1616Carta geografica tratta dal Tabularum Geographicarum contractarum libri septem di Petrus Bertius, edizione latina del 1616. L'opera contiene 219 carte che illustrano questa nuova versione della geografia del Bertius, per la prima volta pubblicata nel 1612 con le carte di Barent Langenes. Le carte derivano dal grande atlante di Mercator/Hondius, delle quali molte rappresentano una semplice riduzione. "After the death of Cornelis Claesz in 1609, Jodocus Hondius II became the new publisher of the work, composed by 7 parts in 1, with engraved title-page and 220 full-page engraved maps in text. All the maps were newly engraved and slightly larger in size, because Hondius was not able to acquire the original plates. With the new plates the work was definitely improved and enjoyed a growing demand of the public, which at that time had the choice between the Atlas Minor by Mercator and Bertius' Tabularum Geographicarum. The 219 plates, with the oval world map appearing twice, were produced to illustrate a new version of the geography of Bertius, published in 1616. According to King, their correct attribution is by Hondius, after Mercator and Hondius, taken from Bertius, who was only responsible for revising his text again" [cfr. G. King, Miniature Antique Maps]. Incisione in rame, perfette condizioni. A superior rival to the pocket Ortelius atlas appeared about 1598, under the imprint of Barent Langenes and Cornelis Claesz. Claesz also published the Tabularum Geographicarum contractarum libri septem, edition with texy by Petrus Bertius, in 1600. After the death of Cornelis Claesz in 1609, Jodocus Hondius II became the new publisher of the work, composed by 7 parts in 1, with engraved title-page and 220 full-page engraved maps in text. All the maps were newly engraved and slightly larger in size, because Hondius was not able to acquire the original plates. With the new plates the work was definitely improved and enjoyed a growing demand of the public, which at that time had the choice between the Atlas Minor by Mercator and Bertius' Tabularum Geographicarum. The 219 plates, with the oval world map appearing twice, were produced to illustrate a new version of the geography of Bertius, published in 1616. According to King, their correct attribution is by Hondius, after Mercator and Hondius, taken from Bertius, who was only responsible for revising his text again. "After the death of Cornelis Claesz in 1609, Jodocus Hondius II became the new publisher of the work, composed by 7 parts in 1, with engraved title-page and 220 full-page engraved maps in text. All the maps were newly engraved and slightly larger in size, because Hondius was not able to acquire the original plates. With the new plates the work was definitely improved and enjoyed a growing demand of the public, which at that time had the choice between the Atlas Minor by Mercator and Bertius' Tabularum Geographicarum. The 219 plates, with the oval world map appearing twice, were produced to illustrate a new version of the geography of Bertius, published in 1616. According to King, their correct attribution is by Hondius, after Mercator and Hondius, taken from Bertius, who was only responsible for revising his text again" [cf. G. King, Miniature Antique Maps]. Copperplate, in very good conditions. Koeman p. 42; King p. 96/99. Zacharakis C. G. - A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece 1477 - 1800 (2009), n. 368.
1749In 16° (19x12,5 cm); (24), 200, (4), pp. Legatura in cartoncino coevo con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Al frontespizio incisione xilografica di ritratto femminile in cornice floreale. Iniziali, testatine e finalini incisi. Un leggerissimo alone alle prime due pagine e nel complesso esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione, stampato su carta di ottima qualità da Giovanni Radice a Venezia. Prima non comune edizione di questo volgarizzamento del celebre scritto del grande filosofo greco Isocrate allo studente Demonico rimasto orfano del padre Ipponico, tradotta dal noto abate ravennate appartenente alla nobile famiglia dei Rota, Alessandro. Esemplare in buone - ottime condizioni di conservazione. Cfr.: Paitoni II, p. 195.
