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Nice pocket-atlas View picture(s) 1 (MAPS FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL GRAMMAR). Edinburgh, for Alexander Kincaid, 1790). Modern half grey calf, with old title-label mounted on spine. With 33 folding engraved maps, by McIntyre, T. Conder, and some by J. Fraser after A. Kincaid. 1 leaf with manuscript index. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Atlases  Discovery & Exploration  England  English  Games & Pastimes  Maps  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Woodcut book of costume View picture(s) 2 ABRIDGEMENT, AN-, of geography. Adorned with cuts representing the dress of each country. For the juvenile; or, child's library. London, John Marshall, (1800). 12mo. Original boards. With engraved frontispiece, dated 1800, 4 woodcuts with the allegorical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, and charming medallion woodcuts of costumes of the various peoples of the four continents, 19, 10, 6, and 16 respectively. 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Costumes  English  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interlarded with unexpected details and anecdotes View picture(s) 3 BILLETS in the Low Countries, 1814 to 1817. In a series of letters. Embellished with coloured plates. London, W. Shackell for J.J. Stockdale, 1818. 8vo. Modern half purple morocco with gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers, uncut. Engraved frontispiece of a 'Dutch peasant' and 3 engraved plates showing resp. a 'Flying bridge' or chain ferry, a 'Shrimp cathcher' and a curious 'Pulpit in the Netherlands', all 4 plates after the original drawings by the author and all handcoloured. (2) 228 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Costumes  English  Fishing  Low Countries  Netherlands  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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La Perouse's travels explained to children View picture(s) 4 CHILD'S OWN BOOK, THE- A new edition: with considerable additions. London, 1832. 2 vols. Sm. 4to. Contemp. half cloth. Richly illustrated with wood-engraved frontispiece, illustration on title, and hundreds of wood engravings in text. VIII, 568 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  English  Robinson Crusoe  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Flushing imprint View picture(s) 5 COLLOQUIA ET DICTIONARIOLUM Octo Linguarum, Latinae, Gallicae, Belgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae et Portugallicae. Liber omnibus linguarum studiosis domi ac foris apprime necessarius. Collogues ou Dialogues, avec un Dictionaire en huit languages, Latin, Flamen, Francois, Alleman, Espagnol, Italien, Anglois & Portuguez: nouvellement reveus, corrigez, & augmentez de quatre dialogues, tres profitables & utils, tant au fait de marchandise, qu'aux voyages & autres traffiques. Colloquien oft tsamensprekinghen, met een Vocabulaer in acht spraken, Latijn, Francois, Neerduytsch, Hoochduytsch, Spaens, Italiaens, Engelsch ende Portugijsch: van nieuws verbetert ende vermeerdert van vier Colloquien, seer nut ende profitelijck tot der Coopmanschap, reyse ende andere handelinghen. Flushing, Martinum Abrahami, F. vander Nolck, 1613. Oblong small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (208) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  English  French  German  Greek & Latin  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to learn 8 languages simultaneously View picture(s) 6 DICTIONARIOLUM ET COLLOQUIA Octo Languarum, Latine, Gallicae, Belgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae, & Portugallicae. Liber Linguarum, emendatior stylo novissimé dertersarum, studiosis omnibus domi ac foris apprime necessarius. Dictionaire et Colloques en Huit Langues, Latin, Flamen, Francois, Alleman, Espagnol, Italien, Anglois, & Portugues: Nouvellement reveüs coorigez, & augmentez de quatre Dialogues, tres-profitable & util,  tant au faict de marchandise, qu'aux voyages & aultres traffiques. Antwerp, Henr. Aertsens, 1662. Oblong sm.8vo. 19th-century half morocco. With fine engraved frontispiece by Lommelin, with the title in Dutch in center with the "Janus-Head" above, and a group of four men talking under a tree at either side. 358, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  English  French  German  Greek & Latin  Italy  Linguistics  Portugal  Schoolbooks  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Become an artist View picture(s) 7 DRAWING-BOOK, THE COMPLEAT-, Containing An extensive Collection of Examples in all Variety of Subjects, for the Improvement of Youth, in the pleasant and useful Art of Drawing. To which are annexed, Introductory Rules for the Use of Learners, with an Account of the Instruments and Materials used in Drawing. London, for Carrington Bowles, 1773. 