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First edition. George Philip and Son; Philip, Son and Nephew. London & Liverpool. 1903. Small quarto. xix, 344, (4)pp. Tissue guarded photo frontispiece portrait tipped in, Folding coloured map, 3 further maps, numerous photo plates and text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt tooling and leather label. Beautifully gilded floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Slight rubbing. A handsome volume.Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946) FRGS Mineralogist, Traveller, Author, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabel, and Commander of the Royal Order of Alfonso XII. "His substantial contribution to Hispanism is awaiting reassessment" ODNB.

Stent & Sons, Printers. Guildford. 1913. Octavo. (1), 52, (2)pp. 13 plates, 1 folding letter. Original green cloth, gilt to cover. Marbled endpapers. Slightly bumped/rubbed to extremities.
Provenance: From the library of E. W. Steeple (1872 - 1940) pioneer mountaineer, author, member of the Swiss Alpine Club and founder chairman of the Midland Association of Mountaineers. Bookplate Ex Libris Midland Association of Mountaineers from the Steeple Bequest 1942. With cancellation stamp 16.1.81.
Clinton Thomas Dent (1850-1912) First President of the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club.

Two volumes. Quarto. Chez Amable Costes. Paris. 1836/1837. Complete set with 135 copper engraved plates and two folding engraved maps. Premier Partie: viij, 56, 16, 48, 28, 48, 24pp. Engraved half title, title, section titles, folding map (slightly darkened to edge), 51 copper engraved plates (as listed in tables des matières et indication des figures); Deuxieme Partie: 136, 80, 64, 64pp. Title, section titles, 84 copper engraved plates (as listed in tables des matieres et indication des figures, plus one extra), folding map. Contemporary quarter morocco, faux shagreen, vellum corner tips. Spines in six compartments, gilt lettering and decoration, gilt faded to base of spine Vol. I. Marbled endpapers. All edges blue. Crisp and bright, occasional light toning to text. Light shelf wear. A desirable set.
Carte Routiere de l'Italie dressee par Th. Duvotenay, eleve de M.P.Lapie, publiee par Amable Costes 1836.
Second map grave Flahaut; ecrit par Arnoul.

Originally printed for the Camden Society in 1868, reprinted with the permission of the Royal Historical Society AMS Press. New York. 1968. Octavo. xxxvii, 106pp. Original blue cloth, gilt to spine. A near fine copy.
Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) English courtier and diplomat, polymath, natural philosopher, astrologer, alchemist and leading intellectual described as "The Ornament of this Nation". Not only a founding member of The Royal Society and a promoter of sympathetic magic, he is credited with the invention of the modern wine bottle. He was awarded the Patent of Sealing Wax in Wales and the Welsh Borders. Digby's cookbook included a recipe for capons fed on the flesh of vipers. In 1627 Digby became a privateer, sailing his flagship The Eagle into the Mediterranean to attack, seize and plunder French and Spanish ships that came his way. This journal is the day to day log of the voyage.
William Watkin Edward Wynn (1801-1880) of Peniarth, Antiquary, cataloguer and custodian of the Hengwrt-Peniarth… Read More

i 4 blade. IV. Utgitt av Norges Geografiske Opmaaling. Geographical Survey of Norway 1874. Veinettet Ajourfort 1937. Large coloured folding map. 70cm x 91cm. Folding down to 11cm x 15.5cm. Slightly sunned to exterior folds.Edward Stanford Ltd Cartographers to the King plate to upper cover.Scarce.Tromso, Norway.

John Lampugnani. Milan. nd (c.1902). Octavo. xvi pp (decorative adverts), 86pp, 72pp (decorative hotel adverts - on yellow paper), endpaper adverts. Five folding maps: one T shaped coloured folding map, partially split to folds, no loss; one double page coloured map of Como; one five-page coloured folding map of Lago di Lugano, Lago di Como and environs (slightly protruding edges toned); one double page coloured map of Lugano; one six page coloured folding map of Lago Maggiore. Photo illustrations. Original blue decorative limp cloth, slightly bubbled, faded to spine and motif on lower board.

