Search Results: Authors starting with B from Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB

Suffolk:, 1816.. Margins chipped with losses else very good. . 7-1/4" x 8"-18.4 x 20.3 cm.. A detailed map of the African continent. Gold mines, mountains, rivers and towns are depicted.

An interesting chart showing the magnetic curves throughout the world's ocean's and seas. Barlow trained in mathematics and spent ten years studying the field of magnetism as well as experimenting with optics. In 1825 he was awarded the Copley medal from the Royal Society for his work in magnetism.

London: : W.H. Smith & Son,, n.d. 13-1/4" x 18-1/4"- 33.6 x 46.3 cm. Colour lithograph map backed on linen and housed in folding cloth covers with original paper label. Upper cover detached, else a very good copy. A detailed map of Oxford showing towns, villages, green areas and Railway lines.

London: : W.H. Smith & Son,, n.d. 13-1/4" x 18-1/4"- 33.6 x 46.3 cm. Colour lithograph map backed on linen and housed in red folding cloth covers with original paper label. label and boards scuffed, small closed tears to lower blank margin, else a very good copy. A detailed map of Hereford and Gloucester showing towns, villages, green areas and Railway lines.

A very good map of northwestern Africa, including Mauretania, Numidia, and southern Algeria . Shows towns, ports and the Atlas mountains.

A very good map of Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Arabian Sea. Towns, ports, seas and the Nile River are shown.

From "Nuovo Atlante DI Geografia Universale..." published in Milan by Batelli & Fanfani [c. 1821] . 7" x 8-1/4"-17.7 x 20.9 cm. Hand-coloured in outline margins a little ragged but nice and wide, a very good impression. A detailed map showing Finland, Lapland and northern Russia.

From "Nuovo Atlante DI Geografia Universale..." published in Milan by Batelli & Fanfani [c. 1821] . 13-1/2" x 16"- 34.2 x 40 cm. Hand-coloured in outline nice wide margins, some spotting to margins, but generally a very good impression. A detailed double page map of France divided into departments.

From "Nuovo Atlante DI Geografia Universale..." published in Milan by Batelli & Fanfani [c. 1821] . 7" x 8-1/4"-17.7 x 20.9 cm. Hand-coloured in outline nice wide margins, a very good impression. A detailed map of the Middle East including Armenia, Khorasan, Candahar, Kerman, Khohistan, Segistan the Caspian Sea and the Perisan Gulf.

1894.. Spine sunned, spine ends worn, 2” tear to map at left margin otherwise very good.. 4to, . Toronto: William Briggs, original blue and gilt stamped cloth. Lande 945; Lowther 1097. A comprehensive history of the western Canadian province from the early navigators of Captain Cook, Sir Francis Drake, Captain John Meares and Captain George Vancouver to the 1892 Alaskan boundary report. Canada, British Columbia, West coast, Pacific Northwest, Alaska

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1749. 9" x 10-3/4"- 22.8 x 27.3 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Small closed tear left margin, toned overall generally very good. A detailed coastal map of the east coast of Africa including the island of Madagascar and the islands in the Indian Ocean.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1749. 9-1/2" x 8-3/4"- 24.1 x 22.2 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Left margin trimmed close as issued, else very good. A detailed map of the eastern coast of Africa from the Zanzibar coast to the Cape of Good Hope.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1757. 7-3/4" x 16"- 19.6 x 15.2 cm. Copper engraved map. Small closed tear right margin, else very good. A small map of South America including mountain ranges, towns, ports and the Amazon River.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1754. 7-3/4" x 6-1/2"- 19.6 x 16.5 cm. Copper engraved map. Slight offsetting, rmarginal stains, otherwise very good. A plan of Port Royal on the Bay of Campeche.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1749. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2"- 24.1 x 19 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Small closed tear left margin, some offsetting yet still generally very good. A detailed coastal map of the east coast of Africa after the Count of Maurepas' map in 1740.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1759. 7-1/2" x 11"- 19 x 27.9 cm. Copper engraved map. Slight offsetting otherwise very good. A detailed map of the island of Saint Christopher or St. Kitts showing mountain ranges, port towns and parishes.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1749. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2"- 20.9 x 13.9 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Left margin trimmed close as issued, else very good. A map of the coast of Cape Verd showing where Barbot sailed and showing below views of Cape Emanuel and the Island of Goree.

From "Histoire Generale des Voyages": Paris, , 1749. 9-1/2" x 10-1/4"- 24.1 x x 26 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. A couple of brown spots lower neatline, else very good. A good map from the Benguela coast of west Africa to the Cape of Good Hope.

From "Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande" Leipzig, , 1758. 8-1/2" x 14"- 21.5 x 35.5 cm. Copper engraved map with hand colouring. Upper and lower margins trimmed to neatline, crude colouring. A good map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Islands of Anticosti, Isle St. Jean, Isle Royale and Newfoundland.

A good map of the Central Asia including southeastern Kazakhstan, most of Kyrgyzstan, northwestern China, and southwestern Mongolia.