Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae nova Tabula descripta divisa, et edita per F. de Wit Cum Privil. Potent. D. Ordin. Belgii Foederati by Wit, F.de - 1670

Collins, Greenville : Chart of Milford Haven, from Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, ca.1760. Copper engraved chart. Map size approx 560mm x 440mm. Wide margins, hand coloured, good impression on heavy paper, showing the Welsh coast at Milford Haven. Compass rose, rhumb lines, scale. Cartouche with cherub, dedicated to Sir Hugh Owen. Light water stain to top margin just touching printed area, otherwise a very good, bright and attractive chart.

Tallis, John: Isthmus of Panama. London. [ca.1851]. From the Montgomery Martin Illustrated Atlas. Map engraved by Rapkin. Size approx 360 x 260mm. Original steel engraved map with original outline hand colouring. 2 vignettes include Gold seekers on their way over the Cordilleras and The Fort at Chagres. It also shows in red lines the proposed Canal and Rail communications routes. Decorative Border. Single page unfolded map in excellent, clean condition. Associated text page of the Montgomery Martin Atlas included.

Athens: Olkos, 1985. First English language edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new hardcover with DJ. 1st english ed. 263pages, 29X21,8cm.Translated by G. Cox, J. Solman. The charting of the Aegean Sea, or the Greek Archipelago, from the 15th up to the 19th century. Map Index; General Index. 166 color and black & white maps.

Part of a Two volumes set. See Volume Two. Numerous B/W pictures, drawings, maps in separate folders. Introduction by Robin Bidwell.

Yale University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Used- Fine Condition. Dust Jacket- Fine Condition. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar. Book appears unread and has very mild shelf wear. Previous owner kept several news clippings of articles relevant to book's topic inside the book. We have chosen to keep these materials with the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:: Alice Austin,, 2010.. Edition of 60. 5 x 5.25"; 11 pages plus title. A one-sheet book printed by offset lithography in six colors. Required six runs through the Heidelberg Kors press at the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts. Laid in an illustrated letter fold wrapper. Signed and numbered by Austin and Snyder. Alice Austin: "Nolli, an exploration of textural layers of Rome by Alice Austin and Jon Snyder, was inspired by the Giambattista Nolli map of Rome, 1748. This project is the result of research done as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. The front and back covers show elements from the Nolli map combined with a photo of a litho of the Roman fragments of the city map. The red line that continues throughout the book is the city wall and is shown on the reverse side of the map in white. The first page is a detail photo of the Nolli map. The second page is a watercolor of Bramante's Tempietto [a small commemorative martyrium]. The third… Read More

Paris: Blaise. No Binding. Very Good. Louis-Francois Cassas - Cartographer. Antique engraved map on laid paper shown in the corresponding images. This map, "Carte de la plaine de Troie levee en 1786 et 1787," was excised from Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier's "Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce" (1782-1842). This folding plate depicts the topography of the region of Troy, and features Alexandria Troas, Kara Dag (Black Mountain), Tenedos, and the Aegean Sea. The artist is credited as Jean-Denis Barbie, and the cartographer as Louis-Francois Cassas. Condition / Notes: This map, measuring approximately 26 1/2" x 20", displays some age/wear indications, including light foxing, toning concentrated in the margins and at the extremities, minor chipping, and two small closed tears at the foot.. Background: Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier (27 September 1752, Paris - 20 June 1817, Aix-la-Chapelle) was a member of the Académie française and the Choiseul-Gouffier… Read More

London: Harvey's Naval History Original antique map of 18th century Africa. Good condition. Size 34x37cm. Engraved for Harvey's Naval History, published in the early 1780s. This map also had been published in Daniel Fenning's "A New System of Geography" (1770s). The map has moderate foxing, closed tears along some of the folds, and chips & loss in the margins.. Good. Maps.

1727. No Binding. Very Good. ORIGINAL-KUPFERSTICH ( holländische Ausgabe) von 1727 . Ansicht nach der Beschreibung von de Tournefort. 44 x 27,5. Gesamtansicht beider Gipfel. Frisches festes Papier. - ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHING , depicting MOUNT ARARAT - view following the description of Tournefort. Strong and fresh paper quality. -

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.