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    • Historical sketch of Moscow :





    • ACKERMANN      , Rudolph. Historical sketch of Moscow: Illustrated by Twelve Views of different Parts of that Imperial City, the Kremlin, &c. 27, [1] pp. Illustrated with 12 hand-coloured aquatints. Folio, 335 x 270 mm, bound in modern full brown morocco in a cloth slipcase. London: R. Ackermann, 1813.

      First Edition, a fine Ackerman publication. One of the f...

    Item nr. 144192    $ 8,500.00
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    • Marriage Costumes of Various Nations



    • ACKERMANN, Rudolph. Marriage Costumes of Various Nations. Illustrated with 12 hand-coloured aquatint engravings printed on card stock, loose in the original publisher's glazed gray paper covered slipcase with green printed paper label on top cover and extra plate on the rear cover. Preserved, in a new grey cloth folding box. Cards measure 120 x 90 mm. London: Ackerman...

    Item nr. 144151    $ 2,500.00
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    • Views in America, Great Britain, Switzerland



    • AMERICAN TRADE CARDS. A bound volume containing 97 Trade Advertisements printed on the versos of plates from Views in America, Great Britain, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy, The Holy Land, etc. Small folio, 268 x 203 mm, bound in publisher's full black morocco, intricate gilt tooling and lettering on covers. New York: J. Milton Emerson, 1853.

      A most curious album of ...

    Item nr. 123649    $ 3,750.00
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    • Forestiere Illuminato Dell Citta Di Venezia.





    • VENICE      . ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista . Forestiere illuminato intorno le cose più rare, e curiose, antiche, e moderne della città di Venezia, e dell' isole circonvicine; con la descrizione delle chiese, monisteri, ospedali, tesoro di S. Marco, fabbriche pubbliche, pitture celebri, e di quanto v'è di più riguardevole. [16], 419, [13] pp. including final blank. Illu...

    Item nr. 146876    $ 4,750.00
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    • The Costume of the Russian Empire.



    • ALEXANDER, William. The Costume of the Russian Empire. [8], 73 ff. Illustrated with 73 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates. Folio, 355 x 257 mm, bound in English nineteenth-century full straight grained green morocco. London: W. Miller, 1803.

      First Edition, a later issue, of this collection of 75 hand-coloured stipple-engravings depicting costume from the Rus...

    Item nr. 144329    $ 3,500.00
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    • Le Guide ou nouvelle Description D'Amsterdam



    • AMSTERDAM. Le Guide ou nouvelle Description D'Amsterdam, enseignant aux voyageurs, et aux nogacians Sa Splendeur, son Commerce, & la Description de ses Edifices, Rues, Ports, Canaux, Ponts, Ecluses, &c. &c... BOUND WITH: Tarif General des Provinces Unies Pour les Droits d'Entre'e & de Sorite... [6], 216 ie 198; 123, [3] pp. With 20 fold out engraved plates, plus...

    Item nr. 139787    $ 3,000.00
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    • Travels Comprising Observations Made During a Residence



    • BAKEWELL, Robert. Travels Comprising Observations Made During a Residence in the Tarentaise, and Various Parts of the Grecian and Pennine Alps, and in Switzerland and Auvergne, in the years 1820, 1821, and 1822. Two volumes. xvi, 381, [1]; [viii], 447, [1] pp. Illustrated with 4 full-page hand-coloured aquatints signed R. Bakewell del. and I Clark sculpt. plus several ...

    Item nr. 144159    $ 1,250.00
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    • Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries in Egypt and Nubia



    • "THE FIRST ENGLISH WORK OF ANY IMPORTANCE TO USE LITHOGRAPHY" (BLACKMER)

      BELZONI, Giovanni Battista. Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia. Two volumes. xxxv, [1], 438, [2]; x, 421, [1] pp. Illustrated with a portrait of the author, 1 plan and 1 folding map. 8vo., 216 x 133 mm, ...

    Item nr. 144072    $ 22,500.00
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    • Travels in Spain



    • BOURGOING, Jean-François, Baron de. Travels in Spain Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of That Country. By the chevalier de Bourgoanne, to which are added copious extracts from the essays on Spain of Mr. Peyron. Translated from the French. xiii, [1], 386, [2], 431, [1], x pp. Illustrated with a large folding engraved map as frontis...

    Item nr. 145398    $ 850.00
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    • Confessions of a Nazi Soldier



    • HEARTFIELD, John. Confessions of a Nazi Soldier. By Horst Brasch. 30 pp. 8vo., bound in original pictorial wrappers designed by John Heartfield. London: Free German Youth in Great Britain, [1942].

      The story of Rudolf Dietrich, an ordinary German soldier, decided that what Hitler was doing was wrong while a POW in Russian hands. Also includes a short essay by W...

