Devonshire with Excester Described by SPEED, John - 1623

Boston: Geo. W. Stadly, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Large folio, 21" x 16 1/2". 12 maps of Hyde Park, all double page and colored. A few small marks and occasional thumb marks in the margins, but generally bright and quite attractive with no tears. Incorporated into the City of Boston in 1912 to become the southernmost neighborhood in the city, Hyde Park at this point was a separate city and the northernmost town in Norfolk County. Brown cloth spine and corners over embossed cloth boards - heavily worn at corners, well through to the boards - binding shows relatively modest wear and rubbing otherwise. Binding tight, boards a little bowed. At the time an industrial town situated at the confluence of the Neponset and the Mother Brook and connected to Boston by Hyde Park Avenue. It was home to the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (the "Glory" division). Just one copy in OCLC at the Boston Public Library. Size: Elephant folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Countries &… Read More

Storrs-Mansfield, CT / Parsippany, New Jersey: Martino Fine Books / About Books, 1995. 6 separate volumes, complete [5 volumes bound in 6 books WITH LARGE FOLD-OUT MAPS -- just like the first edition]. SEE PHOTOS. Each of the 6 books in this 1995 large format edition measures 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. [This is NOT the later, smaller format 3-volume reprint in which the maps are reduced in size]. Unlike later reduced-size editions, the maps in this 1995 six-volume edition measure as large as 21" by 33" when unfolded. SEE PHOTOS. As original co-publisher, we are pleased to offer the few remaining sets of the 1995 large-format 6-volume edition (recently rediscovered in our warehouse). They are BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP and the PUBLISHER'S CARDBOARD SHIPPING BOX. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously… Read More

1805 Surveying Method Topography COLOR Map Making Landscaping Construction Lecoy
Francois Lecoy's 'Simple and Easy Methods for Surveying' is a fine, early 19th-century treatise on the systems used in construction and map preparation. Lecoy discusses the means by which French surveyors level land through the means of linear trigonometry. This 1805 first edition is an exception example of early 19th-century landscaping and topography. Note that this book includes impressive, folding color engravings of topographical examples and surveying tools.
Item number: #11652
Price: $599
LECOY, François
Méthode simple et facile pour lever les plans, suivie d'un traité du nivellement, d'un abrégé des règles du lavis et des élémens de trigonométrie rectiligne
A Paris : Chez Duponcet ..., an XIII=1805. First edition.

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o xxxii, 119, [1], 12
o 12 folding plates
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o Signed by the publisher
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1789 Atlas MAPS Gibrat Geography USA Italy Turkey Louisiana Mexico America

A rare 18th-century geographical treatise by Jean Baptiste Gibrat. Little is known of Gibrat other than this work; however, this work is a fine study in geography. Per the title, this work was designed for use of college and university students and includes descriptions of France, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and even America and Mexico!
Item number: #14739
Price: $750
GIBRAT, Jean Baptiste
Traité de la géographie moderne
A Toulouse, J. Robert ainé, 1789.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xlviii, 412 (i.e. 456)
o 19 engraved plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)
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1861 RARE Gall Inglis ATLAS Geography China America Australia 31 COLOR MAPS

Gall and Inglis' "School Atlas of Modern Geography" is a civil war compilation of 31 royal quarto maps. This 1861 edition includes maps of Europe, England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, North America, South America, Switzerland, Turkey, Hindostan, and much more!
Item number: #13467
Price: $750
Gall and Inglis
Gall and Inglis' School Atlas of Modern Geography
Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1861.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 31 color maps
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~12.5in X 9.75in (31.5cm x 25cm)

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1742 History of PERSIA Revolutions Nader Shah Kouli Khan Iran MAP Middle East 2v

Jean-Antoine du Cerceau was a 17th-century French Jesuit poet whose works were quite popular amongst noble courts. He is best known for his poems, plays, and short stories, but he also wrote an important work on the history of the Persian revolutions and the reign of Qoli Khan, the Nader Shah. This work, which is also sometimes attributed to Andre Claustre, covers the history of Iran, Afghanistan, and Persia, religious and cultural customs, and Middle Eastern geography.
This book also discusses the reign of Qoli Khan himself, his corrupt power, and the revolts and assassination against him. Note the impressive folding map.
Item number: #12308
Price: $599
CERCEAU, Jean-Antoine du [attributed]
Histoire des révolutions de Perse depuis le commencement de ce siècle jusqu'à la fin du règne de l'usurpateur Aszraff.
Paris : Briasson, 1742.

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Map Details and Condition:
color lithograph
dimensions: 26 3/4" x 19"
Brown Paper pocket covers with red bookstore label of Neal Stratford & Kerr, San Francisco
condition: professionally flattened and otherwise in as found, very good conditionDescription:
This 1914 map of now popular wine country Napa County, California shows the county in 1914, with early roads, largely undeveloped, vast open land areas, and natural features. The numbered grid system on this map reflects the Public Land Survey System. Large open tracts of land are identified as ranches, such as Rancho Catacoula, or Rancho Las Putas, Rancho LaJota all of which are large swaths of undivided land. Urban grids are shown in the southernmost part of Napa County, and sections of the southernmost sections of Sonoma County and Solano County. The cities of Petaluma, Sonoma, Vallejo and Napa and Benicia show populated urban areas. A corner of Marin County is shown.
C.F. Weber & Co. and the Punnett Brothers published… Read More

Manuel Quesada Brfandi, 1964. 1st Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Facsimile of 1848 edition, folio, full tan leather gilt-ruled and titles stamped in brown front cover and spine. #306 of 1000 copies. The original edition published in 1848 by E. Atchley, Library of Fine Arts, London. 26 plates each with polished tissue guard, the original lithographs by Messrs Rider and Walker from drawings by John Phillips and printed by Day & Son, lithographer to the Queen. Minor scuffing to corners and spine tips, internals as new. A superior copy.

Halma and van der AaNovissima et Accuratissima Romae Veteris et Novae Tabula Topographica Delineatore Ionne Baptista Falda.After the drawings and map by the architect Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga. Originally published in 1667. It contains an amazing amount of detail consisting of: the Coliseum, Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, many streets, bridges, various piazzas, and several allegorical scenes including one of St. Peter. The 473 locations are described by the numerical keys on each side of the map. A very good copy, at one time folded over and stubbed into a large folio, and now expertly removed. A scarce map (WorldCat finds only one copy) published [1695] in Leiden.

1785 Cosmographia Geography Color MAPS ATLAS Astronomy Physics Asia Africa USA

Edme Mentelle was an 18th-century French geographer best-known for his book 'Elementary Cosmographia'. In this book, Mentelle describes the basics of geography and geographic mathematics covering latitude and longitude, world climates, differences in bodies of water, etymology of Asia and Africa, political climate of world nations and powers, with attention given to the Americas, Egypt, France, and many others! Other notable contents include instruction on astrology and astronomy.
Note the inclusion of impressive, folding engraved maps and illustrations throughout!
Item number: #20230
Price: $750
MENTELLE, Edme
Cosmographie élémentaire : divisée en parties astronomique et géographique
A Paris : Chez l'auteur, 1785.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxxii, 558, [2]
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13 maps and folding engravings
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8in X… Read More