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Medical Thermometry, and Human Temperature

By: Wunderlich, C.A.; Seguin, Edward

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, William Wood & Company: 1871

Seller ID: 1998689

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Tiny restoration mark to spine head, Rochester Academy of Medicine bookplate on front endpaper, bottom corner faintly bumped, ink name on front flyleaf. 1871 Hard Cover. viii, 280 pp. 8vo. An abridgment by Edward Seguin of 'On the Temperature in Diseases, of which Fielding H. Garrison said This classic work on temperature in disease laid the foundation of modern knowledge regarding clinical thermometry. Garrison has said of Wunderlich that he 'found fever a disease and left it a symptom.' (Garrison-Morton 2677) This edition also includes Seguin's 'Suggestions on Thermometry and ...
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Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems

By: Wundt, Wilhelm; Gulliver, Julia; Titchener, Edward Bradford; Washburn, Margaret Floy

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim / William Brendon and Son, Printers: 1897

Seller ID: 2304802

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ink name and date on title pages, pages lightly toned (endpapers more so). 1897 Hard Cover. xii, 339; viii, 196, [2] pp. 8vo. Wundt is considered the founder of modern psychology (a survey in American Psychologist ranked William James and Sigmund Freud a distant second and third). He also founded Philosophische Studien, the first academic journal for psychological research.
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The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money, &c., &c.

By: Wyman, Seth

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: Manchester, N.H., J.H. Cate, Printer: 1843

Seller ID: 2305726

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition (Howes W-724). Binding repaired by previous owner, corners exposed, spine label mostly absent, front free endpaper absent, a few pages stained. 1843 Hard Cover. iv, 310 pp. 8vo. A mid-19th century memoir by a career criminal, published after Wyman's death. Wyman, Seth (04 March 178402 April 1843), thief and author, was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, the son of Seth Wyman and Sarah Atwood, farmers. Wyman documented his life and career in his posthumously published autobiography, The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Th...
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Hell Up to Date: The Reckless Journey of R. Palasco Drant, Newspaper Correspondent, through the Infernal Regions, as Reported by Himself.

By: Young, Art [Arthur Henry]

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Schulte Publishing Company: 1893

Seller ID: 2297484

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

First edition. Boards heavily stained, pages only lightly soiled (mostly margins). A good candidate for rebinding. 1893 Hard Cover. xi, [2], [6]-80, [4] pp. Author's first book. A comical journey inspired by Dante's Inferno, in which a newspaper correspondent explores the depths of Hell. Young's illustrations throughout. Arthur Henry Art Young (1866-1943) was an American cartoonist and writer. He is most famous for his socialist cartoons, especially those drawn for the left wing political magazine The Masses between 1911 and 1917.
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Voyage in Italie Pendant l'Annee 1789

By: Young, Arthur; Soules, Francois

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez J.-J. Fuchs, Libraire: 1796

Seller ID: 2198755

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

First French edition. Boards lightly rubbed with corners just beginning to rub through, scattered light foxing in text, small contemporary owner bookplate (Buri) and larger modern bookplate on front endpaper. 1796 Half-Leather. vii, [1], 376 pp. 8vo. A late 18th century Italian travelogue, translated into French from the original English by Francois Soules, who also translated Young's 'Voyages in France'. Young was a writer on the subjects ofagriculture,economics,social statistics, and an activist for farm workers' rights. His social and political writings were also well-respected, and include...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality. with the Life of the Author.

By: Young, Edward

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Printed for F. and C. Rivington; Otridge and Son; Longman and Rees; Cadell and Davies; Vernor and Hood; J. Mawman; T. Hurst; J. Scatcherd; and J. Hookham / J. Cundee, Printer: 1802

Seller ID: 2263775

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

'New Edition'. Spine and corners a bit rubbed, a few pages lightly foxed. 1802 Full-Leather. xviii, [4], 361, [5] pp. 8vo. Full black morocco, gilt titles and rules, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A long poem in blank verse, originally published in nine parts between 1742 and 1745. This edition includes the complete work, a biographical sketch of the author, and engraved illustrations by Thomas Stothard. This work was quite popular in its day, but became more so when William Blake provided illustrations for one of the editions printed in 1797.
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Rollo's Philosophy [Air] (The Rollo Series)

By: [Abbott, Jacob]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Sheldon & Company: 1868