4to. Contemp. half calf, red mottled edges. With 100 numbered engraved plates with drawing models of parts of the human body, heads and human figures, landscapes, animals, costumes, genre pieces, plants, butterflies, birds, etc., the first 50 plates after Sebastian Le Clerc, the other 50 after various artists. 4 pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Drawing & Painting  Education  English  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Exceptionally rare collection of 8 treatises on the cultivation of sugar cane, printed in Jamaica View picture(s) 8 EIGHT PRACTICAL TREATISES on the cultivation of the sugar cane, written in consequence of his excellency the Earl of Elgin's offer of a prize of one hundred pounds in the latter part of 1842. Jamaica (Kingston), Jordon & Osborn, 1843. 8vo. Original half green cloth with marbled boards. With four lithographed plates. (2), III, (1), 185, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  English  Jamaica  Treatises  West Indies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With contributions by Gertrude Stein, Man Ray, Francis Picabia View picture(s) 9 THE LITTLE REVIEW. Quarterly journal of art and letters. Stella number. Autumn 1922. (New York, 1922). Orig. wrappers. With 21 illustrations after work by a.o. Stella and 1 photograph of Stella. 62, (2).- Fair copy.- Contributions by G. Stein, Man Ray, F. Picabia, etc. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  English  Literature  Painting & Drawing  Periodicals  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch edition of the popular English "History of Little Jack" View picture(s) 10 (DAY, THOMAS). De kleine Jack. Eene Geschiedenis voor Het Algemeen. Vrij  gevolgd naar het Engelsch. Zeer geschikt tot een Leesboekje  voor de Jeugd. Amst., Schalekamp en Van de Grampel, 1828. 12mo. Orig. boards. With engraved frontispiece, and 4 full-page engraved plates, all nicely coloured by hand. (8), 108 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Dutch  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With the famous illustrations by Grandville View picture(s) 11 (DEFOE, D.) The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a Memoir of the Author and an Essay on his Writings. London, William Tegg & Co., 1849. Contemp. richly gilt and blindstamped cloth. With illustration on title, frontispiece, and numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations in text by J.J. Grandville. 598, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  English  Literature  Robinson Crusoe  Shipwrecks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two famous children's books containing a mother's last will together with a children's songbook, illustrated by Jan Luyken View picture(s) 12 (JOCELYN-BROOK, Elizabeth). Uyterste Wille van een Moeder Aan haar toekomende Kind, Toegeeigent aan de Volmaakte Huysmoeder. Den Tweden Druk.- HOUTE, SOETGEN VAN DEN. Uyterste Wille, Dewelk sy hare Kinderen David, Betgen en Tanneken, Tot een memorie en voor het alderbeste goet heeft nagelaten, en heeft dat met haren dood bevestigt, tot Gent in Vlaenderen (with poetry added by GEZINA BRIT).- S(PINNEKER), A.  Morgen- en Avond-Gezangen, Gebedswijze berijmt. Amsterdam, Jacobus van Nieuweveen, 1699. 3 works in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Contemp. vellum. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved religious vignette on title, and 7 almost full-page engraved emblems by Jan Luyken in the first work; almost full-page engraved portrait of the author writing in her prison cell, religious vignette on title, 4 small emblems in text and  5 almost full-page engraved emblems by Jan Luyken for the main part, and 2 small and 3 almost full-page engraved emblems by Jan Luyken for the added poetry by Gezina Brit in the second work; and woodcut vignette on title of the third work. (8), 259 (= 267), (1, 4 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Dutch  Dutch Antilles  Emblem Books  English  Jan Luyken  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pirates in Barbary View picture(s) 13 (LAUGIER DE TASSY, N.). A compleat history of the piratical states of Barbary. London, R. Griffiths, 1750. 