8vo, hardcover, 465pp. Ancient Greece and China Compared is a pioneering, methodologically sophisticated set of studies, bringing together scholars who all share the conviction that the sustained critical comparison and contrast between ancient societies can bring to light significant aspects of each that would be missed by focusing on just one of them. The topics tackled include key issues in philosophy and religion, in art and literature, in mathematics and the life sciences (including gender studies), in agriculture, city planning and institutions. The volume also analyses how to go about the task of comparing, including finding viable comparanda and avoiding the trap of interpreting one culture in terms appropriate only to another. The book is set to provide a model for future collaborative and interdisciplinary work exploring what is common between ancient civilisations, what is distinctive of particular ones, and what may help to account for the latter.
1927Paris, Typographie de Léon Pichon, 1927. In-4 broché, couvertue à rabats. XVII + 210 pages. Imprimé en deux couleurs, noir et rouge. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin à la forme des Papeteries d'Arches (N°236). Brunissure au 2eme plat, pour le reste sans rousseurs, bel exemplaire.
1939Zurich une Leipzig Max Niehans Verlag 1939, In-8 relié pleine percaline verte, couverture conservée contrecollée au 1° plat. 148 pages + 36 planches photos + 10 plans et cartes dépliants. Texte en allemand. Trés bon état.
1550Tavola tratta dalla Cosmographiae Universalis, edizione in tedesco, Basilea, seconda metà del XVI secolo.La Cosmographiae Universalis di Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), stampata per la prima volta Basilea nel 1544 dall’editore Heinrich Petri, venne più volte aggiornata e aumentata di nuove carte geografiche e rappresentazioni urbane nelle sue numerose edizioni che arrivano all’inizio del secolo successivo. Münster aveva lavorato a raccogliere informazioni al fine di ottenere un'opera che non deludesse le aspettative e, dopo un'ulteriore pubblicazione in tedesco abbellita da 910 stampe su legno, giunse nel 1550 all'edizione definitiva in latino, illustrata da 970 silografie. Vi furono poi numerose edizioni in diverse lingue, fra cui latino, francese, italiano, inglese e ceco. Dopo la sua morte di Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri prima, e il figlio Sebastian poi, continuarono la pubblicazione dell’opera. La Cosmographia universalis fu uno dei libri più popolari e di successo del XVI secolo, e vide ben 24 edizioni in 100 anni: l'ultima edizione tedesca venne pubblicata nel 1628, molto tempo dopo la morte dell'autore. La Cosmographia conteneva non solo le ultime mappe e vedute di tutte le città più famose, ma anche una serie di notizie enciclopediche di dettagli relative al mondo conosciuto, e sconosciuto. Il particolare successo anche commerciale di quest'opera fu dovuto in parte alle belle incisioni (tra i cui autori si possono citate Hans Holbein il Giovane, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Silografia, bella coloritura a mano, in buone condizioni. Plate taken from the Cosmographiae Universalis, German edition, Basel, second half of the 16th Century. The Cosmographiae Universalis of Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), printed for the first time in Basel in 1544 by the publisher Heinrich Petri, was updated several times and increased with new maps and urban representations in its many editions until the beginning of the next century. Münster had worked to collect information in order to obtain a work that did not disappoint expectations and, after a further publication in German embellished with 910 woodblock prints, arrived in 1550 to the final edition in Latin, illustrated by 970 woodcuts. There were then numerous editions in different languages, including Latin, French, Italian, English and Czech. After his death in Münster (1552), Heinrich Petri first, and then his son Sebastian, continued the publication of the work. The Cosmographia universalis was one of the most popular and successful books of the 16th century, and saw as many as 24 editions in 100 years: the last German edition was published in 1628, long after the author's death. The Cosmographia contained not only the latest maps and views of all the most famous cities, but also a series of encyclopedic details related to the known, and unknown, world. The particular commercial success of this work was due in part to the beautiful engravings (among whose authors can be mentioned Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudolph Manuel Deutsch, David Kandel). Woodcut, beautiful hand-coloring, in good condition.