Seller ID: 2205135

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ink note to front endpaper, corners bumped. 1868 Small Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 192 pp. The main design in view, in the discussions which are offered to the juvenile world, under the title of The Rollo Philosophy, relates rather to their effect upon the little reader's habits of thinking, reasoning, and observation, than to the additions they may make to his stock of knowledge. CONTENTS: Lost in the snow; Flying; Valve Making; Experiments; Pressure; Ballooning; Philosophical discussion; Tasks; Burning; Gravitation; Air in motion; Air at rest.
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Causey Building (Rollo Storybooks [Story Books])

By: [Abbott, Jacob]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Massachusetts, Phillips, Sampson & Co.: 1857

Seller ID: 2205136

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket, boards heavily rubbed, surface tear to title page obscuring text, front and rear hinge starting, pencil markings to rear paste-down endpaper. 1857 Small Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 68 - 96 pp. CONTENTS: Causey building; Sand men; The gray garden; A contract; Instructions; Keeping tally; Rights defined; Calculation.
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The Little Musicians

By: [Bowen, C.E. (Charlotte Elizabeth)]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, T. Nelson and Sons: 1893

Seller ID: 2294993

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket. Ink gift note on front free endpaper; pencil marks on front free endpaper, verso of contents page and on page seven. 1893 Small Hard Cover. 64, 16 pp. 6 1/4 x 4 1/2. A late 19th century juvenile by C.E. Bowen, who also wrote The Babes in the Basket. CONTENTS: I. The Sunday-School Friend; II. A New Scholar; III. Rachel's Plan; IV. Going Out to Tea; V. Light; VI. Out of Temptation; VII. Joy for Silvio; VIII. Berta.
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1811 Engraving, Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight [England]

By: [Brayley, Edward] [Britton, John]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Poultry, London: 1811

Seller ID: 1665489

Binding: Print

Condition: Very Good

Matted and reading for framing. Untrimmed. Faintly foxed, mainly to the lower margin. 1811 Print. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet matted to 5 x 6 1/2 (mat measures 8 3/8 x 10 1/2). Engraving by J. Greig from a drawing by Thompson, taken from Edward Brayley's and John Britton's 'The Beauties of England and Wales'. An artistic rendering that also provides a good level of architectural detail, particularly interesting are several uniquely shaped arrow slits. The print focuses on the large gatehouse, and shows a figure sitting beneath the wall lining the approach.
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A Brief View of Greek Philosophy up to the Age of Pericles. (Small Books on Great Subjects No. V. [5]) [with] A Brief View of Greek Philosophy from the Age of Socrates to the Coming of Christ. (Small Books on Great Subjects No. VI. [6])

By: [Cornwallis, Caroline Francis]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, William Pickering: 1844

Seller ID: 2305171

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

Two works bound together in one volume. Edges a bit rubbed, front hinge beginning to weaken, ink gift note on front endpaper, front and end matter a bit foxed. 1844 Half-Leather. xviii, 99; 119 pp. 16mo. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles and decorations, marbled paper over boards. A study of the history of Greek philosophy by an English feminist writer who published quite a few books on history, science, and philosophy.
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Porter's Catechism of Health; or, Plain and Simple Rules for the Preservation of the Health and Vigour of the Constitution from Infancy to Old Age. For the Use of Schools.

By: [Faust, Bernhard Christoph; Porter, Henry H.; Condie, D. Francis]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Literary Rooms, No. 121 Chestnut Street, Office of the Journal of Health, Journal of Law, and Family Library of Health: 1831

Seller ID: 2012806

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Seventh edition. Former library copy - sticker on front board, Woodstock Historical Society bookplate on front endpaper. Boards rubbed, front free endpaper removed, one gathering loose, endpapers foxed. 1831 Hard Cover. x, 202 pp. 12mo bound in sixes. Green cloth, paper spine label. Hoolihan 1146. In relation to the original: In some bibliographies and databases, this work is attributed to Henry H. Porter, who was publisher of the journals stated in the imprint. This attribution may be based on the absence of Faust's name on the title-page, or the fact the Porter's Catechism is but loosely bas...
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The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, in Three Volumes

By: [Fiorentino], Ser Giovanni; Waters, W.G.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles: 1898

