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réf. 2411RS314Por. 1573-1621. Prefácio José Eduardo Pisani Burnay e André Paraschi. Sol Editora. S.l. S.d. De 33x255 cm. Com 11 págs. não numeradas. Encadernação do editor com lombada em pele azul e pastas revestidas com estampas. Ilustrado com 4 estampas desdobráveis do autor dos vários alfabetos conhecidos e desconhecidos para a composição cabalística dos selos e quadrados mágicos. Exemplar de uma tiragem de 550 com rubrica dos autores do prefácio. Muito raro 3.ª edição fac-similada. Não existe exemplar catalogado na Porbase. Obra dividida em duas partes primeira parte com um breve enquadramento histórico e estudo sobre a obra por José Eduardo Pisani Burnay e André Paraschi e segunda parte com cinco fólios desdobráveis fac-similados da edição original. Importante para o estudo de várias áreas científicas assim como religiosas como o esoterismo linguística simbolismo astrologia e áreas ligadas ao misticismo religioso como a Cabala Judaica. O fac-simile reúne 72 alfabetos que incluem línguas: Místicas - alfabetos angélicos enóquicos e cifrados; Orientais - érabe persa copta etíope; antigas sagradas - hebraico grego latim. siríaco caldeu. Cada alfabeto é acompanhado por transcrições em latim e gravuras simbólicas. Sobre a obra comentou Vitor Manuel Adrião: «Frei Tiago de Boaventura Hepburn de Escócia 1573-1621 Virga Aurea Vara Dourada. Apesar das tentativas dos falecidos dr. José Eduardo Pisani Burnay e de André Jean Paraschi chegando a ser meus correspondentes durante largos anos sobretudo o primeiro essa obra nunca foi devidamente publicada e muitíssimo menos dada ao conhecimento geral. Escrita após uma peregrinação de frei Tiago a Santiago de Compostela a obra é consagrada à eterna Virgini Maris e ao secular Papa Paulo V. A Virga Aurea constitui-se de um Calendário Perpétuo de Magia Natural das coisas secretíssimas classificando e resumindo a quase totalidade dos conhecimentos esotéricos da Teogonia Cosmogonia Angeologia Astrologia Magia Talismânica Alquimia etc.» José Eduardo Pisani Burnay Lapa Lisboa 1924 - Lisboa 1998 foi uma figura notável na cultura e maçonaria portuguesa do século XX destacando-se como actor colecionador e líder maçónico. Neto de Ramalho Ortigão e de Maria José de Bastos Pisani Burnay. Por influência paterna apaixonou-se pelas antiguidades conseguindo reunir ao longo de toda a vida importantes colecções de Armas Antigas Bengalas Canecas-Figuras e Objectos Maçónicos. Seduzido pelo esoterismo e pelo simbolismo aderiu à Maçonaria tendo sido iniciado no Grande Oriente Lusitano onde foi Venerável da Loja Simpatia e União. André Jean Paraschi 1946-1997 foi um autor e investigador português conhecido pelas obras sobre história e simbologia das ordens militares em específico dos Templários e a Ordem de Cristo em Portugal. Explorou o esoterismo simbologia e espiritualidade com base em fontes históricas e manuscritos antigos. Frei Tiago Boaventura Hepburn de Escócia Hamstoks Escócia 1573 - Veneza Itália 1621 foi um erudito e orientalista escoçês que viajou pela Turquia Pérsia e Síria e no seu regresso à Europa entrou na Ordem dos Frades Menores. Esteve em Avignon e mais tarde em Roma onde foi nomeado pelo Papa Paulo V Bibliotecário dos Manuscritos Orientais do Vaticano. Destacou-se como linguista e estudioso de línguas orientais publicou uma gramática árabe e um dicionário Hebraico-Caldeico evidenciando o seu domínio do hebraico e outras línguas semíticas. Referência: lusophia.wordpress.com M-1B-A-5 unknown
réf. 14009Without place or date but with reference to 'George Salmond Writer Glasgow'. Early nineteenth-century. 2pp. 4to. On leaf untidily torn from an album resulting in a ragged edge with minor loss of text a few parts of words. On aged and chipped paper. The document is headed 'Forgery of the Commercial Bank of Scotlands Guinea Note' and begins: As a few off these Forged Notes have made their appearance in Glasgow e following directions are given to enable the public to distinguish the forged from the genuine Notes.' A detailed description follows with small illustrations given of the shapes of the letter 'B' in forgery and genuine note with other illustrations of a thistle both with and 'without prickles'. The document ends: 'It is requested that if any of these forged Notes are presented the same and those offering them may be detained and proceeded with according to the Law and that notice may be immediately sent to George Salmond Writer Glasgow who will pay the expenses and liberally remunerate those giving any information which may be of Service or may lead to Conviction of offenders.' No other copy traced either on COPAC or WorldCat. The Scottish guinea note was introduced in 1758 and discontinued in 1828. The book 'Rambling Recollections of Old Glasgow' by 'Nestor' contains a reference to 'Mr. George Salmond long Procurator-Fiscal at Glasgow' who 'kept an album or rather nigrum containing a collection of forged notes with notices of the results to the persons implicated in their forgery or issue. There seldom was a Circuit in Glasgow where there were not several men or women sentenced to death for such crimes and several expiated their offences on the scaffold'. Salmond was Procurator-Fiscal by 1826 so this item would appear to date from before then. Without place or date, but with reference to 'George Salmond, Writer, Glasgow'. Early nineteenth-century. unknown
