Novissima et Accuratissima Romae Veteris et Novae Tabula Topgraphica Delineatore Ionne Baptista Falda by Halma and van der Aa - [1695]

London: Thomas Newberry, 1657. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1657 FIRST EDITION, no illustrations, no maps, 278mm tall (covers), 272mm tall (pages). Full title: A Geographical Description Of All The Countries In The Known World. As Also Of the greatest and famousest Cities and Fabricks which have been, or are now remaining: Together with The greatest Rivers, the Strangest Fountains, the various Minerals, Stones, Trees, Hearbs, Plants, Fruits, Gums, &c. which are to bee found in every Country. Unto which is added, a Description of The rarest Beasts, Fowls, Birds, Fishes, and Serpents which are least known amongst us. Collected out of the most approved Authors, and from such as were eye-witnesses of most of the things contained herein. Vellum boards with calf title patch on spine lettered in gilt. Title page + 225 pages + 6 unnumbered pages of index + 7 pages of manuscript index. Soiled covers, some flaking on rear cover, solid binding, occasional page soiling but nothing major, wrinkle to… Read More

1737 Fresnoy History & Geography MAPS Ancient Greece Rome Egypt Italy 5v SET
Nicolas du Fresnoy was an 18th-century French scholar known for his vast portfolio of works on philosophy, history, and geography. One of his most important works was his 'Methods of Studying History' – a thorough and detailed collection of articles on ancient kingdoms, rulers and emperors, and history of social classes from the Bible times through the 18th-century. Fresnoy covers ancient Egypt, early French empires, Greek and Romans, and much, much more.
It even includes sections devoted to the history of the church and the influence of the church on the history of Europe. Note the inclusion of impressive, folding maps in this five-volume 1737 edition.
Item number: #14566
Price: $750
DUFRESNOY, Nicolas Lenglet
Méthode Pour Etudier L'Histoire Avec Un Catalogue des principaux Historiens
Amsterdam: Aux Depens De La Compagnie, 1737.

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1837 Japanese ATLAS MAPS Hand Painted COLOR Illustrated Japan Kunigori Zenzu

An interesting 19th century Edo woodblock-print of 'Country Maps of Counties.' This is a rare collection of hand-colored illustrated maps is an Atlas from different counties in Japan from Kinai to Tokaido and Tosan-do. This rare 1837 first edition has 34 double pages of illustrations throughout!

Item number: #15945
Price: $950
市川 東谿
ICHIKAWA, Toukei
Country Map of Counties (Kunigōri zenzu) 国郡全図(くにごうりぜんしゅ)
(Honshirogane) Edo: Nagakaya Toshiro, Tenpo 8 [1837]. First Edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Illustrated throughout
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Language: Japanese
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Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
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Size: ~11in X 7.75in (28cm x 19.5cm)
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Very rare and desirable with auctions records and price comparisons at $2500
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1871 HUGE ATLAS Indiana County Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Color City MAPS DG Beers

A rare 19th-century atlas of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Collected by D.G. Beers, this atlas features 40 colored maps of the towns in west-central Pennsylvania. Beers atlases are considered to highly accurate and very popular, even to today.

Item number: #15253
Price: $750
BEERS, D.G.
Atlas of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia : D.G. Beers, 1871.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 40 maps
· Provenance: Handwritten
o James P. George
o J. Cal. George
o David George
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~16in X 13.25in (40.5cm x 33.5cm)
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1878 1ed CANADA Atlas Illustrated MAPS Northumberland Durham Ontario Toronto
Belden's famous 'Illustrated Historical Atlas' is a rare, late 19th-century Canadian atlas filled with maps, city views, and portraits. This particular atlas cover the country sides of Northumberland and Durham Counties in Ontario, Canada. This 1878 first edition was published in Toronto and contains all of the expected color maps and illustrations.
Item number: #17516
Price: $950
BELDEN and Co.
Illustrated historical atlas of the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, Ont.
Toronto : H. Belden & Co., 1878. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], x, 121
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Provenance: Handwritten – Sam G. M. Nesbitt
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Samuel Greerson Murray Nesbitt (1859–1938) was an apple exporter and political figure in Ontario. Nesbitt was president of the Canadian Canning Company and served eight years as reeve of Brighton. In 1915, Nesbitt donated land and funds towards the construction of the Brighton… Read More

Speed, John : Cheshire. The Countye Palatine of Chester with that most Ancient Citie described. Basset & Chiswell, [London, 1610-1676]. Size approx 510mm x 380mm ( 20 x 15 inches). Early hand coloured double page copper engraved map. From Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain" with English text on verso and a description of the county and a gazetteer. Inset town plan of Chester. Seven coast of arms of "The Armes of the Earles of Chester since the Norman Conquest". Four decorative cartouches. Speed has used William Smith's revisions of Saxton and the Braun & Hogenberg plan of Chester. Good margins. Very small hole (approx 2mm or 1/10in) in the decorative border, otherwise fine condition. A strong dark impression of this famous decorative county map of Cheshire.

New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co, 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges, professionally rebacked, some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets (21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches). 11 woodblock illustrations in text (and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present). Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route, with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River, the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad, and the cities, towns and villages along the Hudson, from New York City all the way to Troy.  Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, the guide states: "the iron foundry [was] established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village, upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains,… Read More

Lugduni Batavorum (London): Samuelem Luchtmans et Fil, 1748. Two volumes in contemporary full vellum, Illustrated with allegorical frontispiece engraving and folding engraved map of the known earth in classical times, with numerous copperplate engravings in the text. Title page of V. 2 reads: ..." Pars altera exhibens animadversiones Isaaci Vossii, Jacobi Perizonii, et Abrahami Gronovii, ac dedicationes & praefationes virorum doctorum, atque vitam Fredenandi Nonii Pintiani ab Andrea Schotto descriptam, & quatuor indices ..." (20), 546, (4), 547-1081, (55) pp. The only ancient treatise on geography in classical Latin, written roughly 43 or 44 CE, and remaining in use until around 1500. Very Good. both volumes moderately toned, vellum soiled, map and frontispiece engraving are Fine, small holes top corner first 6 pages Vol. 1 and top corner front end page Vol. 2. A quite handsome and well bound copy of this SCARCE edition in contemporary vellum binding. . Editio Altera (… Read More

Edinburgh: Oliver and Bord, 1855. RARE in the 1855 First Edition, last seen at auction in 1969 (RBH). Original green embossed cloth with gilt floral arrangement front cover and gilt lettering back, large fold-out color map at rear. Very Good Minus, tears to cloth at head of spine, front hinge opened yet holding nicely, map at rear complete and present, but most of map separated from book, with a 2" chip separated but present. Sir John William Dawson, (1820-1899) ws an important Canadian professor of geology and principal of McGill University for 38 years. He was a Canadian pioneer in the field.of the microscopic studies of fossils, the first British North American trained to be an exploration geologist, and worked in Canada with Charles Lyell, the father of modern geology. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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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