Thielae [Tiel], apud Johannem Radink, 1697, in-12, leg. ottocentesca in piena pelle, titolo e filetti in oro al dorso, cerniera anteriore consumata per metà della sua lunghezza, pp. [24], 320, [28]. Con un'antiporta incisa in rame. Una brunitura dovuta al tipo di carta.
1577Mappa tratta dalla seconda edizione in lingua francese de Le Miroir du Monde.Le Mirour du Monde è l’edizione in lingua francese in prosa dello Spieghel der Werelt, il primo atlante tascabile pubblicato nel 1577, in lingua olandese, da Philip Galle, con testo in rima curato da Peeter Heyns, e stampato dalla tipografia Plantin.Lo Spieghel der Werelt era una versione ridotta del Theatrum Orbis Terrarum di Ortelius.Le lastre, quasi tutte derivate dal Theatrum, furono disegnate e incise da Philip Galle. Due anni dopo, nel 1579, fu data alle stampe l’edizione in lingua francese in prosa, perché Heyns non aveva avuto il tempo necessario per la resa in versi, col titolo Le Miroir du Monde. Il successo di questa edizione francese, è provato proprio dalla seconda edizione pubblicata a soli 4 anni di distanza, nel 1583.Dal 1577 al 1598, Galle & Heyns pubblicarono ben 11 edizione, di cui l’ultima – edita nell’anno della morte di Ortelius – conteneva ben 123 mappe.Incisione in rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Miniature map published taken from the second French edition of Le Miroir du Monde, published by Galle & Heyns in 1583, printed by Plantin and first publsihed in 1577 under the title Spieghel der werelt.Le Miror du Monde is the French transaltion of the Duch poems Spieghel der Werelt, the first modern pocket-atlas, published by Philip Galle with text by Peeter Heyns in 1577, based on Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The maps were drawn and engraved by Galle. Between 1577 & 1598 Galle issued 11 editions, all printed by Christopher Plantin.Copperplate, very good condition. G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 60-61.
1577Mappa tratta dalla seconda edizione in lingua francese de Le Miroir du Monde.Le Mirour du Monde è l’edizione in lingua francese in prosa dello Spieghel der Werelt, il primo atlante tascabile pubblicato nel 1577, in lingua olandese, da Philip Galle, con testo in rima curato da Peeter Heyns, e stampato dalla tipografia Plantin.Lo Spieghel der Werelt era una versione ridotta del Theatrum Orbis Terrarum di Ortelius.Le lastre, quasi tutte derivate dal Theatrum, furono disegnate e incise da Philip Galle. Due anni dopo, nel 1579, fu data alle stampe l’edizione in lingua francese in prosa, perché Heyns non aveva avuto il tempo necessario per la resa in versi, col titolo Le Miroir du Monde. Il successo di questa edizione francese, è provato proprio dalla seconda edizione pubblicata a soli 4 anni di distanza, nel 1583.Dal 1577 al 1598, Galle & Heyns pubblicarono ben 11 edizione, di cui l’ultima – edita nell’anno della morte di Ortelius – conteneva ben 123 mappe.Incisione in rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Miniature map published taken from the second French edition of Le Miroir du Monde, published by Galle & Heyns in 1583, printed by Plantin and first publsihed in 1577 under the title Spieghel der werelt.Le Miror du Monde is the French transaltion of the Duch poems Spieghel der Werelt, the first modern pocket-atlas, published by Philip Galle with text by Peeter Heyns in 1577, based on Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The maps were drawn and engraved by Galle. Between 1577 & 1598 Galle issued 11 editions, all printed by Christopher Plantin.Copperplate, very good condition. G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 60-61.