1775réf. AQ33308Edinburgh: s.n. 1775. 32pp. Uncut. Stitched as issued. Single old vertical fold. Very occasional marginal spotting. The sole edition in original state of an anonymous address concerning the Bill for altering the laws which regulate the qualifications of freeholders entitled to vote in the election of Members of Parliament for Scotland. ESTC records copies at 10 locations BL California Duke Huntington Kansas NLS Oxford Queen's Syracuse and Yale. ESTC T38311. First edition. 8vo. [s.n.] unknown
1777réf. 059993Edinburgh: Alex. Kincaid And J. Dickson. 1777. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. EDINBURGH : 1777 1793. Edinburgh : printed by Alex. Kincaid his Majesty's Printer M.DCC.LXXVII. Bound with Translations and Paraphrases in Verse of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture 1793. Hardback. Eighteenth century full brown calf-leather. Raised bands gilt lettered within gilt panels. Blind-ruled boards. Blind-stamped crest of 'New Gray Friars Church' to cover. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. Presentation page; 'Presented to the Session of the New Gray Friars Church by the Publishers'. Small binders label; 'Bound by Alex. Banks; Edinburgh'. Strong and sound; a nice copy. Tight bright and clean with moderate use. VERY GOOD. 284 iv 84 pages. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog ESTCT182240. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Edinburgh: Alex. Kincaid. And J. Dickson. SCARCE. Alex. Kincaid [ And J. Dickson. ] hardcover
réf. 011904Perth Scotland: T. Davies. Apparently 1st eds. thus . Hardcover. all VG to Fine. 9.5 cm x 15.5. Vol.1: marbled end-paper 2 blank front fly leavestwo engr.plates on openinghalf-titlet.p. 1786 Morison's Dedication page to David Stewart Erskine Earl of Buchan etccaption to Portrait of King James I on recto p. of previously noted openingiv121eng.portrait of James II of ScotlandGawin Douglas t.p. 1788156 with Glossary pp.139-150 and a Satire by 'Author Unknown; front pastedown has heraldic plate of John Lunsdaine Esq. of Lathallan Motto: Unaware in Time' this is in all volumes otherwise internally clean tight and unmarked.Bound in gilt decorated paneled tree calf leather covers clean with slight bumping to extremities small chip top spine most of gilt-on red spine label missing gilt missing on Vol.number panel front has twisted thread borderline as all other volumes; Vol. 2 spine number f/piece engravinghalf-title Morison's Scottish Poets Third Editiont.p. 'Select Poems of Will.Dunbar Part First' 1788lviii Life of Gavin Douglasnotes100 Dunbar's poems with no additional t.p.and no indication of a 'Part Second't.p. of Allans Ramsay's 'The Gentle Shepherd a Scots Pastoral Comedy' 1788 96 engr.plates ex-pagination; internally clean tight and unmarked covers very minimally rubbed spine label missing and gilt loss to Vol.number; Vol.3. 2 blank fly leavesf/piece Fergusson portraithalf title no volume numberFergusson t.p. 'Poems on Various Subjects. In Two Part' 1788viii Memoir and 'Contents124opening with facing engravings divided by tissue guard each headed 'Fergusson's Poems' and dated 1789Morison's half-title Part Two t.p. 1789; internaly clean tight and unmarked in excellent covers very slight corner bumping spine title label and black Volume label present otherwise clean and unrubbed; Vols.4: 2 blank fly leaves no half-title engr.frontispience of Sir William Wallaceapaprent brown waterstain acroos bottom corner recto not affecting image t.p. with tanned off-setting from f/piece : 'The Metrical History of Sir William Wallace Knight of Ellerslie by HENRY commonly called BLIND HARRY 1790 second less extensive t.p.ContentsDedication page bottom outer corner has slight losspp.2-3 Bibliographic note and errata4-23 account of author1-138 Lumsdaines sig. top p.1 tanning edges to inner sides of endpapers and blank fly-leaf edges frontispiece very cosely triimed but no significant loss 'Society of Antiquaries' credit line at bottom shaved across bottom otherwise internally clean tight