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Alpine Majestaten Und Ihr Gefolge Die Gebirgswelt der Erde in Bildern. Dritter Band
Munchen: Vereinigte Kunstanstalen, 1903. Volume three only (of 4). Pictorial boards with alpine picture and art nouveau decoration around. Gilt end papers. Library stamps for the Erasmiaansch Gymnasium Rotterdam. Map of the Alps showing regions, 268 photographs of peaks and features on glossy paper, several are folding plates. 440 by 300mm (17¼ by 11¾ inches).
Condition: Cloth boards are a little stained and darkened, particularly to the front cover. Still attractive though. Moderate foxing to the first few. The rest the book is in very good condition with only light foxing.
Book ID: 2246More details Price: £60.00 -
Analyses of New Voyages and Travels, lately published in London Two abstracts. from "A Northern Summer" and "A Tour through Holland."
London: None Stated, 1806. Two works bound as one. The first is an abstract of "A Northern Summer; Or, Travels round the Baltic, through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and part of Germany in the year 1804" 80, [ii]. pp. Includes index, Sepia aquatint of Cronberg Castle, and a lovely large folding sepia Aquatint of St Petersburg.
The second work is "A Tour through Holland, along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the South of Germany in the Summer and Autumn of 1806." 167 [ii]. pp including index. Includes 6 folding sepia aquatint illustrations, or Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam (x2) Utrecht, and Koblenz.
Each work has a paragraph of introduction, and then an abstract or digest of the work itself. 240 by 150mm (9½ by 6 inches).Condition: Recent half calf binding, with hardcover boards. burgundy label to spine. New end papers. The text itself is clean and tidy, in excellent condition.
Book ID: 2196More details Price: £350.00 -
Belgien 1915. Ein Skizzenbuch von Luigi Kasimir. Text von Fedor von Zobeltitz.
München: Franz Hanfstaengl, 1915. First edition in publisher's original hardback. Fascinating images of Belgium's early 20th century architecture - from sketches by Luigi Kasimir; often referred to as The Master European Printmaker. Illustrated with frontispiece, 29 full-page plates, and some in-text illustrations. German text by Fedor von Zobeltitz. All full-page plates have captioned tissue guards. Cities: Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Louvain and Mechelen. Pictorial boards are somewhat age toned and bumped at the edges. The ribbon ties are still attached, but front ones are broken. Lacks slipcase. Inside excellent. 39, [1] + 29 plates. 340 x 260 mm (13½ x 10¼ inches).
Book ID: 3639More details Price: £75.00 -
Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau
Edition: First Edition
London: John Murray: 1834. First edition. Bound in recent half Morocco with gilt titles to the spine and marbled boards. Half title. Engraved frontis. Title, preface, 10 plates (including frontis). A travel guide to the author's travels through the "bathing resorts and fountains in the Duchy of Nassau" and his trip to Mainz. 376 pages. 190 x 120 mm (7½ x 4¾ inches). 376 pp
Condition: The binding is recent, and is in good, clean condition without flaws. There is darkening to the title page and a little staining to the verso of the frontis. Otherwise in good, if slightly darkened condition.
Book ID: 2009More details Price: £95.00 -
Christian Researches in the Mediterranean, From MDCCCVXV to MDCCCXX. In furtherance of the objects of the Church Missionary Society.
Edition: First Edition
London: R. Watts, L.B. Seeley, and J. Hatchard, 1822. First edition. New half leather binding with marbled boards. Burgundy labels and gilt titles. Stamp for the library of the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands." Hand coloured map of the Mediterranean as a frontis. A lovely copy of this work. The new binding is in an immaculate state. Clean and tidy without flaws. The frontis map is also in beautiful condition. The text itself is clean and tidy, without marks. Fractional darkening to the closed page edges. viii, [viii], 1-454 pp
Book ID: 1506More details Price: £250.00 -
De stad Utrecht. Album bevattende afbeeldingen harer voornaamste gebouwen en gezigtspunten met historische bijschriften door Dr. Wap.
Utrecht: J.G. Broese, 1859. First edition. Original green hardback boards with gilt title to spine. Title vignette and 23 other colour illustrations, with text descriptions by Wap. Front board has semi-circular water mark. Board edges slightly rubbed. Lightly foxed inside. Overall in good shapes. 270 x 180 mm (10¾ x 7 inches).
Book ID: 3752More details Price: £200.00 -
Ein Tag am Vierwaldstättersee - Erinnerung A Manuscript travelogue / Poem with 8 silver print photographs
Lucerne: Manuscript, 1885. Original manuscript poem / travelogue, recounting an excursion on the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake Lucerne) in 1885. 8 silver print photographs are tipped in amongst the text. Cream embossed leather binding. Gilt detail to the front board. Attractive gilt and brown end papers. Unpaginated, but 40 stanza's in a neat German hand.
200 by 130mm (7¾ by 5 inches).Condition: The leather boards are clean and tidy, with a little darkening / foxing to the skin. Internally clean and tidy throughout.