1577Mappa tratta dalla seconda edizione in lingua francese de Le Miroir du Monde.Le Mirour du Monde è l’edizione in lingua francese in prosa dello Spieghel der Werelt, il primo atlante tascabile pubblicato nel 1577, in lingua olandese, da Philip Galle, con testo in rima curato da Peeter Heyns, e stampato dalla tipografia Plantin.Lo Spieghel der Werelt era una versione ridotta del Theatrum Orbis Terrarum di Ortelius.Le lastre, quasi tutte derivate dal Theatrum, furono disegnate e incise da Philip Galle. Due anni dopo, nel 1579, fu data alle stampe l’edizione in lingua francese in prosa, perché Heyns non aveva avuto il tempo necessario per la resa in versi, col titolo Le Miroir du Monde. Il successo di questa edizione francese, è provato proprio dalla seconda edizione pubblicata a soli 4 anni di distanza, nel 1583.Dal 1577 al 1598, Galle & Heyns pubblicarono ben 11 edizione, di cui l’ultima – edita nell’anno della morte di Ortelius – conteneva ben 123 mappe.Incisione in rame, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Miniature map published taken from the second French edition of Le Miroir du Monde, published by Galle & Heyns in 1583, printed by Plantin and first publsihed in 1577 under the title Spieghel der werelt.Le Miror du Monde is the French transaltion of the Duch poems Spieghel der Werelt, the first modern pocket-atlas, published by Philip Galle with text by Peeter Heyns in 1577, based on Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The maps were drawn and engraved by Galle. Between 1577 & 1598 Galle issued 11 editions, all printed by Christopher Plantin.Copperplate, very good condition. G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 60-61.
1623Carta geografica tratta dal rarissimo "Anfiteatro d'Europa" edito a Venezia nel 1623. Il libro, scritto con testo di Giovanni Doglioni, fu pubbicato dall'editore veneziano Giacomo Sarzina. Illustrato da una carta del mondo e 33 carte dell'Europa ne testo. Stranamente le mappe sono riprese da quelle che illustrano l'Epitome di Ortelius incise da Philip Galle e non da quelle dell'edizione pirata della stessa opera pubblictaa a Brescia da Pietro Marchetti (1598). Si tratta pertanto di nuove lastre, che presentano picocle differenze rispetto a quelle del Marchetti, alle quali ad un primo esame assomigliano. L'opera non fu mai ristampata ed è pertanto rara. Incisione in rame, inserita nella pagina di testo descrittivo alla carta, fori di tarlo, per il resto in buono stato di conservazione. Map from the very rare “Anfiteatro d’Europa” published in Venice in 1623. The book was written by Giovanni Doglioni and it was published by the Venetian Giacomo Sarzina. Together with the text there are one world map and 33 maps of Europe. Oddly enough, these maps were realized after those shown in Ortelius Epitome, engraved by Philip Galle, and not after the pirate edition published by Pietro Marchetti in Venice. These are therefore new plates, presenting minor differences with those of Marchetti. The work has never been reissued and is quite rare. Copper engraving, included in the text page which described the map, wormholes, otherwise in good condition. G. L. King, Miniature Antique Maps, p. 106.
1623Carta geografica tratta dal rarissimo "Anfiteatro d'Europa" edito a Venezia nel 1623. Il libro, scritto con testo di Giovanni Doglioni, fu pubbicato dall'editore veneziano Giacomo Sarzina. Illustrato da una carta del mondo e 33 carte dell'Europa ne testo. Stranamente le mappe sono riprese da quelle che illustrano l'Epitome di Ortelius incise da Philip Galle e non da quelle dell'edizione pirata della stessa opera pubblictaa a Brescia da Pietro Marchetti (1598). Si tratta pertanto di nuove lastre, che presentano picocle differenze rispetto a quelle del Marchetti, alle quali ad un primo esame assomigliano. L'opera non fu mai ristampata ed è pertanto rara. Incisione in rame, inserita nella pagina di testo descrittivo alla carta, fori di tarlo, per il resto in buono stato di conservazione. Map from the very rare “Anfiteatro d’Europa” published in Venice in 1623. The book was written by Giovanni Doglioni and it was published by the Venetian Giacomo Sarzina. Together with the text there are one world map and 33 maps of Europe. Oddly enough, these maps were realized after those shown in Ortelius Epitome, engraved by Philip Galle, and not after the pirate edition published by Pietro Marchetti in Venice. These are therefore new plates, presenting minor differences with those of Marchetti. The work has never been reissued and is quite rare. Copper engraving, included in the text page which described the map, wormholes, otherwise in good condition. G. L. King, Miniature Antique Maps, p. 106.
