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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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

Fordham, Herert George.

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

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914. 8vo. paper-covered boards. x, 180 pages. First edition. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page. Spine covering lacking. READ MORE about STUDIES IN CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND FRENCH, AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITINERARIES AND...

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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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Herbert, Francis.

THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S MEMBERSHIP, THE MAP TRADE, AND GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING IN BRITAIN 1830 TO CA 1930: AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY WITH LISTING OF SOME 250 FELLOWS IN RELATED PROFESSIONS.

Lympne Castle, Kent: Imago Mundi Ltd, 1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 67-95. Reprinted from Imago Mundi, the Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography, 35. With a lengthy letter from the author to Gavin Bridson commenting on the background of this article loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY'S MEMBERSHIP, THE MAP TRADE, AND GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING IN...

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Koeman, C.

ATLANTES NEERLANDICI, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TERRESTRIAL, MARITIME AND CELESTIAL ATLASES AND PILOT BOOKS, PUBLISHED IN THE NETHERLANDS UP TO 1800. VOL.II.

Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, (1969). 4to. cloth, title and author stamped on spine, title stamped on front board. xxxvi, 549+(1) pages. (Toomey 83). Volume II of five volume set, includes Blussé-Mercator. 45 black and white plates, showing title pages and frontispieces. Introduction, list of atlases, abbreviations of literature and locations, and guide to notes. Entries include biographical information about publisher, printed catalogues, atlases published with detailed description of maps included in each atlas. Descriptions in..... READ MORE about ATLANTES NEERLANDICI, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TERRESTRIAL, MARITIME AND CELESTIAL ATLASES AND PILOT...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107870

Kunz, Egon and Elsie Kunz.

A CONTINENT TAKES SHAPE.

Sydney: Collins, (1974). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 175, (1) pages. History of the mapping of the Australian continent from its discovery into the 20th century. Frontispiece. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Bibliography. Tear to dust jacket at bottom spine. Pencil notations on front endpaper. READ MORE about A CONTINENT TAKES SHAPE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107004

Leporace, Tullia Gasparrini.

MOSTRA "L'ASIA NELLA CARTOGRAFIA DEGLI OCCIDENTALI"

Venezia: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 1954. 4to. later cloth, leather spine label, printed wrappers bound-in. (vi), 95 pages with 31 plates. Introduction by Roberto Almagia. A catalog of an exhibition at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice 1954. With 86 maps described in full, bibliography, and 31 black-and-white plates. Minor wear and rubbing to covers, scratching to spine label. Bound-in wrappers soiled and creased. READ MORE about MOSTRA "L'ASIA NELLA CARTOGRAFIA DEGLI OCCIDENTALI"

Price: $185.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104213

Rosenthal, Erwin.

CONCERNING THE DATING OF RÜST'S AND SPORER'S WORLD MAPS.

N.P. n.p., 1953. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (3) pages. Separate offprint from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume 47, 2nd quarter, 1953. Presentation "To Mr. Curt F. Bühler with kindest regards - Erwin Rosenthal." READ MORE about CONCERNING THE DATING OF RÜST'S AND SPORER'S WORLD MAPS

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Stopp, Klaus, Herbert Langel.

KATALOG DER ALTEN LANDKARTEN IN DER BADISCHEN LANDESBIBLIOTHEK KARLSRUHE.

Karlsruhe: G. Braun, (1974). 4to. printed cloth covered boards. (xv), 252 pages with xii plates. Foreword by Franz Anselm Schmitt. Catalogue of maps to 1800, covering Africa, Asia, Australia, America and Europe. Listed by country and by maker within the country. With twelve black-and-white plates and an index of names. Inscription on front free endpaper. Boards slightly soiled. READ MORE about KATALOG DER ALTEN LANDKARTEN IN DER BADISCHEN LANDESBIBLIOTHEK KARLSRUHE

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104322