Seller ID: 2272693

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First English translation. Limited edition, #293 of 1000 sets. Spines toned. 1898 Hard Cover. Complete in three hardcover volumes. Grey cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt. Translated into English from the original Italian by W.G. Waters. Illustrations by E.R. Hughes. A collection of fifty stories written by Ser Giovanni Fiorentino, the original title of which (Il Pecorone) translated as The Simpleton. Fiorentino wrote the stories in the 14th century (though they would not be published until the mid-16th century), and they later became a source for William Shakespeare's The Merc...
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Art Gems for the Home and Fireside

By: [Gilman, Charlotte Perkins] Mrs. Charles Walter Stetson

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: Providence, J.A. & R.A. Reid, Publishers: 1890

Seller ID: 2305816

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1890 printing. Front and end matter foxed, some light spotting on front board, ink gift note on front endpaper. 102 pp. Grey cloth, gilt titles, black decorations on front board. A collection of engravings with commentary by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the noted utopian feminist and author of The Yellow Wallpaper. This was her first work, and is published under the name Mrs. Charles Walter Stetson, perhaps to leverage his reputation in the art world (Davis, Charlotte Gilman: A Biography). Stetson was her first husband, to whom she was married for only four years. She would later take the name of...
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Mark Steadman; or, Show Your Colors

By: [Harvey, William; Anelay, Henry]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, American Tract Society: 1900

Seller ID: 2205138

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date (circa 1900), lightly rubbed, faint smudge to front board, pencil name. 204 pp. CONTENTS: Mark at home; Captain Jack; Captain Jack's story; Leaving home; The first Sunday; Trials and encouragements; A trial of principle; As is the master, so is the servant; The scarlet fever; The visitor and the sick penitent; The return home.
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Synchronology of the Principal Events in Sacred and Profane History, from the Creation of Man, to the Present Time. Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources, Including the Following Standard Works: 'The Chronology and History of the World, by Dr. J. Blair,' Archbishop Usher's 'Annalis Veteris et Novi Testamenti,' 'Haydyn's Dictionary of Dates,' Etc., Etc.

By: [Hawes, Stephen]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, S. Hawes: 1870

Seller ID: 2263567

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards moderately soiled, spine and edges faded, front and end matter faintly foxed, pencil name on front flyleaf. 1870 Hard Cover. 320 pp. Fold-out synchronological chart precedes text.
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Douglas: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

By: [Home, John]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, Printed for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, W. Gray & W. Peter.: 1757

Seller ID: 2305603

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

First Edinburgh edition (ESTC N388), published simultaneously with the London edition. Engraved illustrated mounted inside front wrapper. First two pages and last page lightly spotted and creased, small internal tear to epilogue page. 1757 Soft Cover. 74, [2] pp. 8 1/8 x 5 1/2. Plain olive wrappers, not contemporary. It appears likely this was trimmed from a quarto edition, as the margin along the binding edge is considerably smaller than the fore edge margin. This production was Edmund Kean's acting debut, and the play was admired by David Hume (the true theatric genius of Shakespeare and Otw...
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Tales of a Traveller

By: [Irving, Washington]; Crayon, Geoffrey

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.: 1891

Seller ID: 2285881

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly soiled. 1891 Hard Cover. vi, 530, [4] pp. 16mo.The author's revised edition, complete in one volume. Cream cloth spine over mint cloth boards, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decorations, floral endpapers. Engraved title page by Copeland, frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill. A collection of short stories by the author of Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, etc. Includes: STRANGE STORIES BY A NERVOUS GENTLEMAN: The Great Unknown; The Hunting-Dinner; The Adventure of My Uncle; The Adventure of My Aunt; The Bold Dragoon, or The Adventure of My Grandfather; The Adventure of the...
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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Translated from the Arabic. A New and Complete Edition. [The Thousand and One Nights]

By: [Lane, Edward]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo: 1870

Seller ID: 2303154

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1870 Hard Cover. 540 pp. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Two-column format. Over 100 woodcuts from illustrations by S.J. Groves. Though no translator is credited, this is most likely an Edward Lane translation given the date -- Payne and Burton would not release their versions until the 1880s, and both changed the title from The Arabian Nights Entertainments to slightly different forms of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.
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Reflexions sur ce que l'on Appelle Bonheur et Malheur en Matiere de Loteries, et sur le Bon Usage qu'on en Peut Faire.

