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LE CAMUS, L'Abbé É.
Voyage Aux Sept Églises De L'Acocalypse.
Paris: Librairie Sanard Et Derangeon, 1896..
4to. pp. 2 p.l., ii, 313, [1]. with half-title. numerous text illus. (few full-page). 1 coloured map. contemporary half roan (spine worn in spots, piece clipped from half-title, label removed from front paste-down). First Edition. An account of the author's travels in Greece, Asia Minor, and Macedonia.
$500 USD Book Number: elala2728 Order / Enquire
LE CHEVALIER, Jean-Baptiste [1752-1836].
Description Of The Plain Of Troy: With A Map Of That Region, Delineated From An Actual Survey. Read in French before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 21. and 28. and March 21. 1791...Translated from the Original not yet published, And the Version accompanied with Notes and Illustrations, By Andrew Dalzel...
Edinburgh: Printed For T.Cadell, 1791..
4to. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xv, [1], 154, [10]index. lacking half-title? large folding double-page engraved map & 3 smaller engraved maps & plans (1 folding, 1 double-page). contemporary half calf (very worn, covers detached, leather on spine wanting, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves). First Edition. Publication of the English translation preceded that of the original French version by nine years. The French astronomer and archaeologist served as secretary to the Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier, the French ambassador in Constantinople, and it was during that time that he explored and mapped the Troad, a historical region in northwestern Anatolia which was the setting for Homer's Greek myth of the Trojan War. Le Chevalier situated Troy at Bunabarshi, a short distance south of Hisarlik, the currently accepted location, and his determination was generally viewed as correct until 1860. Blackmer 993.
$650 USD Book Number: elala6094 Order / Enquire
LEAR, Edward [1812-1888].
Journal Of A Landscape Painter In Corsica.
London: Robert John Bush, 1870.
8vo. pp. xvi, 272. with half-title. 1 map, 40 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.), & 40 wood-engraved text illus. A nice copy in original cloth (extremities bit frayed, some foxing to edges, outer leaves & endpapers). First Edition.
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LEV Z ROZMITÁLU A BLATNÉ [C1425-1485].
The Travels Of Leo Of Rozmital through Germany, Flanders, England, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy 1465-1467 Translated from the German and Latin and edited by Malcolm Letts.
Cambridge: Published For The Hakluyt Society At The University Press [Second Series: No. 108], 1957..
8vo. pp. xv, 196. with half-title. full-page frontis., 4 plates & 2 folding maps. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth.
$103 USD Book Number: TVeLEV Z14 Order / Enquire
LINDA, Lucas De [1625-1660].
Descriptio Orbis & omnium eius Rerumpublicarum. In Qua Praecipua omnium Regnorum & Rerumpublicarum.
Amsterdam: Jacob De Zetter, 1665..
8vo. pp. 7 p.l., 1156, [12]. lacking engraved title. printer's woodcut device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. old vellum, overlapping fore-edges (upper joint partly split). Second Edition (first: 1655) of this historical-geographical description of the nations and countries of the world, based on D'Avity's Le Monde, ou la Description de ses Quatre Parties and De Laet's Nieuwe Wereldt. The sections on Canada and America (including California and 'Anian') occupy pp. 158-178 and 1115-1156, the latter, on the religion and customs of the native inhabitants taken directly from De Laet. The author was a Polish traveller and secretary of the republic of Dantzig (1656). Sabin 41288 (incorrect pagination). European Americana III 665/120.
$461 USD Book Number: TNDscLIN29 Order / Enquire
LOCK, Charles G[eorge] Warnford [1853-1909].
The Home Of The Eddas. With A Chapter On The Sprengisandr By Dr. C. Le Neve Foster.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879..
8vo. pp. xi, 348, 32(ads). with tipped-in errata slip & half- title. ads on front paste-down & endpaper. folding partially hand-coloured lithographed map. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (rubbed, upper rear joint starting to fray). First Edition of Lock's account of his travels in Iceland, including a chapter What The Tourist Wants To Know (pp. 303-331) with suggested routes for tours of the island.
