MONTEBOURG SE SOUVIENT, 6 JUIN-19 JUIN 1944.

(Montebourg): Association historique et culturelle de Montebourg et de son canon, (1994). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 383+(1) pages. Text in French. This book describes the occupation and liberation of Montebourg and the surrounding area during the Allied landing in Normandy during World War II. It uses eyewitness accounts along with documentation from the time to depict the people's struggle. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams throughout. Signed by Geneviève Le Cacheux, a member of the Association..... READ MORE about MONTEBOURG SE SOUVIENT, 6 JUIN-19 JUIN 1944

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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."

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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...

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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

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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: $2,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104198

Finestone, Harry (editor).

BACON'S REBELLION: THE CONTEMPORARY NEWS SHEETS.

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1956). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 40, (2) pages. Reprint of two English newspaper accounts of Bacon's Rebellion in the colony of Virginia. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, the rebellion resulted from an accumulation of grievances against Governor Sir William Berkeley. Two accounts of the rebellion with a note on the texts by the editor. Includes a facsimile of a contemporary map of Virginia and a bibliographical note. Ornament on the..... READ MORE about BACON'S REBELLION: THE CONTEMPORARY NEWS SHEETS

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Fordham, Herbert George.

STUDIES IN CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND FRENCH, AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITINERARIES AND ROAD-BOOKS.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2004. 8vo. cloth. x, 180 pages. Reprint of the 1914 first edition. Sir George Fordham was born in 1859 and produced many publications describing the maps and road books of the British Isles and France and donated his personal road book collection to the Royal Geographical Society. The Society triennially awards the Sir George Fordham Award for Cartobibliography, a term introduced by him for the cataloguing of maps in a...... READ MORE about STUDIES IN CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND FRENCH, AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITINERARIES AND...

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Gottschalk, Paul.

THE EARLIEST DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS ON AMERICA, THE PAPAL BULLS OF 1493 AND THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS REPRODUCED AND TRANSLATED.

With Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Paul Gottschalk.
Berlin: Paul Gottschalk, 1927. folio. quarter vellum, cloth. 91 pages, 130 plates. With Historical Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Paul Gottschalk. 172 copies printed of which 150 are for sale. This volume is an examination and translation of the Bulls of Pope Alexander VI issued in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They are the earliest documents relating to the diplomatic history of America. With a preface, an historical introduction, an examination of the papal bulls..... READ MORE about THE EARLIEST DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS ON AMERICA, THE PAPAL BULLS OF 1493 AND THE TREATY OF...

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Grivaud, Giles and George Tolias [eds.].

CYPRUS AT THE CROSSROADS: GEOGRAPHICAL PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

Athens, Greece: AdVenture SA, 2014. 7 x 9.6 inches. hardcover, cloth. 260 pages. This volume (Athens 2014, in English) features 13 select papers from the 1st International Scientific Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation (Athens, October 2012), with an Introduction by the editors, Gilles Grivaud and George Tolias. Being a key geographic, strategic, commercial and cultural crossroad, Cyprus attracted the interest of travellers, pilgrims, scholars, scientists and men of action, who contributed to the production..... READ MORE about CYPRUS AT THE CROSSROADS: GEOGRAPHICAL PERCEPTIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

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Harrisse, Henry.

DÉCOUVERTE ET ÉVOLUTION CARTOGRAPHIQUE DE TERRE-NEUVE ET DES PAYS CIRCONVOISINS 1497-1501-1769.

Paris and London: H. Welter and Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, 1900. 4to. later quarter green morocco, five raisded bands, green cloth, with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), lxxii, 416 pages. First edition, limited to 380 numbered copies. This book traces the origin and evolution of cartography in the new world. The author discusses the many different maps drawn of the new world between the early sixteenth century and the late eighteenth century. Illustrated..... READ MORE about DÉCOUVERTE ET ÉVOLUTION CARTOGRAPHIQUE DE TERRE-NEUVE ET DES PAYS CIRCONVOISINS 1497-1501-1769

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Harter, George A.

THE GEOGRAPHY OF DELAWARE.

Revised by Albert Earley.
N.P. Rand McNally & Co., 1930. small 4to. cloth. 16 pages. Revised by Albert Earley. B1-917. Ex-library copy. With illustrations including a map in color. Boards and edges rubbed. READ MORE about THE GEOGRAPHY OF DELAWARE

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Herlihy, Pearl G.

EVOLUTION OF DELAWARE CARTOGRAPHY TO 1800 - EARLY MAPS.

Newark: Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science, 1976. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.163-188. Reprinted from the Transactions. With illustrations of early maps. Reference to Mrs. Herlihy is a long-time resident of Delaware has been corrected in ink to "native." READ MORE about EVOLUTION OF DELAWARE CARTOGRAPHY TO 1800 - EARLY MAPS

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Knüppel. Juttalis.

BILDER ALTER DEUTSCHER STÄDTE: AUS DER TOPOGRAPHIA DES MATTHÄUS MERIAN UND SEINER SÖHNE.

Berlin, Germany: Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, with text loosely laid in. unpaginated. Text in German. Illustrations of German cities by cartographer Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) and his sons. Introductory text with descriptions of the cities illustrated. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers lightly soiled. Front wrapper has tear at top. READ MORE about BILDER ALTER DEUTSCHER STÄDTE: AUS DER TOPOGRAPHIA DES MATTHÄUS MERIAN UND SEINER SÖHNE

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119904