. LONDON. 1964 hardcover
réf. 222361873 JOHNSON WILSON AND CO. NEW YORK. 2 QUARTO HEAVY VOLUMES IN HALF LEATHER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. EMBRACING HISTORY STATESMANSHIP NAVAL AND MILITARY LIFE PHILOSOPHY THE DRAMA SCIENCE LITERATURE AND ART WITH BIOGRAPHIES. STEEL ENGRAVED PLATES. 1873 JOHNSON, WILSON AND CO., NEW YORK hardcover
réf. 25876LONDON J. JOHNSON 1807. FIRST EDITION EXTERNALLY POOR - LOSS TO THE LEATHER SPINE WORN BOARDS FRONT BOARD ALMOST DETACHED PLATES LOOSE. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD AND CLEAN 323 PAGES 6 PLATES. PRICED ACCORDING TO CONDITION. A READING OR RE-BINDING COPY. LONDON, J. JOHNSON, 1807 hardcover
réf. 226642002 THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY LONDON. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. THIRD SERIES. NO. 9. 2002 THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, LONDON unknown
réf. 226901997 THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY LONDON. 2 VOLUMES. FINE COPIES IN VERY GOOD/ FINE DUSTWRAPS. SECOND SERIES. NO. 185 AND 186. 1997 THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, LONDON paperback
réf. 20451E.D.W. JONES. 1688. BOUND COPY IN MARBLED CARD - NEW ENDPAPERS NEAT HAND-WRITTEN TITLE TO FRONT BOARD. THE FIRST LETTER THAT SPRAT WROTE TO THE EARL OF DORSET AND MIDDLESEX. 20 PAGES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DORSET AND MIDDLESEX LORD CHAMBERLAIN OF HIS MAJESTIES HOUSEHOLD CONCERNING HIS SITTING IN THE LATE ECCLESIASTIAL COMMISSION. In 1669 Sprat became canon of Westminster Abbey and in 1670 rector of Uffington Lincolnshire. He was chaplain to Charles II in 1676 curate and lecturer at St. Margaret's Westminster in 1679 canon of Windsor in 1681 dean of Westminster in 1683 and bishop of Rochester in 1684. He was a member of James II's ecclesiastical commission and in 1688 he read the Declaration of Indulgence to empty benches in Westminster Abbey. The suggestion was that he was playing at being Vicar of Bray. Although he opposed the motion of 1689 declaring the throne vacant he assisted at the coronation of William and Mary. As dean of Westminster he directed Christopher Wren's restoration of the abbey. E.D.W. JONES. 1688 unknown
réf. 21093W. JACKSON & J. LISTER. 1772. NICELY REBOUND IN HALF CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS NEW ENDPAPERS. 39 PAGES. ALSO CONTAINS CONSIDERATIONS ON THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSITY BY JOHN MORTON AND R WILBRAHAM DATED 1759 pp31-39. W. JACKSON & J. LISTER. 1772 hardcover