and unmarked; covers excellent clean with minimal corner bumping but Vol.label missing to spine gilt borders are a slight variation on other vols; Vol.5: 2 fly leavesengr.frontispiece with narrow strip of loss to outer edget.p. as Vol.I but Vol.II in title 1790171 poem continues with Book VII Lumsdaines' sig.top p.1 as Vol.412 Glossary 2 blanks leaves; edge tanning to inner sides of end-papers and blanks otherwise clean tight and unmarked covers as Vol.4 but Vol.number label present; covers of all volumes have the gilt lines down joints matching those on covers. A very attractive partial set alas lacking the 3rd Blind Harry volume. Usually listed as individual volumes and these scarce. Douglas's forename is spelled Gawin on t.p. but Gavin on Vol.2 'Life'. T. Davies hardcover
1654réf. 4757Amsterdam 1654. Copper engraving 42 x 52 cms with original hand-colour Dutch text to verso. Map unknown
1940réf. 21235521940. London: University of London Press. 1940. 8vo. Original printed wrappers; pp. 40 price reduction over-printed on front cover; minimal wear to extremities inked out name on front cover; internally a very good with conemporary ownership inscription to title-page.Very rare first edition first printing of this war-time cookery book. Among the meat substitutes are not altogether tasteless vegetarian susages based on lentils with brazil nuts parsley marmite and onion. Heart stuffed with minced veal casserole of rabbit a pan haggis liver oatmeal Jamaican pepper salt and pepper are among the austere meat dishes.LibraryHub locates only seven copies in the British Isles. unknown
18928vo., First Edition; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 34).
18182 vols., [of 4], 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, uncut, covers very lightly dust-soiled else both very good, bright, crisp copies, now housed in custom-made solander case lettered in gilt. As usual, the collation is variable. The tracts included here are: The History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans (first printed 1764); Authentic Narrative of the Massacre of Glencoe (first printed 1693); The Murder of James I (MS written in 1440); Buchan's Description of St. Kilda (first printed 1773); Supplement to the History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans (MS writen about 1656). Each tract has its own printed title and pagination; thus many volumes were broken for the tracts to be sold individually; copies in the original wrappers are rare. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
196056 pages. Features: Credit Cards are Making Cash Old-Fashioned - article with photo of Alfred Ritchie, founder of the Master Credit service; Goma - the second gorilla born in captivity - article with great photos; Jump For Joy - Teaching Ukrainian Dance at the Ukrainian Centre in Edmonton - great photo-illustrated article; Full page ad for Jack the Ripper movie starring Lee Patterson; Vintage two-page colour ad for Jell-O pudding and pie filling; Dorothy Dent Describes Her Battle with Parkinson's Disease - article with photos; Two Italian Nuns Learn to Fly so then can service remote areas - short story with four photos - Sisters Maria Cleofe and Maria Innocenza; Nice two-page colour photo ad for Kroehler furniture; Sermons are Short in the Skier's Church - Rev. Horace G. Baugh preaches in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains - article with photos; I Was a Member of the Ghost Squad - More Cases of an Undercover Cop (Part 2 of 2) - Ex-Det.-Supt. John Gosling of Scotland Yard describes his battle of wits with some notable forgers and an elusive receiver; A Visit to Martha Hyer's Home Overlooking Los Angeles - article with many great photos; Andy O'Brien Describes how Russians may win the Stanley Cup! - article with photo; Robert Abels collects miniature replica's of antique firearms - brief article with five photos; Nice colour-photo ad for Old Tyme Syrup; Colour ad for People's Credit Jewellers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Few minor clear tape repairs. A sound vintage copy. Book