    Item nr. 138129    $ 375.00
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    • Moeurs des Ottomans. 6 vols.



    • [TURKEY]. CASTELLAN, Antoine-Laurent. Moeurs, usages, costumes des Ottomans, et abrégé de leur histoire. Six volumes. Illustrated with 72 hand-coloured stipple engravings. 18mo., 129 x 78 mm, bound in publisher's pink boards. Paris: Nepveu (Impr. Le Normant), 1812.

      First Edition, a beautiful copy in the original boards, of this celebrated work on Turkish costum...

    Item nr. 144817    $ 8,750.00
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    • Voyage Pittoresque de Paris.



    • [ PARIS]. Voyage Pittoresque de Paris; ou Indication de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande Ville. By Antoine Nicholas Dezallier D'Argenville. x, [2], 375, 59 pp. With a fine engraved frontispiece by J. Robert printed in red, and 4 engraved plates (of which 2 are folding). 12mo., 165 x 94 mm, bound in contemporary French sprinkled calf, spine gilt with sma...

    Item nr. 35027    $ 1,250.00
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    • A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes




    • FIELDING      , T.H and J. WALTON. A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland Westmoreland and Lancashire. viii, 288 pp. Illustrated with 48 hand-coloured aquatints. 4to., 265 x 200 mm, bound in modern full red morocco. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1821.

      Despite the modern binding a fin...

    Item nr. 144131    $ 3,500.00
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    • Ski Track on the Battlefield



    • HEARTFIELD, John. Ski Track on the Battlefield. By V.A. Firsoff. 158pp. With 37 collotypes. 8vo., bound in original cloth and dust-wrappers designed by John Heartfield. London: Lindsay Drummond, 1942.

      A fine copy of one of the books for which Heartfield designed the bindings and wrappers for Lindsay Drummond. These wartime publications were of necessity printe...

    Item nr. 140681    $ 225.00
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    • A Voyage to the South-Seas.



    • CHILE AND PERU

      FREZIER, [Amedee Francois] . A Voyage to the South Sea, and along the coasts of Chili (sic) and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the Inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards... With a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley... And an Account of the Settlement, Commerce, and Riches of the Jesu...

    Item nr. 144138    $ 5,750.00
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    • Opuscoli




    • GERLI      , Agostino. Opuscoli. [10], 99 pp. Large engraved title vignette, 15 engraved plates, of which 3 and double-page and folding, plus 7 engraved headpiece illustrations, 3 engraved tailpieces. Folio, 390 x 255 mm, contemporary plain carta rustica, entirely untrimmed. Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1785.

      First Edition of a collection of five ...

    Item nr. 118544    $ 8,500.00
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    • A General Cheltenham Guide



    • CHELTENHAM. A General Cheltenham Guide upon an entirely new plan. By J.K. Griffith. 217 pp. With folding engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, engraved folding map, plus 16 engraved trade cards. 8vo., bound in original printed wrappers (rebacked). In green half-morocco protective box. Cheltenham: S.T. Griffith, at the Chronicle Office, 1818.

      "Rarely hav...

    Item nr. 112523    $ 2,250.00
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    • Voyage Litteraire de la Grece, ou Lettres sur les Grecs, Anciens et Mo




    • GUYS      , Pierre-Augustin. Voyage Litteraire de la Grèce, ou Lettres sur les Grecs anciens et modernes, avec un parallèle de leurs moeurs. Two volumes. xvi, 420; iv, 244 pp. 12mo., 160 x 95 mm, bound in contemporary beige half calf, light brown and pale green spine labels. Paris: chez la veuve Duchesne, 1771.

      Scarce First Edition of this unusual "literary" trav...

    Item nr. 92139    $ 1,500.00
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    • Promenade Pittoresque dans Bale.



    • HENTZY, Rudolf. Promenade Pittoresque dans L'Évêché de Bâle, aux Bords de la Birs, de la Sorne, de la Suze, Accompagnée de XXXXIV Paysages et Sites Romantiques, Fidélement Copies D'Après Nature. Two volumes. [2], 199, [1]; [2], 220 pp. Illustrated with 44 hand-coloured engraved aquatint plates. 8vo., 209 x 127 mm, bound in contemporary English full polished calf, leat...

    Item nr. 144955    $ 25,000.00
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    • London (Illustrated). A Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement



    • HERBERT, Henry. London (Illustrated). A Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement. xxii, 206 pp. Illustrated with a map and steel engraved plates throughout text. 4to., bound in original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. London: Henry Herbert, 1873.

      An interesting Victorian guide to London, complete with detailed, and strictly contemporary, information on ...

    Item nr. 108299    $ 1,500.00

 
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