$231 USD Book Number: TCKeLOCK30 Order / Enquire
LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The Report Of The Directors To The Twenty-Seventh [& Twenty-Eighth] General Meeting Of The Missionary Society. Usually Called The London Missionary Society, On Thursday, May 10, 1821 [& Thursday, May 9, 1822].
London: Sold By F.Westley., 1821-22..
2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xii, 148, cxi; 2 p.l., xii, 176, cviii. contemporary half sheep (worn, front joint partly cracked, some foxing & staining). Including reports on China, Java, India, Russia, South Africa, the West Indies, &c.
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LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY.
A Voyage With The Mails Between Brisbane - London - Australia And Great Britain. A Memento By An Amateur Photographer.
London: [1911]..
4to. pp. 58, [6]. 103 illus. from photos (incl. frontis.). with tissue guards. original pictorial cloth (light stain on upper cover, light foxing to frontis.). First Edition. Most of the illustrations depict Suez, Colombo, Ceylon, and Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Hobart).
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[LOUS, Christian Carl].
Styrmands=Kunst eller saa kaldet Statkammer, indeholdende en tydelig og med mange Exempler oplyst Underviisning om, hvad en Styrmand nodvendigst bor forstaae.
Copenhagen: Jens Hostrup Schultz, 1824..
4to. pp. xii, 260, 140. engraved title vignette. 6 engraved plates. numerous woodcut diagrams in the text. tables. new quarter calf (several institutional blindstamps). First Edition (?). Rare navigational guide compiled for the use of Danish pilots. The work contains many trigonometrical problems and numerous tables, including one for the high tides in the major ports around the world. The last one hundred and sixty pages comprise logarithmic tables. Not found in NUC.
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MACKENZIE, G[eorgina] Muir [1833-1874] & A[deline] P[aulina] IRBY 1831-1911].
Travels In The Slavonic Provinces Of Turkey-In-Europe. With A Preface By The Right Hon. W.E.Gladstone, M.P...Second Edition Revised.
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvii, [1 leaf] plate list, 313, [2]ads; 2 p.l., ii, [1 leaf]plate list, 341, [1]glossary, [2]ads. with half-titles. 19 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis. & 2 folding) after original sketches of F.Kanitz & 2 maps (1 in colour & folding). A nice set in original gilt-stamped cloth. Second and Best Edition. An interesting account of southern Bulgaria, Serbia, northern Albania, and Montenegro in the 1860's, written chiefly by Miss Mackenzie, and first published in 1867. The authors sympathized with the Serbs and southern Slavs, particularly women, who lived in oppressive conditions under Ottoman rule. Irby raised money to establish a Christian school for girls at Sarajevo in 1870. This second edition was revised and enlarged by Ms. Irby to include three additional chapters on Bosnia and her experiences there from 1875 to 1877 during the Serbo-Turkish War. Irby tended to refugees and orphans who were coming from Bosnia to Slavonia. She built orphanages and settlements for the homeless, and provided medicine for the ill and wounded civilians and soldiers. By 1879 twenty-one Christian schools had been established and the following year the Sarajevo school which had closed in 1875 was reopened. In Bosnia Irby was revered for her dedicated humanitarian and educational work. She was awarded the Order of Saint Sava and the Order of the Cross of Takovo. Fifteen thousand people are said to have gathered in Sarajevo and Belgrade to mourn her death in 1911. Irby left all her property to the Bosnian Society for Education. Weber 770. cfBlackmer 1051.
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MACKENZIE, Sir George Steuart [1780-1848].
Travels In The Island Of Iceland, During The Summer Of The Year MDCCCX.
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Company, Edinburgh, T.Payne, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. London, 1812.