1947Cover: Princess Elizabeth's Last Public Engagement in Scotland Before Her Marriage: Launching the Caronia. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Austrian Requiem": by Kurt Von Schuschnigg; Aftermath of War: Walter Lippmann and American Foreign Policy (inc. map); The World of Science: This Year's Scarcity of Wasps; Notes for the Novel-Reader; The World of Theatre; Books of the Day; and The Valley of the UnKnown: A Unique and Self-Created Civilisation Revealed in the Borderlands Between India and Tibet. Pictorial Journals include: Their Majesties in Devon and Cornwall: Incidents of the Royal Tour; A Fair State Torn With Rebellion: Beautiful But Distracted Kashmir; Srinagar and Its Surroundings: Views of the "Venice of the East"; The "Modern Vermeer" Picture Trial: (Han) Van Meegeren and His Work in Court; Royal Honeymoon Houses in New Forest and Highland Surroundings; The Royal Wedding: A Miscellany of Relevant Events and Items; El Alamein Day in the Desert; Air Achievement and Fire Destruction; Stated to Be "Overwhelmingly Against Trusteeship": South West Africa; Buckingham Palace From the Air; Finished and Accurate to Two-Millionths of an Inch: California's Giant 200-Inch Telescope Mirror; From Isaac Oliver to Cosway: Some Rockliff Collection Miniatures; Tudor Silver for the Victoria and Albert Museum; Exquisite French Furniture; Apa Tani Justice: Private and Public; A Unique People in a Primitive Paradise; Where Neolithic Cultivation Methods Support a Himalayan People in Plenty; The Unknown Valley: Social Types and Rural Customs of a Unique Civilization; Religion and Sport in the Unknown Valley; and The Apa Tani People: Their Homes and Customs. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
2005réf. SBBIH-RMYMMJ7OPWG6Ginn 2005. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Ginn paperback
2002réf. x-1841133256Hart Pub 2002. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. Hart Pub hardcover
2007réf. x-1845113365I B Tauris & Co Ltd 2007. Hardcover. New. 266 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. I B Tauris & Co Ltd hardcover
2026réf. x-0192870521Oxford University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 2nd revised edition edition. 352 pages. 6.97x0.98x10.00 inches. Oxford University Press hardcover
1434réf. 948Z16Edinburgh : Neill and Company Ltd 1914-34. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". None stated. An extensive collection of volumes detailing the proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland providing fascinating information on the history of Scotland and heavily illustrated throughout. The first editions. In the publisher's original cloths. All volumes heavily illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes folding plates and occasional coloured plates. A sixteen volume set. This set includes; Fifth series volumes; 1-2 6-12 and the sixth series volumes 2-8. Volumes for the years 1914-16 1919-26 then 1927-34. This set features an extensive collection of volumes published by the 'Society of Antiquaries of Scotland' an antiquarian body in Scotland which promotes the heritage and history of Scotland. The Society would meet and publish their proceedings in an annual volume covering a range of topics such as archaeological finds excavations museum donations historical architecture and much more. These volumes discuss topics such as clay castle building the excavation at Jarlshof and Roman forts. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally slight fading to the spines heavier to odd volume marks to the boards bumping to the extremities of the boards and slight cockling to the boards to the odd volume. Worming holes to the front board to vol 'lxiii' damp stains to the rear board to 'vol lxii' to both boards to 'vol lvi' and xlix' and to the spine to 'vol lx'. Bookplate of "Macintyre" to the front pastedown to a number of volumes with offsetting and occasional spotting to the endpapers to most. Internally binding strained to the front to 'vol lvi' with generally clean and bright pages and minor spotting to the front and rears. Worming holes to the front to 'vol lxiii'. Tidemarks to pp.199 to 'vol lxviii'. Good Neill and Company Ltd hardcover
1827réf. AUB-8459London 1827. Bon exemplaire relié, reliure pleine toile, 40 pages + planches. (+solde texte vol. I).
réf. 13977530[Aberdeen]: G. W. Wilson & C°, n.d. [c. 1880] album leporello (12x15 cm) comprenant 10 tirages albuminés (8x10,5 cm) contrecollées sur cartons forts montés sur toile, chaque photo accompagnée d'une légende ou de quelque vers. Reliure percaline verte d'éd., titre, filets et motifs de fougère dorés sur le premier plat et même composition à froid sur le second plat, ruban de coton vert cassé, petites usures, petite salissure sur le carton de la 2ème photo, autrement très bon état. Détail des vues: Loch Lomond from Strone Brae, Luss - Inch Lonaig, Loch Lomond - Ben Lomond from Tarbet - The Cobbler Mountain from above Tarbet - Falls at Inversnaid, Loch Lomond - The Silver Strand, Loch Katrine - Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine - The Trossachs Pier - Loch Achray and Benvenue - In the Pass of the Trossachs, looking towards Ben Venue. George Washington Wilson (1823-1893), photographe écossais, installa son studio à Aberdeen en 1852, réputé pour ses photos de paysages écossais et ses portraits de la famille royale.
