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Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BOUND IN 3/4 CRUSHED MOROCCO OVER VELLUM BOARDS WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SPINE PROFESSIONALLY REBACKED WITH ORIGINAL SPINE LAID OVER. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, DECORATIVE END PAPER AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING THROUGHOUT. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL PAGE COLOR PLATES, 283 PAGES, BOOK MEASURES 9"x6.75". FIRST EDITION, 112 YEARS OLD. A NICE EXAMPLE, SCARCE IN LEATHER.
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Kashmir
by Sir Francis Younghusband
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Killing Crocodiles Engraving
by Theodor De Bry
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1592. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. This enthralling engraving is from Theodor De Bry's significant historical work Grands Voyages. This from the first edition, Latin issue with this particular engraving being published in Frankfurt between 1590 and 1592 for de Bry by Sigismund Feyerabend.Grands Voyages is considered one of the most remarkable collections of voyages published in the Age of Discovery. Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) was a prominent Flemish engraver and publisher. He came from a family of jewelers and engravers, and faced persecution for his Lutheran faith during the Spanish Inquisition. De Bry would be most known for his engravings of the New World from Grands Voyages, a work which would reach 30 volumes in scope. He was inspired to create this work after meeting Richard Hakluyt in 1587, who had published his own collection of voyages. Hakluyt helped de Bry obtain paintings from the New World as well as giving him a copy of Hariot's Virginia. Many of the original paintings of…
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Knowledge Of Heavens And Earth Principles Of Astronomy and Geography
by I. Watts
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T. Longman, 1752. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION IN FULL LEATHER WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RIBS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME LIGHT SCUFFS TO LEATHER AS SEEN IN PHOTOS. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TOP MARGIN OF TITLE PAGE (SEE PHOTO), AND NO FOXING. ILLUSTRATED WITH FOLD OUT CHARTS AND MAPS, 222 PAGES PLUS TABLE, BOOK MEASURES 7.75"x5". 266 YEARS OLD. A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE BOOK!
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