[First edition thus] Fifth edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. Paul Ollendorff. Paris. 1895. Octavo. xxix, 361pp. 8 maps, 22 plans, several folding. Original red cloth, mottled to edges of both boards. In original dust wrapper, chipped to edges and spine. All edges marbled. Green bookmarker. Signature Robinson to ffep. Small paper fault excess folded corner to title. A crisp copy, in the scarce dust wrapper.
This is the first edition thus. The fourth and final edition of Nord de la France of 1893 was divided into Nord Este and Nord Ouest in this and the subsequent editions from 1895.
Hinrichsen F179.

Ninth edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. 1910. 16mo. xxxvi, 547pp. 23 maps, 28 plans, 2 panoramas. Printed front endpapers, map to rear endpapers. Double woven bookmarks. All edges marbled. A bright crisp copy in the original red publisher's cloth, gilt. In the original brown dust wrapper with some edge tears, protected. One map (Provence) sits a little proud, as bound. Pencil signature of Duncan Bogle. Lausann, Switzerland dated Oct 3rd 1910 to verso ffep. Hinrichsen F188

Chez Guibert. Paris. 1828. First edition. Octavo. [4]. 280pp. Coloured frontispiece, coloured map. Contemporary silked cloth, leather label, gilt lettering. A little rubbed, bumped and faded. Pages untrimmed, foxed, with water staining to upper margins. Signature M. Griffiths to ffep.

Amand-Narcisse Masson de Saint-Amand, (1794-1831) Letters of a traveller at the mouth of the Seine, containing historical information, trivia and statistics on the regions of Normandy of Caux, of Lieuvin and Roumois, in the departments of the Lower Seine, Calvados and Eure. Scarce.

First edition. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green. London. 1863. Octavo. xii, 314pp. Original embossed red cloth, gilt to spine. Shelf wear, fading and rubbing to edges. Partially unopened. Inscription "Presented to Benjamin Williams Ffrith Tryddyn by Mrs Jones" dated 1910 to fep, same date to ffep. Vestiges of a removed bookplate to fep. James Bromfield (1815 -) [I. Hope; James Broomfield] He lived at 16, rue de Callac, Morlaix for more than a decade in the mid nineteenth century with his wife, children and two sisters, one of whom, Elizabeth, was the author of 'Recollections of Brittany, in Prose and Verse'. London: James Blackwood, 1863.
In 1851, the founders of the Le Bulletin Évangélique de Basse-Bretagne, his friends pastors Achille Le Fourdrey, John Jenkins, James Williams and Jacques Planta, appointed him as treasurer. At the same time, he became the editor of this small suppressed newspaper. James Bromfield was passionate about the Protestant evangelization of Brittany, and religious… Read More

Sumptibus Fratrum Huguetan & Soc. Lugduni. [Lyon]. 1685. Folio. Title page printed in red and black, with title vignette engraved by Mathieu Ôgier. (6), 376, (4)pp. Illustrated with copperplate engravings by Mathieu Ogier and M. Demasso. Text in Latin and Greek. Recent antiqued half calf, marbled boards. Spine in seven compartments with raised bands and leather label. Renewed endpapers. All edges sprinkled red. Title page lightly toned, with a short closed tear to mid margin. Short closed tear to margin of 5/6. Historic staining to lower corner margin with some fragmenting to the edge of a few pages. Light shelfwear to marbled boards. Bookplate to fep.
Provenance: Alan Morris of Kenchester, Herefordshire. Chemist, Archaeologist and Numismatist. Engraved Bookplate: Headpiece of an open book, with headings from the Antonine Itinerary showing Bravonio [Leintwardine] A. Magnis [Kenchester], Gobannio [Abergavenny]; Roman Gateway; Picatrix Avg, Fides Militum.
Jacob Spon
(1647-1685) was a physician with a… Read More

First edition. Chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hotel Serpente. Paris. 1788. 8vo. vi, 525, (2) pp. Folding table. Quarter morocco, marbled boards, raised bands to spine, gilt motifs and lettering in six compartments. Light shelf wear. Some occasional foxing/spotting. Paper fault to lower margin of 175/6, not affecting text. A crisp and handsome copy. First and only edition of this important book by Dolomieu (1750-1801) who gave his name to the Dolomites. The outline maps were not bound into this copy and are loosely inserted in facsimile.
(DSB IV, 150). Caminada, pp. 39-40; Lozzi II, 3785; Fera-Morlicchio 1101; Brunet, VI, 4644
Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801) Geologist. Knight of Malta.