1821In-4°; pp. VI, 33, (1), al frontespizio stemma papale inciso su rame; dedica a Pio VII. Legatura in cartonato colorato. Dissertazione di Teodoro Fusconi, avvocato del Sacro Concistorio, sulla Monomachia, che come si legge nel testo era il nome greco per indicare il combattimento tra i gladiatori, tradotto in latino come certamen singulare. La ricostruzione delle origini, della storia, delle usanze e degli effetti sociali dei giochi dei gladiatori cioè della lotta tra singoli ha come fine quello di rintracciare le origini del duello, ed è svolta in maniera estremamente erudita, con citazioni puntuali tratte dagli autori che più tra gli altri di secolo in secolo hanno menzionato questi incontri di corpo a corpo: Tacito, Stazio, Tertulliano, Livio, Petronio, Plinio, Isidoro, Ridolfino Venuti, Filangieri. Muratori, Maffei, Montesquieu e tanti altri. Tali incontri si dimostra in questo modo, nati nell'antichità come attività ludiche da atleti, si sono trasformati nel sistema del duello, utilizzato al posto della legge. Non mancano le citazioni dal codice teodosiano, e dalla Legislazione unica de Gladiatoribus, in cui si vieta il combattimento dei gladiatori, come pure il Duello. Il libro è una fonte importante per la storia del duello.
1802P., Bossange, 1802. Deux volumes in-8 reliés, dos chagrin et basane sur les plats ; dos longs ornés, double encadrement sur les plats (dont encadrement intérieur de guirlande de fleurs), coupes et contre-plats ornés de roulettes dorées, toutes tranches dorées ; ILVI-270 et 338 pages. Mors un peu frottés, départ de fente à un mors au tome 2, quelques épidermures. Ensemble de bonne apparence et très agréable.
1964408pp.with some figures in text and plates out of text, 24cm., softcover, some foxing on edges, good condition, [most articles are in Italian], G79323
1870Folio (mm 390x280); pagg. XII, 344 con 51 silografie a tutta pagina fuori testo e oltre 300 silografie nel testo di misura varia. Bellissima legatura verde e nera decorata con figure e fregi rossi e oro, tagli dorati. Piacevole opera che illustra la storia greca e romana, i costumi e gli usi dei due popoli, la loro arte e letteratura. Molto ben conservato, minimi difetti alla legatura con piccole abrasioni a spigoli e cuffie.
1966Two quarto volumes in red printed, illus wraps; 960 p. [total] ; fold out color maps two both vols (laid in at rear vol B); b/w illus (mainly maps) throughout; index at end of Tomos B Rare thus. Two volume set not located in WorldCat. Appears to be complete in two volumes. In Greek. Signed by author on title page, Tomos A ; with author's calling card attached with paperclip. A massive work on Byzantine history (Byzantium ; Constantinople ; Mediterranean )
2008Curatori: M. Giangiulio.