By: [Le Clerc, Jean (LeClerc)]

Price: $950.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Chez George Gallet: 1696

Seller ID: 2307810

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

First edition. Boards rubbed - some loss of leather from spine, corners exposed. 1696 Full-Leather. [xii], 236 pp. 16mo. French text. Contemporary full leather, five raised spine bands with gilt titles and tooled decorations in compartments, sprinkled edges. Engraved frontispiece. A work on happiness and misfortune by the Swiss Biblical scholar and friend of famous philosopher John Locke.
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Essai sur la Liberte de Produire ses Sentimens [with] Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature.

By: [Luzac, Elie; de la Mettrie, Julian Offroy]; [Diderot, Denis]

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: [Amsterdam?], Au Pays Libre pour Le Bien Public: 1749

Seller ID: 2305752

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Paper label on spine base, corners a bit rubbed, minor loss of gilt, bookplate of philosopher Paul Desjardins on front endpaper. 1749 Full-Leather. [viii], 124; [iv], 99, [5] pp. 16mo. Original full leather, gilt titles, decorations, and triple rule, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Two works in one volume: Essai sur la Liberte de Produire ses Sentimens, attributed to either Elie Luzac or Julian Offroy de la Mettrie (1749) [with] Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature by Denis Diderot (1754 first edition). French text. Elie Luzac, wishing to justify his publication of the book [L'Homme ma...
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History of Monroe County, New York [1788-1877]; with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability [with] Name Index to the History of Monroe County, 1788-1877

By: [McIntosh, W.H.]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts, Ensign & Everts / Press of J.B. Lippincott & Co. / Monroe County History Office: 1877

Seller ID: 2304924

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Rebound in plain black cloth with gilt titles and rules, new end sheets. 1877 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 320 pp. The original 1877 printing of this exhaustive history of Monroe County, profusely illustrated with very high quality engravings, along with maps of Monroe County and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase of 1790.
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History of Monroe County, New York [1788-1877]; with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Palatial Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability

By: [McIntosh, W.H.]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts, Ensign & Everts / Press of J.B. Lippincott & Co.: 1877

Seller ID: 2307408

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Good

First edition. Two surface tears on front board, bottom edge of boards rubbed, some pages creased, ink scribble and ink stamp, second blank and frontispiece taped, tissue guard mostly missing. 1877 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 320 pp. The original 1877 printing of this exhaustive history of Monroe County, profusely illustrated with very high quality engravings, along with maps of Monroe County and the Phelps and Gorham Purchase of 1790.
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The Artists' Album: A Series of Twenty Beautiful Works of Meyer von Bremen, Guido, Detaille, and Others Reproduced in Colors

By: [Meyer, Johann Georg]

Price: $650.00

Publisher: London, Meyer von Bremen Art Club Studio: 1880

Seller ID: 2304548

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Edges lightly rubbed, corners exposed, tissue guards, margins, and versos lightly foxed, pencil name on front endpaper, a few tissue guards absent or worn. 1880 Large Hardcover. 20 chromolithographs reproduced from the works of various artists in an impressive folio edition measuring 20 1/2 x 14. Includes: Italian Peasant Girl and Boy. after Guido by Creti, Rome; The Old Gardener. from the engraving by V. Lagye; Family Cares. from the original by Meyer von Bremen, Berlin; Who Are You? from the original by Burnier, Dusseldorf.; The Kingfisher. from the original by Burnier, Dussel...
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Image for Tom's Experience in Dakota: Why He Went; What He Did There; What Crops He Raised, and How He Raised Them; What They Cost Him, and What He Received for Them; and All about His Ups and Downs, Successes and Failures. His Talks with Old Friends, and His Advice to Them about Going West. Who Ought to Go, and Who Ought Not; What Men and Women with Money and with None Can Do There; Why Some Succeed, and Others Do Not; with Practical Information for All Classes of People Who Want Homes in the West, Pointing Out Plainly the Way to Success.

Tom's Experience in Dakota: Why He Went; What He Did There; What Crops He Raised, and How He Raised Them; What They Cost Him, and What He Received for Them; and All about His Ups and Downs, Successes and Failures. His Talks with Old Friends, and His Advice to Them about Going West. Who Ought to Go, and Who Ought Not; What Men and Women with Money and with None Can Do There; Why Some Succeed, and Others Do Not; with Practical Information for All Classes of People Who Want Homes in the West, Pointing Out Plainly the Way to Success.