Book ID: 2066More details Price: £150.00 -
From my Camera A Black and White album of a European Tour from 1937
n/a, 1947. A nice album of a tour of Europe for two Englishmen in a Chrysler motor car. Over 60 photographs and a couple of postcards. Includes a small number of bullfighting photographs. Most of the photographs have a visible area of 5cm x 7.5cm Very nice condition with handwritten location / comment to each. A hand written spine shows that the album is the result of several trips between 1936 and 1947. 180 x 125 mm (7 x 5 inches)
Book ID: 2254More details Price: £100.00 -
Guide-souvenir dans les Pyrénées, dédié aux touristes. Première partie. Haute-Garonne, Luchon et les vallées du Lys, de l'Arboust, d'Oo ou d'Astau, de L'Hospice, des Etangs, de Barbe et d'Aran, plus de 40 dessins avec texte et une carte par P. Gorse
Edition: First Edition
Luchon: Chez Sarthe, 1869. Scarce First edition thus. With 18 lithographs drawn by Pierre Gorse and a fold-out map of the vicinity of Luchon, plus beautiful lithographed frontispiece. The lithographs have the background in sepia and are numbered from 1 to 18 (except frontispiece & map) total of 20 lithographs. Complete. Original brown buckram boards, with gilt titles and design. All edges gilt. Text in French.
An attractive work, the boards are clean, with a little bumping to the corners only. Slight fading to the front bottom edge. Inside, the text pages are quite foxed - but the lithographs are in good, clean original condition. Pencil notes to the inside rear board. Overall a very nice copy. 63 pp. + plates and map. 260 x 180 mm (10¼ x 7 inches).Book ID: 1878More details Price: £300.00 -
L'Étranger en Irlande, ou voyage dans les parties méridionales et occidentales de cette isle, dans l'année 1805
Book ID: 3304More details Price: £800.00 -
La Suisse Illustrée. Description et histoire de ses vingt-deux cantons. Ornée de jolies vues gravées sur acier, de costumes coloriés et d'une carte de la Suisse.
Book ID: 1848More details Price: £320.00 -
La Suisse Pittoresque, Ornee de vues dessinees specialement pour cet ouvrage par W. H. Bartlett. esq.... Traduit de L'Anglais par L. De Bauclas
Book ID: 1896More details Price: £400.00 -
Le Mont Saint-Michel et ses abords. Dix eaux-fortes originales par Mayeur avec Introduction et bois originaux du même auteur
Book ID: 3164More details Price: £325.00 -
North Italian Folk. Sketches of Town and Country Life
London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. First Edition. Original green cloth with decoration blind stamped in black and gilt to the front board. gilt titles to the spine. A little rubbing and bumping to the boards. Owner's inscription to the front end paper. The rest of the book is in good condition, with a touch of darkening to the page edges only. xii, 282, [ii], 36 pages. (Publisher's catalogue dated October 1877 to the rear of the book. 190 by 145mm (7½ by 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 3346More details Price: £30.00 -
Paris
Book ID: 3207More details Price: £50.00 -
Paris and its Environs, displayed in a series of two hundred picturesque views. From Original Drawings taken under the direction of A. Pugin, esq. The engravings executed under the superintendence of Mr. C. Heath. With Topographical and Historical descriptions in two volumes.
Book ID: 1914More details Price: £300.00 -
Paris en Poche, Guide Pratique Conty. Collection des guides Conty
Book ID: 3202More details Price: £50.00 -
Plan des Differens Camps du Vicomte de Turenne & du Comte Montecuculli, dans l'Ortnaw; en l'Aneé 1675.
Amsterdam: Arkstée & Merkus, 1771. Map taken from the book Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal-Général des Armés du Roi : enrichie des plans de batailles & des sièges. Engraved by Coquart. In top right margin: 'Liv. 6 pag. 311 '. Also a page from the same book. 260 x 415 mm (10¼ x 16¼ inches). Both map and page are in a very good condition. Carte tirée du livre Histoire du Vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal-Général des Armés du Roi : enrichie des plans de batailles & des sièges. Gravé par Coquart. Dans la marge en haut à droite : 'Liv. 6 pages 311'. Aussi une page du même livre. 260 x 415 mm (10¼ x 16¼ pouces). La carte et la page sont en très bon état.
Book ID: 2755More details Price: £40.00 -
Pompeii - engraved town map
London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1832. Original engraved map of the extinct city of Pompeii. Below, a panoramic view of the archaeological site and the facades of fourteen important buildings. Partially coloured, as issued. Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, arch. In a good condition, with just a few very small closed tears to the page edge. Light creases, and small pin holes to outside edges only. Not affecting the map. Blank verso. 305 x 395 mm (12 x 15½ inches) plus borders.
Book ID: 3043More details Price: £60.00 -
Reis door Rusland Galicie, Hongarije en Bohemen
Nijkerk: G.F. Callenbach, 1877. First edition. Original black and blind stamped buckram with gilt titles to front board and spine. Boards in good clean condition with a little rubbing only. Moderate foxing to the half title, and light foxing throughout otherwise. Text in Dutch. [X], 210 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. 280 x 230 mm (11 x 9 inches).
Book ID: 3617More details Price: £60.00