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Albro, Sylvia.

FABRIANO: CITY OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PAPERMAKING.

Washington, DC and New Castle, DE: Library of Congress and Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 9 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 240 pages. "For centuries Fabriano has been Italy's most famous papermaking center, and Albro, a conservator at the Library of Congress, relates its early history with unrivaled knowledge." -Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Sylvia Rodgers Albro, senior conservator of rare materials on paper at the Library of Congress, Washington, has done us all a.... READ MORE about FABRIANO: CITY OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE PAPERMAKING

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 123419

(Antarctica). Spence, Sydney A. and J.J.H & J.I. Simper (editors).

ANTARCTIC MISCELLANY.

Books, Periodicals, & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exporation of Antarcitca
London: J.J.H Simper & J.I Simper, 1980. 8vo. faux leather. xi, (i), 220 pages. Books, Periodicals, & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exporation of Antarcitca. Second edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Contains a listing of 3072 items. READ MORE about ANTARCTIC MISCELLANY

Price: $60.00 other currencies Order nr. 97408

ATLAS OF WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE VOLUME ONE.

Philadelphia, PA: Franklin Survey Co., 1936. folio. cloth. unpaginated. A Fransuco Publication. An atlas of Wilmington, Delaware, with detailed color maps of the city. An index map and zone maps precede the twenty-four more detailed maps. Industries, major business, public parks, places of worship, and waterways are all labelled by name. Block and lot numbers also identified. Clipping from the Wilmington News-Journal, dated August 17, 1999, noting this item's sale at an auction in Smyrna... READ MORE about ATLAS OF WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE VOLUME ONE

Price: $750.00 other currencies Order nr. 133440

Barker, Nicolas.

" INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."

Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."

Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 92761

(Blaeu, Ioannis). Verwey, H. de la Fontaine en W. Gs Hellinga.

IN OFFICINA IOANNIS BLAEV.

Twee inleidende studies bij een kleine tentoonstelling van de Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting.
Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1961. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51 pages. Twee inleidende studies bij een kleine tentoonstelling van de Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting. Information on this Dutch mapmaker. Some fading of covers. READ MORE about IN OFFICINA IOANNIS BLAEV

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107339

(Blaeu). Donkersloot-de Vrij, Marijke.

DRIE GENERATIES BLAEU: AMSTERDAMSE CARTGRAFIE EN BOEKDRUKKUNST IN DE ZEVENTIENDE EEUW.

(Zutphen): Rijksmuseum 'Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum' Walburg Pers, (1992). 8vo, oblong. stiff paper wrappers. 83+(1) pages. Text in Dutch. Cartography and printing by three generations of the Blaeu family, descendants of Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638). Eight color plates; black and white illustrations throughout. Table of contents, genealogical chart, biographical overview, bibliography and index. READ MORE about DRIE GENERATIES BLAEU: AMSTERDAMSE CARTGRAFIE EN BOEKDRUKKUNST IN DE ZEVENTIENDE EEUW

Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 108276

Bom, G.D.

BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS, UITGEVERS, KAART- EN INSTRUMENTMAKERS IN NEDERLAND; EENE BIBLIO-CARTOGRAPHISCHE STUDIE.

Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Co., 1962. 8vo. wrappers. (8), 27, (4), 120+(1) pages. Written in Dutch. History of the Van Keulen family Booksellers, publishers map and instrument makers in the Netherlands. With indices. Wrappers slightly tanned, "Van Keulen" written in ink on the spine. READ MORE about BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS,...

Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 104452

(Bookselling).

SHEPPARD'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PRINT AND MAP SELLERS.

Farnham: Richard Joseph Publisher's Ltd., (1992). 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 444 pages. Second edition. Lists dealers by country and locality, alphabetically and by specialty. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PRINT AND MAP SELLERS

Price: $11.00 other currencies Order nr. 36601

Bratt, Einar.

EN KRÖNKA OM SVENSKA GLOBER ANDERS ÅKERMAN OCH HANS EFTERFÖLJARE JÅMTE EN INVENTERING AV HISTORISKA GLOBER I SVERIGE.

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiskell, (1968). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper covered boards, dust jacket. 232 pages. Text in Swedish with two page English summary. History of globemaking and globemakers in Sweden, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes biographies of globemakers. Illustrated. Dust jacket worn at edges and torn. READ MORE about EN KRÖNKA OM SVENSKA GLOBER ANDERS ÅKERMAN OCH HANS EFTERFÖLJARE JÅMTE EN INVENTERING AV...

Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 106389

Bunbury, E. H.

A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TILL THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

2 volumes
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1883. 8vo. cloth. xxx,660; xviv,743 pages. 2 volumes. History of the understanding of geography from Homeric Greece to Imperial Rome. Includes fold-out maps. Ex library copy with markings. Wear to cloth. Bookplates on front pastedown of both volumes. Pencilled notations on free endpaper. Foldout map at end of first volume frayed at edge. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TILL THE FALL...

Price: $85.00 other currencies Order nr. 106312

(Calligraphy).

Fine French Calligraphic Manuscript.

France: n.p., n.d., but circa 1840. oblong 4to. leather, marbled endpapers. (32) pages. Text in French. A collection of French calligraphy. 32 leaves, one blank, some highlighted in gold. Some leaves signed either by Martha Kingdon or Virginie Riballiere. Includes four maps, nicely rendered, and one portrait, thought to be of either Kingdon or Riballiere. Printed on recto only. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Some leaves chipped at edges. READ MORE about Fine French Calligraphic Manuscript

Price: $2,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 132293

(Cary, John). Fordham, Herbert George.