By: [Miller, A.P.]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Miller, Hale & Co.: 1883

Seller ID: 2303666

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Apparent first edition, but this edition was simultaneous with a C.D. Whitall edition of the same year, also a Minneapolis imprint, and the priority is unclear. Hinges weakening, pages lightly toned, ink name on front flyleaf. 1883 Hard Cover. vii, 146 pp. Brown pebbled cloth, gilt titles. A practical guide to the dos and don'ts of settling in the American West during the late 19th century, Contemporary tipped in ads precede and follow text.
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Image for Cronaca Veneta Sacra e Profana, o sia un Compendio di Tutte le Cose Piu Illustri ed Antiche della Citta di Venezia. Rinnovata in Questa Ultima Edizione, e in Ogni Sua Parte di Gran Lunga con Nuove Aggiunte Accresciuta e Rimodernata, Tomo Primo e Secondo.

Cronaca Veneta Sacra e Profana, o sia un Compendio di Tutte le Cose Piu Illustri ed Antiche della Citta di Venezia. Rinnovata in Questa Ultima Edizione, e in Ogni Sua Parte di Gran Lunga con Nuove Aggiunte Accresciuta e Rimodernata, Tomo Primo e Secondo.

By: [Pacifico, Pietro Antonio]

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Venezia, Presso Francesco Pitteri, Con Licenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio.: 1751

Seller ID: 2198752

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Revised edition. Rebound with new endpapers. Minor ink notes on flyleaves, modern owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. 1751 Hard Cover. [12], 310; 406 pp. 12mo. Cloth spines, gilt titles, paper over boards.Italian text. An 18th century guide to Venice by Pietro Antonio Pacifico, with engraved illustrations, including several fold-outs.
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort St Louis Dans L'Isle de Sanaga ou du Senegal

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: [A La Haye : Chez Pierre de Hondt]: 1747

Seller ID: 1665557

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Single vertical crease down center, a few faint traces of foxing, still about near fine. 1747 Print. We have more books available by this author!. Single sheet matted to about 9 x 13 (mat measures about 14 3/4 x 18). An extensively labeled overhead view of a French colonial fort along a river in Senegal, detailing the use of each area, from magazines to the area in which slaves were kept. French text, scale along bottom. Bottom corner labeled 'Tom. II. No. 24', indicating the position of the plate within the original text.
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Anglois et de la Ville du Cap de Corse, Situe a la Coste de Guinee par 4. Degres 50. Minutes de Latitude

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: [A La Haye : Chez Pierre de Hondt]: 1747

Seller ID: 1665585

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. Single vertical crease down middle, tiny spot above the 'd' in Cap de Corse, some transfer from opposite page of text. Still about near fine. 1747 Print. We have more books available by this author!. Matted to 7 x 10 (mat measures 11 3/4 x 15). Labeled Tome IV. No. 6, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view of the fort complete with scale and latitudinal coordinates. A large structure labeled 'le Chateau' sits in a corner along the coast, bordering the ocean on two sides, with a river emptying into the ocean a bit further south alo...
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Anglois de Sukonda, Situe a la Coste de Guinee par 4. Deg. 32. Min. de Latitude

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: [A La Haye : Chez Pierre de Hondt]: 1747

Seller ID: 1665735

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. An exceptional example. 1747 Print. We have more books available by this author!. Matted to 9 x 6 3/4 (mat measures 11 5/8 x 9). Labeled Tome IV. No. 3, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view, complete with scale and latitudinal coordinates, of a fairly simple fortification, rectangular with two diamond bastions on the eastern corners. Numerous batteries for canonry, and an interior structure consisting of several apartments, a common room and a powder magazine.
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1747 Map and Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort St Joseph with Two Maps

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: [A La Haye : Chez Pierre de Hondt]: 1747

Seller ID: 1665738

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and reading for framing. An exceptional example. 1747 Print. We have more books available by this author!. Matted to 9 1/2 x 7 (mat measures 11 5/8 x 9). Labeled Tome II. No. 23, indicating position in the original work. French text A birds'-eye plan of Fort St Joseph complete with scale, together with a map of its location along the Senegal River, and a map showing the position of Fort St Louis on an island mid-river. Several settlements are also indicated (Korinkani, Bubemusa, Mankanet). The fort plan is fairly simple, with a curtain wall with two corner bastions surrounding magazines...
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