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

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95661

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...

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106389

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...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 107823

Guillén Y Tato, Julio F.

MONUMENTA A CHARTOGRAPHICA INDIANA.

Madrid: Publicación De La Sección De Relaciones Culturales Del Ministerio De Asuntos Exteriores, 1942. folio. paper-covered boards, cloth hinges, two paper cover labels with text loosely inserted as issued. (viii), xxxvi, 100, (xiii), xii, (iv), pages, 127 plates. Limited to 500 copies. Text in Spanish. Collection of maps and charts exploring the history of the mapping of the southern areas of South America from the 16th to the 19th centuries. With a prologue, introduction, vocabulary..... READ MORE about MONUMENTA A CHARTOGRAPHICA INDIANA

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104159

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...

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99992

Koeman, C.

MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY.

Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1988. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xl, 390 pages. Edited by P. van der Krogt and G. Schilder. Contains the most important studies by professor Koeman, republished on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. With illustrations. READ MORE about MISCELLANEA CARTOGRAPHICA. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY

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Landström, Björn.

COLUMBUS.

The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources
New York: Macmillan Company, (1966). 4to. leatherette, slipcase with illustration of Columbus tipped-in, endpapers printed with facsimile of letter from Columbus about his discovery. 207+(1) pages. The story of Don Cristóbal Colón, Admiral of the Ocean, and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources. Extensively illustrated account of Columbus' life and the voyages that made him famous. Translated from the original Swedish by Michael Phillips and Hugh W. Stubbs. Minor crack..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 92367

Revelli, Paolo.

I CODICI AMBROSIANI DI CONTENUTO GEOGRAFICO CON XX TAVOLE FUORI TESTO.

2 volumes bound in 1.
Milano: Luigi Alfieri, 1929. folio. quarter leather, leather spine label, marbled paper-covered boards. 196; 23+(1) pages with 20 plates. 2 volumes bound in 1. Text in Italian. Catalogue of 575 items held in the collection of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, including nautical charts, manuscripts, globes and maps. The index volume is also bound-in with 20 black-and-white tipped-in plates. Hand-written corrections have been added to the text in various places. Slight scratching to the spine..... READ MORE about I CODICI AMBROSIANI DI CONTENUTO GEOGRAFICO CON XX TAVOLE FUORI TESTO

Price: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104231

Stevenson, Edward Luther (translator and editor).

GEOGRAPHY OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY.

New York: The New York Public Library, 1932. folio. half leather, cloth, five raised bands, cardboard box with paper cover label. xvi, 167 pages, and 29 plates. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Based upon Greek and Latin Manuscripts and Important Late Fifteenth- and Early Sixteenth-Century Printed Editions, Including Reproductions of the Maps from the Ebner Manuscript, ca. 1460. Printed on Charing handmade paper. Designed by John Archer. Collotypes by Max Jafeé. Introduction by Professor Joseph..... READ MORE about GEOGRAPHY OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY

Price: $1,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104064

Uzes, Francois D.

CHAINING THE LAND: A HISTORY OF SURVEYING IN CALIFORNIA.

Sacramento, CA: Landmark Enterprises, (1977). 8vo. quarter paper-covered boards, cloth, dust jacket. (xviii), 315 pages. Second edition. Francois D. Uzes began his surveying career in Califiornia in 1954. As head of the Boundry Determination Unit, he was responsible for inventorying, surveying, mapping and determining the boundaries of four and a half million acres of state-owned land. He was also a collector of old surveying books and maps. Contains appendices and an index, and black-and-white illustrations..... READ MORE about CHAINING THE LAND: A HISTORY OF SURVEYING IN CALIFORNIA

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103931

Wolter, John A.

THE NAPOLEONIC WAR IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES: AN ESSAY AND CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MINTO COLLECTION.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 28 pages. Occasional Paper Series, No.2. Illustrated. Preface by Elizabeth U. Mangan. READ MORE about THE NAPOLEONIC WAR IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES: AN ESSAY AND CARTOBIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MINTO COLLECTION

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105917