Imprimerie de Charles Hérissey. Evreux. La Librairie Illustrée. Paris. [1888] Quarto. xii, 690pp. (1) Imprim. 8 tissue guarded coloured plates, numerous engraved full page illustrations and text engravings. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards. Spine in six compartments, gilt lettering, motifs and rules. Marbled endpapers. Some toning to half-title and last few pages. Slight shelfwear to edges and corners.

John Grand-Carteret (1850-1927) Art historian and collector.Due to the weight of this volume, we regret an additional postage overseas charge may apply. Please contact us for details.

Hutchinson & Co. London. nd. [1925] First edition. Octavo. xvii, 328pp. Photo frontis., 31 further plates, text and endpaper maps. Original red cloth, gilt lettering, slightly sunned to spine. A little rubbed, marked and bumped. Endpapers slightly toned, light occasional spotting.
"I realised that a new Europe had been moulded out of the old…It mattered little whether it was economically sound or unsound that this or that race should be given national status… independence was in itself sufficient to justify the map of Europe being made out anew".

Thirteenth revised edition. Karl Baedeker. Leipsic. Dulau and Co. London. 1900. 8vo. xxxiv, 430pp. Folding coloured map frontispiece, 33 further maps, some folding, and 65 plans. Original red cloth, slightly mottled to edges, in original brown dust wrapper, with paper label to spine. Chip to one corner and head of dustwrapper spine. Adverts to fep. Book plate (Noble) to free endpaper map. All edges marbled. Green bookmark. Some toning to free endpapers. Last map sits a little proud, and edge is creased. A crisp copy. Scarce in dust wrapper.
Hinrichsen E27

Tenth edition, revised and augmented. Karl Baedeker. Leipzig. T. Fisher Unwin. London. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1912. Octavo. lx, 478pp. All maps and plans as published. Original red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. All edges marbled. Double bookmarks. A little wear to head and small tear to tail of spine, and rubbing to corners. First four pages with tiny dogears. No misfolding or tears. Lacks the grammar booklet which was designed for removal. Flyer for Sifton, Pread & Co. The Map House, printed in red, tipped in to ffep.Hinrichsen E233a

Fourth edition. Printed for T. Cadell and G. Robinson. London. 1779. Octavo. Lacking half-title, xxiv, 311pp. Full calf, spine renewed, original boards showing small areas of surface wear. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering, blind tooling and leather label. Hinges reinforced. Spotting to title and prelims, and occasionally elsewhere. Circular Medical Society of London stamp to title; Unobtrusive 'Withdrawn By The Wellcome Library' to verso of title page. Neat lettering to upper margin of title page, and to verso of ffep.
Cleghorn, George (1716–1789), physician. Stationed in Minorca 1736-1749. The comprehensive introduction which covers the Minorquines, festivals, witchcraft and evil, climate, agriculture, wine, minerals, the natural history of the island, lists of plants and animals, together with the native names of several species, is followed by seven chapters on epidemical diseases, plus weather and Meteorological tables.
ESTC N10137

First edition. Chapman and Hall. London. 1856. viii, 316pp. 16pp publisher's catalogue dated May 1st 1856 to end. Original cloth, blind tooled. Part of spine strip missing, requiring attention and renewing, as is often the case in this work, due to the fragility of the cloth used. (Price has been adjusted accordingly to allow for the work to be done professionally to the new owner's taste). Wear to boards. A little spotting to title page, generally bright, binding firm. Original yellow endpapers. Occasional pencil to margins. Small Armorial bookplate to fep. ("R.T." or "R.J." ) Binder's plate to rep: Bound by Bone and Son, Fleet Street, London.

Third revised edition by Vera Mendes and Fernando Mascarenhas. Quetzal Editores & Antique Collector's Club. New York & Woodbridge. 1995. Quarto. 142pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. A lovely copy in the original blue cloth, embossed to spine. Decorative endpapers. In the original dust wrapper, with small chip and delamination to top left hand edge. With the bookplate of Clare Tutton McLaren of Coughton to ffep.

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1912. 8vo. xiii, 191pp. Tissue guarded colour frontis., 70 further plates, 8 maps. Original publisher's pictorial cloth in green, white, tan and black. Gilt lettering to spine. Very bright. Some browning to endpapers and occasional foxing. The motoring Grand Tour pioneer.