JOHN CARY ENGRAVER, MAP, CHART AND PRINT SELLER AND GLOBE MAKER 1754-1835; A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2001). 8vo. cloth. xxxiv, 139+(1) pages. Facsimile edition of volume first published by Cambridge University Press in 1925. (Besterman 1169). A well-known English cartographer, John Cary began as an engraver in London and turned to publishing and land surveying in 1783. His New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787, followed by county atlases. The New Universal Atlas, for which he is best known, first appeared in 1808. Fordham, rightfully... READ MORE about JOHN CARY ENGRAVER, MAP, CHART AND PRINT SELLER AND GLOBE MAKER 1754-1835; A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $70.00 other currencies Order nr. 69017

(Chamonal, Rodolphe).

LIVRES ANCIENS.

Paris: Rodolphe CHAMONAL, (2008). small 4to. paper-covered boards. 215, (5) pages. Beautifully illustrated catalog, color and black and white, from the Parisian antiquarian. 205 entries. Price index included. READ MORE about LIVRES ANCIENS

Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 105024

Clement, A.J.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES.

Wilmington: The Board of Trade, 1888. small 4to. original cloth with newer leather spine. 80 pages. B1-2026. Filled with illustrations of Wilmington businesses. Lacks the three maps that were bound in at the front of this title. Printed by the Delaware Printing Company. Wear along edges especially at tips. READ MORE about WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES

Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 66467

Dahlgren, E.W.

LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON.

Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Company, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 65 pages. Text in French. Reprint of the 1911 edition. With eight black-and-white map plates. READ MORE about LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON

Price: $12.50 other currencies Order nr. 104634

Daniels, Frank T.

A TEXT-BOOK OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS.

Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1908. oblong 12mo. cloth. x, 144, (6) pages. Preface, table of contents. Ten color and black and white plates. 66 black and white illustrations throughout text. Advertisements follow text. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about A TEXT-BOOK OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS

Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 122233

De La Ronciere, Charles.

LA DECOUVERTE DE L'AFRIQUE AU MOYEN AGE CARTOGRAPHES ET EXPLORATEURS.

3 volumes in one.
Le Caire: Societe Royale De Geographie D'Egypte, 1925. folio. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge stained green, original paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), 175 pages with 19 plates; (viii), 144+(4) pages with 19 plates; (viii), viii, 130 pages with 3 plates. 3 volumes in one. Written in French. A history of medieval cartography and the exploration of Africa and Egypt, published by the Royal Geographical Society of Egypt. Volume one is subtitled "L'Interieur Du Continent."... READ MORE about LA DECOUVERTE DE L'AFRIQUE AU MOYEN AGE CARTOGRAPHES ET EXPLORATEURS

Price: $2,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 104198

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

APPOQUINIMINK. NEW CASTLE CO. DEL.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Appoquinimink, New Castle Co., Delaware. Scale 1 inch to the mile. Map contains an inset map and directory of businesses in Townsend. Scale 40 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 35), which contains "actual surveys by and under the... READ MORE about APPOQUINIMINK. NEW CASTLE CO. DEL

Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 93510

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

BROADKILN. SUSSEX CO.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear mylar. B1-100. Map of Broadkiln, Sussex Co., Delaware. Scale 1" to the mile. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 85), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother, Silas, operated... READ MORE about BROADKILN. SUSSEX CO

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93352

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

CAMDEN AND FELTON. MURDERKILL, KENT CO. DEL.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet. Map of Camden and Felton, Murderkill, Kent County, Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 25 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 55), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers... READ MORE about CAMDEN AND FELTON. MURDERKILL, KENT CO. DEL

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93334

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

CEDAR CREEK. SUSSEX CO.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet. Map of Cedar Creek, Sussex County, Delaware. Scale 1" to the mile. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 63), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother Silas operated in Philadelphia, the... READ MORE about CEDAR CREEK. SUSSEX CO

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93353

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

GEORGETOWN. GEORGETOWN, SUSSEX CO. DEL.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Georgetown, Sussex Co., Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 20 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 83), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of... READ MORE about GEORGETOWN. GEORGETOWN, SUSSEX CO. DEL

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93348

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

LEIPSIC AND FREDERICA.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2," board 16 1/4" x 15" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Leipsic and Frederica, Delaware. Map contains directories of businesses in those towns. Map of Leipsic scale 35 rods to the inch and Frederica map 25 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 49), which contains... READ MORE about LEIPSIC AND FREDERICA

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93503

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

LINCOLN. CEDAR CREEK, SUSSEX CO. DEL.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Lincoln, Cedar Creek, Sussex Co., Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 50 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 65), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a.... READ MORE about LINCOLN. CEDAR CREEK, SUSSEX CO. DEL

Price: $95.00 other currencies Order nr. 93345

(Delaware). Beers, D.G.

LINCOLN. CEDAR CREEK, SUSSEX CO. DEL.

Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Lincoln, Cedar Creek, Sussex Co., Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 50 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 65), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a.... READ MORE about LINCOLN. CEDAR CREEK, SUSSEX CO. DEL

Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 122727

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