1844réf. 019816London Edinburgh & Glasgow: A. Fullarton & Co @1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing to a few plates but most plates clean. Rubbing to spine edges and corners. Very Good. Two small folio 8-1/2" x 10-5/8" volumes bound in half brown morocco leather and cloth with matching leather corners gilt-decorated and lettered spines marbled edges. Illustrated with a steel-engraved title page and 79 steel-engraved views. Apparently lacking the printed title page and half-title page A. Fullarton & Co hardcover
1839réf. 001823London: George Virtue 1839. Hardcover. Scattered foxing but most plates clean. Spine worn some splitting joints but covers tight. Overall Very Good. W. H. Bartlett. Two quarto 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" volumes bound in one full gilt-decorated morocco leather volume. Illustrated with two steel-engaved title pages three portraits and 84 engraved views and engravings after paintings. Many of the engravings are views by W. H. Bartlett. There is no printed title page though there are two engraved title pages. No information could be found for this particular title which is similar to Wilson's book issued the next year. George Virtue hardcover
First edition, folio, [12], 270pp., limited to 375 numbered copies, title page printed in red and black with vignette at its centre, 20 photoengraved plates after the artwork of D. Y. Cameron, tissue guards, orig. green buckram decorated in blind and gilt, uncut, t.e.g. light rubbed otherwise a very nice copy.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this groundbreaking study of Scottish language and culture. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, all printed on fine laid paper. 4to. Bound in publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. Some wear to binding (especially backstrip and extremities), but holding firm. Internally uncut, FINE AND BRIGHT. Very scarce. Francisque Michel (1809-1887) was one of the towering intellectuals of the 19th century: he is remembered for editing many of the most important Old French texts, an activity he commenced at the age of 21! During the second half of his life he became fascinated woith Scotland, particularly the relationship between Scottish and French culture, language, and history.
1851réf. 200128AG1851. London & New York John Tallis & Company 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. Plate Size: 33 cm x 25 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. Published in the Illustrated Atlas And Modern History Of The World Geographical Political Commercial & Statistical Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Handsome town-plan of Perth in central Scotland bordered to the south by the River Tay. Railway street and district areas of the city are also included. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the image. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much-anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1851réf. 200053AG1851. London Edinburgh & Dublin J & F. Tallis 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Vignettes by N. Whitlock and Engraved by J. Rogers. Plate Size: 25 cm x 35.5 cm. Sheet Size : 27.1 cm x 37.4 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition. Published in the Illustrated Atlas And Modern History Of The World Geographical Political Commercial & Statistical Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. The last great illustrated map of Scotland in the manner of early tourism maps dedicated for the being a souvenir for visitors abroad Hunters etc. Beautiful and interesting map of Scotland including its islands- the Hebrides or Western Isles Orkney Isles and the more distant Shetland Islands pictured in inset box in the tope right corner. The northern part of Ireland England and the Isle of Man are also shown. Scotland's counties from Wigton in the south to Caithness in the north are delineated. Rivers and lakes are also shown and relief shown through hachuring. Bar- scale shown in lower right corner. Ornate bordering. John Tallis 7 November 1817 3 June 1876 was an English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Company published views maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851. Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846 and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis and Company. He started The illustrated news of the world and national portrait gallery of eminent personages in 1858 selling it for £1370 in 1861; it folded in 1863. Wikipedia The most important project John Tallis undertook was the 'Illustrated Atlas' from 1851. The original map we offer here was part of this exceptional Atlas and all the maps it contained are still today considered as the last reminder of an era of lavish map production. Tallis worked the project together with John Rapkin 1815-1876 and it was Rapkin's style and talent that we have to thank for when we marvel at these maps today. What makes these maps so special is the detail of engraved vignettes that surround the map and often show indigenous scenes people in their environment and even more so historical buildings or historical views of towns and cities architecture and landscape. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much-anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1870réf. 5358CB2 Bde. London und Edinburgh, A. Fullarton; New York, Fullarton, Macnab & Co., o.J. (ca. 1870?). Gr.-8°. LXVIII, 816 S.; 872 S. Mit 59 Karten (teilw. farbig) und Stahlstichtafeln. Halbleder d. Zt. mit Rückenvergoldung.