8vo. Contemporary calf. 1 folding map of the Kingdom of Algiers and 1 large folding view of Algiers. XIV, (2), 368 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Algeria  English  History  Morocco  Piracy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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French translation of the Hermit View picture(s) 14 (LONGUEVILLE, P.). Le Solitaire Anglois, ou Avantures Merveilleuses de  Philippe Quarll. Par Mr. Dorrington. Traduit de l'Anglois. Paris, Etienne Ganeau, Guillaume Cavelier, 1729. Sm.8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red title-label, red painted edges. With fine engraved frontispiece showing Philippe Quarll with his pet monkey at work on his deserted island, and with folding engraved map. (12),368, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: English  French  Literature  Robinson Crusoe  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unrecorded issue of this gorgeous series of hand-coloured Dutch costume plates View picture(s) 15 (MAASKAMP, Evert, J. KUYPER & L. PORTMAN). Representations of dresses, morals and customs, in the Kingdom of Holland, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Amsterdam, Printed for E. Maaskamp (and Colnaghi & Co, London), 1808 (series of plates: 1811). Large 4to. Contemporary half leather with gilt title on spine, boards covered with marbled paper. Allegorical frontispiece and 20 magnificent full-page hand-coloured engravings. 24 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Costumes  Dutch  English  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Colourful adventures View picture(s) 16 (RASPE, R.E.). "Complete Original Edition" of the surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Aetna, into the South Sea. Also, An Account of a Voyage into the Moon and Dog Star ... A Sequel, containing his Expedition into Africa... humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce. A New Edition. London, R.S. Kirby, 1819. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sm. 8vo. Modern calf, spine ribbed and gilt, with gilt fillet borders on sides, with red title-label, gilt inner fillets, g.e. preserved in marbled slip-case (WALLIS). With frontispiece-portrait of Baron Munchhausen, and 27 engraved plates, 8 folding, all nicely coloured by hand. XII, 179, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: English  Munchhausen  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Containing the first printed account of the Pied Piper View picture(s) 17 (ROWLANDS, Richard). A restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renowmed (!) English nation. By the study and travaile of Ri. V(erstegan). Antwerp, Robert Burney to be sold at London by John Norton & John Bill, 1605. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed with red title-label, with blind-stamped fillet borders on sides with ornaments at  the four corners and blank inner panel, red mottled edges. With engraved vignette of the Tower of Babel on title, title printed in red and black, full-page coat-of-arms of the author at the end, and 10 engraved illustrations in text, showing old Saxon Gods and historical scenes from early English history. (24), 338, (12) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  England  English  History  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The best description of Switzerland View picture(s) 18 (STANYAN, A.) An Account of Switzerland. Written in the Year 1714. Edinburgh, Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill, 1756. Small 8vo. Modern half calf, spine ribbed, gilt and blind-stamped, with red title-label. VII, (1), 232 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  English  Switzerland  Topography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare first edition of a Negro-English grammar View picture(s) 19 (WULLSCHLAEGEL, H.R.). Kurzgefasste Neger-Englische Grammatik. Bautzen, Ernst Moritz Monse, 1854. Contemporary black cloth. 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  English  German  Linguistics  Surinam  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A classic work on Japan View picture(s) 20 ALCOCK, Sir Rutherford. The capital of the tycoon: a narrative of a three years' residence in Japan. With maps and numerous illustrations in chromolithography and on wood. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green cloth with richly gilt decorated spine with blind stamped covers and on binding of volume I gilt centre piece of a Japanese samoerai and on binding of volume II a Gheisa. Two frontispieces, 2 folding maps, 14 coloured full-page plates and 2 black & white and numerous illustrations in text. XXXII, 469, (2); X, 539 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: England  English  Japan  Politics  Travel  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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