The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508..
by VARTHEMA, Lodovico
- Used
- Condition
- Very good copy, binding slightly soiled.
- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Argonaut Press, 1928. Very good copy, binding slightly soiled.. Quarto, colour title vignette, a few maps and illustrations; untrimmed and largely unopened, as issued in original vellum-backed blue cloth, gilt vignette on upper board,
One of just 975 numbered copies: translated from the Italian of the original edition of 1510 by John Winter Jones for the Hakluyt Society in 1863 and here republished with a new and substantial essay on Varthema by Sir Richard Carnac Temple.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3202206
- Title
- The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508..
- Author
- VARTHEMA, Lodovico
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good copy, binding slightly soiled.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Argonaut Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
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About the Seller
Hordern House Rare Books
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Surry Hills, New South Wales
About Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...