1916Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. 50x60 cm. In Ottoman script. Scale: 1/200000. Ottoman map of Eastern Anatolia. Bargiri, Hoy, Baskal'a, Malazgird. It shows Lake Erçek located on the east of Lake Van which is an endorheic salt lake in Van Province in eastern Turkey, about 30 kilometres; on north side, Bargiri place where the oldest district of Van city; on east, Turkish and Azerbaijani and Iranian borders and Hoy city of the West Azerbaijan; and on west, map shows Malazgird [Malazgirt]. This is one the serie of the Bonn projection maps which are the first map series in modern techniques in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. In order to produce these maps covering Turkish territory, Reconnaissance Branch was incorporated into The Mapping Commission. The maps were produced in the datum based on the latitude and longitude of Ayasofya Mosque in equal area Bonn Projection. The field works for the 123 sheets covering the country were conducted by 76 staff. The production was completed in 18 years starting from east west. Field works continued without stopping except in years 1914 and 1920. This map series called also reconnaissance maps contributed a lot to producing 1:25.000 scale maps.
1840pp. xix, 549, (1)[Errata], (1)[Publisher's advertisement]. 8vo. 22 cm. Partially unopened. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind; rear joint repaired. Manuscript ownership of Richard Mansfield (1857-1907), who was considered the greatest actor of his era. Printed bookplate of J. Mortimer Lichtenauer (b. 1876), a famous art collector and painter of mural decorations in a Grecian style. The text includes "Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry" (Twining's translation); "Excerpta Critica" (Canons of Criticism from Various Sources); "Examination Papers"; Etc. This Irish classic in the history and criticism of Greek drama is quite scarce in the marketplace. John Richard Darley (1799-1884) was born in Fairfield, County Monaghan, Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed headmaster of Dundalk Grammar School in 1826, and of the Royal School Dungannon in 1831. In 1874 he was consecrated Bishop of Kilmore. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121
1912Very Good German Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15,5 cm). In German. [8], 222, [2] p., 1 folded map, many b/w plates. Im türkischen Kriegslager durch Albanien: Bekenntnisse zur deutsch-türkischen Freundschaft. Ernst Jaeckh was a German author. He was born in Urach Germany. During the First World War, Jaeckh was one of the main propagandists of the German-Turkish alliance and worked for Eugen Mittwoch and his Nachrichtenstelle für den Orient. In 1920, he founded the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik, a key liberal think tank of the Weimar Republic. Being a staunch Anti-Nazi, he emigrated to Britain in the 1930s. In 1932, he became international director of the newly founded New Commonwealth Society. In 1940, he migrated further to the United States where he became professor at Columbia University and founded the Columbia Middle East Institute in 1948. In the 1940s he headed the Middle Eastern Department of the British Ministry of Information, a close associate was Eugen Mittwoch. He is remembered to be an author and academic. He promoted the German-Turkish Alliance (1908-1914) and founded the German Turkish Association in 1912. He became professor of Turkish history at the University of Berlin in 1914. Ernst Jäckh was a member of the diplomatic service during World War I and with Friedrich Naumann, he organized the liberal movement in Germany (1902-1912). Jäckh emigrated to Britain and held the position of international director of the New Commonwealth Institute until 1940 when he became Professor of Public Law and Government at Columbia University specializing in the politics of Germany the Balkans and the Middle East. He wrote books that include Albanian War, Der Austeigende Halbmonde, Background of the Middle East, Deutschland im Orient. First Edition.
1983Light Crease to front wrap. Light discoloration to spine and sections of wraps. ; Looks at Mycenaean Thessaly and how how Mycenaean Thessaly influenced regions around it that were not in the Mycenaean ambit. ; BAR International Series 176; 234 pages
1948Very Good Turkish Original color map. 52x65 cm. In Turkish. Scale: 1: 800,000. Showing shores from Latakia to Haifa; Lebanon , Beyrouth, North Palestine, Syria, Saudi Arabia and borders, Orontes river, deserts. [TURKISH MAP of BEYROUTH, DAMASCUS, JORDAN] Sam, Beyrouth, Lebanon, Jordan.
1988The Aim of this study is to build up an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources -- Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). Contents: Polybius and the Image; Livy and the Image; Plutarch and the Image; Another Look. ; 8vo; 171 pages