4to. pp. xv, [2 leaves], 481. with half-title. 2 engraved maps (1 folding), 7 engraved plates (1 folding, 1 of music), 8 hand-coloured aquatints, & 15 engravings in the text. 4 folding tables. 19th century cloth-backed bds., rebacked with spine mounted, new lettering piece (some wear to covers, some foxing - fairly heavy on some of the engraved plates but the aquatints are quite clean). Second Edition. Mackenzie, a distinguished mineralogist and president of the physical class of the Royal Society, travelled to Iceland in 1810 in the company of Drs. Henry Holland and Richard Bright. The present work is the joint production of the three men, Mackenzie contributing the narrative of the voyage and travels, and the chapters on mineralogy, rural economy and commerce, Dr. Bright the sections on zoology and botany, and Dr. Holland the chapters on literature, diseases, and government, laws and religion. "Although the scientific portions of the book have long been superseded, it contains much information of permanent interest on the social and economic condition of Iceland." (DNB) The mineralogical collections brought back from the expedition were spoken of with great admiration by Sir Charles Lyell. The fine hand-coloured aquatints of scenery and costume by J.Clark and text engravings and plates by R.Scott and E.Mitchell are based on original sketches by the three travellers, the majority drawn by Mackenzie. This edition has been slightly revised and a short account of the Revolution of 1809 added to the Appendix. Abbey, Travel, 160. Prideaux pp. 232 & 343. Tooley 314.
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MAHAFFY, J[ohn] P[entland] [1839-1919] & J.E.ROGERS.
Sketches From A Tour Through Holland & Germany.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1889..
8vo. pp. xv, 271, [1], [2]ads. numerous plates & text illus. (incl. frontis. & title illus.). decorative initials. A near nice untrimmed copy in original gilt-stamped cloth (light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition.
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MALTE-BRUN, [Conrad] [1775-1826] & [Adriano] BALBI [1782-1848].
System Of Universal Geography founded On The Works Of.Embracing The History of Geographical Discovery, The Principles Of Mathematical And Physical Geography, And A Complete Description, From The Most Recent Sources, Of All The Countries Of The World. A New Edition, Revised And Corrected Throughout. With Alphabetical Indices Of 13,500 Names.
London: Henry Bohn, 1851..
8vo. pp. xxiii, 1067, [1]. title vignette & several text diagrams. original blind-stamped cloth.
$250 USD Book Number: elala2753 Order / Enquire
MALTE-BRUN, [Malte-Conrad BRUUN, known as].
Universal Geography, Or A Description Of All The Parts Of The World, On A New Plan, According To The Great Divisions Of The Globe; Accompanied With Analystical, Synoptical, And Elementary Tables.Improved By The Addition Of The Most Recent Information, D
Philadelphia: Anthony Finley [Vol. IV: John Laval and S.F.Bradford; Vols. VI-VI: John Laval], 1827-32..
6 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxii, [blank leaf], 503; xv, 529; xii, 439; x, 450; 1 p.l., 427; 1 p.l., [427]-823, [iii]-xvii, xxvi. contemporary sprinkled sheep (extremities rubbed & bit chipped, Vol. VI lacking free-endpapers, some foxing & browning throughout). Volume I-II deal with the theory of geography, Asia, Oceania, Siberia, and northern Africa, Volume II with Africa and America, and Volumes IV-VI with Europe and Russia. Sabin 44166.
$615 USD Book Number: TLTivMAL28 Order / Enquire
MANDEVILLE, [Sir John] [d. 1372].
Mandeville's Travels Texts And Translations By Malcolm Letts.
London: The Hakluyt Society [Second Series: Nos. 101 & 102], 1953..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. lxiii, 223, [1]; xi, [1], [225]-554, [1 leaf]. with half-titles. 4 plates (incl. 2 frontis. - 1 in colour) & 2 maps (1 folding). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (trifle rubbed).
$205 USD Book Number: TNDndMAN94 Order / Enquire
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