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Causey Building (Rollo Storybooks [Story Books])

By: [Abbott, Jacob]

Price: ~~$10.00~~ $8.00

Publisher: Phillips, Sampson & Co.: 1857

Seller ID: 2205136

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Good

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. 68 - 96 pp. CONTENTS: Causey building; Sand men; The gray garden; A contract; Instructions; Keeping tally; Rights defined; Calculation.
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The History of The Ugly Little Duck, or, The Beautiful Swan [The Ugly Duckling]

By: [Andersen, Hans Christian]

Price: ~~$50.00~~ $40.00

Publisher: S.N.: 1850

Seller ID: 2293123

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Rebound in red cloth with new end sheets. Lacks title/copyright page, but circa 1850. [24 pp.] Illustrated with six hand-colored wood engravings. Andersen's classic story of the swan who spends its early life believing it is an ugly duckling.
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Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army. Authors and Subjects, Vol. VIII. [8]: Legier-Medicine (Naval).

By: [Billings, John Shaw]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Government Printing Office: 1887

Seller ID: 2028487

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

Boards a bit rubbed, corners lightly stained. 1887 Half-Leather. 10, 1078 pp. The eighth in a 61-volume series which spanned 81 years, and was ultimately comprised of five series. The first series (of which this volume was a part) was primarily indexed by John Shaw Billings - his work would become a cornerstone for the foundation of the National Library of Medicine. John Shaw Billings selected a dictionary arrangement for the printed Index-Catalogue and explained in his transmittal letter in Series I, vol. 1. that The great majority of physicians ... have expressed a decided preference for thi...
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The Little Musicians

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

Price: ~~$10.00~~ $8.00

Publisher: 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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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: $95.00

Publisher: 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~~ $60.00

Publisher: 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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Lives of Celebrated American Indians [Famous] (Parley's Cabinet Library)

By: [Goodrich, S.G.] The Author of Peter Parley's Tales.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Bradbury, Soden & Co.: 1843

Seller ID: 2292861

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition (Sabin 27908). Boards rubbed, moderately foxed throughout, small bookplate on front endpaper. 1843 Hard Cover. iv, 315, [1] pp. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. Engraved half-title page reading 'Famous Indians' precedes title page. A collection of brief biographies of Native Americans, including: Manco Capac; Mayta Capac; Huayna Capac; Atahualpa; Caupolican; Ychoalay; Tupac Amaru; Quetzalcoatl; Xolotl; Acamapitzin; Montezuma I; Donna Marina; Montezuma II; Cofachiqui; Tascaluza; Vitachuco; Pocahontas; Philip; Pontiac; Logan; Brant; Tecumseh; Red Jacket; Shongmunecuthe, o...
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Mark Steadman; or, Show Your Colors

By: [Harvey, William; Anelay, Henry]

Price: ~~$10.00~~ $8.00

Publisher: New York, American Tract Society: 1900

Seller ID: 2205138

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date (circa 1900), edges 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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Image for 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.

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: 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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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every Man His Own Boswell

By: [Holmes, Oliver Wendell]

Price: ~~$15.00~~ $12.00

Publisher: Phillips, Sampson and Company: 1858

Seller ID: 1863209

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition, second state. Minor loss from spine head, stationer's stamp on front flyleaf. 1858 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 373 pp. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles & decorations. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the Breakfast-Table series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfas...
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Tales of a Traveller

By: [Irving, Washington]; Crayon, Geoffrey

Price: ~~$25.00~~ $20.00

Publisher: 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 t...
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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~~ $60.00

Publisher: 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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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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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Hollandois de Sama nomme St Sebastien, Situe a la Coste de Guinee par les 4 Deg. 35 mins. de Latitude

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665741

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 IV. No. 4, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view of the fort complete with scale and latitudinal coordinates. This is a fairly complex fort, comparatively, with a structure of numerous apartments and barracks, a magazine, a court and a chapel, defended by an array of three towers and two large bastions (interestingly labeled as 'Eperon' and 'Pointe de la Montagne Verte' on this plan). The...
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Anglois de Commendo, Situe a la Coste de Guinee par 4. Deg. 42 Min. de Latitude Par Smith 1727

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665744

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 IV. No. 5, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view of the fort complete with scale and latitudinal coordinates. This fortification is designed in the more modern star shaped pattern to account for defense against artillery. It is actually two fortresses in one. The larger has bastions on each corner, and the arrangement of batteries along the walls of these indicates that defense of the sou...
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Anglois de Juida, ou Fort Williams

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665746

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and reading for framing. Light rub to double ruled border. 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 IV. No. 11, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view of the fort complete with scale and compass. Three corners are diamond-shaped bastions, with a circular tower on the northwest. The structure is surrounded by a dry moat (labeled 'fosse'), and the rear section of the fortress is labeled 'Lieu ou se tiennent les Negres'.
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Fort D'Arguim Pris par Mr. Perrier de Salvert le S Mars 1721

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665749

Binding: Print

Condition: Very Good

Matted and reading for framing. One tiny foxed spot in blank space beneath plate, some faint transfer from opposite text page. 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. 16, indicating position in the original work. French text. A combined birds'-eye and profile view of the fort complete with scale and compass. A key beneath labels the salient features, which give great detail about the quantity and size of the canonry in each location, most interestingly a section labeled 'Sur le Fosse le long de la muraille de...
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Plan du Fort Anglois de Dickscove, Situe a la Coste de Guinee

