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Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions & Colours of Light by NEWTON, Sir Isaac
London: Smith & Walford, 1704. First. hardcover. very good(+). Also, Two Treatises of the Species and Magnitude of Curvilinear Figures. 4 parts in 1 volume. Title page printed in red & black within a double-ruled border. Illustrated with 19 fold…
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Atlas by DE WIT, Frederick
Amsterdam. hardcover. very good(+). Atlas with 104 double page maps and title page in full original color and an index. Folio, measures 22" x 13.5". Bound in original vellum-wrapped wood with gold stamped title and spine; a.e.g. A simple de Wi…
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[Atlas Celeste]; Exceedingly rare edition of John Bevis's 'Unpublished' Atlas Celeste, also referred to by some as the "Forgotten Star Atlas" or the "Ghost Book by BEVIS, John
London: John Bevis, 1786. hardcover. Celestial Atlas. Oblong folio (19 1/4" x 14 7/8"), leather spine over marble boards. "Table of the Stars" in gilt on spine. 51 uncolored engraved celestial charts. No frontispiece, title or index p…
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Atlas maritimus & commercialis; or, a general view of the world, so far as relates to trade and navigation / Sailing Directions for All the Known Coasts and Islands on the Glob, with a Sett of Sea-Charts by CUTLER, Nathaniel; HALLEY, Sir Edmond; HARRIS, John; SENEX, John; and DEFOE, Daniel
London: James Knapton, 1728. hardcover. Two parts in one volume. Illustrated with 53 of 54 fine uncolored copper plate maps, (last celestial chart is missing with a full size facsimile version provided from the British Library edition), and 5 fold-out di…
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[The English Pilot Parts I and III] The English Pilot for the Southern Navigation: Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Bays, Roads, Harbours, Rivers and Ports: together with the Soundings, Sands, Rocks and Dangers on the Coast of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, to the Streight's-Mouth; with the Coasts of Barbary, and off to the Canary, Madeira, Cape de Verde and Western Islands Shewing the Courses and Distances from on Place to another; The Setting of the Tides and Currents; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c. The English Pilot. Part III. Describing The Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Bays, Roads, Harbours, Rivers and Ports; Together with the Soundings, Sands, Rocks and Dangers in the Whole Mediterranean Sea, Likewise The Courses and distances from on Place to another. The Setting of the Tides and Currents. The Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea. The Bearing, Distance and Prospects of the Land, and how they shew themselves at Sea. Carefully Corrected, with new Add by MOUNT, J. and PAGE, T
London: J. Mount, and T. Page, 1771. hardcover. very good. Folio atlas. Two parts (I and III) bound in one volume, London: 1771. Part I: 46 pp of text; 22 double page and folding maps plus 2 small maps and many additional charts and views. Ink inscripti…
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A General Atlas, Describing the Whole Universe; Being a Complete Collection of the Most Approved Maps Extant by KITCHIN, Thomas
London: Laurie & James Whittle, 1795. hardcover. very good(+). 25 maps on 37 double page map sheets with original outline coloring and magnificent cartouches. 12 of the maps are large format diptychs including a beautiful map of the world. Later iss…
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Classy At The Bat! by BOLLES, Enoch
1928. Oil on canvas with artist made frame, 24 x 18 inches. Unsigned, wear to finish as expected, some chips to frame but otherwise in good condition.<br/> <br/> Accomplished portrait by American artist Enoch Bolles of a woman swinging a base…
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De koninglycke Hovenier aanwyzende de Middelen om Boomen, Bloemen en Kruyden, te Zaayen, planten, aen queeken en voort teelen by CAUSE, Hendrik (1648-1699). WITH: COMMELIN, Jan (1629-1692)
Amsterdam: Doornick, 1676. First. hardcover. near fine. Engraved allegorical title-page, and illustrated with two garden plans, 13 plates of fruit and flowers (each in two parts), and 16 plates of garden plans, parterres, mazes, etc. 224 pages. Amsterda…
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The Catch of the Season by BOLLES, Enoch
1930. Oil on canvas with artist made frame, 24 x 18 inches. Unsigned, wear to finish as expected, some chips to frame but otherwise in good condition.<br/> <br/> Dynamic painting of a woman catching a baseball painted for the July 1930 issue …
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The Quadrupeds of North America by AUDUBON, John James
New York: V.G. Audubon, 1854. hardcover. very good(+). Audubon, John James.. 3 volumes. Illustrated with 155 glorious hand-colored lithographic plates with tissue guards. viii, 383 [1]; ii, 334; viii, 348pp. Royal 8vo, wonderfully bound in contemporary …
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Oberon: Ein Romantisches Heldengedicht in 12 Gesangen.; Unique Copy, Specially Bound with 18 Original Drawings in Color by (RABUS, Carl) & WIELAND, C[hristoph] M[artin]
Munich: Hesperos, 1919. First. hardcover. fine. Rabus, Carl. Illustrated with 18 etched plates and also 18 original color drawings. Afterword by Curt Moreck. 243 pages.Thick 4to, magnificently bound by Koellner in full tan pigskin with ornate blind-tool…
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All three of the most important contemporary accounts of the Champ d'Asile colony sold together by (FRENCH COLONY OF CHAMP D'ASILE IN TEXAS)
Paris: various, 1819. First. hardcover. very good. The titles are: (1.) (L'Heritier, Louis Francois). Le Champ-D'Asile, Tableau Topographique et Historique du Texas...folding map of Texas and Louisiana. viii, 247 pages, 8vo, handsomely rebound i…
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Kinder-und Haus-Marchen. Gesammelt durch die Bruder Grimm by DIE BRUDER GRIMM [GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm Karl]
Berlin: In der Realschulbuchhandlung, 1812. First. hardcover. good. [2], 384, lx pages. Short thick 12mo, bound in 20th century gray boards with paper spine label. The text block has extensive expert repairs at margins and Japanese tissue overlays to re…
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Anne of Green Gables by MONTGOMERY, L.M
Boston: Page, 1908. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated by M.A. and W.A.J. Claus. 8vo, pinkish gray cloth, pictorial cover label. Boston: Page, 1908. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue, dated April, 1908 on the copyright page, with 8 …
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Untitled (Northern Minnesota) by MARTIN, Thomas Mower
unbound. very good(+). Landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Unframed measures 52" x 36", frame measures 55" x 39".<br/><br/> Beautiful landscape of trees on a cliff in Northern Minnesota, circa 1890. Thomas Mower Martin (18…
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$21,000.00
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