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665751

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 IV. No. 2, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view of the fort complete with scale and compass. A fairly modern structure, with three diamond-shaped bastions, a circular southeastern tower, and a large spur protruding to the south, designed to provide extra defense to the main gate. Batteries line the east wall and the western bastions - there are none on the main western and northern wall ...
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages', Three Views: Birds'-Eye Plan; Birds'-Eye Map of Fort along 'Baye de la Table'; Vue du Cap de Bonne Esperance

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665759

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and reading for framing. Border lightly rubbed. 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 T. II. No. 4, indicating position in the original work. French text. A birds'-eye view of the fort plan and its location, with a profile view of the coast at the Cape of Good Hope. This is a modern fortification displaying the typical star shaped design for defense against artillery. This fortress was significant as a waypoint for the Dutch East India Company (and later British trade), which explains the presence of an exterior ...
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1747 Plan from Prevost's 'Histoire Generale des Voyages': Profile Map and Plan of Frederickbourg Fort d'Anois. Gre de Barbot; Plant du Fort

By: [Prevost]

Price: $40.00

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

Seller ID: 1665762

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and reading for framing. Faint smudge to bottom corner. 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 T. III. No. XI, indicating position in the original work. French text. A small birds'-eye view of the fort with a profile view of the fort and the settlement it defends from the water. The village is labeled 'Vilage de Pocquese', and the hill upon which the fort rests is labeled 'Mont de Manfre'. The fort plan shows a residence labeled 'Maison du Gouverneur' surrounded by four diamond bastions, with a large addition prot...
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The Life of George Washington.

By: [Reed, Anna B.]

Price: $60.00

Publisher: American Sunday-School Union / L. Johnson, Stereotyper: 1842

Seller ID: 2292006

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Reissue of Sabin 101845. Lightly foxed throughout (a bit more so to front and end matter), pencil name on front flyleaf. 1842 Hard Cover. 288 pp. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, four engraved plates in text. A biography detailing the military and political career of George Washington, with the Declaration of Independence, a letter from Thomas McKean to C.A. Rodney, and 'Reminiscences of Gen. Washington' appended.
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Hand Colored 1636 Print, Map of Caussade, from 'Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France'

By: [Tassin, Nicholas]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: [Tavernier]: 1636

Seller ID: 1665259

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. Untrimmed. An exceptional example of a scarce print. We have more books available by this author!. A 7 x 9 3/4 sheet professionally matted down to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (mat measures 8 1/2 x 10 5/8). Beautiful modern hand coloring added. Labeled 15 in the upper right-hand corner. Caussade is a region in southwestern France. The print shows a fortification positioned along a waterway which runs northwest to southeast along the southwest wall. The only entrance is at the northeast corner. There are two curtain walls, the inner one surrounded by a moat. The shapes of the wal...
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Hand Colored 1636 Print, Map of Milhau, from 'Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France'

By: [Tassin, Nicholas]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: [Tavernier]: 1636

Seller ID: 1665266

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. Untrimmed. An exceptional example of a scarce print. We have more books available by this author!. A 7 x 9 3/4 sheet professionally matted down to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (mat measures 8 1/2 x 10 5/8). Beautiful modern hand coloring added. Labeled 40 in the upper right-hand corner. Milhau (also Millau or Milhaud) is a region in south central France. The print shows a large fortification positioned at the intersection of numerous roads, on the south side of a large natural waterway. Though several roads terminate at the curtain wall, only one appears to offer entry, that bei...
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Hand Colored 1636 Print, Map of Alez, from 'Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France'

By: [Tassin, Nicholas]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: [Tavernier]: 1636

Seller ID: 1665271

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. Untrimmed. An exceptional example of a scarce print. We have more books available by this author!. A 7 x 9 3/4 sheet professionally matted down to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (mat measures 8 1/2 x 10 5/8). Beautiful modern hand coloring added. Labeled 32 in the upper right-hand corner. The print shows a fortification bordered by a natural waterway to the north and west, with large hills beyond the stream in these directions. Two smaller fortifications on the opposite side are connected to the main fortress by bridges. There is one other entrance along the southeast wall. The sh...
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Hand Colored 1636 Print, Map of St Iean de lauen [St Jean delaune], from 'Les plans et profils de toutes les principales villes et lieux considerables de France'

By: [Tassin, Nicholas]

Price: $30.00

Publisher: [Tavernier]: 1636

Seller ID: 1665297

Binding: Print

Condition: Near Fine

Matted and ready for framing. Untrimmed. An exceptional example of a scarce print. We have more books available by this author!. A 7 x 9 3/4 sheet professionally matted down to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (mat measures 8 1/2 x 10 5/8). Beautiful modern hand coloring added. Labeled 20 in the upper right-hand corner. The print shows a fortification positioned on the north side of a natural waterway, with a small fortification on the opposite side as well. A bridge links the main fortification to the opposite shore, and there appears to be an area for entry by boat along the south wall. This fortress is unique...
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